# Commercials you actually liked (found amusing etc.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809 "2007-05-04T21:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/41 "2007-05-05T05:32:55Z")
My favorite is the EDS “herding cats” commercial. What images! I remember wishing there was a longer version. I’d get the DVD. I’d watch the series… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/42 "2007-05-05T06:15:49Z")
I like the Dodge Avenger commercial which has a group of the cars on dynamometers and a technician in the control room remotely controlling the transmissions with a set of stick shifts. At first, he randomly revs the cars, then starts moving the stick shifts in sequence so the engine noises sound like “Smoke On the Water”. I swear, I started humming the song even before the cars began sounding the notes. Here’s the commercial on YouTube: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g07AarNDNk) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/43 "2007-05-05T06:48:15Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Back in the '80s there was a series of Nestles commercials that used this music, but the one I am thinking of… I want to say it’s a woman in a tree swing or something, in slow motion… anyway I loved them because the song was so pretty… something like “Nestles makes the very best.. N - E - S - T - L - E - S…” it was haunting. I loved it. I’d buy the single. [/QUOTE] This was one of those ads: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7771132941590161211](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7771132941590161211) I loved them too! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/44 "2007-05-05T06:56:12Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] [This one?](http://youtube.com/watch?v=SE-NdrzfFOo)😃 [/QUOTE] That’s the one. I think they got the guy who went around in a truck holding up a sign saying “Show us your Lark pack” - he was the guy with the ciggy who put his hand on the shoulder of the pizza roll guy. They don’t make them like that anymore. Johnny Carson showed it because it was so good. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/45 "2007-05-05T07:14:53Z")
[Yay, beer!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2S_UOHlueY) My husband’s current favorite is the one with the two ninjas playing rock, paper, scissors. They go a couple of rounds and then one of them grabs his sword on the upstroke and chops the other one’s arm off on the downstroke. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/46 "2007-05-05T08:03:04Z")
I like pretty much every Mountain Dew ad I’ve ever seen, but the “Cheetah” ad is my all-time favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/47 "2007-05-05T09:00:53Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyI5sYdzH9I) is a cute ad; it’s very well done too. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/48 "2007-05-05T09:24:54Z")
"What’s that say? _I CAN’T READ!_ [It’s BACON!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTRmhk7q44o) " ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/49 "2007-05-05T11:19:08Z")
An ad famous in NZ still, for [Toyota.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p64yUG3VAVE) Not for those offended by use of a certain word beginning with “b”. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/50 "2007-05-05T11:45:57Z")
Could someone please explain to the young’uns who Rodney Allen Ripley is/was? My Google-fu has failed once again. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/51 "2007-05-05T12:02:20Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] I like pretty much every Mountain Dew ad I’ve ever seen, but the “Cheetah” ad is my all-time favorite. [/QUOTE] There was an advert where a guy was chasing a cheetah and when he catches him says “You’re it!” I don’t remember what they were selling but I thought it was a cute ad. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/52 "2007-05-05T12:18:48Z")
[QUOTE=BooBoo316] You are not alone, I _love_ that duck. I even have a small stuffed duck that yells “AFLAC” when you squeeze him. Haven’t seen an Aflac duck ad that didn’t make me laugh. My favorite is [the original](http://youtube.com/watch?v=-kYYwMLQ38E). The little “eh” noise he makes as he kicks the bread crumb back at the guy gets me every time. [/QUOTE] What I like about that entire series is the continuity (sort of) of having the same older black guy at the very end of each spot. He’s everywhere! His expressions are perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/53 "2007-05-05T12:39:26Z")
The current set of Clorox commercials have wonderful music: [Clorox Pirate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMhmABCuS04) [Clorox Mermaid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbFqtZoDVGs) And here’s a [nature slideshow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kec_LR6yh6I) somebody made with extended version of the music. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/54 "2007-05-05T15:06:10Z")
[QUOTE=Max the Immortal] Could someone please explain to the young’uns who Rodney Allen Ripley is/was? My Google-fu has failed once again. [/QUOTE] Rodney Allen Ripley was basically a little black boy who would sing about Jack in the Box and laugh. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/55 "2007-05-05T15:21:24Z")
Last week I saw an ad with a 20-something guy standing against a white background and looking through a Penthouse-type magazine. He stared at one photo for a few seconds, flipped through to look at the centerfold, then closed the magazine and said, “nope, still gay.” At which point a big red “REJECTED” stamp appeared over him. Voiceover: Wondering why e-Harmony rejected you? Try [chemistry.com](http://chemistry.com). That one made me laugh out loud. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/56 "2007-05-05T15:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=Gr8Kat] This was one of those ads: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7771132941590161211](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7771132941590161211) I loved them too! [/QUOTE] _squeeee_ thank you! I haven’t heard that song since… well, the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/57 "2007-05-05T15:50:29Z")
[This](http://youtube.com/watch?v=lkvhnRAd4V0) ad for Starburst Berries n Cream gets me everytime. Also, I agree with those who mentioned the Hooray Beer and Slowskys ads. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/58 "2007-05-05T16:13:07Z")
[QUOTE=Max the Immortal] Could someone please explain to the young’uns who Rodney Allen Ripley is/was? My Google-fu has failed once again. [/QUOTE] [Rodney Allen Rip **p** y](http://www.rodneyallenrippy.net/) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/59 "2007-05-05T16:30:00Z")
There are a couple of phone ones - the series with the “wheel of adjectives” and “practice family” are fun. Also the new phone series with “your calls will be the same - just clearer”. No clue which phone company it is. But I do like the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/60 "2007-05-05T16:32:51Z")
I really get a giggle out of the [Don’t mess with karma](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id_CuJjg5ag) recycling ads they have on nowadays. Ooh cool - Google has [the whole set](http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=don%27t+mess+with+karma+ad) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809.md?page=4)