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mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#1: Apr 28th 2021 at 3:58:53 PM

Couldn't find a thread on this, surprisingly. I like talking about good advertising campaigns, so I'll just make a thread here.

I've been binge-watching Compare the Meerkat ads cuz I'm on the other side of the pond and can't watch them on TV, and wow I love ads with actual lore. It's quite amusing. Insurance companies in general have the wildest commercial campaigns.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#2: Apr 28th 2021 at 4:02:49 PM

Always makes me laugh

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
arimothereindeer Boi from here to eternity, that's where she takes me Since: Dec, 2016 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
Boi
#3: Apr 28th 2021 at 8:57:51 PM

I'm probably gonna be posting here a lot, but I'll start with just one commercial series:

Levi's commercials starring Mr. Oizo's Flat Eric puppet character. I've wanted a plush of him for years now but they're so expensive!

Reindeer in the direction of reindeer
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#4: Apr 29th 2021 at 12:07:37 AM

I like Telenor's ads.

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
KingofNightmares Since: Aug, 2016 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#5: Apr 29th 2021 at 3:14:02 AM

This commercial, from Japan. I already have it linked in my current signature though. Either way, words can't describe it.

"It was the best of times, it was the BLURST of times?"
MagmaTeaMerry My Head Is On Fire from A forest somewhere Since: Sep, 2020
My Head Is On Fire
#6: Apr 29th 2021 at 2:35:11 PM

The old "Coca-Cola is it" commercials from the '80s/possibly early '90s. They were before my time, but both our family and my grandparents had these Peanuts VHS cassettes that showed Cola ads before the first episode.note  And they were so upbeat and catchy:

Coca-Cola is it

When you want to feel refreshed (Coke is it)

When you're thirsty, one of the best (Coke is it)

The biggest taste you'll ever get

Coke is it, Coca-Cola is it

... And while the cola in the glass bottles from then looks super-tasty, I don't remember if the ads made me want to drink cola, per se - I mostly remember thinking the water slide they showed in one of them looked awesome. Can't find it, though. The other ones were a guy playing piano in a traffic jam, a guy finding a girl's lost dog on a beach and this one, which is the only one I could find. But the audio quality makes my left ear sad.

Edited by MagmaTeaMerry on Apr 29th 2021 at 11:37:58 AM

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Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#7: Jun 5th 2021 at 2:09:13 AM

I love the Coke advertisement campaign for the new taste, especially the commercial.

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#8: Aug 22nd 2021 at 11:59:17 AM

Bump. I like the new Domino’s commercial about the “two minutes or your next pizza is free” curbside pickup. The one where the pizza guy is about to step out with the order… and then a bunch of African animals (and one South American monkey) show up. XD Somebody’s been watching a little too much Jumanji. tongue

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
lee4hmz 486-powered rotating frosted cherry Pop-Tart from A shipwreck in the tidal Potomac (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
486-powered rotating frosted cherry Pop-Tart
#9: Aug 24th 2021 at 3:10:19 PM

~Magma Tea Merry: I'm guessing that's a UK/international version? Coke ads in the US from roughly 1982-1986 used the same song with different lyrics.

As for old commercials I like, my family has a few old VHS tapes recorded in 1981-1982 that were the only copies we had of certain movies (Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Caddyshack) and we left the commercials in. I remember being obsessed with an ad for Ford trucks on the Close Encounters tape.

Even the station IDs were fair game. ABC's 1981 campaign ads were what I call "mental flotsam" until I rediscovered them in RealPlayer format c. 1999, since I really liked that campaign and the two that followed it for various reasons.

Edited by lee4hmz on Aug 24th 2021 at 6:12:27 AM

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mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#10: Aug 24th 2021 at 4:15:10 PM

Oh man, I miss really creative station IDs. Sometimes I watch ones from before I was born, mostly from Nickelodeon and The WB. (The WB sang their sponsorships!)

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
NotSoBadassLongcoat The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24 from People's Democratic Republic of Badassia (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Puppy love
The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24
#11: Aug 25th 2021 at 2:02:54 AM

Three, I think:

  • The campaign for local mobile provider, Plus GSM, featuring a local comedy troupe called Mumio.
  • The "piercings" Pepsi ad from early nineties.
  • A 2003 online campaign for Fanta Shokata, where you could add your own Gag Sub to clips from Bollywood movies from the seventies. The clips even featured young Amitabh Bachchan!

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Spottedleaf Fit check for my napalm era! (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Fit check for my napalm era!
#12: Aug 25th 2021 at 8:51:35 AM

The old JG Wentworth "viking opera" commercial. Catchy, entertaining, and funny for how out of left field it is.

>^owo^<
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#13: Sep 10th 2021 at 7:23:41 AM

Specsavers' ads are masterpieces.

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#14: May 17th 2022 at 5:45:51 PM

Bumping this thread with one of my favorite commercials; I just remembered this one. :) It was a commercial for Yu-Gi-Oh!. It showed the other characters saying who they’re altruistically dueling for: Yugi for his granddad, Joey for his sister, Seto for his brother… and then it cut to Mai excitedly listing off all the fun things she wants to do with the prize money. XD Then it showed Yugi smiling and Sweat Droping and saying “Well at least she’s honest.”

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
JankyKong He's finally back to kick some... wait from a Secret Base on the Moon Since: May, 2021 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
He's finally back to kick some... wait
#15: May 17th 2022 at 6:01:57 PM
AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#16: May 17th 2022 at 7:14:43 PM

I love this Battle Of The Planets promo from Channel 5, WNEW!

The Fun's on Channel 5!

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
ReikoKazama Kersplat! from Tasmania, Australia Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to the music
Kersplat!
#17: May 18th 2022 at 5:35:44 AM

"Mushrooms, the great all-rounder~"

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Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#18: May 18th 2022 at 6:32:30 AM

Progressive's ads..... I like the world building and character arcs

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
bowserbros No longer active. from Elsewhere Since: May, 2014
No longer active.
#19: May 19th 2022 at 2:11:36 PM

The Liberty Mutual "Human" ads (e.g. this one), in which people make various catastrophic, vehicular-related mistakes to the tune of the eponymous song by The Human League. It's over-the-top enough to be comedic, and the ads do a great job recontextualizing what was originally an infidelity song. To this day it's probably my favorite ad campaign out there, and it's a shame that it had to end. Heck, even if the lyrics to "Human" are kinda banal, the ads made me like the song a lot more than I otherwise would have, lol.

Edited by bowserbros on May 19th 2022 at 2:11:56 AM

Be kind.
TheWhiteWolf (ON INDEFINITE HIATUS) from the Restaurant at the End of the Universe Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
(ON INDEFINITE HIATUS)
#20: May 20th 2022 at 4:25:06 PM

the skittles touch

She/they. Hirrus Clutumnus is my comfort character
Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#21: May 20th 2022 at 4:35:15 PM

Any ad with the Brown M&M spokescandy

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#22: May 21st 2022 at 5:47:24 PM

Speaking of sweet treats, when I was a kid, there was this contest going on where if you found a box of Chips Ahoy that was filled with sugar cookies instead of chocolate chip ones, you would win a lot of money. And it had a hilarious commercial to go with it. XD cool[tup]

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#23: May 21st 2022 at 6:21:53 PM

I know this is a "meme" pick, but... the Reese's Puffs rap was catchy then, and it's catchy now.

Wafer Troy Verde from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Troy Verde
#24: May 21st 2022 at 6:59:45 PM

NEW DREADWING IS PUNISHIN' HIS GATLING GUN IS ILLIN'

Guys how cool would it be if Super Megaforce had a green ranger...
harryhenry It's either real or it's a dream Since: Jan, 2012
It's either real or it's a dream
#25: May 28th 2022 at 8:14:30 AM

"noitulovE", that Guiness beer ad from 2006. It's a shame that it was a beer ad, because if I had gotten the chance to see it on TV at the time (I would've been 7) I would've gone nuts for it as a kid. As it stands, I can still love it now.


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