posted on September 11, 2000 09:29:15 PM new
I have always loved the Mean Joe Green coke commercial where he sees a kid at the coke machine and as he walks back in the tunnel to the game he takes off his jersey and throws it to him! I love that commercial - I believe circa early 80's.
I also loved the frog budweiser commercials.
Anyone else?
oops - almost forgot the 'got milk' commercials where the guy looks at the baby for his milk and ends up with the cat milk for his cereal!!
posted on September 11, 2000 10:19:04 PM new
I cannot remember what they were advertising, but does anyone remember the one where the lady in one car and a man in the other end up at a stoplight together? The lady is eating and turns to look at the guy next to her and he starts picking his nose? Juvenile I know, but I laughed hard everytime I saw it. Heather
posted on September 11, 2000 10:27:10 PM new
OK, this is my all-time favorite--a British commercial that I saw about 15 years ago. Johnny Carson aired several foreign commercials one night, and this one really tickled me. I still laugh everytime I think about it:
Scene: quiet family room. Clock ticking. Kids quietly reading the funnies. Dad in easy chair reading a newspaper. Granny in rocker knitting something.
The mother walks in from the kitchen to announce that dinner's ready. Suddenly, granny rocks over backwards, Dad throws paper in air, kids jump up shrieking.
Scene Switch: Outside of house. Blinds are drawn, but two old ladies walking past can see silhouettes from inside of people with party hats & blowers dancing away. They pause to watch, then one old lady turns to the other & says wisely: "They're having chicken tonight!"
LOLOLOLOL!!! It was sponsored by the British Poultry Board.
A British friend of mine said that they put out another one featuring turkey, that I would give my eyeteeth to see.
posted on September 11, 2000 10:27:12 PM new
Hey, where'd that double post come from? Drat.
I don't know about the nose-picking commercial, but I have seen one that has a man picking up a blind date. He opens the car door for her like a gentleman. While he is then going around to the driver's side, she takes the opportunity to pass gas (and not silently). He gets in and proceeds to introduce her to the couple sitting in the back seat, whom she wasn't aware of.
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posted on September 12, 2000 12:19:28 AM newbunnicula : what the %!** could that be advertising ? Beano ? gas-x ?
Don't keep us in suspense !
nobs, Hi , and I too am getting to be a sucker for the animal ads.
I used to like the Advantage flea-remedy one where the wee pups and kittens were sitting in a classroom setting , cleverly computerised to sing " if you don't use Advantage scratch your rear.." etc. and one of the cats fell of its chair, unscripted .
I also hoot at almost any involving chickens .
The 'Foster Farms ' series , in the Pacific Northwest , featuring two Muppet style renegade chickens getting stopped in an old clunker car by the cops..
John teaching Spanish to a barnful..
An "energizer " Love Machine rooster..
Clever.. The VW car ad where everything moves in rhythm ; wipers , people on the street , rain , a guy bouncing a ball..etc.
And another VW one where a man body slams himself into a runaway shopping cart to save his new car.
Loved the Staples ad too...and yes , my daughter hated it .
Can't stand
Local business low-budgeters involving , e.g. robot voices , echo chambers , their family members , bad sound...
Talking toilets , or paper ( the British one was especially wince-worthy ! ); such drug side effects as the diet pill maybe causing * liquid gas , or the inability to control it * etc. , at breakneck speed ; and fresh open-faced chummy people who start with " y'see " and "y'know " before a huge animated background of feminine hygeine products , digestive systems or blackhead removal etc.
posted on September 12, 2000 12:38:48 AM newuglimouse: You know, I don't remember. I was so busy laughing that I missed the end part where they show who is advertising what
Your mention of talking toilets put me in mind of those old commercials for one of those blue cleansing tablets that featured a tiny little man in a boat. Remember those? The best part about *those* were the spoofs Carol Burnett did on her show--where a poor housewife is driven mad by commercials coming to life in her home. When the little guy in the toilet talked to her, she flushed!
edited because "coming" just isn't the same spelled with an "s"
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posted on September 12, 2000 12:44:57 AM new
Now, the commercials that really annoy me are the ones were animals or other foods can't wait to be eaten. What's up with that? Frozen foods get upset when a new taste sensation appears in the freezer, feeling that they now will never be eaten. A tuna spends all of his life trying to come up with ways to end up beheaded, gutted & stuffed in a can. Loser chickens try to fool people into thinking they are one of the few, the proud, the edible. Creepy when you think about it.
posted on September 12, 2000 07:52:57 AM newRancher Yes....I couldn't believe that one either. (My fav drug commercial is the one for Social Anxiety Disorder...)
Bunnicula Yes...(one that has a man picking up a blind date) ...that came as a surprise to me too. OMG! Guess I just didn't expect to see that from a 'lady'?
I still can't believe the commercial with the couple being shown in a loving situation, almost slow dancing...then they advertise the medicine for Herpes. My jaw fell to the floor. Guess anything private isn't considered private anymore.
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