Not that guy’s [del]day[/del] geological era.
Sometime, many, many years ago (mid eighties, I think) I saw this commercial, just once.
It was a Grape Nuts commercial. It featured a man and a woman (presumably married), eating Grape Nuts for breakfast. She talked constantly about how wonderful the Grape Nuts were, how tasty and how crunchy. The man just sat and enjoyed his Grape Nuts.
Finally, she exclaimed: “And the crunch still stands up when they’re sitting in milk!”
The man finally looked up, glanced at her, and deadpanned: “Wouldn’t you stand up if you were sitting in milk?”
Still makes me chuckle.
The Comcast commercial with the old people dancing cracks me up every time.
I like the girl who is using the copier and calmly says, “Poop!” The guy near her says, “Doesn’t count!” and she yells, “Shut the f*** up!” at him.
And now the stalking begins…
I find her hot also, though I can understand the annoyance factor some have with her.
So that was Gwen in ANGEL?!
My favorite commercial right now- the eTrade baby on the webcam. The one with the clown is cute, but the first one where the baby spits up is hilarious, especially his stoner-esque “whoa” at the end.
You know, Comcast may be a crappy company, but they do have some funny commercials.
My dog always barks at the Slowskys.
No mention of Stan Freberg yet? The man was a genius.
His wonderful Jeno’s Pizza Roll commercial:
One of his less-appreciated ones, the Sunsweet Pitted Prune commercial, appears to have disappered from YouTube.
His Cheerios ad:
And the famous Ann Miller Great American Soups:
The one for mixed nuts, where at 3 o’clock, Robert Goulet sneaks down from the ceiling and messes with everyone in the office’s stuff.
I love them too - right now they have the suitcase at the airport one - “let it do a victory lap” - that busts me up every time.
Short and sweet: The Rolling Rock Beer Ape.
Back in 2000 I think Schlotzskys ran a commercial that cracked my brother and I up. We only saw it once or twice though. If I remember it right it was just slow panning shots of subs but there was a hilarious rap in the background.
Also around 2000 there was a great commercial for a toy - “Laser Tennis” or “Lazer Tennis” or something like that. What was hilarious was the insane over-the-top delivery of the whole thing:
“The ball…a sphere of light. The paddles? ATOM SMASHERS!”
and then one guy scores a point on the other. There’s a wonderful closeup shot of him throwing down his hands and delivering the best taunt I have ever heard:
“BISCUIT!”
I would love if someone could track either of these down online. I’ve looked but can never find them.
My brother and I also used to laugh like maniacs at the Charmin bear. The first time we saw that lovely commercial, where the bear is sitting down with his back to the tree. He makes this joyous little grunt and my brother turns to me with a look of shock and horror:
“That bear is taking a shit.”
Hilarious.
I just caught that one tonight. Great stuff…can a Toonces ad be far behind?
Also I dig the new Shatner ad (Priceline) where he “communicates” with the lemurs or whatever those animals are.
Not electric Gwen Raiden, who was played by Alexa Davalos.
My favorite commercial I’ve ever heard was one on the radio for “Smokey Mountain Dew”. “Hey Aunt Ma, hey Uncle Pa, let’s go swimming in the pond behind the old washing machines.” I wish like hell I had a copy of this commercial as nobody else has seemed to heard it but I can’t find one anywhere.
Good ones are two of the old Snickers commercials, one where the quarterback gets hit on the head or something and thinks he’s Batman. And then there’s the one where they accidentally paint “Chefs” instead of “Chiefs”.
Oh, and let’s not forget the Bacardi commercial with the fly. “I was born… 24 hours ago… Don’t waste your life like I did…”
The best part about that is the painter’s line at the end.
“Great googly-moogly.” 
Another Snickers commercial (couldn’t find it on YouTube) had two die-hard football fans sitting alone in the stadium waiting for the start of their team’s season. The kicker was they were Browns fans in 1996, during the Browns’ three-year absence. And of course, the familiar tagline, “Not doing anything for awhile?”
Favorite intentionally funny commercial:
Ad for Schmidt Beer. Old-time Western saloon. Guys comes in and yells, “Big Jim’s comin’!”. Everyone scatters except nervous-looking barkeep. Big, mean-looking guy with red beard comes in, is served a Schmidt Big-mouth, and drinks it down. Barkeep says, “Would you like another? It’s on the house”. Suddenly frightened, the guy says, “You kiddin’? Big Jim’s comin’!”.
Favorite unintentionally funny commercial:
Ad for Coast Soap. Couple is having breakfast. Sleepy neighbor in bathrobe from upstairs borrows a bar of soap. Back in the shower, the scent of the soap perks him up. The couple begins to hear whoops of pleasure and delight coming from upstairs. (My friends and I start nudging each other - “What’s he doin’ with that soap, eh?”) Hubby looks out the window upwards and a blob of white goo lands on his forehead. (My friends and I explode with laughter. And I never saw that commercial again.)
I didn’t laugh at this commercial, so much as went, “WTF?” It’s a commercial running on TV Land for the Lee Majors Rechargeable Bionic Hearing Aid. I thought it was a spoof until they gave the 800 number at the end. But apparently, it’s a legitimate product. There’s a video of the commercial on the site.
My favorite is the old Smart Beep fart ad.
