# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/101 "2010-03-03T19:37:48Z")
Mine is, I think, a Molson commercial…thousands of people rushing to dramatic music to make the logo…I think…dang, it sucks to get old… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/102 "2017-12-29T20:16:23Z")
Bumped. I love this new FedEx one with New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees - very funny: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caZENiafgD0) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/103 "2017-12-30T00:53:13Z")
Love the sloth playing Pictionary - not even sure what it’s for…insurance? The one where the nosey neighbor wants to see the new neighbors house. New neighbor says “that’s sounds intrusive” neighbor says “I smell onions”. I think it’s another insurance commercial. All of the Subaru commercials with dogs. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/104 "2017-12-30T00:58:06Z")
Oh and all of the Budweiser Clydesdale commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/105 "2017-12-30T03:22:34Z")
Funny were Wear the fox hat, Alien wassup, careerBuilder hey dummy, zazoo condom, and Drew Brees FedEx. German Engineering vs Terrorist — a good one that’d never see air time here. Right? Classics: Apple 1984, Coke and Mean Joe Greene, Discovery Channel’s boom-de-yay, Here are a few favorites. commercial vw darth vader kid [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eGZNocni6zE/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHUBoAC4AOKAgwIABABGFogWyhlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCFC4ZGZDBqS8ybCdUFaG7X6edVvw "Super Bowl XLV - Darth Vader in Volkswagen TV Spot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGZNocni6zE) Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sQ78fCQA6Q0/hqdefault.jpg "Ernest in 'No Pain No Gain!'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ78fCQA6Q0) 1989 commercial yul bryner just dont smoke [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nxgaAn6IR9E/hqdefault.jpg "Yul Brynner "Don't Smoke" commercial - 1989") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxgaAn6IR9E) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/106 "2017-12-30T03:58:32Z")
Wait - three pages of posts, starting 9 years ago and no mention of\*[Aaron Burr?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLJ2Vjv2x18)\* ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/107 "2017-12-31T20:16:52Z")
> [@MsWhich](#): > > I know it’s been linked around here before, but I never get tired of this [IKEA lamp commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I07xDdFMdgw). ^^ This one for sure! It points out how easily we’re programmed away from any critical thinking. So unexpected, yet incontrovertible. The sad piano music is always sad isn’t it? They even use it in journalistic pieces now to ensure viewers are interpreting what’s presented in the correct way. Here’s another great example: Alan Greenspan claims Ayn Rand is his favorite author and nobody even cracks a smile, but we can all agree Goth is a ridiculous adolescent phase, can’t we? All except Dad, because Dad’s seen some shit. [Hornbach (Germany Paints) “Say it with your project”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmg8ghXhAt8) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/108 "2017-12-31T20:48:57Z")
SNAUSAGES! Something about that voice and delivery. Followed closely by Liv-a-snaps. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/109 "2017-12-31T20:58:58Z")
Here’s [Liv-a-Snaps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYDYNEbKepY): [SNAUSAGES!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzIiTlCBDgE) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/110 "2017-12-31T21:10:16Z")
The Hershey’s Kisses handbells playing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” [Hershey's Kisses Christmas Commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtSLF4vlrk) ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/111 "2017-12-31T21:24:57Z")
[THIS](https://adland.tv/commercials/alka-seltzer-prison-lunch-chant-1970-30-usa) brilliant Alka-Seltzer commercial from 1970. I think it won a CLEO. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/112 "2017-12-31T21:58:32Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > [This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-8PBx7isoM) isn’t funny but it’s beautiful and very moving. Brought a tear to ol’ **Starv’s** eye, it did. This one gets me every time. It’s a [PSA for organ donation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13FZCgXuJHk). ---
**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:** [December 31, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/113 "2017-12-31T22:08:43Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > The Hershey’s Kisses handbells playing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtSLF4vlrk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtSLF4vlrk) That’s been all over TV the past few weeks. I’ve always kinda wondered if the people who made it matched particular notes to particular bells/kisses, or if anyone has analyzed it to see if the notes and kisses match up. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/114 "2017-12-31T22:10:52Z")
The Xerox commercial with the haggard monk. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/faH1FXPqymU/hqdefault.jpg "Xerox Monk commercial 1977") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faH1FXPqymU) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/115 "2018-01-02T16:37:49Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZuPTZWhz46M/hqdefault.jpg "Quiznos Spongmonkeys We Love The Subs ad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuPTZWhz46M) Effective, too. Only way they’d get me to buy Quiznos. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/116 "2018-01-02T19:09:13Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > This one gets me every time. It’s a [PSA for organ donation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13FZCgXuJHk). And if you listen very carefully, they’re playing the music from the beginning of Up. It’s like they _want_ everyone to burst into tears. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/117 "2018-01-02T19:14:41Z")
This one for Guinness is top quality. “And the fat drummer hit the beat with all of his heart…” I like this one for jeans - can’t beat Marvin Gaye 🆒 (and this takeoff of the original.) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447/118 "2018-01-02T19:54:30Z")
I posted [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGhPR3AcweU) in other threads about commercials, but maybe some of you haven’t seen it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447.md?page=5)