# Okay, Then. Let's Do Your All-Time FAVORITE Commercials! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447 "2009-10-20T04:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/21 "2009-10-21T17:42:21Z")
I like the Verizon commercial where the innocent-looking guy is meeting the scary gangster-type out in a deserted area, and the scary gangster-type forgets all about whatever business they were going to conduct because he’s so amazed that the innocent-looking guy is actually getting service. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/22 "2009-10-21T19:48:24Z")
The “Canadian Car Chase” where the cop and the perp are trying to push their cars out of the snow. Sirens going and everything. Cracks me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/23 "2009-10-21T20:14:13Z")
[Where’s the Beef?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0) [I’ve Fallen, and I CAN’T GET UP!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlpDiXPZHQ) So deliciously dramatic and silly low-budget kitsch at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/24 "2009-10-21T20:20:50Z")
[The official beer of Ireland](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5-gsTy6L6A) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/25 "2009-10-21T20:20:53Z")
Bob Uecker for Miller Lite: ["Must be in the front row.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc3UGda8T8c) “Uecker seats” is part of our family’s lexicon. His second commercial is almost as good: [Link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNgamY8JHQ8) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/26 "2009-10-21T20:21:54Z")
> [@Maiira](#): > > The Mug Root Beer “Dumass” commercial: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjCVfcCIkqc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjCVfcCIkqc) > > My siblings and I were howling with laughter when we first saw this ad. The agency I work for created this one. Alas, the branding could have been stronger, as it’s not for Mug…it’s for A&W. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/27 "2009-10-21T20:23:24Z")
[1984](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8), for sheer awesomeness (even though I hate Apple). [Soft Corinthian Leather](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg97bxuJnc&feature=related), for the Schmaltz factor. [The Fun Is Back!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qAadfsJrmM), for the 12-year-old nostalgia factor. And my all-time favorite, a political commercial: [Daisy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf-MEdAPhYA&feature=related), because in retrospect LBJ had no right to make a commercial like this, and it amuses me that he got away with it. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/28 "2009-10-21T20:24:11Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > [Great googily moogily](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3gYApfUsaQ)! YES! My all-time favorite, followed closely by two other ads in that campaign: [I’m Batman!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itm0acMsjow) [I invented pants!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=litHPx4ge78) ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/29 "2009-10-21T20:43:49Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > [Mc Donalds Little Sister.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Z7fjaCEy0) > > What? I got dust in my eyes. Damn you! I must have missed that one when it was on TV. Now I need a tissue, but only have a 1000-Bhat note. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/30 "2009-10-21T21:07:38Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The agency I work for created this one. Alas, the branding could have been stronger, as it’s not for Mug…it’s for A&W. 😛 :smack: D’oh! I just watched it again, and you’re right, it IS for A&W. No idea why it took me so long to notice this, or why I associated the commercial with Mug. ---
**Author:** ![Duhkecco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@Duhkecco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duhkecco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/31 "2009-10-21T21:36:00Z")
The awesome [1989 British Airways commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxbgm9Bmkzw), with mesmerizing music based on the “Flower Duet” from Lakmé. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/32 "2009-10-21T21:50:07Z")
[Short but sweet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mdd-eVfi8U). ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/33 "2009-10-21T23:16:03Z")
Hands down, the [Nextel Dance Party](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG6X8XSrGpg). This commercial actually makes me sad that Nextel merged with Sprint, because now it’s never on TV. Thank Og for YouTube, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/34 "2009-10-21T23:22:30Z")
Hmm, 33 posts in and no love for [Joe Isuzu](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic0UejzZDZ8)? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/35 "2009-10-21T23:39:01Z")
There was a commercial for some brand of kitten food from about a decade ago that was just awesome. It showed, IIRC, a little orange kitten who didn’t meow–every time he opened his mouth, you heard an engine revving. Then, you saw an orange blur tearing around the house, with racecar sound effects. Having found four kittens in our front yard and taking care of them ourselves, I can attest: that commercial is dead on. And awesome. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/36 "2009-10-21T23:45:37Z")
[Tiny House!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVTfGJnOpqs) I just wanna make an omelet! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/37 "2009-10-21T23:47:38Z")
[Stan Freberg’s Sunsweet Prunes commcial (with Ray Bradbury)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5NxG_rr5aU) ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/38 "2009-10-22T00:37:31Z")
[The Verizon Christmas pony.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-prMb6BdNs) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/39 "2009-10-22T00:42:04Z")
[Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah to You!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73vcbde8Cb8) - so weird and funny, I can watch it over and over and it still cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/40 "2009-10-22T01:33:00Z")
Stan Freberg and Ann Miller sell [The Great American Soup.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jU2pl7bqKg) ETA: Stay with it for the punchline. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447.md?page=3)