Well, if we're going to have a thread about the most annoying commercials, we've got to have the flip side!
My favorite commercials are all things PUG and all things COW. That includes the asthma medication commercial with the pug and all the "Happy Cheese Comes From Happy Cows" commercials.
I love the series of "AFLAC" commercials. That duck "quacks" me up!
Staples did a commercial for the last few years that I liked (I haven't seen it this season). It shows a father joyfully going through the aisles of the store buying school supplies for his kids while they are looking really forlorn :( . He continues to put the supplies in his cart, flashing them in their faces. While he's doing this, you hear the song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," and the phrase, "They're going back!" I think a lot of parents can probably relate to that feeling. As a teacher who dreads the end of the summer
, I can relate to this one too.
Last edited by iluvtodd; 08-05-2004 at 06:20 AM.
I'm sure I have a lot of favorites. But the one that popped into my head is an annual Staples commercial that airs just about every August.
It's the one where a father is racing down the aisles skipping along to the music of "It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year" and gleefully throwing staplers, pencils, notebooks into the carriage. Then there's a shot of two kids with big frowns on their faces. It's the classic back-to-school commercial, and it always makes me laugh!
Oh, let's not forget about the terrific Staples commercial that airs every August where the father is gleefully wheeling his cart down the aisles while "It's the most wonderful time of the year" is playing in the background...
There were two commercials that actually cracked me up.
The first was the little boy shakes the pop and it squirts all over. Thinking the mom is going to get mad, the kid looks like uh-oh but the mom takes the hose off the sink and squirts the kid.
The next is the very large woman tacking up the lost and found sheet for her hamster and the guy notices the hamster crawling in her shirt top. The guy feels all the way to the front for the hamster and lady sprays him with pepper spray.
I have no idea what they are advertising for either commercial.
Dee
There was a commercial for some high end bathroom fixturing or shower head company where a couple was racing home and riping their clothes off on the way... it looked liked they were excited to get home if you know what i mean.... but really they were trying to beat one another to the shower.
One of my all-time favorites as well. I haven't seen it this year either. They seem to have made others instead but that will alway be the best.Originally Posted by RealtorGal
Oh, let's not forget about the terrific Staples commercial that airs every August where the father is gleefully wheeling his cart down the aisles while "It's the most wonderful time of the year" is playing in the background...
I have always loved all the Energizer Bunny commercials--especially those where they made you think you were watching a commercial for another product then along came the bunny interrupting the scene, banging on his little drum. I even have a stuffed Energizer Bunny doll--really cute. Came with little sandals, sunglasses and a little drum set.
I am probably one of the few who love commercials. I am always amazed at the creativity used to promote products.
A few of my faves:
1) The little boy in the kitchen tearing apart a box of cookies and m&m bars, and apologizing to the dog. He then proceeds to put all the treat squares in his backpack and hollers to mom that the dog ate all the cookies again!
2) The series of commercials about advil ( i think). First commercial has the kids in mom's back seat singing the never ending song. Commercial 2 is the mom dropping off the kids at the birthday party and the newly annoyed mother with a house full of kids singing the song. Commercial 3 shows a clown running desparately away from the house, song still being sung in the background.
3) Not sure if you get these commercials in the US, but there is a series of commercials advertising Alexander Keiths beer.
4) The commercials for the insurance company where the squirrels run out, cause an accident and then high five each other.
5) The block buster commercials with the hamster and the bunny in the pet store accross the street.
Give me some more time, I am sure I will remember some more!
Canuck
Canuck, those are all good ones.The M&M one really cracks me up. Especially when I see the fine print at the bottom of the screen, "Do not feed chocolate to dogs."
I love Alexander Keith's...YOU BIG SPILLY PANTS!
I love all the M&M commercials. One of the best is the one where the M&M guys are sitting in the store eating bags of M&M's. The customer tells them it's disturbing. I like the Color My World commericial they run now.
I like the porcupine Snuggle commericials. I think he's cuter than the teddy bear.
And I liked the old coffee commercials with the continuing story. I can't remember what coffee it was.
I also thought the beer "Wazzup" commercials were a hoot.
I also like the new Staples commercial with Alice Cooper in it. Of course, it is based on his hit, "School's Out for Summer". I just saw it in the last day or two and thought it was pretty good. I also like the AFLAC commercials. I also liked the old Alka-Selzer ads--the "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" and "Mama Mia, that'sa spicy meatball" ones. I also liked the ad where the two Hershey's Kisses were skating pairs.
I loved those commercials for "Taster's Choice".
Hear is some info on the Taster's Choice couple......
http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_tasterschoice.htm
Last edited by Piel; 08-06-2004 at 11:24 AM.
Any and all commercials with Jack Russell Terriers in them.
The Geico commercial where the Geico is in the family car and he starts singing "Everybody was kung-fu fightin'".
A couple old ones:
The litterbug one where the Indian cries.
Coke's "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"
I think these premiered during a Super Bowl: The one where Ozzy Osborne is in bed with "Carole Brady" and one where a guy finds his dog laying on the bed in front of the blasing A/C, he lays down next to him and says "Good Dog". I don't even know what the commercials were for, just know I got a kick out of them!
I know there must be others but I can't think of them....
I like the one with the guys in the office playing golf and hitting golf balls all over the place and pretty much breaking everything in sight....
RealtorGal -- did you hear about the lawsuit that some animal-rights group brought against the "Good Cheese comes from Happy Cows" campaign? They claim that it's false advertising because the cows are, in fact, miserable. I swear I am not making this up. They filed it about a year and a half ago; I haven't heard anything about it since.
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