History Funny / Advertising

** Sometimes, it's the vocalist (Dave Bickler of {{Music/Survivor}}) that sells the ads.

* 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:[[RantInducingSlight 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]]

* 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 ( [[FunnyAneurysmMoment 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]].

-->'''Crews''': '''''GUESS WHO?!?!'''''\\

-->'''Crews''': "''Hello, ladies''"...'''IS SOMETHING A DUMMY WOULD SAY!!!'''

--> ''(about Mr. Giant Taco Salad Inventor)'': Some may ask "Is your taco salad healthy?" Of course it is - it's a ''salad'', isn't it?\\

--> ''(about Mr. Stadium Scoreboard Marriage Proposal Guy)''\\

-->''(about Mr. Paranoid of the Ocean Guy)''\\

-->''(about Mr. Golf Tournament Quiet Sign Holder Upper)''\\

-->''(about Mr. T-Shirt Launcher Inventor)''\\

-->''(about Mr. Giant Pocket Knife Inventor)''\\

-->''(about Mr. Electric Carving Knife Inventor)''\\

-->''(about Mr. Losing Locker Room Reporter)''\\

-->''(about Mr. Backyard Bug Zapper Inventor)''\\

-->''(about Mr. Centerfold Retoucher)''\\

-->''(about Mr. Company Computer Guy)''\\

-->''(about Mr. Really Bad Toupee Wearer)''\\

-->''(about Mr. Chinese Food Delivery Guy)''\\

-->Now, that’s the stuff! Hostess!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpzwbcrKDFs ICE CREAM AND CAKE DO THE ICE CREAM AND CAKE]]

'''Mr. Miller''': Hi, kids! ''(Mr. Miller picks up his wheelbarrow...and then his arms snap directly out of their sockets.)''\\

''(the kids drink their milk like there's no tomorrow)''

'''Girl''': Yeah.\

'''Boy and Girl''': ''DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!''\\

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

* Shaving razor company Schick did a collaboration in Japan with ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' to give us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2SRcG1IOfs Shave Impact]]".

* The “Where’s The Cream Filling?” commercials from Hostess, which involve somebody having an ImagineSpot of its Cup Cakes or Twinkies snacks, only to find out too late that they are anything but either of those, are pure comedy gold!

-->"Hello, good citizen. I am Batman. You can be my assistant. Would you like that? Would you like to ride with Batman?"
* The funniest Advertising/GotMilk commercial was hands-down the one with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmFkZHjt6Y the Trix Rabbit]]. The poor guy just can ''not'' catch a break!
** See also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnIjgw5A-iI this]], ''Time'' magazine's favorite from the campaign's first year in 1995.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nys0i_FRjTI I WEAR NO PANTS.]]

-->Bust a nut! Bust a nut! Grab a bag of corn nuts and [[RuleofTHree bust a nut]]!

** Combine that ad with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-ItfWY3xMQ
** Merges with a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome CMoA]] when the War For Cybertron Soundwave toy can assume a boom box mode... ''unintentionally''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kK6F7t-x6E IT'S NANNERPUSS!]]
** The best part is how obviously fake it is. Not only can you see the strings, but ONE OF HIS EYES FALLS OFF.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8avOiTUcD4Y The Trunk Monkey commercials?]]
* Boss Coffee, a brand of coffee in Japan, has a series of commercials centered around "Alien Jones", 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]].
* Budweiser's Real Men of Genius ads.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjD3YZ6REpM Who are you calling a cootie queen you lint licker!?]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEVa2swtC10 WINGMAAAAAN!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs Make your babies run ABNORMALLY FAST!]]
* The Toyota AFL ads that Australians may be familiar with.

* The latest Pepsi ads featuring Creator/RichardSpeightJr.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX0fmBHiZy4 Snap!]]
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnABZM83hqg Snap!]]
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh0hzLLofaM this commercial]] From 1999/2000: the "hey"s at the end really sell it.

* The commercials for the Epic phone from Sprint.
** Also, the Sprint [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG-VB5xb6KM ad]] for the "Fair and Flexible Plan":

* Sprint's Data Dilemma commercials.

--->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drRTJWbxRzg These shorts are for a younger person, wouldn't you say?]]"

* Toys R Us ([[{{Tearjerker}} Rest well, good friend]]) ran some impressively creative ads featuring a realistic CGI Geoffrey the Giraffe during 2004, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS6989jrSrc this ad for an easter sale they ran that year]]. These ads were at once memorable and easily funnier than you'd expect.

* Thai ads. Just pick any Thai ads. '''Except''' for [[{{Tearjerker/Advertising}} the Life Insurance ones]].

* Two words: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgoVrAR3YOo Theft Deterrent.]]
* All of the recent Summer's Eve ads. Some of them are funny (the "sideways hands ads"), but others are just dramatic... until you realize what they're advertising for.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwcYbo7pjto THEY'RE GOING BACK!]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB-fKGiXlEE "You look delicious..."]] "I ''feel'' delicious...''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GazEklR559I "There's a tap dancing leprechaun that lives in my tree, his name is Handsome Pete, and he's my best friend."]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJS58LzBhsw Charter boat? What Charter boat?]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvlWQyvEI38 To keep the rabbits out]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIutgtzwhAc The Heineken walk in fridge.]]
* Ladies and gentlemen... the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ntDYjS0Y3w Star Wars Dogs]].

* Chuck E Cheese'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=wYX_zhlTDr8 BERRIES AND CREAM, BERRIES AND CREAM!]]"
* "I'm sorry, I have no idea what you're saying...but I just love your Spanish accent".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6iHCFiSqIw The adverts]] for the Arab cheese "Panda Cheese" "Advertising/NeverSayNoToPanda".

* Ragu's "Hard Day of Childhood" commercials are hysterical. The "participation trophy" one has flawless delivery. The kids really do deserve some delicious spaghetti!

* The UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast's "It's Thinking" 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSaXMIGaTaw Crazy Taxi ad]], the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB_J2PdO2qo NBA 2K ad]], and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRyzd7aQLr4 SegaNet ad]].
** Another funny one is the launch trailer. Sonic exclaims "We got 'er!" after a female thief gets captured and he ends up falling off his perch. A football player tries to catch him, only to get DistractedByTheSexy and Sonic hits the ground with a splat, losing rings in the process.
* There's a series of Japanese commercials known as "Ueno Juri" about a woman getting her own type of house insurance by getting various types of help. One of them has her recruiting the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ46XI9bZBw Seven Legendary]] Franchise/{{Kamen Rider}}s: Ichigo, Nigo, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon and Stronger. After finding out what she's doing, Ichigo implores "But, we have to protect world peace!". The woman's reply? "Ichigo, you get to protect the bathroom." Ichigo and Amazon's reaction sells it.

* [[{{Film/Goldfinger}} Oddjob]] + a really nasty cough = [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSA5OgIAUqA utter destruction]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fDcNEUSLPs "THERE'S NO RULES!!" "Put your shirt back on!" "THERE'S ONE RULE!!"]]

* The Snickers "You're not you when you're hungry" ads, namely one where a football coach turns into Creator/RobinWilliams as a pastiche of his many roles.

* The AT&T "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0FL1AzCAJ8&list=SPxgUkHTvXNoYSV9JR0UdjV-YEYaHVYssQ&index=15 It's Not Complicated]]" ads featuring a focus group of kindergarteners are perfect to anyone who's ever had a conversation with a child that age... though thanks to the only adult's deadpan responses, they're pretty hilarious even if you haven't. They also managed a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} with their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkKJR38nEgE Mother's Day ad]]. It may not surprise you to learn that they're directed by [[Music/TheLonelyIsland Jorma Taccone]], although they are, in fact, unscripted. This one for example:

* The Snickers Feast commercials had this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1iJRW_hMDI gem]].
* [[http://www.franksredhot.com/ Frank's RedHot]]: "I put that *[[SoundEffectBleep bleep]]* on everything."

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YQBulqQSNw Snuffy The Seal]], a BlackComedy ad for Shark Week on Creator/DiscoveryChannel.
* This ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl-pn7ADx1c Iron Man 3]]'' [[ExactWords "extended look"]] trailer. Best TrollingCreator Ever!
* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V71CMBPW7yE Pepsi Ad]] with a clever dog.

* UK optometrist chain Specsavers have produced some truly hilarious adverts for their "Should have gone to Specsavers" campaign.

* The scene in the [=WaxVac=] commercial when the guy's improper use of a Q-tip results in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VkuSRQzq2k this]].

* Creator/VH1 Classic has been airing (and airing, and airing) a set of promos lately titled Metal Headzzz. Three dudes talk about their future success in a metal band. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_v9jtucp6U One short]] involves them discussing album covers; at one point, one of them suggests "Bag of Blood." GilliganCut to a record ''literally in a bag of blood.'' Another proposal is so disgusting that they have to bleep most of it and then blur the majority of the album cover... and this comes after "Bag of Blood" is discussed in an adult theater (with one of the guys masturbating in the background- if you look close enough, his arm is slowly moving up and down). Of course, this incredibly gory cover was proposed in front of an ice cream truck with [[CrossesTheLineTwice a herd of children present]]...

* [[https://www.facebook.com/StarTours/posts/562212757167701 Please use The Force responsibly.]] Mildly funny ad with a laugh out loud disclaimer.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I0WfnhVs2s Oh, Snap.]]

* [[SignsOfDisrepair Hire]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDZwDscQmRI Jim McFurnson]].

* [[http://i.imgur.com/fhiil.jpg This]] was spotted on the Berlin subway. Yes, it's a real advert.
* "Steven has made up his mind who he's backing in the general election, so today he's off to cast his vote. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pxJ-pda3uM Unfortunately, Steven didn't register...]]"

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv5StAv77Dg This Arby's commercial]] about Pepsi can tell the tale a WHOLE lot better than any description.

* The "Could've Had a V8" commercials with the {{dope slap}}s, especially the one where a baby does this to her mother after she teases that she has a French fry. The baby's reaction after the DopeSlap is especially hilarious.

* The commercials for ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario Superstar Baseball]]'':

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNNmRi1hBYI This Ruby Tuesday commercial featuring triplets.]] The funniest moment is unarguably:

---> Crews: It's so powerful [[CrazyAwesome IT CAN TURN OFF THE SUN]]. But then it gets too cold. So it [[PowerOfTheSun CREATES ANOTHER SUN!!]] [++[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrvWLdyG4Uw DOUBLE SUN POOOWWWERRRRRRR!!!!]]++]

-->'''Mom''': I happen to know that milk builds strong bones. So drink up.
-->'''Boy''': Well, Mr. Miller told me he never drinks milk, and look at him!
-->'''Girl''': Yeah.
-->'''Mr. Miller''': Hi, kids! ''(Mr. Miller picks up his wheelbarrow...and then his arms snap directly out of their sockets.)''
-->'''Boy and Girl''': ''DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!''
-->'''Mr. Miller''': [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Oh, that's not good.]]
-->''(the kids drink their milk like there's no tomorrow)''

** The first one, [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/OIFv/tostitos-not-a-word-featuring-dan-levy-and-kate-mckinnon "Not a Word"]], has Dan and Kate at a party, where a fellow partygoer accidentally spills some salsa on his shirt and doesn't notice. Cue an intense unspoken argument between Dan and Kate conveyed entirely through facial expressions (and their inner thoughts for the audience's convenience). Before they can finish arguing, the partygoer tells Kate that she has some lipstick on her teeth and leaves, which she rather hypocritically thinks is rude.

%% * The Schick Intuition commercial from 2003 is full of this.
* One woman shakes her shaving cream can to lather her legs... only for it to backfire and spray her in the face. The can then proceeds to spray all over her body.
* One woman is sitting in her bathtub, trying to lather her legs with her bar of soap. But it slips out of her hands, forcing her to try to reach for it. Her grunting as she tries to reach for it are priceless.
* One woman has her bare foot balanced on her bathroom sink, as she tries to shave her legs there while talking on the phone. This ends up being a bad idea, as she begins to wobble, trying to franticly keep her balance. What really sells it is her hilarious OhCrap face and her putting the razor in her mouth as she desperately reaches for the sink to save herself. Only for her foot to slip off the sink, causing the poor woman to crash to the floor.
* In the utterly butterly UK ad, a woman is talking to a customer on the phone. she notices a cheese-covered biscuit and takes it from her co-worker's desk. When she tries to reach for another one, she ends up falling off her chair and hits the floor.
* What makes this funnier is that after the woman falls to the floor, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent one guy in his office turns his head to see her on the floor before turning his head back to his paperwork]].

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDUIIl_OUuo Thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen...]]" [[spoiler: ''([[EyeScream eye poke]])'']] "Fourteen! Fourteen! Fourteen!" Followed by an extremely clever tie-in to the product.

--> '''Gecko''': I, I still have nightmares.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQjPby366CA "What is your superpower, anyway?" "I stand awkwardly in one place for way too long.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlVo7O2qm-4 "In fifteen minutes you can do a lot.]] [[SelfDeprecation Like make a trainwreck of a commercial.]]

---> '''Left-side neighbor''': They are, and Dave here practices the accordian every night!

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqOwg0dqApY A museum guard turns out the lights]]. Feel free to imagine what exactly he did to the statue...
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-gEq2l4nCw "Dad? The car's broken!"]]

* The [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Corn]] [[{{Narm}} Nuts]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Ad]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BzxfEEd1DQ Bust a nut! Bust a nut!]] (with SuspiciouslySpecificDenial at the beginning to boot)

* Irn-Bru are famous for having hilarious ads with their own brand of cheeky, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar sometimes risque]] humour. Their latest ad campaign feature people coping with uncomfortable situations by drinking Irn-Bru. For example:

* Creator/ZacharyQuinto challenges Creator/LeonardNimoy [[http://youtu.be/MVoDnGVkWCA to a race]] and the loser buys lunch. Awesome, and then crosses into downright hysterical when Leonard starts singing "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins." [[spoiler:He also wins the challenge by nerve pinching Zachary.]]

-->'''Executive:''' ''(smirking)'' It's my little way of...''sticking it to the man.''
-->'''Assistant:''' But...you...'''''are''''' the man.
-->'''Executive:''' I know.
-->'''Assistant:''' So you're sticking it to yourself?
-->(Beat.)
-->'''Executive:''' Maybe.

-->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drRTJWbxRzg These shorts are for a younger person, wouldn't you say?]]"

-->'''Jimmie:''' Man, we're door to door, I've got the better car, fresher tires, I drove it in deep... and you missed it. I know you wanted to watch it, but you got throttled by your data plan and it slowed you down. ''[clip of Jimmie racing alongside Brad Keselowski slows to a stop]'' You hit your data limit streaming all that techno music, didn't ya? ''["I like the pum pum pum"  by Marsianik starts playing for a few seconds]'' I mean ''really''? ''[music stops]'' Man, you've got some questionable tastes in music.

--> '''Man:''' *after a car with a mannequin resembling himself falls off a cliff* Well kids... Daddy's dead.
--> '''[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep "Can You Hear Me Now?" Guy]]:''' Let me guess... [[DisproportionateRetribution Faking your own death]] [[RefugeInAudacity to get out of your Verizon contract?]]
--> '''Boy:''' Isn't that illegal?
--> '''Man:''' [[WhatIsThisX What are you, a cop?]]

* The "Mayhem" All State commercials.

--> '''Libby''': Did she change her outfit?
--> '''Preppy Girl''': She changed her ''head''.

-->'''Ozzy Osbourne:''' What the fuck is a [[Music/JustinBieber "bieber?"]]
-->'''Stagehand ([[SelfDeprecation played by Justin Bieber himself]]):''' I dunno, but it kinda looks like {{Satan}}.

** The Progressive Park commercial. It looks legit until it shows that the rides include an extremely slow rollercoaster and a single, isolated bumper car, [[RealityEnsues then it reveals that the parking lot is empty because no one is interested in an insurance-themed theme park]].

* A January 2021 advertisement campaign for Match.com showed {{Satan}} having the date of his dreams...with a personification of the year 2020. Cue the two of them happily indulging in the misery 2020 caused, set to the tune of "[[Music/TaylorSwift Love Story]]."

* The Schick Intuition commercial from 2003 is full of this.