# Best commercial in all history of mankind **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991 "2009-07-14T16:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/21 "2009-07-14T20:22:05Z")
> [@Crawlspace](#): > > [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBqhIVyfsRg&feature=related) has been my favorite since it aired some 10 years ago. That’s another one from Spike Jonze. Good one, too! ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/22 "2009-07-14T20:31:16Z")
Gonna have to go with the ad for the [1988 Dodge Aries](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jagsc4AGjwI). ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/23 "2009-07-14T20:31:58Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > [Everybody just loves children! Aren’t they so cute and cuddly?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nojWJ6-XmeQ) Damn you for beating me to that. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/24 "2009-07-14T20:46:48Z")
Spike Jonze’s mentions in this thread reminded me of another accomplished film maker’s forays into commercials: Errol Morris’s series of ads for Miller High Life, 10 years ago. [That’s the right idea, Chief.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPRj7r26QAQ) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/25 "2009-07-14T21:07:05Z")
Maybe not the best, but personal favorites: Watch Midnight Spank or… [… Butterfly will open the Horrible Bag.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NzO2yJ_PtY) [… Calico-Colored Guinea Pig will eat your kidney.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI-ObHzkw78) [… Deer will make everyone you’ve ever loved disappear forever.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dhxBj1tbEU) Threats from cute animals are so darn funny… ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/26 "2009-07-14T21:17:15Z")
[Terrible Terry Tate: Office Linebacker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DOm_RiklE4&feature=related) No question. There is no question about it. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/27 "2009-07-14T21:36:32Z")
I’m gonna go with the [VW genuine parts ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPGLsPS34QI). Pure genius. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/28 "2009-07-14T23:20:40Z")
I would’ve said Stan Frebverg’s commercial for **Jino’s Pizza Rolls** , but **Reality Chuck** beat me to it. All of Freberg’s commercials are great. See his **Great American Soups** ad, or his **Sunsweet Pitted Prunes** ad. My favorite overall was probably never aired. It was done by a group of film students. It starts out with chanting by figures in black robes. You can’t see their faces under the hoods as they light candles and form a circle. You get a shot of a hand in a robe going up, a curved dagger clasped in it. the hand PLUNGES DOWN, then goes up and plunges in OVER and OVER. Then the hooded figures reach in and grab pieces, which they carry up to their hoods. You can see the bottom halves of the faces as they greeedily cram mounthfuls of food in, smearing their faces with red blood. in an orgy of eating. he camera cranes up over the hooded enrobed figures to look down on the Sacrificial Table to reveal… …a PIZZA A voice comes on, with the accompanying title: **Why not Visit the Refreshment Stand?**. It was ostensibly made for Drive-Ins. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/29 "2009-07-14T23:21:47Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > As for the OP, how about the Coca-Cola “Hilltop” commercial featuring the song “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)”? I do reference that ad in my link, above. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/30 "2009-07-14T23:33:02Z")
Many of my favorites have been posted all ready, but not this one: [Guinness Tipping Point](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HERW6QHQHdc). ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/31 "2009-07-14T23:44:17Z")
There’s one I remember from maybe 10-15 years ago that I remember being funny, but I don’t remember what it was advertising and the only part I remember is a ditzy blonde saying “No habla escargot… I’m bi-lateral!” I’ve never been able to find a clip of it. ---
**Author:** ![LonghornDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LonghornDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonghornDave)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/32 "2009-07-15T00:11:46Z")
I submit Red House Furniture: furniture for black people … and white people. [Red House Furniture](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnOyMSEWNTs) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/33 "2009-07-15T00:39:20Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > [Terrible Terry Tate: Office Linebacker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DOm_RiklE4&feature=related) > > No question. There is no question about it. But what’s it advertising? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/34 "2009-07-15T00:39:59Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guvFWsG3tz0&feature=related) has made me laugh every time I have seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/35 "2009-07-15T00:47:45Z")
> [@Crawlspace](#): > > [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBqhIVyfsRg&feature=related) has been my favorite since it aired some 10 years ago. Oh my! I hadn’t ever seen that. That made me cry I was laughing so hard after the admonition. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/36 "2009-07-15T01:06:18Z")
Nissan - A GI Joe type jumps in a spiffy red Nissan car and drives down the hallway to Barbie’s Dream House - she comes right down and jumps in. They take off, with Ken in the house looking sadly out the window. It’s on youtube but without the killer Van Halen version of “You Really Got Me”:mad:. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/37 "2009-07-15T01:14:09Z")
[I owned this car.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=866ZsXrAXX8) Same color too, except mine was badged as a Fiat. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/38 "2009-07-15T01:16:33Z")
The Burger King. Dead serious. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/39 "2009-07-15T01:19:01Z")
What, no love for the Budweiser Clysedales? [This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddlaE5a-SI4) has a fond place in my heart. It aired during the 2002 Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/40 "2009-07-15T01:24:55Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > Oh my! I hadn’t ever seen that. That made me cry I was laughing so hard after the admonition. Me too. It helps that Swedish accents are invariably funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991.md?page=3)