The best/worst television commercials

[MaxofSteel]

That PS3 commercial with the weird baby doll really freaks me out. Why would they make a commercial like that? It's effin' scary!

Anyhow, my fav commercial right now has to be the Amp'd Mobile one where the Asian guy washes his hands in the bathroom and sings that rap song. His reaction to the other guy walking in is hilarious! That totally happens to me sometimes too.

[Pinball]

*Mercury's (or is it Lincoln?) new holiday ads. Two neighbors come out and see a new car with a giant bow sitting between their homes. The neighbors take turns acting like snobbish pricks by suggesting the car is for them. The spot concludes with one neighbor saying something like "somebody's got to clean the garage" and the other smugly responding "well somebody already did." At this point you’re hoping a deranged heroin addict beats both of them with a lead pipe, steals the Mercury, and crashes it into a brick wall.

I'm so quoting that.

I like the other german guy, the one from Mercedes.

[LordEd1976]

I like the other german guy, the one from Mercedes.

Are you talking about the commercials with Dr Z? I hate him.

And the BK King commercial freak me out. I'm waiting for the King to start stabbing people with sharpen BK Chicken Fries.

Put me down as another person who thinks the Geiko Caveman commercial are getting old.

That Mercury (or whatever) holiday commercial feels like a joke that you never get to see the punchline for.

[Kirayoshi]

Apple's actually discontinuing the "Mac guy vs. PC guy" ads because basically, John Hodgman is too good as the PC guy and audiences liked him better than the Mac guy. According to Wikipedia, both actors are Mac users, funnily enough.

Hodgman's become a semi-regular on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as the resident 'tech expert'. One ep a few months back, Jon managed to coerce Hodgman into saying, "I'm a PC" which got the audience cheering.

I'm actually partial to the current Go Phone ad that essentially redubbed "A Christmas Story".

"You'll run the bill up."
"Oh no! It's the classic parents' cell-phone block!"

Anyone remember a Diet Coke ad with two people watching Casablanca in an old theater and lip-synching the lines? That was cute.

[MaxofSteel]

I recently watched/enjoyed the old Discovery Channel commercial on YouTube, with the guys in the meteor (asteroid?) costumes dangling on a string.

It's the deliberate bad acting that cracks me up, along with the ending where they enter the Earth's atmosphere shouting : "Ahhh! The atmosphere! The atmosphere!"

There's another version with the same guys in mosquito costumes too. Hilarious!:p

[Frodo-X]

That PS3 commercial with the weird baby doll really freaks me out. Why would they make a commercial like that? It's effin' scary!

Creeps me out, too! Not to mention, why are they advertising something that they've run out of?!


Thought of another series I like:

The new Volkswagon commercials where it's just two people in the car talking and then *BAM!* they get nailed by another car. I find them very powerful, as they are much more realistic, and therefore impactful, than the standard reel of crash-test-dummies running into a wall.

Whoever came up with it should get a raise.

[the_big_billbowski]

I love the Fed Ex commercial where the office his having a meeting and they say that now they can ship Fed Ex to China and the boss tells Jim (?) to put a pin in China on the map. "That's Iceland Jim", and the guy gets all paniced because he can't find China. The boss says, "Do even know where China is?" and the guy Jim "accidently" falls on the map and rips it off the wall. Makes me bust out every time i see it.

[John Doe Jnr]

A good one is for a new cell phone that plays songs on it. It has 2 cool hip dudes jamming The Clash: Rock The Cashbah but singing Rock the Catwalk.

[i_mmmchocolate]

[Haunt]

i don't know what it's advertising but i like the "Mess'n with Sasquatch" commercials.

[Frodo-X]

I am not liking the V-Dubs rock where they use the cars as amplifiers.

[KenK]

I like all the V-Dub Rocks commercials, actually.

I used to be freaked out by the "Wake Up With The King" BK commercials, but As they've continued, I've found the humor in them.

The Caveman Geico commercials. . . .PRICELESS!


I can't stand the Virgin Mobile commercials. They're just. . . .odd!

[Agent Helix]

I recently watched/enjoyed the old Discovery Channel commercial on YouTube, with the guys in the meteor (asteroid?) costumes dangling on a string.

It's the deliberate bad acting that cracks me up, along with the ending where they enter the Earth's atmosphere shouting : "Ahhh! The atmosphere! The atmosphere!"

There's another version with the same guys in mosquito costumes too. Hilarious!:p

THAT was a great ad campaign. I'd forgotten all about it, but now my morning is brightened.

[Copper]

The Skittles' "Trade" spot with the singing rabbit always cracked me up.

[LordEd1976]

That pretty much sums up what would be my reaction except its missing the part where I'd take a bat to his head. repeatedly.