Favorite Commercials [Archive]

ScotyUtah

08-04-2006, 09:06 AM

I was reading the Copygodd's reveiw of Last Comic Standing and since there really isn't much to discuss with that show, one of the things he pointed out was the Geico commercial with Little Richard. Yes, LCS is THAT entertaining. Anyhow, it got me thinking that we need a favorite commercial thread. I have to admit that the DVR is doing a number on my commercial viewing. However, when I do happen to catch one of my shows at their actual time I'm left with little else to do but watch commercials, feed the animals and get cold beers from the fridge. So, what are your favorite TV commercials?

Mine is the Citibank identity theft one with the two old ladies voiced over with a conversation two red necks are having about buying motorcycles with the stolen credit card. I'll even stop the fast forward on the DVR to watch it.

Pekmboyd

08-04-2006, 09:17 AM

HoneyBunny

08-04-2006, 09:29 AM

I think we had a favorite commercial thread at some point, but I'm too lazy to look for it. My favorite one right now is the Nextel one with the dots "Can you talk to the dots" "We don't aggravate the dots" "Are you aggravating my dots? Don't you be aggravatin' my dots"

The guy who shows up towards the end of that commerical, eating a piece of cake...wasn't he on Night Court? He looks so familiar.

hb

ScotyUtah

08-04-2006, 09:38 AM

I think we had a favorite commercial thread at some point, but I'm too lazy to look for it.

Doh! Should've done a search first.:mad: Looks like I was the lazy one. There was a thread for this topic that ended about two months ago. Well, lets see who has some NEW favorites...

Double L

08-04-2006, 09:57 AM

How about we make the thread: Favorite Commercials We Hate! :mad:

This is kinda Anti-Thread but it's a commercial I see on CNN or late, late at night... like a bad informercial wrapped in 30 seconds. It's the worst commercial I've ever seen. Basically, what it is, it's some health care product and the narrator just repeats the same one line over and over and over from an entire 30 seconds. I think they hired Larid as their spokes person. It's like "Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body!" It's just that one line repeated for the full 30 seconds with the name of the product in huge letters and same visual repeated over and over again. I think I repressed the commercial and can't remember it now, but I'm sure I'll see it again.

tati

08-04-2006, 10:03 AM

Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body!" It's just that one line repeated for the full 30 seconds with the name of the product in huge letters and same visual repeated over and over again. I think I repressed the commercial and can't remember it now, but I'm sure I'll see it again.

HA!! i know exactly what commercial u refer to, it's often aired on our local TV news show & I think i've seen it on the Weather Channel---it's for 'Head On', the product that the monotone narrator urgers viewers to 'apply directly to the forehead', 3x in a row. Bizarre. i think it's supposed to b taken 4 headaches, but the strange thing is, it GIVES me a headache instead :eek:

Double L

08-04-2006, 10:09 AM

HA!! i know exactly what commercial u refer to, it's often aired on our local TV news show & I think i've seen it on the Weather Channel---it's for 'Head On', the product that the monotone narrator urgers viewers to 'apply directly to the forehead', 3x in a row. Bizarre. i think it's supposed to b taken 4 headaches, but the strange thing is, it GIVES me a headache instead :eek:

That's IT! "Head On, apply directly to the forehead!" Everytime I see that, I'm like.... someone actually paid someone to make that commercial. Or the boss one day was playing with iMovie and made the commercial in his spare time. He was so proud of it and none of the employees wanted to tell him the truth. And now it airs nationally. Now if only he just used a Star Wipe... it would've made it so less amateurish. :rolleyes:

tvaholic

08-04-2006, 11:17 AM

Clair

08-04-2006, 11:25 AM

I like the one where a guy sees another person doing something nice, so he in turn does something nice that another person sees and THAT person goes on to do something nice, etc. Makes me smile every time.

BSL

08-04-2006, 12:08 PM

I guess I like screamers.

Then do you - like me - love the commercial for that reject college movie where the nerd screams like a girl for 15 seconds? Man, I can't get enough of that - it cracks me up every time. That, coupled with Warren Cheskwick, might just get me to Netflix that movie.

tati

08-04-2006, 12:12 PM

I still love that commercial for the credit card that David Spade hawks, the one where the big guy goes after the guy in the yellow shirt who runs screaming like a girl. The screamer is in a car commercial too, the one where he's taking a test drive & starts screaming. I guess I like screamers.

Capitol One is the c/c, i like those, 2. I noticed the screamer in the car ad but can't thnk which one, grrr.

I HATE the new Dr. Z commercials for Chrysler, the guys voice drives me apeshit.

:D my b'frnd & i like repeating some of the words: 'qaul-i-tee, 'relia-uh-bee-lee-tee', 'inte-gree-tee'; the ads are so hokey! Some1 said he's the CEO of Chrysler. But I think he's treading dangerously close on Heidi territory w/ his 'Auf Weidensen' (sp?) at the end of that one ad...no 1 can quite like Heidi can!

Clair

08-04-2006, 01:00 PM

The commercial has been called everything from annoying to mesmerizing. Now the 15-second TV ad for HeadOn, a homeopathic migraine headache remedy, has become a pop culture phenomenon, reports USA Today.

The spot, which is airing on cable and commercial networks from June through August 13, shows a young woman rubbing what looks like a glue stick across her forehead. To further emphasize the point, a bright yellow air is aimed right at her forehead. The female announcer repeats the following three times: "HeadOn. Apply directly to the forehead." Then the announcer says HeadOn is available without a prescription at retailers nationwide. That's it. The commercial violates Rule No. 1 of advertising: It never tells viewers what the product does! It also violates Rule No. 2 in that the production values are cheap and crude--but that, it turns out, is part of its charm.

The ad is so awful it has gone from inside joke to parody with HeadOn rip-offs now seen on YouTube.com. USA Today reports that Rapper Lil Jon has looped it into a musical riff, while "Make," a technophile magazine, has told its readers how to turn it into a ring tone. HoldOn! The makers of HeadOn never intended for this to happen. It's not a joke! They were just trying to create brand awareness, and they have mightily succeeded. Sales are up 50 percent since April. It turns out that HeadOn can't say what the product does since it was challenged by the Better Business Bureau for a previous ad that said the product provides "fast, safe, effective" headache relief. The company didn't have sufficient evidence to prove that. Still, the new ad is working. One viewer told USA Today, The ad "is annoying as hell. It will drive you crazy. But that's what made me take notice of it."

msCCRN

08-04-2006, 08:28 PM

How about we make the thread: Favorite Commercials We Hate! :mad:
It's like "Crappy Cream, apply directly to body! directly to body! Crappy Cream, apply directly to body!" It's just that one line repeated for the full 30 seconds with the name of the product in huge letters and same visual repeated over and over again. I think I repressed the commercial and can't remember it now, but I'm sure I'll see it again.

I think it's funny that all that repetition was supposed to help "brand" that product, and Double L couldn't remember the name, where you were supposed to put it, or what it was supposed to do :D

TinkerbellAPixie

08-05-2006, 05:10 AM

For commercials I hate - any of the new commercials that show people talking casually in their car and then BAM they are in an accident. I know their are a few of them floating around, some for insurance companies, one for a local attorney and some to promote not drinking and driving.

Maybe it's because of my recent accident - but I find them veryyyyyyy upsetting. :(

jenny10girl

08-05-2006, 05:56 AM

I can't stand all of these diet pill commercials. There is no miracle pill that is going to make anyone thin! It takes hard work and discipline... Very annoying.

ScotyUtah

08-05-2006, 06:23 AM

I can't stand all of these diet pill commercials. There is no miracle pill that is going to make anyone thin! It takes hard work and discipline... Very annoying.

Zantrax 3. YES!!! Could that commericial be anymore annoying? Has anyone seen the birth control commercial with the 4 hotties sitting around at a party and one of them is going on like bc pills are her passion in life? Seriously, that's some pretty strange stuff.

Adriana

08-05-2006, 08:19 AM

two that make no sense.
"when a five year old call you fat; it's because you are."
AND
"I can't concentrate...could I be pregnant?"
whaaat?

jampony

08-05-2006, 08:25 AM

Maybe it's because of my recent accident - but I find them veryyyyyyy upsetting. :(
I hated those commercials, too; I can see why you would after that. I hope it wasn't a serious accident and that everyone involved is okay!

jampony

08-05-2006, 08:26 AM

Has anyone seen the birth control commercial with the 4 hotties sitting around at a party and one of them is going on like bc pills are her passion in life? Seriously, that's some pretty strange stuff.
I was just watching a repeat of Best Week Ever and that commercial was on it. They didn't show the whole thing but it looked pretty awful.

Adriana

08-05-2006, 08:28 AM

"Life. Try it. You'll like it." Life cereal commercial.

The double entredre was so profound i had to put it on my facebook, lmfao.

Pekmboyd

08-05-2006, 09:12 AM

"I can't concentrate...could I be pregnant?"
whaaat?

Sorry, but I totally get this one - if you think you're pregnant and haven't had a chance to run to the store yet, man oh man....you can't function. I couldn't focus on my job ALL DAY. Of course....when I found out I WAS pregnant, my concentration got worse :)

The commercials I hate are anything that wants you to text "joke" to 45454 or "sign" to 29292 to get the joke of the day or the horoscope of the day or the ringtone of the day....dear god, make it stop!

TinkerbellAPixie

08-05-2006, 11:38 AM

I hated those commercials, too; I can see why you would after that. I hope it wasn't a serious accident and that everyone involved is okay!

Aww thanks jampony. My car was totaled - the brat who caused the wreck was ok - I was hurt but am on the mend. But it's just like in those commercials you are driving by and everything is normal and then the next moment you're lifting up from an airbag trying to understand what happened.

Which brings me to the other commercials I hate - but only because it's personal. That damned Geico Gekko - bothers the crap out of me. I thought he was darling before and even got Geico (so I could save 15% on my car insurance). After my wreck they were awful to me.

No more cheap insurance for me - I want GOOD coverage - period.

tvtvtv

08-05-2006, 11:53 AM

Zantrax 3. YES!!! Could that commericial be anymore annoying? Has anyone seen the birth control commercial with the 4 hotties sitting around at a party and one of them is going on like bc pills are her passion in life? Seriously, that's some pretty strange stuff.

Oh my gosh, I stare in horror every time that one comes on. (They seem to have bought a bunch of time during Sex and the City reruns.) It just goes on and on and on. The best is when they try desperately to make all the medical babble sound casual by having this club girl go "Thank goodness I went to med school!" (or whatever she says.) WHO talks like that? And more importantly, WHO thinks women talk like that? Whoever it is, I bet no one wants to go out for drinks with them.

And Tink, those car crash spots are a total buzz kill.

TinkerbellAPixie

08-05-2006, 12:11 PM

While on the topic of the drug company ads. Doncha just love all the fast talking disclaimers at the end?

May cause excessive diarhea, dizziness, impotence or hair loss.

Tabby Lavalamp

08-05-2006, 12:57 PM

There is a commercial for Subway touting their lobster subs that is really horribly done, but I love their use of the term "succulent chunks".

Firecat

08-05-2006, 01:15 PM

I strongly believe that the "head on" commercial is meant to brainwash people.

Jon Stewart kinda spoofed it. Something to do with a soldier putting on his helmet...

Firecat

08-05-2006, 01:16 PM

There is a commercial for Subway touting their lobster subs that is really horribly done, but I love their use of the term "succulent chunks".

Lobster sub...

*hunts for puke emoticon*

tati

08-05-2006, 02:45 PM

Which brings me to the other commercials I hate - but only because it's personal. That damned Geico Gekko - bothers the crap out of me. I thought he was darling before and even got Geico (so I could save 15% on my car insurance). After my wreck they were awful to me.

No more cheap insurance for me - I want GOOD coverage - period.

Sorry 2 hear about your accident, Tink, :( glad u're on the mend.

my sister works for Geico, they call it 'Hellco' for short b/c their offices are just as bad as their cheapo insurance. (talk abt annoying co-wrkrs!)

i don't like those car accident ads either, i think some are for Volvo---so disconcerting & like some1 said, such a buzzkill. i feel kinda shook up just watching those.

tati

08-05-2006, 02:49 PM

While on the topic of the drug company ads. Doncha just love all the fast talking disclaimers at the end?

May cause excessive diarhea, dizziness, impotence or hair loss.

My fave is the fast talk for Viagra---'please see a doctor if your erection lasts MORE THAN 4 HOURS'----oh yea, ya think? I hate to imagine some poor couple after hour 3.....'it STILL hasn't gone down?!! :eek: should we call a doctor??!!'

TinkerbellAPixie

08-05-2006, 04:57 PM

My fave is the fast talk for Viagra---'please see a doctor if your erection lasts MORE THAN 4 HOURS'----oh yea, ya think? I hate to imagine some poor couple after hour 3.....'it STILL hasn't gone down?!! :eek: should we call a doctor??!!'

Can you just picture ER waiting rooms full of men with blazing hard ons?
:eek:

zoobabe

08-05-2006, 06:10 PM

I like the Geico commercials, even the new ones with washed up celebrities in them. Something about that accent makes the lizard ver funny to me. Now I know not to actually switch to their company though. I've been with State Farm since I had a car to drive and never had a problem with them.

sorry about your accident Tink. Tell those Geico people that they're wankers.

Apple Blossom

08-05-2006, 07:07 PM

I kinda like Geico commercials. I liked the company too because they covered my accident quickly and easily, but then went up to nearly $2000 a year, so I swtiched to Progressive and then it went up without warning this year, so I went back to Geico.

As for commercials, I love Sonic commercials. I always think they're funny. I hate the commercial with the gray-haired AI winner -- blanking on his name. I can't stand him or his singing and that commercial is always on. I nearly always change the channel when it's on.

copygodd

08-05-2006, 08:22 PM

My fave is the fast talk for Viagra---'please see a doctor if your erection lasts MORE THAN 4 HOURS'----oh yea, ya think? I hate to imagine some poor couple after hour 3.....'it STILL hasn't gone down?!! :eek: should we call a doctor??!!'

i'd call my friends to brag about it.

i'd call the hospital for my wife though, because, well, if i'd been pounding her for four hours she'd probably need a wheelchair... ;)

Tabby Lavalamp

08-05-2006, 09:24 PM

if i'd been pounding her
Howie?

Adriana

08-05-2006, 11:30 PM

the bk king reminds me of a child molester even more than ronald mcdonald.
he waits till the crack of dawn infront of your window peeking in.....
just lurking places to pop up and make you eat a double croissant sanwich or something

jampony

08-06-2006, 05:05 AM

.But it's just like in those commercials you are driving by and everything is normal and then the next moment you're lifting up from an airbag trying to understand what happened.
I know; I was a passenger in an accident a bunch of years ago and never saw it coming either. Luckily for me, I was really drunk and don't remember much. That was a tasteless joke, but it's it true. The only thing to remind me of it is an unattractive scar through my right eyebrow (it's not cool and perfect like Piper's from Charmed or Spike's from Buffy; it's just a messed up brow). So recovering from your accident is what you meant by "still getting my bearings after being gone for a week", huh? And here I thought you were on vacation and didn't tell anyone!

Can you just picture ER waiting rooms full of men with blazing hard ons?
Hmmm, let me try... Why, yes. Yes, I can picture that. And in my mind I'm seeing a room full of Johnny Depps and Viggo Mortensens and David Beckhams and they're all really happy to see me! :D

HoneyBunny

08-06-2006, 06:38 AM

i'd call my friends to brag about it.

Who are you kidding...
by the second hour you would have them over to look at it
by the third all of you would have built an altar to it
by the fourth it would become your new religion

hb

TinkerbellAPixie

08-06-2006, 07:23 AM

So recovering from your accident is what you meant by "still getting my bearings after being gone for a week", huh? And here I thought you were on vacation and didn't tell anyone!

Actually that week I really was on vacay - my accident was in April.

Hmmm, let me try... Why, yes. Yes, I can picture that. And in my mind I'm seeing a room full of Johnny Depps and Viggo Mortensens and David Beckhams and they're all really happy to see me! :D

Girl, I LOVE the way you think - but can we change that location from the ER waiting room to my bedroom? Then the picture is complete. ;)

Tabby Lavalamp

08-06-2006, 10:13 AM

Who are you kidding...
by the second hour you would have them over to look at it
by the third all of you would have built an altar to it
by the fourth it would become your new religion

hb
I hate the abbreviation "LOL", but that really did make me laugh out loud. :lol:

zoobabe

08-06-2006, 10:32 AM

Ness

08-06-2006, 10:47 AM

The Friday's (or is it Chili's) commercial where the guy says to the lady "hi i'm Chris" and she is like "my name is Christine, that is soooo funny" and she has this crazy laugh. I just find it so funny, even though the woman looks psycho.

jampony

08-06-2006, 01:42 PM

Every time I see the Cingular commercial with the mother and daughter arguing, I laugh. It's all opposite what you normally hear a teenager and mother yelling about.
------
mom: I have NOT had it up to here with you, young lady!
teen: Why do you insist on treating me like an adult?
mom: Because you insist on acting like one! Now you're getting this new phone.
teen: But it's SO small! I really like it! Why is it always what I want?
mom: Well, do you have any idea how much money this is NOT going to cost me?
teen: I LOVE you
mom: I know you really mean that
teen: You never hated me and you never will!
mom: You are the most grateful little....
------
I'm not even sure what the point of the commercial is, but I like it!

Clair

08-06-2006, 01:48 PM

I like that one too!

TinkerbellAPixie

08-06-2006, 01:57 PM

I'm surprised we haven't mentioned the Medic Alert Commercials. As if they weren't bad enough before - now they have C. Everett Coop giving his stamp of approval.

Apple Blossom

08-06-2006, 02:30 PM

I like the Penn Life Insurance commercials where the grandmother says she wishes she could just put more money in the meter to spend mroe time with her family. It's annoying, but feel good.

TinkerbellAPixie

08-06-2006, 02:33 PM

I like the commercials with the nerdy looking guys who used Axe deodorant (I think) and you can see women's hands rubbing all over their faces. It's saucy and I like saucy. :blush:

Apple Blossom

08-06-2006, 04:52 PM

jampony

08-06-2006, 05:02 PM

Ooh, another favorite (I actually enjoy most commercials) are the Mac/PC ones with the two different guys representing the different computer brands. It almost makes me want to buy a Mac, though I am happy with my PC.
Ooh! I hate those. I don't mind a little PC bashing by Mac, but get it right, dudes! The one that drives me crazy is where they're sitting in boxes and the Mac guy says he can start doing things right away but the PC guy can't because first he has to uninstall the demo software, read through all the manuals and wait for the rest of him to arrive in another box. You don't have to uninstall demo software to be able to use the computer, I haven't seen a manual come with a computer in about ten years and, with flat panels fast becoming the norm, everything can ship in one box. I will admit, though, the virus one is funny. Especially if all the pc virus-writing geeks out there take it as a personal challenge and start creating more viruses for Macs. Hee hee!

tvtvtv

08-06-2006, 05:59 PM

tvtvtv

08-06-2006, 06:03 PM

I hate the commercial with the gray-haired AI winner -- blanking on his name. I can't stand him or his singing and that commercial is always on. I nearly always change the channel when it's on.

Terrible Ford /AI mish-mashes. Even the one with Kelly - who I like - is awful. The footage is so bad, it looks like they pirated it off the internets.

BSL

08-07-2006, 08:34 AM

the geico talk made me think of the one commercial with Burt bacharach where he sings "I hope I never get hit ...in the rear again" all serious and shit. it just makes me LOL (sorry Tabby:) ). I don't know why.

Yes, I love that commercial!!! And I love all the Geico Geiko commercials. I just want to rub his little wrinkly belly. And I love his accent - I love imitating it horrifically. The new Larry King one cracks me up.

I also love the new BK commercial about chicken fries.

tvaholic

08-07-2006, 09:22 AM

Then do you - like me - love the commercial for that reject college movie where the nerd screams like a girl for 15 seconds? Man, I can't get enough of that - it cracks me up every time. That, coupled with Warren Cheskwick, might just get me to Netflix that movie.

Yes, I love that! I'd see the movie just for that scene!

tvaholic

08-07-2006, 09:24 AM

the geico talk made me think of the one commercial with Burt bacharach where he sings "I hope I never get hit ...in the rear again" all serious and shit. it just makes me LOL (sorry Tabby:) ). I don't know why.

I think this one is funny too but also a bit disturbing, like Burt has some major medical issue. Does he have a disease or he always been a bit Joe Cocker-esque?

copygodd

08-07-2006, 11:01 AM

Howie?

did i say "pounding"? i meant to say "making sweet love down by the fire..."

zoobabe

08-07-2006, 08:47 PM

I think this one is funny too but also a bit disturbing, like Burt has some major medical issue. Does he have a disease or he always been a bit Joe Cocker-esque?

that's just his schtick tv. didn't you see him on AI? he does what he does so to make fun of it was classic. I like imitating the gecko's accent too. especially funny when you're dating a Brit.

chick110

08-08-2006, 02:23 PM

That's a relief. I was scared that he DID have something wrong with him! Glad to hear that it is just an act. :)

Tabby Lavalamp

08-08-2006, 03:35 PM

There is a new Dairy Queen commercial where there is a young girl who invented an imaginary friend just to get treats from her parents that is particularly awesome. The actress has a Wednesday Addams quality about her in a good way.

TinkerbellAPixie

08-26-2006, 07:39 PM

I have a new favorite - well two of them since they have two out. The Jeep Compass Bobblehead commercials. They are just cool in a weird way.

OOH after googling it - I discovered there are actually 4 of them. Cool.
http://paultan.org/archives/2006/07/23/jeep-compass-bobblehead-ads/

TinkerbellAPixie

09-09-2006, 10:39 AM

Just saw another cool new commercial for Liberty Mutual - it has a pay it forward storyline. It's very sweet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhIwQoq89-U

Tabby Lavalamp

09-09-2006, 10:58 AM

One of the best commercials ever, a true classic. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o5jwa7qoV0)

TinkerbellAPixie

09-09-2006, 11:11 AM

One of the best commercials ever, a true classic. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o5jwa7qoV0)

I hadn't seen that one before- cool ad!

OD-TV

09-09-2006, 11:40 AM

One of the best commercials ever, a true classic. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o5jwa7qoV0)

This commercial is awesome. It just makes you realize how easily influenced and manipulated we are.

Madam Pomfrey

09-09-2006, 11:41 AM

Tabby, that was cool!

I love this one-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm_n76Dsl0c

angiemarie

09-09-2006, 12:32 PM

This commercial is awesome. It just makes you realize how easily influenced and manipulated we are.

I feel so sorry for the lamp, I'm such a sap! :rolleyes2:

Madam Pomfrey

09-09-2006, 01:55 PM

angie, I felt horrible for that poor lamp! I kept hoping someone would walk by and adopt it or that the woman would miss it and come back out for it- hopefully putting that awful new lamp on the curb. How dare it try to take red's place?:(

DickeyD

09-09-2006, 02:02 PM

OD-TV

09-09-2006, 02:12 PM

I totally forgot about that lamp one - its awesome

I can't even believe I haven't posted my favourite commercial here yet!! I submitted it for a clipgasm, but, alas....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQI2KlAurOg

Are you freaking kidding me? That was fantastic! Although I wanted someone to pull out an oozie and mow them all down.

Tabby Lavalamp

09-09-2006, 02:44 PM

I totally forgot about that lamp one - its awesome

I can't even believe I haven't posted my favourite commercial here yet!! I submitted it for a clipgasm, but, alas....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQI2KlAurOg
That was awesome! Though it seems more like a viral video for Folgers than a pure commercial. :)

angiemarie

09-09-2006, 04:38 PM

I totally forgot about that lamp one - its awesome

I can't even believe I haven't posted my favourite commercial here yet!! I submitted it for a clipgasm, but, alas....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQI2KlAurOg

I can't believe that was a real commercial, it seemed like a spoof until the very end when they showed the Folgers' can. What was up with the butterflies coming out of the guy's mouth? Totally bizarre! :)

Madam Pomfrey

09-09-2006, 06:00 PM

HoneyBunny

09-10-2006, 06:26 AM

So, I watch the lamp one and got totally sucked in.
Then I watch the coffee one and got totally confused.
Ad-people are strange fucks aren't they?!

hb

TinkerbellAPixie

09-10-2006, 11:00 AM

I can't even believe I haven't posted my favourite commercial here yet!! I submitted it for a clipgasm, but, alas....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQI2KlAurOg

That was totally frightening.

So, I watch the lamp one and got totally sucked in.
Then I watch the coffee one and got totally confused.
Ad-people are strange fucks aren't they?!

hb

You need to watch my happy pay it forward commercial HB.

DickeyD

09-10-2006, 01:10 PM

If you go on the website at the end of the ad, and go to where it says "Wake up calls", click on the Eagle one. It is awesome.

HoneyBunny

09-11-2006, 05:56 AM

You need to watch my happy pay it forward commercial HB.

I did and it made me feel good~
I then sent it to a friend of mine who sent it to a friend of theirs who sent it to a friend of theirs and so on and so on....

hb

Clair

09-11-2006, 09:55 AM

Just saw another cool new commercial for Liberty Mutual - it has a pay it forward storyline. It's very sweet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhIwQoq89-U

Yes! I love that commercial. It's the one I was talking about back in post #9. :)

tvaholic

10-05-2006, 01:21 PM

copygodd

10-05-2006, 03:51 PM

Ad-people are strange fucks aren't they?!

hb

you take that back. :mad:

HoneyBunny

10-05-2006, 04:47 PM

you take that back. :mad:

Make me!

hb :tonguewag:

TinkerbellAPixie

10-06-2006, 04:36 AM

Ok, this is how much Tvgasm has infiltrated my life. I saw a new commercial last night, forgot what it's for, but it's Slash playing guitar. What's the first thing that pops in my head? ScotyUtah!! (Don't worry Scoty, this isn't a "Play Misty For Me" thing, it's just like how I'm the only one who says things like "PhilPackage" while watching Amazing Race & everyone else looks at me like I stepped in poop.)

I think we need a support group. No one at work understands why I get gleeful over the "Chenbot", I've also mentioned "PhilPackage" and "Sock Monkey" and am only met with blank stares.

HoneyBunny

10-06-2006, 05:54 AM

I think we need a support group. No one at work understands why I get gleeful over the "Chenbot", I've also mentioned "PhilPackage" and "Sock Monkey" and am only met with blank stares.

My friends roll their eyes and sigh when I start talking about tvg. As if listening to me go on and on about Dr. Will or JoJo is more painful than my having to hear about Baby Wyatt's pooping skills!

btw - you are all referred to as "Those blogger people" by my family/friends.
Which is any improvement from "My imaginary friends."

hb

may1

10-06-2006, 06:40 AM

HoneyBunny, you can't hear us - right?

tvaholic

10-06-2006, 06:54 AM

I think we need a support group. No one at work understands why I get gleeful over the "Chenbot", I've also mentioned "PhilPackage" and "Sock Monkey" and am only met with blank stares.

And then when you try to explain why it's so funny to you it loses it's humor, like trying to explain a joke to someone who doesn't get it. On the one hand I want people in my "real" world to experience TVgasm so they can get it too, on the other hand I want to keep it all to myself so they'll never be in on the jokes! Then again, I know very few people who are in to television as much as I am-it's a Friday night & I plan on staying home to catch up on 2 weeks worth of DVR'd shows. An I'm looking forward to it.

ScotyUtah

10-06-2006, 12:01 PM

Speaking of monkeys, the commercial where the guy is giving a power point presentation in a meeting with a bunch of monkeys shining the laser pointers on his junk makes me laugh every damn time.

copygodd

10-06-2006, 02:15 PM

Make me!

hb :tonguewag:

don't make me stop this thread! :sneaky:

jampony

10-06-2006, 02:49 PM

Speaking of monkeys, the commercial where the guy is giving a power point presentation in a meeting with a bunch of monkeys shining the laser pointers on his junk makes me laugh every damn time.

I haven't seen it. Is it a Career Builders commercial? Those are hysterical! And I love their Monk-e-Mail (http://www.careerbuilder.com/monk-e-mail/?mid=14517569), too. I send them all the time.

HoneyBunny

10-06-2006, 02:50 PM

don't make me stop this thread! :sneaky:

As If...
You remind me of the one-eyed man in the kingdom of the blind :shifty:

hb

pearlblackdragon

10-06-2006, 05:03 PM

This has been my favorite commercial for years. It showed on one of those funny world commercial shows.

http://www.guzer.com/videos/smokingkills.php

TinkerbellAPixie

10-06-2006, 05:18 PM

btw - you are all referred to as "Those blogger people" by my family/friends. Which is any improvement from "My imaginary friends."

hb

FINALLY a name for us - cuz TVGasmers sounded odd. I like "blogger people" Sounds very B-movie menacing.

On the one hand I want people in my "real" world to experience TVgasm so they can get it too, on the other hand I want to keep it all to myself so they'll never be in on the jokes!

I know exactly how you feel, it's like this is MY little private escape, it was weird when Wayne showed up. It was like "How did you find me here?"

Then again, I know very few people who are in to television as much as I am-it's a Friday night & I plan on staying home to catch up on 2 weeks worth of DVR'd shows. An I'm looking forward to it.

It's Friday night, I'm watching Men In Trees and posting on TVGasm forums. :simplesmile:

zoobabe

10-07-2006, 07:35 PM

Speaking of monkeys, the commercial where the guy is giving a power point presentation in a meeting with a bunch of monkeys shining the laser pointers on his junk makes me laugh every damn time.

I just have to correct you Scoty and say that the funny chimps are APES, not monkeys.:o

chick110

10-09-2006, 07:48 AM

Speaking of monkeys, the commercial where the guy is giving a power point presentation in a meeting with a bunch of monkeys shining the laser pointers on his junk makes me laugh every damn time.

I just saw that one last night (or just paid attention to the commercials for the first time)--it made me laugh too. :D

chick110

10-10-2006, 05:08 AM

My favorite commercial at the moment is those fat kids with no shirts dancing. It is quite possibly the most nauseating thing I've ever seen. And you know, I hope it does stop some kids from smoking. A lot of those anti-smoking commercials are so clever.

AngelVenom

10-10-2006, 06:27 AM

So My fav is this guy vaccuming a room. There is a tiny little dog on a leash watching the guy. He's all dancin and not really paying attention while he's vaccuming and some girl comes and takes the dog off the leash. He comes back to reality and realizes the dog is gone. He freaks out thinkin he vaccumed up the dog!! He's on his hands and knees, whistling at the end of the vaccum, meanwhile the chick is standing there with the dog in her arms thinkin he lost his mind. It kills me!!!

may1

10-10-2006, 02:33 PM

There is a commercial that I don't even know what it is selling, but a woman looks in at her husband and son and they are doing chores without being told. She smiles and is sitting on the couch and her cat is giving her a shoulder massage. It is so cute. I keep looking at MY cat and hoping he would do the same for me.

AngelVenom

10-18-2006, 06:43 AM

Another recent commercial is that WestJest one where everyone is laughing at something on the t.v and buddy is trying to find the channel. He doesn't find it right away but he doesn't want to be left out so he fake laughs right when the plane is quiet. Gets me everytime!!

TinkerbellAPixie

10-23-2007, 04:15 PM

Bump for those of you looking for a place to park your fave commercials.

LonnaSaur

10-24-2007, 06:23 AM

Thanks, Tink!

My favorite commercial of the moment. Kaiser Permanente, "when I was younger . . . "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Ogm4gdcrA

lloyd Dobbler

10-24-2007, 02:20 PM

I like the one for the insurance company where the agent does a good deed and someone sees her do it then does one themselves and so on passing it on. If only the world actually worked that way:)

TinkerbellAPixie

01-27-2008, 06:59 PM

There is a website called retrojunk.com where you can go see some of your favorite old commercials. I spent a little while on there last night skipping down memory lane.

LonnaSaur

01-28-2008, 10:04 AM

There is a website called retrojunk.com where you can go see some of your favorite old commercials. I spent a little while on there last night skipping down memory lane.

I am totally going to check this out just as soon as I have a chance. I really miss that old Sprint commercial where the monkey has a cold and if that is on this site I will be so thrilled. I am a sucker for cute animals and he looks so adorably miserable with his little ice pack on his head and the little thermometer in his mouth-I want to wrap him up in a blanket and feed him chicken soup!

menomor3

02-07-2008, 09:41 AM

My favorite commercial right now it the anti-drug commercial where the dog gets up on the table and tells the girl to stop smoking pot because he wants his friend back. It cracks me up every time. I guess I be having some sort of flashback on that one.

chooch850

04-13-2008, 08:32 PM

Love the new Volkswagon commercial with Heidi Klum talking to the VW Beetle and making it blush!

giffordsaz

04-13-2008, 08:47 PM

LOve the new avitar Choochiecoo

LonnaSaur

04-14-2008, 08:21 AM

I hate the cell phone commercial with The Network (the "can you hear me now?" guy-I don't even know what that is! Sprint?) with the girl who is going to call back all those guys who are dying to hear from her (except Brad) and tell her brother what she really thinks about his girlfriend, etc. She is SO obnoxious, but I always have to stop and watch the damn commercial anyway because she is SO pretty and cute. I have a girl crush! I hate her, and I love her. It's weird.

Oh, I just realized this is the "favorite" thread. Oh well, this one counts because I love it, and I also hate it.

giffordsaz

04-14-2008, 09:12 AM

Verizon.. i actually use Verizon and I like the commercial. I appreciate how the mob moves with the user and I can tell you I have had two dropped calls in 3 years with them. I especially like the commercial where my Verizon guy is in the back seat going through a tunnel and he says.. can you hear me now.. and it changes to a women in a car on her way to the hospital to give birth.. and getting mad at her mamma for being a worry wart.

LonnaSaur

07-01-2008, 09:30 AM

Those new "dead zone" commercials for Verizon are pretty cute, especially the one where the couple has just moved into the new house and the neighbor is trying to scare them. "Well, you've got crab grass." That is a GREAT line!

jampony

07-01-2008, 03:29 PM

Wayne

09-09-2008, 01:37 PM

I love the cadbury's adverts thats been shown over here recently.

They feature a gorilla drumming to songs.

Last years - Phil Collins - In the Air tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy52yueBX_s

New one - Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwluk1jT5B0

giffordsaz

09-09-2008, 06:22 PM

Thanks Wayne those celebs dont shill the wares here in the US of A.

I love love love the new Williams Sister vs. Manning Brothers Oreo Cookie fight!!!

Wayne

09-27-2008, 10:50 AM

Love this advert, has nothing to do with it being filmed at where i work though lol

1p Meal Deal
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n0ciYqib47I

chooch850

09-27-2008, 11:23 AM

Do you work at the track or the Meal Deal, Wayne? That was great!!

Wayne

09-27-2008, 12:36 PM

I work at the track, i was on holiday when it was filmed though so didn't see it being filmed, a few members of staff are in the advert as well.

All the greyhounds involved in it are from our Retired Greyhound centre as well.

JustJesse

09-27-2008, 12:54 PM

The Oreo commercial is really funny! :-)

brunettechic

09-27-2008, 07:34 PM

I LOVE the all-state commercials that come on during college football. Anyone else?

Clair

11-21-2008, 09:38 AM

My current fav commercial is The Lost Premiere for January.

CuJo31

11-21-2008, 12:46 PM

My current fav commercial is The Lost Premiere for January.

And the poster! So cool and I cannot wait...

LonnaSaur

11-25-2008, 06:52 AM

My current fav commercial is The Lost Premiere for January.

I know! And Jack is crying! I didn't see Desmond, though. :(

JustJesse

11-25-2008, 07:35 AM

I know! And Jack is crying! I didn't see Desmond, though. :(

Desmond is on the poster though isn't he?

LonnaSaur

11-25-2008, 01:54 PM

Desmond is on the poster though isn't he?

Hmm, I don't know. He certainly could be. I haven't seen it.

MelBell

11-26-2008, 12:01 AM

I feel left out, I haven't seen very many previews for LOST. :(

oneLUV

12-30-2008, 10:15 AM

my favorite commercials are the guitar hero ones

redtop94

12-30-2008, 01:15 PM

i like the oreo commercial

Wayne

02-01-2009, 03:37 AM

My 2 favourite at the moment

Compare the Market
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NsomzcXsfds

Churchill Insurance
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G8F9yQf-7TU

DONNABGOOD

02-01-2009, 05:22 PM

the commercials that always touch me are the puppy chow commercials.. oh my.. i can't take it.. it is just so cute!

lennonwhore

02-02-2009, 08:23 AM

I liked the career builder commercial last night where the koala got punched. I laughed for about five minutes.

The 3-D commercial, not so much.

chooch850

02-02-2009, 10:42 AM

For those of you who didn't catch the commercials during the Super Bowl, Time's website has them in order of their showing last night. Here's the link:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1874549_1874552_1876156,00.html

My favorite is Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head! LOL'd!

LonnaSaur

02-02-2009, 04:12 PM

I liked the Pedigree commercial in support of dog adoption. The old lady running after her "bad, bad bird," Bruno, as he chases the mailman, was pretty cute!

amya000

02-03-2009, 04:34 PM

The Manning Brothers vs. Williams Sisters oreo eating contest was quite the event during the superbowl

Christopher

02-08-2009, 10:15 PM

My current favorite commercial is "The Lost Premiere for January".

Clair

02-09-2009, 08:02 AM

My current fav commercial is The Lost Premiere for January.

My current favorite commercial is "The Lost Premiere for January".

What the French?

:confused:

here4beer

02-09-2009, 09:18 AM

haha Clair!... you've been watching too much Rock of Love. ;)

CuJo31

02-10-2009, 07:04 AM

I liked the career builder commercial last night where the koala got punched. I laughed for about five minutes.

The 3-D commercial, not so much.
haha I loved that too. "Well, I say!" and then the koala gets punched. :lol:

lennonwhore

02-10-2009, 09:38 AM

haha I loved that too. "Well, I say!" and then the koala gets punched. :lol:

Even now, it made me laugh.

LonnaSaur

03-03-2009, 02:56 PM

I love the new Cottonelle commercial with the lab puppy who is working out at the gym. I am not usually a huge fan of these commercials because the puppy has such a dorky voice and because, hello, he is talking about your butt, but this new one is pretty cute. I love the part where he is on the treadmill, wearing a little sweatband on his head, and the speed the treadmill is set to is "fetch." SO cute! The only way it could be better is if they used a golden retriever puppy instead, but you really can't go wrong with any puppy. Puppies are the best!

lennonwhore

03-03-2009, 05:23 PM

I do love me some puppies. La la la love them.

kittkatt

03-17-2009, 05:29 PM

My favorite commercial right now is the take time to be a dad one where the guy is practicing cheerleading with his daughter. "Oh those boys are much too much those boys are mch too much...."
My boyfriend hates it because every time it comes on I have to rewind it 2-3 times to watch it. Then while I'm laughing like a lunatic he just gives me this looks like "WTF was I thinking hooking up with this one?:unsure: " LOL!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb2iWSae5HE

shantigal

03-26-2009, 08:27 PM

PottyMouth

03-27-2009, 09:04 AM

I love the Cheetos commercials with Chester Cheeto (I think that's what his name is), egging on the girl to wipe her Cheeto dust encrusted hands on the smug moms white jacket. There's about 18 people I'd like to do that to. I may start carrying around an emergency bag of Cheetos for just that purpose.

Shantigal, I love that commercial! It cracks me up every time. There's another one where some chick is talking on the phone and being annoying, and a lady throws Cheetos up into the air around her so that she gets attacked by birds. It's not as good as the white jacket one, but it's pretty funny.

shantigal

04-18-2009, 08:18 PM

The Julia Louie-Dreyfus commercials for Healthy Choice are great. OK, talking with your mouth full of food is gross, but she manages to make it funny. I read that they were directed by Christopher Guest. The latest one is for potstickers, yum, with Jane Lynch from Best in Show. Love her too.

doopak

06-07-2009, 11:40 PM

I like new vodafone zoo zoo commercials and they are awesome and cute.

MelBell

07-02-2009, 11:01 AM

There is a Wii commercial with sport stars like The Williams' sisters and Tiger Woods playing against a kid and parent. Well the sport stars lose and they show the kid and parent celebrating while the stars in the background shaking their head. I think it's cute. :D

chooch850

08-03-2009, 05:48 AM

I love the DAWN dish soap commercial where they are giving all these little creatures baths from an oil spill accident. The penguin, the duckling & the otter are precious!

shantigal

08-03-2009, 06:50 AM

That's a good one one chooch. I usually get all choked up when an animal is in peril, but this one makes be happy.

There's a really stupid commercial for Stride Gum that makes me laugh every time. A guy is walking across the street on his cell phone trying to get through the automated answer system. He's saying "agent" and the system answers back " i'm sorry, I did not get that" and keeps cutting him off. Then a ram comes out of nowhere and head butts him in the groin, his gum flies out of his mouth and the Stride undercover guys swoop in to get the gum. Like I said, it's really stupid, but I cant' help to laugh at the tried & true hit in the groin slapstick.

MelBell

08-05-2009, 12:33 PM

There are two commercials that I absolutely love (sorry if they've been mentioned before).

First the Cottenelle commercial with the white, lab puppy at a day spa. He is so adorable.

The second commercial that alway makes me laugh is the peanut m&m is running against the check-out belt so he doesn't get scanned and then when he is in the bag looking at the receipt he's like "oh look we are on the guest list" Without fail I laugh everytime :D

ScotyUtah

08-06-2009, 09:14 AM

Commercials? Almost never get a chance to evaluate them anymore, what with the loaded DVR. There's a bunch of funny one's I like when I watch NASCAR live on Sunday's...

Clair

08-07-2009, 08:02 AM

I enjoy the Baskin-Robbins "Ice cream and cake! Do the ice cream and cake!" with all the little dancing cake toppers.

here4beer

12-03-2009, 12:49 PM

I don't normally watch commercials, but I love the Swiffer commercials. Something about the combination of cheesy 80s music and the idea of a mop/ broom/ duster being completely distraught cracks me up.

marijai

12-03-2009, 01:22 PM

I enjoy the Baskin-Robbins "Ice cream and cake! Do the ice cream and cake!" with all the little dancing cake toppers.

I LOVE that commercial! Everytime it comes on, I stop and sing and dance along on the couch.

I mentioned this one on another post, but my current fave is the Geico "pot hole" commercial. The one that says "oh no, your tire is all flat and junk...did I do that?" It's in a southern accent and reminds me of Britney Spears for some reason. I can recite the entire thing (in my southern accent) by memory. I love it!! :lol:

menomor3

12-04-2009, 10:11 AM

I love the Subway commercial they have out now with the 3 grown men sitting at the lunch table. They have little kid voices and they are talking about trading lunches. Then the "bully" walks over and demands one of the "kids" Subway.
Really a cute commercial.

Clair

02-13-2010, 04:15 PM

OMG, have you seen the P&G commercial playing during the Olympics thanking the moms??? I watched it 3 times and nearly cried all three times.

MelBell

02-13-2010, 04:51 PM

OMG, have you seen the P&G commercial playing during the Olympics thanking the moms??? I watched it 3 times and nearly cried all three times.

Yes, when I saw it the first thing I thought of is oh I should post this as a favorite commercial! I like the way you think Clair :)

lestermaddox

02-19-2010, 07:46 AM

Is that the one where they show the little kids all dressed up in the skating and skiing outfits and then the Mom in the audience saying something like "they will always be kids to Mom"? Cuz I love that one.

Lately the boy has been cracking up over the Geico commercial with the Too Tall Jones - where the nurse is measuring him and pulls the thing all the way out. Cracks him up everytime he sees it.

PottyMouth

02-19-2010, 12:58 PM

This is actualy an older one, but they've been reshowing it recently (probably because of the snow).....It's a Verizon commercial with a dad sipping coffee, watching his daughters shovel snow. He tells his wife he told them they can talk all they want to their friends if they do the shoveling, and she says they can do that anyways, and he's all like "They don't know that". Cracks me up every time.

It's funnier when you watch it.