I love that one because the cat in it is SO cat-like. Like when the guy is waving the strings at it, and the cat’s just staring at him like “What the heck are you doing?”
I like the ones by Verizon(or Fido), a cell phone company where they advertise the free day of unlimitied calling, which begins with a guy musing “If only every company did that…”
Cut to total anarchy, with people grabbing everything they see, people driving cars away and crasihng into each other, all while a speaker announces “It’s free day today!”. Then the guy comes back from looking out the carnage thru a window, he says “Free day, unfortunately only offered by Verizon(or Fido)”.
Wow! Somebody else has seen the Jumbone ad? I loved that ad - I tried to tell all my friends about it and they just looked at me like I was nuts.
Also love Barky the Dog.
But sorry, Chili’s ads make me want to commit unspeakable acts, as do all cell phone ads.
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**I LOVE the Zyrtec commercial with the guy who’s “not a cat person” and allergic to cats who lives with his girlfriend and girlfriend’s cat. He ends up wearing a t-shirt with the cat’s picture on it. **[quote]
I have to snicker at that commercial - not because of any actual humor in it, but for the reason described herein. The whole commercial’s in black and white. In one scene, he’s wearing jeans, a sweater, and a white t-shirt beneath it. he has the shirt pulled down below the sweater, so from the camera angle and lack of color it looks like he has his underwear on over his pants.
Any “Mentos” commercials.
They remind me of the stuff I’d see in Germany. I wouldn’t doubt that they are indeed European commercials dubbed into English.
MENTOS - THE FRESH MAKER!!!
And while I’m at it…
All those Priceline commercials where William Shatner is murdering popular songs. I want a CD of those!
I love the Foxwoods casino commercials with the sing-along song. I always feel lucky when I get the commercial with the second verse.
Bad Boys Bail Bonds.
“Baby… cuz’ yo momma want you home!”
Thanks a lot SanibelMan. After years of therapy, trying to forget the “Jumbone Song”, I am back to square one. That song is like crack, it is impossible to get out of your head and it makes you want to kill people.
I love the plastics commericial where a mother is saying “It will be a miracle if he lives to be ____” as her son does various dangerous things (hitting himself in the head with a inflatable bat, skateboarding, getting checked really hard in lacrosse). When he graduates from college, she says “It’s a miracle”. Then it cuts to the son saying of his daughter (who is hitting herself in the head with the inflatable bat) "It will be a miracle if she makes it to ten.
Three commercials about bunnies:
The best part of the Blockbuster guinea pig-and-bunny ads (voiced by Jim Belushi and James Woods, respectively) is when the guinea pig is doing the kung-fu moves and smacks the bunny in the face with the carrot.
I still like the VISA Check Card one with the Barry White-scored multiplying rabbits at the pet store, especially when the pet store guy says he’s going to have to call someone and picks up a rabbit instead of the telephone.
Finally, I love the Allstate ad with the tortoise and the hare. I laugh when the hands turn the tortoise around, and when the guy admonishes the rabbit for trying to eat the lettuce, saying, “This is for the safe driver” and scratches it on the head. Say it with me: Awwwwww.
Oh, I like the Snickers and the “Please help me” commercials too. They make me laugh. But I’m not ashamed of liking them.
If I liked the “Can you hear me now” commercials, I’d be ashamed of myself too.
Oh, man. I love that commercial.
“She’s an import. Biggest SUV ever made.”
“Costs me a c-note to fill up half a tank!”
“Only comes in two colors: gunmetal and black. I got gunmetal.”
“CD, DVD, HDTV, Dolby surround sound. Whole thing’s a phone. I’m on the phone right now. Conference call. Overseas.”
Cracks me up without fail every single time I see it.
There’s a commercial I saw last night, must be new, for Whiskas (if I remember correctly) wherein you see a Zebra on the savannah; cut to a Cat–a little garden variety Housecat–stalking like a Lion; then the last shot has the Kitty chasing down the Zebra like it’s going in for the kill. Wonderful.
But I don’t wish to condone commercials. Mostly, they are extremely unhealthy.
Oh man, Barky the Dog is my hero! If I could do that at my job I would be so happy! I actually did that a Best Buy…course, I didn’t work there for long afterwards (totally unrelated I might add.)
“The next watershow? Gee! Maybe someone should put up a sign saying when the next watershow is!”
And…
Kid: “Are you really Barky the Dog?”
Barkey: “Barky is a cartoon. I’m a grown man who’s made a lot of mistakes.”
Makes me laugh just thinking about it!
I used to like the Mazda “Zoom Zoom Zoom” commercials. Until I realized, the kid NEVER AGED. That creeped me out. A lot.
Come to think, I haven’t seen a “Zoom Zoom” commercial in months. Maybe I really did hallucinate them all??
A commercial for a portable vacuum where the cat is sitting on the stairs (carpeted, of course), and all of a sudden shakes, and FUR GOES EVERYWHERE!!! The cat basically explodes fur all over the room.
Cracks me up, althoughI can’t recall the brand of vacuum, which shows how effective (or not) the commercial is!
Don’t think I’m a TV snob, because that is so not true, but my favorite commercials are on the radio. I love Trojan Man because it’s so darn naughty and the one for beer where they salute everyday heros with a corny song. A recent salutee was the inventor of the giant taco salad.
I get a kick out of the new radio adds for the aluminum council…
they come back more times than a…
they’re colder than a…
followed by a litany of odd, sometimes obscene, things.
That’s why I love that commercial so much. I used to work at a scrap yard where you could redeem aluminum cans. Picture this. I’m standing behind a kind of podium raised about 3ft off the ground. On the podium is a sign stating the price for that day. Now since it’s raised, this puts the sign right at eye levelThat’s not to mention the billboard sized sign you pass on your way into the place. Yet every f@#%ing day…