The new commercial for the 2005 Mustang is an instant classic. The driver pulls to a stop, and from out of a cornfield emerges Steve McQueen. He gets in the drivers seat and takes off. It's a terrific way of tying in the appeal of the retro styling (reminiscent of a 68 model) by evoking the Mustang in McQueen film Bullit.

I haven't seen the ad yet. The new 'Stang is very reminiscent of the 1968 model. Even the round headlights are back. Ford has kept the Mustang in production for 40 years, outliving its main pony car competitors, the Chevy Camaro and the Pontiac Firebird, which bit the dust in 2002.

Saw one at the dealer. They really look like the old fastback/Mach 1 models.

Oh, and I love the newest Capital One VISA commercial. The huns running through the shopping mall, with the perfume lady trying to spritz them is hilarious. And at the end, you have the one dejected hun walking away, kicking something. But the perfume lady makes the commercial work.

I liked the one when they're at the football game, and the fan in the Viking helmet and down vest cheers them on as they rush past.

I hate the Mustang ad. They're grossly whoring a dead actor's image just to sell a car whose design they coud no longer create an original idea for, which is typical for FORD. Same as they did with the Thunderbird's retro-inspired design. You can probably expect those two models to look like that for at least another decade with little to no new changes. Just look how long it took 'em to change the Mustang designs from the late '70s. Except for minor changes it still looked basically the same from 1978 to 1994! And then they went retro with the '60's fastback look! Then they went retro with the T-bird. Then the 2005 Mustang! Ladies and gentlemen, FORD has run out of original ideas! But of course they're just banking on good ol' US nostalgia, which always sells.

One series of ads that look so cool are those HP printer ones with the dorky looking guy sitting at his computer desk holding the empty frames which then become a freezeframe of himself that he then sets aside or puts around his neck and then later retrieves to capture yet another pic of himself with. There are also other people in those ads exchanging pix but at first it was just him. I like the quasi-60's folk guitar music that starts them off, too. At least that's what it sounds like to me.

Those HP ads are absolutely fantastic.

And I haven't seen the Steve McQueen Mustang ad yet! I really want to see it just once.

There is one ad I was hoping was real. One of the Geico commercials spoofs a reality show; specifically "Tiny House" which shows a couple forced to live in a 'tiny house' for monthes. The concept, silly as it is, really looked interesting. It surely isn't as bad as some of the 'real' reality shows!

Yeah I liked that one too. First time I saw "The House" I tought it was a real reality (?) Show. Looks interesting and wonder if they could make show like that I am sure they woulod be able to find someone who would try it.

I laughed at the "Happy CHRISTMAHAUNUKWANZAAKA" (sp?) ad so much I have no clue what it's actually advertising!

Phones.

Jack In The Box, as usual, is still serving up the most entertaining fast food ads. This one has Jack walking on a treadmill, and we're supposed to be seeing things from his eyes as he looks around the room looking at people. At one point he looks at a muscular man lifting freeweights. Jack thinks "I bet he eats healthy. Why am I staring at a guy?" Then he looks at a woman on a nearby treadmill. The camera moves up and down as he checks her out. "Mmm. You're hot. See, I like women. Did I just say that out loud?" The woman says "Yeah. You did."

What's being advertised, anyway? Oh yeah, a pita sandwich.

There was an (SBC?) DSL ad which showed a kid
trying to download instructions on how to win
over a girl. While the file takes forever to download, he heads off anyway. He comes back with
a black eye, and the progress bar is only at
midway, and even inches back a point. There
is a brief shot of the kid staring at the monitor
with the look of murder in his eyes. The scene changes to his mom outside the house unloading
groceries, and as she is doing this, a computer monitor is hurled through a closed window, and
crashes down the front of the house.


OK, this commercial is about a couple years old,
but it'sm a classic.

Speaking of Jack in the Box, they had a Cops spoof, where Jack went to a guys house who was calling Jack in the Box,"Junk in the Box". Jack was trying to get the guy to try a sandwitch, and the guy got arrogant, got into a breif scuffle with Jack, and fled. Jack, with the cameramen in tow, chased after the "suspect", with Jack yelling, and he tackled him and made the guy take a bite out of the sandwitch, and they guy said "mm good".

Not your typical fast food commercial, and it's
nice to see a break from the sicky-sweet idealism they usualy show.

You mean, other fast food commercials, right. We at Jack in the Box don't do "idealistic", except in those rare cases when one of our office workers try to show a boring spread sheet presentation.

Sincerely, Jack C.E.O Jack in the Box Corp.

Yeah, but I always liked the old Wendy's commercials with the late Dave Thomas in them.

There was just something about Dave that made you like him.

Second that, Scott.

There's a fun new commercial for the all-new Chevy Cobalt (the replacement for the Cavalier) in which the cars are playing ball. No people in sight. I think the music for the ad has been changed mid-stream, though. The music that I think was in the ad originally is now used in a Vonage commercial.

Actually, in one shot, you can see the driver of one of the cars. It is a fun ad, though.

They are using the name and image of Dave Thomas once again in Wendy's commericals. Which is fine by me, I mean, the man did put his life into the company, and did adverts while amoung the living. If he was alive today, he would still be doing them.

For those of you who missed this year's Super Bowl ads, you can watch them here. Enjoy!

Great, now I don't have to sift through 6 hours of videotape! I was watching the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet instead.

A few months ago, my dad got this email from someone he worked with, containing a commercial from German TV. It showed this car driving around on some road in the open country. It's very peaceful looking, and there's this real serene music playing. This goes on for a few seconds. Then, suddenly, right out of nowhere, "YAAAAAAAAAAAA!" this crazy wild man jumps in front of the camera screaming. This can really startle you if you don't know it's coming.
A second later it cuts away to a black screen and we see that it's an ad for some kind of energy drink.

Someone at Vandergriff Honda in Dallas must have seen it too, because they now have a similar ad!

Volkswagen has a dialog-free commercial for the new 2006 Jetta. A young couple are dancing (actually stomping) to some alternative rock song on the floor of their apartment; the annoyed guy downstairs is shown complaining to them. In the next scene, they're hauling even more hi-fi equipment in the back of their Jetta. Finally, they're shown stomping on the floor again, with the new hi-fi equipment - in their own house, (with the Jetta parked in the driveway) where they won't disturb anyone. The song plays throughout the ad. Anyone know what the song is?

You can probably expect those two models (the Thunderbird and Mustang) to look like that for at least another decade with little to no new changes...

The Mustang, maybe. But, the Thunderbird will disappear after the 2005 model year.
The 1994-2004 Mustang, although restyled from the 1979-93 model, was still based on the latter's aging Fox platform, which was introduced on the 1978 Ford Fairmont. I believe the 2005 Mustang is now based on a Jaguar platform

Lee Iacocca is back doing commercials for Chrysler. He's paired with Jason Alexander, in which there are both Seinfeld references, and nods to Iacocca's past Chrysler commercials.

There are two more new Chrysler commercials with Lee Iacocca. One, he's in alone, and in the other one, he's talking to a little girl. The girl calls him "Grandpa." Anyone know if that really is his granddaughter?

And yet another Chrysler commercial made its debut recently, starring Mr. Iacocca and (of all people) Snoop Dogg, both playing golf. At least I lived long enough to see that one.

But, if anyone has seen that commercial (it's run a lot, so how could you have missed it?) please tell me what Snoop Dogg is saying!!

If the ride is more fly, you must buy.

What, no shizzle/mizzle?

I don't know if this'll help, Adam, but there is an online Urban Dictionary. For shizzle ma nizzle.

I know he calls ol' Lee "Mocha Cocca", and I believe he does say a shizzle ma nizzle-variant towards the end.

Considering I havent seen this fly commercial. I dunno what the beast is bout. But if it shows a mac 300 rollin on dubs i be a happy dog.

Gotta bounce the boss is buggin round so gotta be chill. keep it straight my folk.

real.

Coors has a new commercial out, paraphrasing Teri Hatcher's line from Seinfeld. Two beach dudes see a woman with a case of Coors' beer in the new plastic bottles. The dudes ask her a question about the beer bottles, and she responds with "They're plastic, and they're spectacular." The woman's voice even sounds a bit like Hatcher's.

The new IBM laptop commercial. The IBM road warrior guys are talking about one of their new laptops with a fingerprint reader, and one of them uses the term "biometrics". The other guy gets it confused with "bionics", and starts talking about the $6Million Man, and tries to make the "bionic sound". The guy sitting next to them puts down his paper and says, "It's more like this: [INSERT BIONIC SOUND HERE]". The guy is Lee Majors.

Very clever.

Mercury has a new ad campaign, with a beautiful woman shilling the 2006 models. Her tag line is "You gotta put Mercury on your list." But, if you want to put the Mercury Montego on your list, be forewarned that it's priced $2200 more than the almost identical Ford Five Hundred.

But if it shows a mac 300 rollin on dubs i be a happy dog.

No Mac 300, with or without dubs. But, the golf cart had dubs. Does that count?

J.C. Penney has a nice new ad campaign for Christmas. Instead of the same old, same old Christmas carols, they use ELO's "Living Thing." A nice change of pace. I don't even know what they're selling in the ads, but I recently bought two suits at there.

I like the new Geico Gecko ads. The one where he's trying to explain insurance selling techniques to other reptiles. I thought it was pretty funny.

Jeep has a cute ad out now for one of their SUV's, but I don't remember if it was the Cherokee or the Commander. We se an SUV, driven over differing terrain, until it stops at a froxen wasteland. Then, the driver's door opens, and a man gently places a penguin on the snow. He admonishes the penguin "Stop following me home!" The Jeep pulls away, and then we see that it has Florida plates. In the meantime, the penguin has made a honking noise back at the departing Jeep.

I like the Sprint PCS "Sticking it to the Man" commercial...

Flunky: But... you are the Man."
Executive: I know.
Flunky: So you're sticking it to yourself?
Executive: Maybe.

ScottN I like that one too. Shows how out of touch a ceo can be. (And I used to work for Sprint PCS)

Adam I think its the Commander as they have a major push on them right now. But I havent seen the specific one you're talkign about.

Speakign of major pushes and since there isnt a car specific section : I was wondering how people are going to react to the Neon's replacement the Caliber. Its a small suvish wagonish crossover like the vibe/matrix/aztek. Looks kinda like a shrunk Durango (which they are goign to turn into a chrysler as well adn call it the Aspen) so I dunno if we need another crossover or not.

I'm a fan of the commercial with the three guys playing music/dancing at work and the fourth guy having issues with it. Makes me laugh every time. I think it's Nextel.

How about the Tostito's commercial, with the "3 guys standing around watching a fourth".

OK, time to rate the ads from the Extra Large game. Here's my favorites:

• Bud Light: Rotating Wall/Magic Fridge
• FedEx Cavemen
• Sierra Mist Airport Security
• Dead Fly (Ameriquest)
• Hugh Hefner on Desperate Housewives
• Airplane Sex (Ameriquest)
• Godzilla/Robot (Hummer)
• MacGyver (MasterCard)

The FedEx one was definitely the best. Though the MasterCard was a good second.

I liked the Budweiser one with the pony who wants to pull the wagon, it was cute.

I liked most of the ones you mentioned Scott, except the Desperate Housewives and the Hummer (the Hummer one came off as disquieting to me rather than funny).

The MasterCard one should have been a show-stopper, but instead seemed just sort of blah.

Worst Ones:

*Burger King (Brooke Burke needs to go away and take her King Lover with her)
*Chris Berman and Shaggy Dog (this is so unintentionally funny that I cannot watch it without breaking down into convulsions--"He dropped the hamma on grammaa!")

There's a new commercial for a fast food place (Wendy's, I think.) The woman in the ad acts very comical, especially when she literally tosses a salad. Also, she reminds me a lot of Jeri Ryan.

Direct TV has commercials with both Ben Stein (as his Ferris Bueller's Day Off character,) and Bill Paxton (as his Twister character) plugging Direct TV. They integrate footage from their respective films in the commercials. But...how did they de-age Ben Stein 20 years? (I've never seen Ferris Bueller, so maybe they didn't roll back the years for Mr. Stein. He is wearing outlandishly outdated eyeglasses in the ad, however.)

A commercial I find kinda funny (though not so much as it has been played to death) is one for Longhorn where the guys aunt edna (or whatever) is having lunch with her friend Alice (Cooper!!!)

I've seen the one with Stein. I don't think they did much to him. He has the same painting in his attic Dick Clark used to.

I've recently seen a new commercial for the GAsX meltaway strips. It shows a guy in a business meeting who apparently has a bit of gas and is trying to hold it in. Meanwhile there is a lady standing up giveing a speech that has as many euphamisims for breaking wind or letting flatulence out as you can ever find in one speech. I thought it was funny as all get out.

A question - What is that great song on the current IBM commercials, and who preforms it?? ("I'm not like everybody else", I think, is the title.)

There's an ad for, IIRC, "Gas-X," in which a poor guy is suffering from gas pains, and a woman who's doing a presentation is using every slang word for flatulence that is suitable for broadcast TV. Of course, because of my lowbrow sense of humor (I think Beavis And Butthead is highbrow entertainment ) I laughed my arse off.

Oh, sorry if I inadvertantly stepped on your toes, "R", in citing the same Gas-X commercial you did. I thought it was hilarious. (I also laughed so hard at the bean eating scene in Blazing Saddles I probably embarassed my two brothers, who were with me when I saw it back in '74.)

Hey no problem it was an accident I'm guessing. Besides it is such a funny commercial it deserves being repeated.

I know what you mean it is such a funny and embarressing point in the movie that I usually cringe while laughing out loud at the same time. And you know the real cowboys back then must not have been too far off of that since all they did was sit around and eat beans and coffeee for hundreds of miles of meals.

And hey relax I don't get mad over folks accidentally doing something like that just if a person goes out of their way to shaft me like Luigi did.

Dr. Dieter Zetsche, aka Dr. Z, chairman of Daimler-Chrysler, is currently appearing in a series of amusing ads for his company's products. Obviously, he's following in the footsteps of former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca, in putting his money where his mouth is. Not only does Dr. Z have a great job, but he has the opportunity to drive an awesome Dodge Charger home every night. (Yes, I think I would take a Charger over even a Mercedes-Benz, if I had the opportunity.) So, what should we call him? The Diabolical Dr. Z? (I just hate to think that he trashed a real Pacifica for the commercial.)

Now if only he had blood waters.

I like the Jetta ad where a crash occurs because a male driver isn't paying attention. Men always claim that women are worse drivers, but the insurance industry's figures prove that men are worse drivers. I don't need their statistics; I see it every day on the road.

The CW is planning to run mini-commercial dramas in their programs this years. A drama consisting of three or four 30-second ads spread out over an hour. Please. Sounds about as compelling as the old Taster Choice romantic couple ads (but that was spread out over several monthes).

According to pages 42-43 of John Stossel's book, Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity, you're right. Researchers with the Social Issues Resource Center issued a 2002 analysis in which they concluded, "In all studies and analyses, without exception, men have been shown to have a higher rate of crashes than women." The report asserts that men driver faster than women and have less regard for traffic laws, speed, drive drunk, run stop signs, and therefore crash twice as often as women, causing 71% of all road fatalities, a figure that's remained constant since 1975, and which takes into account the greater proportion of miles that men drive.

I am really liking the new Dr Z commercials. Especially how they are taking advantage of his normal goofy personality (I wish you could have seen some of the internal cheerleader videos he made for the dealerships, he is a natural ham) and they even worked the Hemi dude into one of them...

I also like the Dr. Z ads. The radio spots are also pretty good... Some guy calls up and asks if there's "a hemi in that thing". Dr. Z goes into his hemi spiel, and the caller then says, "I meant your mustache".

Dr. Z then goes on about how they have Caller ID, and he knows where the caller is. Very funny.

But, who has the better mustache: Dr. Z or Dennis Gage of My Classic Car on Speed Channel? Auf Wiedersen.

Yeah I heard that one ScottN. A CEO I actually kinda like.

Adam I have always been partial to handlebar moustaches (even going so far as to try and grow one, didnt have the patience like dad did) so its no competition.

PS anyone hear about daimlerchrysler dropping the diesel liberty only to be putting a diesel in the Grand Cherokee. So that will be cool to have another diesel in the DCX lineup.

Dr. Z?
Wasn't he the child genius that saved Earth on GALACTICA 1980?

the triple A commercial where the lady at the dry cleaner flinches when her car gets hit by a runaway vehicle..was it in the scpipt or that was the best take?

I heard two of the Dr. Z radio ads while I was stuck in horrendous traffic last night. Pretty funny. But, Dr. Z may not last as long as the spokesperson for Chrysler that Lee Iacocca did. Chrysler sales are down 17% over the same period a year ago. In addition, a lot of people don't believe that he is the chairman of Daimler-Chrysler; they probably think he's just an actor.

The Fedex Cavemen commercials, -2nd caveman: I lost my appetite!

Announcer: I didnt know you were there!

Those aren't Fedex, they're auto insurance.

Ford has a commercial out for their Freestyle vehicle (which is essentially a station wagon version of the Ford Five Hundred sedan.) It looks like any normal commercial, with the Mom driving the car, the Dad in the passenger seat, and the two kids in the back. But, Mom stops the car, and Dad gets out alone. He thanks Mom for taking him along, and says to the kids that "he'll see them next week" (or weekend; I've forgotten.) So, it's obvious that Mom and Dad are either separated or divorced. This is the first commercial I remember in which they show parents, with their children, who aren't living together. It took television until 1999 to have a series with a realistic depiction of divorce, and how it impacts those people and the persons close to them. (Of course, I'm talking about my beloved Once And Again.) And, it took until 2006 for the advertising world to catch up.

The Today show ran an interesting segment on Chrysler's "Doctor Z" commercials. It seemed that many people didn't even remember (after seeing it) what the product being advertised was. They also assumed that Doctor Z was a fictional character.

Of course he's fictional. Most everyone you see in commercials are fictional. Anyone, a new ad that I got a chuckle out of the other night first time I saw it was the new Jack In The Box one with the stereotypical perky blonde cheerleader (is there really any other kind?) who takes Jack's hat off and uses it as a bullhorn and Jack looks at her and sternly says, "Leave!"

They also assumed that Doctor Z was a fictional character.
Did people assume that about Lee Iacocca, when he was doing the Chrysler ads say, about 20 years ago? And, I guess people have such short attention spans these days, they wouldn't remember that the commercial is selling cars. By the way, I wonder when people watch the Mercury commercials, do they pay more attention to the product, or to spokesperson Jill Wagner?
And, Dr. Z is not a fictional character. As I said aove, he's the chairman of Daimler-Chrysler.

General Mills is running a new commercial for its Total Cereal. A mom and a teenage girl are perusing a pair of Mom's skinny jeans, that the daughter says are "Awesome." The daughter is then shown wearing the skinny jeans all the time. Mom is seen eating Total (and nothing but) in the meantime. The commercial ends with Mom saying to her daughter "Sweetie, I want them (the skinny jeans, of course) back." The last shot is of Mom coming down the stairs wearing the skinny jeans, which of course fit now that Mom has eaten Total. (Reminds me of the Sex And The City episode, where Miranda finds out that she can still fit into her own very old skinny jeans.) As far as Total is concerned, I've never eaten it, as I'm under the impression that it tastes like cardboard.

...it does taste like cardboard!

DirecTV has a new commercial out, featuring some familiar and much loved faces. I won't say any more; if you've seen the ad, you know what I'm writing about.

That was a great one. It took me completely by surprise.

There's a nit in that one, too, but I'm delaying until more people have had a chance to see the spot.

There's a nit in that one, too...
I caught what may be two nits. But, I agree with Scott, and won't say anything until more of us have seen the ad.

I'll have to look for nits in that ad, too, though I wondered if someone in particular was actually in the ad or just had their image from a previous source composited into it instead, giving the appearance of responding towards the main person in this ad.

Off topic, but...Ford will re-name its re-styled Five Hundred sedan as Taurus in the 2008 model year. That nameplate should never have been dropped in the first place, but Ford's management has made some bone-headed decisions. Like dropping the compact sedans Contour and Mystique in 2000, and waiting until the 2006 model year to replace them (with the Fusion and Milan.) And, ignoring the car market almost totally, and emphasizing gas-guzzling SUVs, in these days of higher gas prices (at least here in the U.S.; when I was in France last year, gas prices were close to seven dollars a gallon. And, I seldom saw an SUV.) Too bad the bone-headed decisions of management cost thousands of workers their jobs, while executives who leave probably get golden parachute deals.

My '97 Contour is still running strong.

So's my '91 Tempo. That 2.3L 4-cylinder engine won't die. Older designs usually last. Chrysler was beyond foolish to kill the Slant Six engine. That thing would run forever, if properly maintained.

Speaking of which, Daimler-Chrysler's in deep you-know-what again. They announced on Valentine's Day that the company is laying off about 12,000 workers and closing two assembly plants, including one in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Z (who was not in goofball mode at the press conference) did not rule out putting up Chrysler for sale.

There's two new commercials that touch on Star Trek. Hummer has one. We see what appears to be a starfield. Then, the camera pulls back, and it's the interior of a Hummer 2, and through the windshield, a snowstorm is seen. The familiar TOS series (second season version, sans Bill Shatner's voice-over) plays throughout. The tag line for the ad is "Boldly Go."
In the second one, Mr. Shatner humoruously plays the "Priceline Negotiator." In one ad, he denies zaping a kid's father, than admits it. But, he gets them a good deal on travel.

Try this for the latest info on Chrysler. I assume that the site's writer/webmaster feels that Daimler-Benz is running Chrysler into the ground.

The 2008 Taurus is out now, and Ford made little attempt to differentiate it from the Five Hundred. A new grille and rear end treatment are the only visible changes. The Freestyle crossover SUV gets re-badged as the Taurus X.

There'a a commercial for American Express, with a bunch of celebs in it. But, the only people I recognize are Ellen DeGeneres and Sheryl Crow. And, Martin Scorsese is "directing" the ad. But he seems to want to be the world's fastest talker. (If you've seen the ad, who are the rest of the featured celebs?)

In keeping with DirecTV's trend of recycling actors and scenes from familiar movies, they have a new ad out now. Kathy Bates re-creates her character from Misery, in the scene where she has James Caan (tied down, IIRC) in bed. Caan also appears in the commercial, but I'm almost positive his footage is from the movie.
It must be very expensive to shoot those ads. After all, sets, locations and costumes have to be duplicated, and actors have to be made up to appear as they did in the film the scene is lifted from. In this case, Kathy Bates had to be de-aged some 18 years.

Cadillac has a series of ads where people (including Lance Reddick of Oz) talk about Cadillac while driving one. One woman who's driving the hot new CTS has the best line: "When you turn on your car, does it return the favor?"

I like the new Wienerschnitzel commercial.

There's this girl chasing the hot dog/wiener through a college dorm. It escapes under a door and into a bed. She follows it and grabs it. Except just one thing.... It's a guy's dorm room, and she's grabbed the wrong.... wiener....

JC Penney has an interesting commercial running now. It tries to mimic (or spoof) the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club. It appears that the ad was even filmed in the same library used in the movie.

Maaco Auto Body has a commercial out that echoes the movie Christine. A much damaged red 2007/08 Dodge Charger repairs itself, much like that car in that movie did. In fact, the current Charger is in just about the same place in the Chrysler lineup that the '57 Plymouth Fury was. (If you haven't seen the flick, "Christine" was a red '57 Plymouth Fury, their full-size sedan. Just like the current Charger is.)

The Shat is in a new set of "Priceline" commercials. He's great in them. His best line, which cracked me up, is "I could get a better deal in my sleep. If I slept."

The "missionG" commercials for Gatorade.

I hope the Pythons are picking up a nice chunk of change in royalties.

Quiznos has a new ad out. It's not the ad, but the narrator who's notable. All I'll say is - Think of the first letter of the ad's subject.
Walgreen's new Easter ad has CGI Marshmallow Peeps, among other candies (most notably Cadbury Cream Eggs). The ad itself is cute, but the Peeps look almost real. BTW, Peeps are one of my favorite ways to consume empty calories.

DeLancie is doing it?

DeLancie is doing it?
I'm 99 44/100% positive he is. Listen to the ad when it airs. I mean, after more than 20 years of watching Next Gen, I'm convinced no one else has a voice like that.

I really like the latest ads for Dawn dish detergent. They show animals, particularly an oily duck, being hand washed in Dawn after an oil spill (although I think the ad says it's simulated.) The now-clean duck quacking at the end always tugs on my heartstrings.

Luke Wilson appears in some pretty good ads for AT&T cellular. In one funny commercial, he's demonstrating AT&T's coverage by flinging postcards over a map of the U.S. He also throws out some amusing asides about the locales served by AT&T. ("Met a girl there...didn't work out.")

I get a kick out of this short commercial for Sears Optical. A woman is outside, calling "Here, Kitty". She then addresses the animal coming into her house. Trouble is, it's not Kitty, but a raccoon. (The ad's fun, but I'll still stick with my own optometrist when it comes time for new glasses.)

Dean Winters (Ryan O'Reilly in Oz) plays "Mayhem" in a new series of ads for Allstate Insurance. He's unshaven, and he let his hair grow out a bit. But, he gets the point across as a series of calamities happen to him. Namely, that you should change to Allstate. (I didn't, and probably won't.)

There's a new commercial for Toyota, in which a man is washing a Camry with his son-in-law. What makes this commercial good is not the ad itself, but who plays the father-in-law. It's Richard Brooks, who played Paul Robinette on Law & Order for its first three seasons (and who came back as a defense attorney three times.) IMHO, he never should have left L&O, but from what I hear, he didn't have a choice.

Bridgestone has an ad out I find particularly amusing. Two astronauts are riding around on an extraterrestrial surface in a "moon buggy". They park the buggy and prance around on the surface (to the tune of House of Pain's Jump Around, no less!) When they get back to the vehicle, they find that the tires were ripped off and the vehicle is propped up on blocks. A flying saucer lifts off in the distance; obviously the occupants were the "tire thieves."

The Shat's latest ad for Priceline rings a bit of "Mirror Mirror." A guy is surfing the web for good hotel rates, when Shatner's goateed evil twin shows up, insisting he book the room. ("Nothing beats a sale", he says.) The real, clean shaven Shat shows up, and encourages the guy to bid on the room with Priceline. The evil twin disappears in a cloud of smoke, but not before saying "You win this time, good twin".

Dodge has a new commercial for their all-wheel-drive cars that I find amusing (and timely, with all the big snowstorms that we had in January 2011.) A few flakes of snow start to fall, and a bunch of people panic in the extremus, running into supermarkets and hardware stores, grabbing almost everything in sight. All the cars flee to escape the snowstorm, and at least one skids. Three Dodge cars (all assumedly with AWD) - a Charger, a Journey and a Durango - cruise right past other cars that got stuck in the snow. The announcer says, at the end, something like "Without Dodge all-wheel-drive, it's the end of the world. With it, it's just snow."

T-Mobile has some good new ads, featuring an attractive brunette in a pink dress. She represents the 4G network that the company has, compared to the guy next to her, who often has numerous problems with his network, whatever it is.

Anyway, I like the woman, I wonder what her name is and what else she has done.

In a related topic, this series of ads is very similar to what Apple did with their "Mac Vs. PC" ads that ran in the last decade. I have to say, I like the ones done by T-Mobile better!

(Plus, I *really* don't like Justin Long, I think he's really annoying!)

Her name is Carly Foulkes

Nissan has a funny new commercial. A woman tells her husband that she's pregnant, complete with home pregnancy test in hand. The husband ponders his car, a 370Z that looks brand new, and of course only seats two. He then starts tugging at the car, and before long, the Z car stretches into a Maxima. With a back seat. If replacing a car were only that easy...My brother-in-law got a Z a couple of years ago. He (and my sister) will definitely not be having any more kids.

TNT had a great promo, featuring the cast of Leverage, for their (I think it's called) "Anywhere" app. The cast each sings a verse of Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting" while doing their "jobs." Marx himself makes an appearance at the end of the promo, aiming a rifle at the "singers," before he's clobbered by Timothy Hutton's Nate. Maybe Marx was mad at how they butchered his signature song...

Alec Baldwin appears in a series of ads for Capital One Bank. (Jerry Stiller and Jimmy Fallon also pitch for that bank.) Even though Baldwin can be quite the jackass, the ads are kind of amusing. There's one that seems to be missing lately, though. It takes place at (IIRC) an airport. It ends with ole' Alec apperring in an airplane cockpit and trying to calm the pilots by saying that he's played a pilot before. (When and where?) The ad seems to be MIA since this happened.

Well, I can't believe I'm saying this, but Progressive have a new commercial that I actually like, featuring Sonic the Hedgehog!

He's racing around the showroom from one part to another while the "Invincibilty" music from the third Sega Genesis game plays, and Flo and her co-worker say that he's looking for a good deal. He stops in front of them with a look of confusion but doesn't speak (apparently they couldn't get Jaleel White to do his voice this time around) and Flo tells him that Progressive have the best insurance rates around. Sonic is now happy and jumps for joy as the "Extra Life" music plays. Then Flo and the guy wonder what they'd look like as animated characters, and in the next second they become animated. They actually looked pretty cool, I thought.

So anyway, this particular Progressive ad was pretty cool, and not nearly as annoying as others by them have been. At least Mr. Mustache wasn't in it, that was a relief!

JC Penney has a new ad campaign featuring comic/talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. Some conservatives have called for Ms. DeGeneres' removal as spokesperson, due to her sexual orientation. Well, those who called for her removal must have no sense of humor, as the ads are pretty funny. Especially the one where DeGeneres fantasizes she's in ancient Rome, and she's trying to return a toga. Funny indeed. Bill O'Reilly defended her in a recent column of his. Also, Ms. DeGeneres has been a spokesperson for Cover Girl makeup for ages, with not a peep from the conservatives who now want her out as the Penney's spokesperson.

There's two great commercials out now that use rock songs as source material. The Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas has an ad that uses Queen's "Bohemian Rhapody." The characters in the commercial use the song's lyrics as dialog, until the song itself breaks out at the end. Also, Honda hs a commercial for its Pilot crossover, in which a family riding in the car sings (in turn and then in unison) Ozzy Osborne's "Crazy Train." Both ads are pretty funny, although they won't make me take a trip to Vegas or buy a new Honda.

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Baldwin is now in an ad with the Capital One vikings. At the end, one of them ask about Baldwin's iPhone: "Can you play games on that?"

Baldwin replies, "Not on the runway! No!"

I haven't seen that one yet. Want to; it sounds funny.
Cadillac has a great commercial for its STS sedan. Two white Caddies are driving side-by-side on a deserted road. Only, one car is going forward, the other one is in reverse. I wonder how they did that-keep both cars in sync without hitting each other.

Ving Rhames is in a fun new Buick commercial. He tries to act intimidating toward the salesman, but the salesman is easygoing, and brushes it off. Me, I wish Rhames was carrying a briefcase in the ad. Specifically, the one from Pulp Fiction.

There's an ad for (IIRC) Super Beta Prostate I find amusing. At the end of the ad, a man is walking his blushing bride daughter into the back of a church. As soon as they're ready to walk the aisle, Dad runs out to go to the bathroom. I've never used Beta Prostate or any of the other stuff advertised for prostate health, so I can't state whether or not they work. My prostate problems from a couple of years ago needed more than an OTC pill to fix.

If you think Lee Iacocca and Snoop Dogg are an odd couple, get this. There's a commercial for some stuff called "SK Energy Shots." In it, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is distributing the stuff at a gym like he's selling crack. Along comes (get this) Joan Rivers, asking for a hit. She takes the hit, and starts acting seductively toward Fitty. You don't have to wait for the ad to air, it can be seen here.

Following up on what I said about the T-Mobile ads last year, now they have made an effort to change their image somewhat by toughening up their mascot (the pretty brunette in the pink dress) by having her wear a sleek pink and black outfit and ride a REALLY fast motorcycle all over the country. That is pretty cool, but I also wonder whose idea that was, to have her do that, instead of just standing around and looking pretty.

I dont have a problem with it, I'm just wondering why they decided to make this change in her look and personality at this point, that's all!

GEICO had a funny commercial airing now. Two antelopes wearing night vision goggles rag on a lion wandering around a jungle, searching for food. One of the "antelopes" has a funny line - "Have you ever thought about going vegan, Carl?"
The brunette in the T-Mobile ads is now shown getting off her motorcycle, and flying around in a helicopter, viewing the cityscape all lit up in pink. As a contrast to her gift of gab in her early commercials, she doesn't speak a word in the latest ones.

Surprisingly, there is a "You know, people who switch to Geico are really happy" ad that I do like. Most of them are pretty dumb and annoying, but the one with Dikembe Mutumbo swiping away things from people after they throw them and then running away is pretty funny. "Not in my house! Ha ha ha!"

"How happy are they, Jimmy?"
"Happier than Dikembe Mutumbo blocking a shot!"
"That's pretty happy!" (plays banjo)

I admit, it's pretty silly and it doesn't make me want to smash my fist through the screen, like the majority of Geico's ads. Especially when they feature washed-up celebritites selling out, you know what I mean?

There is an another ad I like, because it actually dares to tell it like it is. Longhorn Steakhouse does a commercial mocking and parodying those "other" places where they sell steak, such as Bugaboo Creek (with all the disgusting animal heads on the walls) and the Texas Roadhouse (with all the peanut shells and other assorted filth all over the floors). I have to say, I sure do love it when ads are honest and reveal just how terrible their competition is, I really do!

A new Cheerios ad featuring an interracial couple and a mixed-race little girl has sparked some backlash. That part can be read about here. If the people who complained about the ad would get their heads out of their arses, they would see a very funny and sweet commercial. Especially when the girl's dad wakes up and finds his chest is covered with Cheerios.

Ah yes, that little "controversy" of recent times. It also reminds me of the recent story of the 11-year old Latino boy who was born and raised in the U.S. singing the national anthem and was bombarded by racist comments online. They figured that because he was not white, he must have been illegal or some dumb drivel like that. But he sang the anthem really well, doesn't that count for anything?

And an interracial couple that have a child in cereal commercial being the subject of controversy only because they're not up to the standards of the bigoted masses that make up the country that can't understand that this sort of thing is the norm now and that it shouldn't be made an issue or into a big deal? What's the hell's THAT about?

I even saw the parody on MoveOn.org where instead of a black man covered in the cereal, it was a black woman! Now that was cool! And the white mother told the child that basically there was nothing wrong with their situation and that people who don't approve should just mind their own business. And that was even cooler!

Oh well. I've said my piece about this. Carry on, people!

One commercial that I like is from Geico Motorcycle. A guy riding a hog on a back road is covered with money, and the bills fall off him during his travels. This is all done to the tune of the Allman Brothers' song Midnight Rider. A good ad, using a great song.

Van Damme is in a Volvo Truck ad. It is frakking amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10

Call me shallow, but I love the Sprint ads with James Earl Jones and Malcom McDowell. They are totes mcgotes awesome!!! And the two of them look like they're having fun doing them.

The family from the Cheerios commercial I noted above is back, in a new ad to premiere during the Super Bowl. I hope it's as good as the first one. More here.

I like two current Subaru ads. In the first, a young woman is apparently learning how to remove and replace a tire. As an aside, the spare tire seems to be slowly disappearing, as car makers try any means possible to save weight. More on that one here. (On a personal note, I haven't had the opportunity to change a tire in 23 years; the last time I did was for my dad, who at the time was recovering from heart surgery. Guess I'm lucky in that regard; I had my Tempo for 15 1/2 years; the spare and the jack never came out of the trunk).
In the second comercial, we see a wrecked Subaru on a flatbed truck. People who see the wrecked car say "They lived." I don't see how, as the car was smashed to smithereens. Guess all the airbags installed in modern cars do help. The ad ends with a family getting into a new Subaru. Me, I couldn't drive a Subaru; there's not enough legroom.

Experian has a funny series of ads with two talking servers (one of them labeled "Jackatronic"). The best one has a woman calling the unnamed company to get a copy of her credit report. One of the servers complains to the other big time, the second server says "Dump her". The next shot shows a pay phone in the middle of nowhere ringing. Funny stuff.

For whatever reason, I find those Sprint oddball family ads rather charming. The ones with the hamster dad, Judy Greer mom (39 years old), and Kyle Mooney soon (30 yo). I like them, almost makes me look at Sprint over Verizon and AT&T. Just kidding, it doesn't.

Gor-DON approves of Josh's post.

I also like the Sprint commercials, but I have to wonder something: if the father is a hamster, does the mother smell of elderberries? (I don't remember the original quote very well. I may have the parents reversed.)

Also, since that's Kyle Mooney in the ads, I wonder if that creates tension with Beck Bennett on the set of "Saturday Night Live". (Bennett appears in AT&T's "It's Not Complicated" ads.)

I like one of the latest series of GEICO commercials. A couple is in bed, and a woman says to her husband "Did you know that cartoon characters should never drink energy drinks"? The next scene shows the Tasmanian Devil being prepped for a shoot. He drinks the energy drink, and quickly does what the Tasmaninan Devil is best known for. Check out the label on the Devil's drink; it's a nice nod to the cartoons.

Anthony Anderson and Melissa Joan Hart appear in holiday season commercials for Wal-Mart. She's (for lack of a better word) perky, and Anderson's pretty funny in them. But, instead of the ads, I would rather have seen Anderson in several more seasons of Law & Order.

Acura has a fun ad for its RDX crossover, titled "Drive Like A Boss". A woman is rapping to Blondie's "Rapture" while driving the car; she doesn't even stop for a phone conference. You don't have to wait for the ad to air; it can be seen here. (That ad made me revisit Autoamerican, the album that "Rapture" is on. It's just as good as it was when it was released 35 years ago.)
I'm also amused by a new Twix commercial. Two women with big '80's hair are chatting while spraying their hair in front of a mirror. They both pass out due to over-use of the hair spray.

I'm also amused by this GEICO commercial. A "free range" chicken is touring the country, via truck and rail, sending home pictures via cell phone. All to the tune of Roy Orbison's "Ride Away". I just hope the chicken doesn't wind up on someone's dinner plate.

The Coneheads, Beldar and Prymatt (no Connie?) return in a funny ad for State Farm, in which Beldar is talking on the phone to "Jake from State Farm". Coincidentally, the pretty good 1993 Coneheads movie is playing on Starz/Encore this month. Consume mass quantities while viewing both.

GMC's ads for its 2015 truck/SUV line uses "Eminence Front", one of the best of the post-Keith Moon Who songs.

Christie Brinkley and Ethan Embry play husband and wife in a cute commercial for the Infiniti QX60 SUV, that spoofs Brinkley's role in National Lampoon's Vacation; the ad even uses the song Holiday Road. One observation, though - Brinkley is old enough to be Embry's mother. She's aged well; he hasn't. The commercial can be seen here.

Honda has a commercial for its Pilot crossover, in which a family riding in the car sings (in turn and then in unison) Ozzy Osborne's "Crazy Train." Both ads are pretty funny, although they won't make me take a trip to Vegas or buy a new Honda.

There's a new ad for the Pilot (the new one). Apparently, the family has moved on to Weezer.

Here's an amusing GEICO commercial. A man is microwaving a burrito; the 1980's hair band Europe (with somewhat less hair ) appears and sings their song "The Final Countdown" as the microwave counts down. Really, it's what you do.

Three different AT&T commercials feature characters from the 1964 Rudolph special - Rudolph, Santa and the Bumble. Of course, all feature actress Milana Vayntrub's Lily (or a stop-motion version of her). The Rudolph ad can be seen here.

Dodge has a great cross-promotion with Star Wars - The Force Awakens. A black Viper and white painted versions of Dodge's other cars parade down a street (to the tune of John Williams' Darth Vader theme). The cars all arrive at a theater showing The Force Awakens. The cool ad can be seen here.

And, here it is again. That Dodge ad is so cool, it deserves to be posted twice. (Actually, the first post was removed from YouTube. )

An amusing GEICO ad has Boyz II Men behind a pharmacy counter, singing about the disadvantages of the prescription a woman is picking up. The Boyz have gotten up in years, so maybe they should change their name to Men II Older Men

Lincoln has a new commercial out for the Christmas season, titled "Olivia's Wish List". It's a good ad, not the least reason being it is scored with one of my favorite classical pieces - Dmitri Shostakovich's "Jazz Suite, Waltz 2".

Wal-Mart has a new commercial for its grocery pickup service. It contains a lot of famous movie and TV cars (among them Bumblebee, the National Lampoon's Vacation station wagon, KITT from Knight Rider, the Ghostbusters ambulance and the Back To The Future DeLorean.) All to the tune of Gary Numan's Cars. The ad can be seen here.

Cute. And how could you not have mentioned the Batmobile?

Because this forgetful old fart....forgot. Personally, I would have rather seen the Batmobile from the TV series (which is more iconic to me) instead of the vehicle from the Nolan films.

Dean Winters' Mayhem is back in another Allstate ad. This time he's a car thief, who rips off some poor soul's Ford Focus, while the fellow watches helplessly on his phone. There are more "What"s exchanged in the ad than are in a light bulb. Don't drive like Mayhem does in the ad. Please.

Of course what's the guy's car doing at home while he's at the game?

He walked?
Took the bus?
Has a second car?
Car pool?

It's not impossible, but it's just an unanswered question that annoys me.

I took the bus and subway to Yankee Stadium two weeks ago, leaving the car home. Of course, driving to and parking at Yankee Stadium is completely nuts.

Budweiser has a good commercial for its new (and limited edition, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11) Discovery Reserve. Not the least of which is the song in the ad - "Spirit In The Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. Now if only I could find the beer.

When I was in NYC a few years back, I took the subway to the Yankees game.

When I go to LA Kings and LA Angels games at home, I take the subway and/or train.

A fun TD Ameritrade commercial re-created the Get Smart opening titles to a "T". The bearded spokesman (don't know his name) wears a tuxedo (like Don Adams did), drives a Karmann Ghia (like Max did in seasons three and four) and goes through almost identical doors. They even use the Irving Szathmary theme, although I think it's a re-recording. The ad is on You Tube; I'd link to it, but I don't know how to do that from a phone.

I already posted this on the TNG board, but this Mark Hamill Vs. Patrick Stewart Uber Eats commercial is better suited for here.

https://youtu.be/1jtkuAVLdtA

I like this one, too. The geeky guy appears one way, and then the swerve sends the commercial in a different direction.

https://youtu.be/9LUjU9iuC_4

And one more; eggs for dinner? Is that weird?

https://youtu.be/vAGh21gUkJI

Bruce Willis has one more "Die Hard" in him. Die Hard battery, that is. Check out the ad here; you'll see some familiar faces, and one instantly recognizable limousine. Yippee Ki Yay, Mother......

I'm really liking the Hamill vs. Stewart commercial series.

So am I. The way they mock and rag each other out is hilarious. I'm sure both of them had a blast making the commercials. With extra "toehmahtoes", of course.
BMW has a great commercial for it's SUV. A man finds a lost dog (a border collie, I think) and returns the nice doggie to its family. Driving his BMW SUV a long distance in the meantime. (If anyone knows the song that's played in the ad, please let me know.)

I found it on youtube for you, Adam.
It's called 'Home' by Philip Philips.
Here's his video;

https://youtu.be/HoRkntoHkIE

Thanks, Steve. Great video, for a great song.

This Chanel ad with French actress Marion Cotillard:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMqcApmS7g

Allstate has a fun commercial on the airwaves. A young man is driving his convertible on a desert road, the only car on it, singing (along with the hood ornament) the Pet Shop Boys great song "Opportunities". The young man doesn't look old enough to remember when the song came out (1986), but that's no big deal.

Hotels.com has a new commercial, set in 2019, in which Captain Obvious (Brandon Moynihan) gets a visit from his future self, who tells him that things will get "complicated". Such as no toilet paper and no sports.

This hits home to many that 2019, only two years ago, seems like a bygone era.

Dog food commercials aren't usually funny, but I think this one is...

https://youtu.be/j8M8xqlZNa8

Hotels.com does the ol' switcheroo. Another good commercial.

https://youtu.be/vQyOttaZIhM

Haven't seen that one yet.

The Serena Williams/Wonder Woman commercial.

To be honest, it's pedestrian, and forgettable except for ... The John McEnroe cameo. He's carrying a tray of food and gets caught in the crossfire and comes out with "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?". That was awesome.

John McEnroe is known more for his temper tantrums than his tennis playing.

Of course, he's built on that.

Which is a shame because I just checked Wikipedia out of curiosity and the guy won Wimbledon, U.S.Open, the Masters...
The guy was a winning machine...with a temper. But, like you said, Tim, I knew about his temper more than the DOZENS of titles he accumulated.
Here's a clip from Wiki...

"McEnroe won a total of 155 ATP titles (a record for a male professional) during his career — 77 in singles, 78 in men's doubles, and 1 in mixed doubles (not counted as ATP title). He won seven Grand Slam singles titles. He also won a record eight year end championship titles overall, the Masters championships three times, and the WCT Finals, a record five times. His career singles match record was 875–198 (81.55%)."

But mention his name, and most will picture him throwing a tantrum.

He himself has parodied that in a few movies, such as Mr. Deeds.

I wonder if part of that is because he's not a good enough actor to do anything but parody himself losing his temper?

Are You kidding me???!!! AARRRGGGHH!!! (smashes my tennis racket)

Funny one, Steve

Exactly, Steve.

My mistake. McEnroe comes out with "YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS", which was another of his famous outbursts.

As I recall, they had to bleep him out a few times, when he really got going.

With the approach of Halloween, we're starting to see commercials based around it.

I don't mind. Halloween is my favourite holiday.

The Southern California Honda Dealers have a "Happy Honda Days" where the Helpful Honda guy is helping Santa to clear his browser history...

Apparently Santa entered "Who's naughty" into his browser....

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/qsUW/happy-honda-days-random-acts-of-helpfulness-helpful-boys-and-girls-t2

Never saw that one.

It's Southern California Specific.

But the look on the HHG's face when he's trying to clear Santa's browser history is hysterical.

There's a great Chevy commercial for Christmas 2021, guaranteed to tug at your heartstrings; it sure did mine. A widower puts a wreath on his garage, and then sits in his late wife's dusty 1966 Impala convertible. He encounters his daughter. Who, before long, has the classic car restored for her dad. More on the commercial can be read here.

Never saw that one either.

Speaking on tugging on heart-strings, another Christmas-oriented commercial has a daughter wondering if her elderly father can plan a Christmas get together, which he insists he can to her, saying something about he could do it just like her mom.
Turns out this is their first Christmas without the mom, who died recently. Man, it just hits me, so I only watched it once. I don't even know what they were trying to sell!

Another one that slipped by me.

Tim...WATCH MORE TV!!!!!!!!

On it.

Who would have thought a commercial for a mortgage could be funny, but here it is;

https://youtu.be/7f1jZdVPKYI

Ok. THAT was funny.

Yeah, it was.

I haven't seen this one on TV yet, but it did pop up between my youtube videos. Eugene Levy has done some for something called 'NICE CXOne'...

https://youtu.be/f_ijugmq354

A sweet ad for Choice Hotels is making the rounds. A dad offers to take his son of about six on a road trip. The boy asks of he could take his pet fish (in tne fishbowl) with him; Dad says OK. The family checks in to the hotel first. Then they take a trip to an aquarium, where the boy shows his pet his "relatives". Of course Choice Hotels has to be a bit of a killjoy in displaying their pet policy at the bottom of the screen.

The aquarium looks like the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA.

Never seen this one.

I like the punch-line of this funny commercial...

https://youtu.be/3kaXQH2es3s

You just never know what celebrities are actually living together...

https://youtu.be/9CB91vA-D-A

Yeah.

Another ad I like is for the Volkswagen Tiguan SUV. A sheep breaks off from the herd, and becomes a family pet. All to the tune of a cover of Mama Cass Elliot's Make Your Own Kind of Music. If you do get a VW, be prepared for a long wait for parts if something goes wrong. One fellow I know from Planet Fitness, whose VW SUV has a crack in its windshield, told me that it will take five months to get a replacement. No "Safelite Repair, Safelite Replace" for him.

On the other hand, I had a crack in my 2015 Jetta's window, and I had zero problems with Safelite.

You're one of the lucky ones, Scott. My gym buddy told me he got that five month response both from Safelite and a local glass shop. That may be due to safety features, like automatic braking, which are built into the windshield. Also, it may be a VW only part, for which there's no aftermarket equivalent. Another fellow, who had a Jetta with a burned out parking light bulb, told me the bulb was a dealer only part, and that there would be a wait. For most cars, you can get replacement bulbs at any Auto Zone, Advance Auto or Wal Mart. I don't know what's up there.

Ah, that's probably why. I don't have autobrake or any fancy features.

VW batteries, on the other hand, are dealer only. They have to be calibrated to the car or something. That was a royal PITA.

There's a new commercial for Downy I find amusing. We see a woman considering throwing out her Backstreet Boys t-shirt because she can't get the smell out. Then her Backstreet Boys poster comes to life and the guys sing to her that she should try using Downy instead. At the end...

woman: Looks like the smell went bye, bye, b...
Backstreet Boy: Nope, that's not us.

I like this Bell internet commercial that turns into a horror movie. Some people might relate...

https://youtu.be/3HB9_SsR3Mw

Yeah, I've seen this one.

Mind you, I'm a Rogers customer.

Dean Winters' Mayhem is in a pisser of a recent Allstate commercial, this time with his real brother Scott. Mayhem rags on his brother about everything, particularly the girl he stole away from Brother in high school, while they're playing basketball with the hoop mounted on a garage front. So, in attempting a shot, brother rips down the hoop, gutter and some of the siding from the garage. Will brother have to pay to fix the damage himself? The ad, of course, implies he will. Unless he gets Allstate.

He should pay the damages himself, IMO.

Martin Short's Short Day At Work;

https://youtu.be/6e4qGI3yIFw?si=e9oFTA8rQ5OQp6EX

Thanks, I needed that.

You're welcome! The helicopter 'flight' made me laugh out loud!

Liked it.

That mean lady is using her husband's Old Spice again! Or is she?...

https://youtu.be/U35IZFSdr1c?si=k8E1S0m5ZCNy9ArK

I hate those Old Spice commercials.

Me too.

Whoa.
Tough crowd.
Okay, I think we can relate more to this Bell commercial...

https://youtu.be/6PyQ6AVlZPs?si=ibYNtumdMixytGCD

That was actually pretty clever.

Fun fact. Signals in optical fiber actually travel slower than in cable. The light in optical fiber travels at about 2/3 the speed of light, while the microwaves in cable travel at the speed of light. The speed this commercial is actually referring to is the number of bits per second both methods can achieve. Because light's frequency is about 3 to 6 orders of magnitude higher than microwave's, optical fiber can transmit data from a thousand to a million times faster.

The escaping ship looked a little like the Galactica.

Cable uses electrons, not microwaves. Microwaves ARE light, just not in the visible spectrum

Scientific accuracy is not top priority when it comes to commercials.

I was addressing Francois’s comment, not the commercial itself

Ah.