# Favourite commercials

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-commercials/559738>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 6, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-commercials/559738 "2010-11-06T23:04:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-commercials/559738/1 "2010-11-06T23:04:17Z")

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I can’t think of lamb shoulder without thinking of this old [Sparkletts Water commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=budeaznVEQo).

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**Author:** ![Box\_A\_Rox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@Box\_A\_Rox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Box_A_Rox)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-commercials/559738/2 "2010-11-06T23:17:43Z")

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My Favorite Commercial & Best TV Commercial 2010…  
(Be brave and watch it to the end)

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tCtM8UEQv8)

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-commercials/559738/3 "2010-11-06T23:51:41Z")

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There’s a local one for The Pet Cabaret that I kinda like… ([Here](http://www.thepetcabaret.com/media-center.html), under “our very first TV spot”.)

“Why? Because at The Pet Cabaret we know our stuff, and we care.”

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**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-commercials/559738/4 "2010-11-07T16:51:22Z")

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I get a kick out of HP’s [Happy baby](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5s1QNfXGn4) commercial

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-commercials/559738/5 "2010-11-07T17:07:36Z")

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[John West Salmon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FARnbRBWKGg)

And I love the old BMW short films about “The Driver”. My favorite was [Beat The Devil.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf3RAMffnJQ)

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-commercials/559738/6 "2010-11-07T19:54:32Z")

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Two recent ones are the Gieko one in which R. Lee Ermey chucks a box of tissues at a sobbing man’s head and the Target drinking babies. But my all time favorite one is the Ikea lamp one. [I still feel bad for the stupid lamp. I’m crazy.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdIJOE9jNcM&p=AAF2A5397CB62C35)

Does a commercial for a channel count? Because Discovery’s [The World is Awesome](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqV3clvlC4Q) would go on top of the lamp.