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What's the best commercial you've ever seen?
I still love the SportsCenter ads. And as much as I can't stand Roger Clemens, this one was brilliant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycwwkCFmpPw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rqZZgVxnCk nother scorcher
Haha! This makes me want an Imzy community for commercials.
Absolutely make this happen.
Maybe not the BEST ever, but certainly funny at the time! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JJmqCKtJnxM
A classic, without question.
Notwithstanding my previous comment, I think I just remembered my favorite commercial ever. It was my favorite when I first saw it in 7th grade, and I've yet to see better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyeDEAWtAR8
Haven't seen that one before. Nice!
The whole Caveman series of commercials from Geico.
Geico is always so hit or miss for me. Some of their ads are SO funny, but so many of them I get super annoyed with or just feel are lame. It's one of the only brands that I both really hate and really love their commercials.
I think MAD Magazine said it perfectly. It's hard to put any faith in a company that can't stick with one campaign. On the other hand, I have to give them credit for coming up with so many long running concepts.
The Cavemen one was probably the first time I could ever call a commercial "high concept". And I remember being doubtful when I found that they were going to turn it into an actual television series, but from what I understand it wasn't as bad as people thought it would be.
Yeah, that's probably part of the problem. They have no real consistent branding or personality or anything, so it's hard to get a real feel for them and if I do or don't like them. So many highs and lows.
Fortunately, I've never needed their services.
Years ago, there was a Snapple commercial where it seemed like a serious diving event, but the guy plunged into the water and got 0.0 from every judge and he was celebrating. I don't know why it made me laugh so hard, but I still do.
That 1-800-Contacts commercial where the package comes and the guy says "those can't be my brand, I have special eyes", and the wife holds up the box and says "look with your special eyes", and he dramatically drawls "my braaand" and buries his face into her shoulder. I don't completely understand why exactly it's so funny to me, but to this day my brothers and I still quote it at each other occasionally so I guess it somehow made the tops list.
Haha, do you have a link to it? That sounds super weird and hilarious.
Hang tight, I'll find it lol
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xrqdduneB-o] It's a bit choppy but it'll do lol
I'm not sure whether or not is the best I've ever seen, but since you brought up sports ads, this is probably my favorite baseball commercial (with Yogi's Geico commercial being a close second). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NLEpyw3tSU
Love that ad.
Ha! Yes! Being a Cubs fan, I remember Piniella's many meltdowns, and this commercial was just perfect.
All of the Irn Bru commercials are gold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOGIQVlIduw
Hahaha, wow! New to me. Some of these are hilarious!
These are fantastic
Probably my favorite SportsCenter ad recently is the one with Metallica. "First lesson's free!" https://youtu.be/Sbx6K6N3UCg
Never saw this one. Love it.
This is definitely NOT the best commercial I've ever seen. But, I grew up with it, and (at least in the Chicago area) it's become kinda legendary for being so over-the-top bad that you can't help but admire the sheer lack of give-a-crap this commercial had. "Oh, look at those low rates!" https://youtu.be/O4-e4nlfdRI
That is the best worst thing.
Was just remembering 2 commercials from when I was a child:
Koolaid man
Hubbabubba
So good
I'm so bummed I can't find a better quality video of this, because her facial expressions are some of the best parts and they're not quite as good with the grainy quality, but this is still super hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_FpCI9bypQ
There was one for Century 21 where Cal Ripken (I think) was giving away a house for hitting a baseball off a tee, but the "joke" was that everyone got one. A guy hit the ball really badly, and yelled "Stupid!" about himself. Cal said "You win a house!" and the guy walked away angry, like "Yeah..." I've never found it on line (and it's funnier than how I've described it). Anyone recognize it?
Wazzzuuuuuup???
The eyeglasses ad where the husband lops off a chunk of his wife's hair.
Haha I haven't seen that one, but it sounds hilarious.