# Funniest commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858 "2013-09-28T07:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/21 "2013-10-01T16:26:27Z")
[Kung Fu Clowns](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bksiiivwTLA) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/22 "2013-10-01T16:29:26Z")
Some of the State Farm “magic jingle” commercials are funny. I particularly like [the one with the three college-age dudes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEbelqyx1SI) who call for the State Farm agent when a baseball comes through the window. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/23 "2013-10-01T17:09:59Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Joe Sedelmaier was the champion of funny commercials in the eighties. Speaking of Sedelmaier, this was my favorite. You have to be in a certain age group to really appreciate it, though. [Speed Racer drives a Volkswagen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3odqSMgQjf4) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/24 "2013-10-01T18:45:53Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Nope. Sean Whalen. > I always thought it was Buscemi until my wife set me straight. Twins by different mothers, then. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/25 "2013-10-01T23:12:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Twins by different mothers, then. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/26 "2013-10-01T23:16:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Twins by different mothers, then. Born 7 1/2 years apart… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/27 "2013-10-01T23:33:02Z")
Can’t find any video online but there’s a Life Alert commercial that I like – to make fun of. My version: “Your kitchen is sending smoke signals! They say, ‘Get out now!’” ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/28 "2013-10-02T02:26:57Z")
I work in the kitchen at a Natural Foods Market in New Jersey. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcQmBCM3JMs) one makes us all laugh, and we keep quoting the lines throughout the day. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/29 "2013-10-02T03:24:06Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Stan Freberg’s classic[Jino’s Pizza Roll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE-NdrzfFOo)commercial from the 60s is the gold standard for funny commericals. > > One thing is a bit dated and needs needs explaining – at the time Lark Cigarettes had a commercial where they drove through the streets with a sign “Show us your Lark Packs” and which used the same music. I assume the two characters at the end are still well known today. i absolutely, positively agree. His other commercials are great, too the Great American Soups ad: https://www.youtube.com/embed/FUgqGfdLF-s?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque The Sunsweet Pitted Prunes ad: > **[Stan Freberg Sunsweet Pitted Prunes - Yahoo Video Search Results](https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=Stan%2BFreberg%2BSunsweet%2BPitted%2BPrunes)** > > The search engine that helps you find exactly what you're looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web. (I didn’t realize that he’d talked Ray Bradbury into doing one, too): [http://search.yahoo.com/search;\_ylt=A0oG7kjrkEtS21IA\_ApXNyoA;\_ylc=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?p=Stan+Freberg+Sunsweet+Pitted+Prunes&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-900](http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG7kjrkEtS21IA_ApXNyoA;_ylc=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?p=Stan+Freberg+Sunsweet+Pitted+Prunes&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-900) and many others. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/30 "2013-10-02T04:56:18Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > [Poopouri](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKLnhuzh9uY) holy shit. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/31 "2013-10-02T18:03:54Z")
My favorite. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tIq58H6CYQU/hqdefault.jpg "Snickers Donkey Elephant") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIq58H6CYQU) ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/32 "2013-10-02T18:35:09Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [Herding cats](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MaJDK3VNE). I’ver herd them all my life. They go, “meow…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/33 "2013-10-02T18:36:25Z")
> [@Albert\_Rose](#): > > I work in the kitchen at a Natural Foods Market in New Jersey. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcQmBCM3JMs) one makes us all laugh, and we keep quoting the lines throughout the day. I laughed, but mostly because they inadvertently seem to be saying that drinking Bud Light is like choking down a nasty veggie burger. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/34 "2013-10-02T18:59:55Z")
Pretty darn funny. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxFYwNLv67s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxFYwNLv67s) ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/35 "2013-10-02T19:38:34Z")
Any and all of the Budweiser Men of Genius commercials. And although I hate Geico commercials Old MacDonald failing the spelling bee makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/36 "2013-10-02T20:01:08Z")
Just saw one last night, I think for cat litter. It featured a cat riding around on a radio-controlled truck. I had to laugh. I also always crack up for the Subway one where they have people’s buttons popping off, chairs collapsing, etc to the tune of the 1812 Overture. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/37 "2013-10-02T20:14:26Z")
I love the ‘This is Sportscenter.’ commercials for ESPN. The Y2K Test one never fails to make me laugh, especially the crazed mark McGwire bashing a computer with a bat. And the one with David Ortiz wearing Jorge Posada’s Yankees cap is good as well. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/38 "2013-10-03T01:36:37Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > [Poopouri](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKLnhuzh9uY) I have to admit that I was convinced that this was some sort of put-on. If not an Onion- or SNL-style fake ad, then something from the ranks of the professional pranksters. But the product actually does seem to exist, supported not only by the website (which could be faked) or its presence on amazon (ditto), but because it has apparently been tried and ranked by websites and consumer groups. Finally, there’s this article by AdWeek, which gives full credits: > **[Posh Spokeswoman Narrates Best Ad Ever for a Stink-Eliminating Toilet Spray](https://www.adweek.com/creativity/posh-spokeswoman-narrates-best-ad-ever-stink-eliminating-toilet-spray-152419/)** > > Contradiction is the key to this brilliantly graphic online spot for Poo-Pourri, a toilet spray that eliminates odor. They took a beautiful woman with a refined British accent and gave her a complete potty mouth. From the moment she admits she just... It’s good, apparently, but not perfect, judging from this report: > [@](#): > > I dashed down the hall to check the results. Yes, yes, indeed, that water closet did have an odor: lemon and shit. This stuff wasn’t up to the challenge; in fact, it never really had a chance at all. Pete’s digestive tract is simply too much. > For the rest of us, however, this stuff works really well. And I like the scent it has. It isn’t overpowering (when used as directed), and it does a good job of covering up odors. It is NOT an odor eliminator – just a fancy packaged cover-up. But in that task, it excels. [http://www.poopreport.com/Consumer/poo\_pourri.html](http://www.poopreport.com/Consumer/poo_pourri.html) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/39 "2013-10-03T01:36:58Z")
I dare you to watch [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGKcr4pmReU) without thinking of [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qXvEzfsL5k). Ba-bawk bawk bawk, ba-bawk bawk bawk, ba-bawk bawk ba-bawk bawk bawk bawk… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858/40 "2013-10-03T01:51:16Z")
My favorite Wendy’s commercial from the '80s. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5CaMUfxVJVQ/hqdefault.jpg "Wendy's Commercial - Soviet Fashion Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CaMUfxVJVQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-commercials/669858.md?page=1)