# Best commercial in all history of mankind

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/101 "2009-07-29T04:51:52Z")

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I think it was a Nike ad, from some time ago. There was a black background, and a white diagonal line across the screen. As this music played, the line represented different things. It was a goal line, a lane line for a runner, a chin up bar, etc, all transitioning smoothly to music. The line and background never changed – the athletes just popped into view over the background, and the line represented a line in their sport. Only ever saw it once, but I really liked it.

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-commercial-in-all-history-of-mankind/502991/102 "2009-07-29T05:16:32Z")

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Just saw my all time grand champion favorite: Staples. ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’.

“They’re going baaaaaack!!!”

My heart used to soar like an eagle, late in the summer, when this commercial showed up.

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