# Commercials you actually LIKE **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913 "2004-11-27T20:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/21 "2004-11-28T04:55:06Z")
> [@](#): > > But I think the Staples “Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is still one of my faves. The looks on the kids’ faces… Priceless. It’s not the kids that make that commercial so great. It’s the dad. The pure, unbridled joy he displays while shopping for school supplies is hilarious. And I’ll second those Captial One commercials with the barbarian hordes (or whoever they’re supposed to be). Those are great. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/22 "2004-11-28T05:32:00Z")
I liked the “Magic Server Dust” IBM commercials. I also like the Adult Swim commercial for _Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex_, mostly because of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/23 "2004-11-28T06:00:41Z")
I love the commercial for HP which illustrates how they help the US Postal Service. Particularly the giant robot made out of old washing machines. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/24 "2004-11-28T07:30:03Z")
Was it a Nike commercial that looked like a French art film with subtitles, only it had a chicken chasing a super-athletic man through the city? I remember some French-accented narration like “Oh look, the chicken has caught up with him again. There he goes. And there is the chicken.” That commercial made me laugh so hard I was crying. Is there anywhere I could maybe download this? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/25 "2004-11-28T07:43:24Z")
I’ll offer two. First one I think I recently posted in another thread. The NAPA ad with Michael Waltrip and Ralph, Jr where Mike tries to do the “dance” moves. Then Ralph denies having any part of it. If you’ve seen it, you know which one I mean. The second is the AFLAC ad with Yogi Berra and the duck just gets pissed by the end. I don’t think I’ll ever got tired of that one. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/26 "2004-11-28T08:07:41Z")
There’s this commercial for Virgin Mobile that I really like. I had to look it up on google. Apparently, the Wall Street Journal is making a big controversial deal out of it, but they describe it better than I could. It’s described in the beginning of the second paragraph: > **[The Wall Street Journal Barron's Group Media Kit](https://mediakit.wsjbarrons.com/media-kit/)** > > The Wall Street Journal Barron's Group is the decision platform, where minds are made and brands are built. We're the most trusted news brand, winner of 37 Pulitzer Prizes and the General Excellence in Online Journalism Award. Even though I’m a christian, I like the inclusivenes of it. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/27 "2004-11-28T09:07:36Z")
I like the new Bud Light commericials. Some background: Miller has these commercials with random people pulling out Bud Light for others. Then out of the blue, these (American) football referees come out on the field and ‘flag’ the giver of the beer, saying they are they are giving a substandard beer and offering to replace the substandard Bud Light with Miller Lite. Bud has a counter commerical. Basically these referees are stopped by the police in one of them as they are taking the Bud Light they confiscated and are bringing it to their house. The police officers say there have been reports that the refs are taking people’s Bud Lights. The refs then try to make a run for it knowing the jig is up. I couldn’t stop laughing the first time I saw it. It was ingenious, IMO! Budweiser may have crap beer, but some great commericals. ---
**Author:** ![ouisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/28 "2004-11-28T15:29:55Z")
There was this cereal commercial in which we get to witness a group of I guess Russian circus performers inside a small shack in some frozen wasteland. They are all very sad. Then someone produces this cereal and they start to celebrate. This tall skinny guy spreads his arm and rises slowly out of his chair to do some dance of joy. My god, I loved that commercial. I wish I could find it, but I can’t even remember what kind of cereal if was for. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/29 "2004-11-28T15:36:10Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Was it a Nike commercial that looked like a French art film with subtitles, only it had a chicken chasing a super-athletic man through the city? I remember some French-accented narration like “Oh look, the chicken has caught up with him again. There he goes. And there is the chicken.” That commercial made me laugh so hard I was crying. Is there anywhere I could maybe download this? [http://www.boreme.com/bm/AUG02/a/angry\_chick/jump\_fr.htm](http://www.boreme.com/bm/AUG02/a/angry_chick/jump_fr.htm) First time I’ve seen it - great stuff! > [@Talon Karrde](#): > > There’s this commercial for Virgin Mobile that I really like. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=288226&highlight=virgin+mobile](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=288226&highlight=virgin+mobile) > [@](#): > > The second is the AFLAC ad with Yogi Berra and the duck just gets pissed by the end. I don’t think I’ll ever got tired of that one. [http://aflac.crawford.com/launch\_XML.asp](http://aflac.crawford.com/launch_XML.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/30 "2004-11-28T16:08:17Z")
The Tabasco comerical where the mosquito bites the guy eating pizza with Tabasco on it. The mosquito flies away and then explodes! Guy smiles. Cracks me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/31 "2004-11-28T18:27:36Z")
> [@Jadis](#): > > Three words: > > **Nextel. Dance. Party** > > Holy shit, my brother and I laugh our asses off every Sunday when we see this one…it’s usually on during the Nextel Halftime Show on CBS. You can see if it you search for those keywords on [www.ifilm.com](http://www.ifilm.com). I’ll have to third this. This specifically was what I opened this thread to post. ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/32 "2004-11-28T18:31:44Z")
The cog advert from Honda, almost art 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/33 "2004-11-28T19:25:39Z")
I like the California cheese commercials with the cows. In the latest one, two bored holsteins play “ring and run” with the farmer’s front doorbell. It’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/34 "2004-11-28T19:38:24Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Also, tell me, someone else must also like the Burger King commercials with “Gabe”! Almost everyone I know just rolls their eyes at it, and hubby will laugh only because he’s laughing at me, not with me - it tickles him more seeing me get such a big kick out of them. > > “Gabe” is the fellow who, a few months back, proclaimed in a high pitched voice: “I’m _SPICY_!” It was funny enough for me the first time… but when his co-workers are dubious, and they tell him to do it again, it’s the second, half hearted high pitched: “I’m SPIcy…” that slays me. > He’s in a newer one, with the Spongebob watches… waltzing in on his co-workers and whipping out his watch, using that same high pitched voice: “What _TIME_ is it?” They all have Spongebob watches… so he just says “cool.” and walks out of the lunchroom - again, it’s the second time that kills me… he’s walking by a guy at the copier just outside the lunchroom door, and he does this funny little backward drive-by, flashing the watch over his shoulder at the guy: “What _TIME_ is it?!” Old boy tries hard, and I like him for it. I saw one of these the other night that just killed me. “Gabe” has all of his Spongebob watches laid out on his desk. A co-worker comes in, and Gabe explains that he’s just organized his watches - I think he had them laid out according to mood. The co-worker looks at him, then says something like “Way to waste company time.” I’m not explaining it well at all, but it cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/35 "2004-11-28T21:43:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > “Whoa! Those must have been some cookies you left for Santa.” > > “I didn’t leave him cookies, I left him _cheese_.” YES! That’s a great one! **look!ninjas** yeah, that’s the one! He’s just goofing off with his watches, and then the coworker comes in, with this wonderful deadpan delivery. My all time favorite though, is the one where the guy goes to the store, takes a box of Trix cereal off the shelf, and buys it. The sales lady says, “Aren’t Trix for kids?” The guy gives her a sheepish grin. Then he gets home, pours them into a bowl, and gets out the milk. And THEN he pulls a zipper from the top of his head, and it’s the Trix rabbit! He goes to pour the milk on…and there’s none in the carton. “Got milk?” Hehehe…love it. Anyone remember the Snickers commercial from the election in 2000? With the donkey and the elephant? ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/36 "2004-11-28T22:07:02Z")
In the UK (and maybe furthur afield) there’s an excellent ad for a new car from Citroen, featuring their newest hatch back [disco dancing as a Transformer](http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=6550)😃 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/37 "2004-11-28T22:24:53Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > In the UK (and maybe furthur afield) there’s an excellent ad for a new car from Citroen, featuring their newest hatch back [disco dancing as a Transformer](http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=6550)😃 Thanks for this, that was far too cool for a Sunday night 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/38 "2004-11-28T22:53:09Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > In the UK (and maybe furthur afield) there’s an excellent ad for a new car from Citroen, featuring their newest hatch back [disco dancing as a Transformer](http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=6550)😃 I’m just wondering how long it’ll take Bandai to sue, assuming Citroen didn’t pay a fee. That transformation is practically identical to that of Jazz from the original line (which fact I know only because it was the one Transformer I ever owned - I’m not a nerd). Another vote for the Honda cog article, presuming it’s the one I think it is where all the bits of the car set each other moving like the Mouse Trap in that old boardgame. It gets my vote simply because it was done practically - there was no CG or cut and paste involved. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/39 "2004-11-28T22:53:59Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Guy takes his two sons to his job as an automotive crash-testing technician. The kids laugh and cheer as he pushes the buttons that send each car hurtling into the wall. One kid says, “Do the brown car next.” Guy: “It’s not brown, it’s Autumn Desert Sienna.” Kid: “Whatever, just crash it.” > > At last, there are no more cars to smash up. The kids are dejected when the man tells them that’s it, no more. One kid suggests, “What about your car?” > > Only saw that commercial once. How come the funny commercials never last long? I think the scenario there is that Bob, the scientist, is in a “when kids rule the world” environment, so he had to do what the kids want. Still, the “Whatever. Just crash it” response to the “It’s called desert sand mica” from Bob was great, as was Bob’s expression. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913/40 "2004-11-28T22:57:42Z")
I absolutely love the one HP click and print ad where they have the blank frames and go from picture to reality. There are a couple of them but just one I love – the longer one, I believe. Anyways, [here](http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/hpads/you/photography/index.html). Scroll down to either “Square” or “Picture Book”, I am not sure which one it is exactly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-like/276913.md?page=3)