# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/61 "2007-05-05T16:39:42Z")
[QUOTE=John DiFool] Wasn’t one of them Anthony Stewart Head, Giles of _Buffy_ fame? [/QUOTE] Yeah!!! Thanks, that had been bothering me for a while. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/62 "2007-05-05T17:14:16Z")
It absolutely pains me to admit this, but the most recent Outback commercial has an _incredible_ jingle. It sounds like the Beach Boys doing synth-pop, and it goes something like “You’ve got to cool your crazy (something)…” before segueing into “Let’s go outback tonight.” - I’d seriously straight-up buy the record if it was a real group and not a jingle. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/63 "2007-05-05T17:32:51Z")
I just love [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wePac7moZvA) Dwayne Wade Gatorare commercial, the way the nerdy Wade screams “do it again! do it again!” at the end just cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/64 "2007-05-05T17:57:55Z")
I love the Ford Edge ads, especially the one with Ane Brun’s Song #6: “It would be so easy/To sing a song about you/”. Thanks to you, John DiFool, I’ve found these ads again. They weren’t even for Tasters Choice.[Romance in Coffee](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoCv6_5JZHU) ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/65 "2007-05-05T19:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] 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. [/QUOTE] [This one?](http://www.scaryideas.com/video/2266/) ---
**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, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/66 "2007-05-05T19:33:24Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Wolf] 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”. [/QUOTE] That reminds me of this English Volkswagen commercial. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/67 "2007-05-05T19:55:32Z")
I like all of the Mac / PC ads. And I think I’m the only person on the planet who thought that the spongmonkeys were hilarious. ``` I'm also a sucker for anyhtin gwith a cute animal in it. Those damn Pedigree ads that she the dogs in the shelter break my heart, then they came up with a follow-up, where Archie, one of the pitiful little guys they showed in the original ad, was adopted. I love that one! ``` ---
**Author:** ![LilShieste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/68 "2007-05-05T20:54:36Z")
Back when I was in college, VW started a big advertising blitz, which contained some really good commercials. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0YMm862VXWo/hqdefault.jpg "VW Jetta Commercial - That Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YMm862VXWo) LilShieste ---
**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, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/69 "2007-05-05T21:59:26Z")
The [BASF tapes “Dear John” ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD6S8DZHpG4) in the 1980s won international awards for the Kiwi firm who put it together, IIRC. Still a poignant classic (at least way down here!). ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/70 "2007-05-05T22:12:22Z")
We’ve all seen the [Trunk Monkeys,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCUBxgdKZ_Y&mode=related&search=) right? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/71 "2007-05-05T22:31:56Z")
I defy anybody not to fall in love with [these Puma ads featuring the Jamaican relay team](http://youtube.com/watch?v=0lh4qDIAvFA). “Hold attention, mon… Gimme the stick!” ---
**Author:** ![Baine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Baine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baine)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/72 "2007-05-05T22:46:10Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] It absolutely pains me to admit this, but the most recent Outback commercial has an _incredible_ jingle. It sounds like the Beach Boys doing synth-pop, and it goes something like “You’ve got to cool your crazy (something)…” before segueing into “Let’s go outback tonight.” - I’d seriously straight-up buy the record if it was a real group and not a jingle. [/QUOTE] That’s actually Of Montreal’s “Wraith Pinned to the Mist” remade into a jingle for Outback (which pisses me off ever so slightly). ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/73 "2007-05-06T00:04:12Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] 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. [/QUOTE] Same here. We always look for him. I came to like him even more than the Aflac duck. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/74 "2007-05-06T00:55:09Z")
Levi’s jeans had some cute ones. The [Flat Eric](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GY2cEusb4g) series used to send me into laughing fits. And of course, [Tainted Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qVp6GKuCbM). ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/75 "2007-05-06T01:25:11Z")
In the '80s there was a Grape Nuts commercial that I saw once that still makes me chuckle. Man and woman (presumably married) eating Grape Nuts for breakfast. The woman is chattering away about how good Grape Nuts are and how crunchy, etc. The man ignores her and just eats his cereal. Until the woman mentions: “And the crunch still stands up when they’re sitting in milk!” The man looks up, turns to her, and says “Wouldn’t you stand up if you were sitting in milk?” ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/76 "2007-05-06T01:39:22Z")
[QUOTE=Reepicheep] [This one?](http://www.scaryideas.com/video/2266/) [/QUOTE] That’s the one. Most definitive victory in a rock paper scissors match I’ve ever seen. > [@Slithy Tove](#): > > We’ve all seen the Trunk Monkeys, right? I haven’t. But I want one! ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/77 "2007-05-06T01:55:06Z")
Ooh, ya, there’s been some good ones lately. The Spiderfan Comcast one is good: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9nTAY-_Sjc) I love the look on the guy’s face and little suprised noise he makes when the Spideyguy tells him it’s a dog. Amp’d Asian Rapping Guy one gets a chuckle-out-loud or better every time: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s26z6I8RBFs) Most of the Fave Five ads from TMobile are funny: Secret Lovers: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ_Essmk41o) Uglier Friends: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZUHT-p8svkc/hqdefault.jpg "Funny T-mobile commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUHT-p8svkc) There’s another one I can’t find at the moment with a creepy dad meeting his daughter’s date for the first time. I like all the Caveman ones. “Looks like someone got up on the wrong side of the rock.” ---
**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 6, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/78 "2007-05-06T02:20:23Z")
From the early 1990s we had a lot of hard sell to buy Instant Kiwi scratch lottery tickets. The ads that came from the campaign still have their charms. [One way to go fishing.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRiUvWzySQQ) [Sorting out that bike problem.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-glCMARgpM&mode=related&search=) [The cheeky jogger.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpCWnnrJeZk&mode=related&search=) [One way to have quality time.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ghOZtfcwpQ&mode=related&search=) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/79 "2007-05-06T02:29:31Z")
[QUOTE=jnglmassiv] Amp’d Asian Rapping Guy one gets a chuckle-out-loud or better every time: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s26z6I8RBFs/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/s26z6I8RBFs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [/QUOTE] That reminded me of the Avis rental car with XM Radio commercial with the [3 guys in suits lip-synching to a rap song](http://youtube.com/watch?v=faBTcEHRNPI). (For those interested, the song is Lumbajac’s “2 G’s.”) ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809/80 "2007-05-06T03:01:00Z")
[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] It’s actually Rodney Allen **Rippy**. Here’s his website: [http://www.rodneyallenrippy.net/](http://www.rodneyallenrippy.net/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-you-actually-liked-found-amusing-etc/402809.md?page=5)