History Funny / Advertising

* Another surely unintentional example, by way of CriticalResearchFailure, is seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmO3TXzbKbw a spot]] from UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}'s "Made in the USA" campaign that debuted during the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames 2014 Winter Olympics.]] With visuals of factory employees hard at work and a caption stating the company's pledge to invest $250 billion in products from American factories, the ad purported to be a consummate celebration of American industry. Problem: the song used in the ad was "Working Man" by [[Music/RushBand Rush]]. That's right, [[{{Facepalm}} the band that many praise as the greatest to ever come out of]] ''[[{{Facepalm}} Canada]]''.

* Another surely unintentional example, by way of CriticalResearchFailure, is seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmO3TXzbKbw a spot]] from UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}’s "Made in the USA" campaign that debuted during the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames 2014 Winter Olympics.]] With visuals of workers laboring in factories and a caption stating the company’s pledge to invest $250 billion in products from American factories, the ad purported to be a consummate celebration of American industry. Problem: the song used in the ad was "Working Man" by [[Music/RushBand Rush]]. That’s right, [[{{Facepalm}} the band that many praise as the greatest to ever come out of]] ''[[{{Facepalm}} Canada]]''.

* Another surely unintentional example, by way of CriticalResearchFailure, is seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmO3TXzbKbw a spot]] from UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}’s "Made in the USA" campaign that debuted during the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames 2014 Winter Olympics.]] With visuals of workers laboring in factories and a caption stating the company’s pledge to invest $250 billion in products from American factories, the ad purported to be a consummate celebration of American industry. Problem: the song used in the ad was "Working Man" by [[Music/RushBand Rush]. That’s right, [[{{Facepalm}} the band that many praise as the greatest to ever come out of]] ''[[{{Facepalm}} Canada]]''.

* Another surely unintentional example, by way of CriticalResearchFailure, is seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmO3TXzbKbw a spot]] from UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}’s "Made in the USA" campaign that debuted during the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames 2014 Winter Olympics.]] With visuals of workers laboring in factories and a caption stating the company’s pledge to invest $250 billion in products from American factories, the ad purported to be a consummate celebration of American industry. Problem: the song used in the ad was "Working Man" by [[Music/RushBand {{Rush}}]. That’s right, [[{{Facepalm}} the band that many praise as the greatest to ever come out of]] ''[[{{Facepalm}} Canada]]''.

* Another surely unintentional example, by way of CriticalResearchFailure, is seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmO3TXzbKbw a spot]] from UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}’s "Made in the USA" campaign that debuted during the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames 2014 Winter Olympics.]] With visuals of workers laboring in factories and a caption stating the company’s pledge to invest $250 billion in products from American factories, the ad purported to be a consummate celebration of American industry. Problem: the song used in the ad was "Working Man" by Music/RushBand. That’s right, [[{{Facepalm}} the band that many praise as the greatest to ever come out of]] ''[[{{Facepalm}} Canada]]''.

* Another surely unintentional example, by way of CriticalResearchFailure, is seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmO3TXzbKbw a spot]] from UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}}’s "Made in the USA" campaign that debuted during the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames 2014 Winter Olympics.]] With visuals of workers laboring in factories and a caption stating the company’s pledge to invest $250 billion in products from American factories, the ad purported to be a consummate celebration of American industry. Problem: the song used in the ad was "Working Man" by Music/RushBand. That’s right, [[{{Facepalm}} the band that many praise as the greatest to ever come out of ''Canada''.]]

* The UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast's "Advertising/ItsThinking" ad campaign. Each commercial focuses around the video game characters living inside the console and what they do when you're not playing a game (or, in some cases, when you are). Some of the funniest are the ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSaXMIGaTaw ad]], the ''VideoGame/NBA2K [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB_J2PdO2qo ad]], and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRyzd7aQLr4 SegaNet ad]].

* One of the slogans for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis's U.S. advertising campaign: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7nsBoqJ6s8 Genesis does]] what Creator/{{Ninten|do}}[[TakeThat don't]]."

-->'''[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Triplet 2]]:''' '''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants CHOCOLATE!!!]]'''

* During the 1980s, Ontario Hydro produced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr03-yFF60U a series of ads]] featuring an anthropomorphic furnace voiced by Larry D. Mann (AKA [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1964 Yukon Cornelius]]). For those who aren't creeped out by the puppetry, they're absolutely hilarious, particularly the ones involving the furnace arguing with homeowners over oil bills.

* A Sprite advert featuring kids running away from a scary mascot for a BrandX citrus juice.

* Creator/ChuckECheese's provides us the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZXJvniiFBU Boring Pizza Place]] advertisement. WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs does not begin to describe the zaniness.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDUIIl_OUuo Thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen...]]" [[spoiler: ''(EyePoke)'']] "Fourteen! Fourteen! Fourteen!" Followed by an extremely clever tie-in to the product (Cash Converters, an Australia-based secondhand goods dealer and loan agency).

* Keep your eyes closed, and try saying [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2b1THz_0BU this]] is not funny as hell. Also counts as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for [[spoiler:Creator/PeterCullen]].

---> Did you know women prefer Old Spice for their men ''one-bajillion times more'' than lady scented body washes? [[spoiler: Did you know I'm riding this horse, backwards?]]
*** [[spoiler:Hyah!]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUfV97wnlcg GO COMPAAAREEE!!]] While many people find these ads annoying, there's a funny (and awesome) thing in this ad: the guy [[spoiler:flies with his moustache.]]

* Creator/JohnCleese [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNPCz_Wv1a0 tells us about the danger of subliminal messages.]][[spoiler: Schweppes.]]

* From Kraft Singles, we bring you [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvJFJz5N62o "Principal Wilson's Meltdown"]]. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDASxk5kiDw full commercial]] is just as funny. It tells us why Principal Wilson is angry: [[spoiler:a car parked in his reserved parking space.]] The rants become even funnier.[[note]]"IT'S MY SPOT!!! THAT'S ''MY'' SPOT!!! IT HAS A SIGN THAT CLEARLY READS "Principal Wilson"!!!!! ''I'M'' PRINCIPAL WILSON!!! ''I'M'' PRINCIPAL WILSON!!!! AND IF YOU ARE NOT PRINCIPAL WILSON, YOU HAVE NOT EARNED IT!!!! IT'S NOT YOUR SPOT, NOT YOUR SPOT!!! PULL THAT CAR OR IT WILL BE TOWED!!! IT! WILL! BE! TOOOOOOOOOOOOWED!!!!"[[/note]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXbzAbFyEjs This commercial]] which debuted alongside the London 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames: Be Free, Live, Run [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope into....the Top Ten Appliance Brands, ONLY at Sears]].]]
** There is also [[https://youtu.be/9kqZKLINQZc another Top Ten Appliance Brand]] commercial that is a parody of a stale holiday rom-com movie trailer and all the typical {{Glurge}} that accompanies it. You might even get fooled into thinking it was the real thing if you aren't paying attention [[spoiler: until the hunky lead slams face-first into a refrigerator, followed swiftly by an epic pratfall from his "love interest". "You won't run into these deals just anywhere", indeed]].

-->'''Woman''': I just shi[[spoiler:pped]] my pants!

* Ghent is going to have its own domain extension. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFyCJQOvAo0 Of course someone is going to want to buy it]], this time by [[spoiler: someone who does not even have internet]].

[[spoiler:Arby's. We have the meats!]]

* From the late 90s, a set of Heineken adverts aired in the UK to try to boost sales, the first one starring magician Paul Daniels and his wife, singing and playing along to the song "Close to You". The advert ends with the message "Buy a pint of Heineken, or we'll keep running this commercial." The follow-up starts with a message saying that people didn't take it seriously, and it adds more celebrities to it, once again telling people to buy Heineken or they'll keep playing it. The third commercial says that sales of Heineken have risen dramatically - [[spoiler: but not dramatically enough, adding in even more celebrities ( [[HarsherInHindsight including Jimmy Savile]]). In the final advert, it proudly announces that sales of Heineken have risen to a more than acceptable level, and, as a treat to the viewers, a pride of lions is unleashed upon the group of celebs.]] The whole commercial can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN2PkpmUFjw here]].

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw_mdeo-qCw "Can futbol announcer Andres Cantor make any sport exciting?"]] Cuts to Cantor loudly and animatedly calling a slow-paced chess match. One of the guys takes a piece, causing him to stand up and yell his trademark "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!" [[OverlyLongGag (keeps going as the commercial ends)]]''

* Boss Coffee, a brand of coffee in Japan, has a series of commercials centered around "Advertising/AlienJones", an alien disguised as (and portrayed by) Creator/TommyLeeJones who came to study life on earth. Awkward misunderstandings and bizarre superhuman feats (accompanied by Jones' [[SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage Surprisingly Good Japanese narration]]) ensue. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw38fGZbsUs Watch as Alien Jones tries to cut it as a teacher]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h2pFjeumSk a train station attendant]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xft37LZP0g0 a waiter at a karaoke bar]].

---> '''Dave''' : You're tone deaf!

* The French gambling company PMU's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1d3Vsmz8bA take on]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6qyju1ThYU dark humor]] (warning : some of you might find them offensive)

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5JH89Vcbpo A woman walks in on her son using grip strengtheners]]. To her, however, it looks like... [[ADateWithRosiePalms something else]].

* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXP3C5Kg-7w Thai]] insecticide commercial by Chaindrite sees a man in a termite costume eating wood. A married couple catches him and sprays Chaindrite insecticide, but the termite claimed that the insecticide does not work on him and ''walks away'' to his hive. Then, at the hive, the termite tells his buddies that he survived an insecticide attack, only to collapse dying. Soon as the other termites touch him, his last words are "don't touch me", ''while the other termites realized [[MassOhCrap they touched him already''. Cue to the termites falling to their deaths.

* A lot of the more recent Old Spice commercials are hilarious, with their complete unapologetic use of implied TestosteronePoisoning and deadpan humor, but the best one would have to be their recent SuperBowlSpecial: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]]":

* [[https://youtu.be/uQ9nn7en2yE "Okay, buddy, what do you think of Wilkins Coffee?"]] "I never tasted it." ''(BOOM) (cannon points toward camera)'' "Now what do YOU think of [[Advertising/WilkinsCoffee Wilkins]]?" Made ridiculously funny by the fact that it's [[Series/TheMuppetShow the voices of Rowlf and Kermit]] (not to mention a proto-Kermit puppet).