Favorite Commercials of the Past

[bighead384]

Or most nostalgic for you.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDAhNu1haKQ

This is Richard Lewis doing a commercial for a failed fruit drink called "Boku". In the ad, he speaks about Boku being an "adult drink" that's not for babies. I thought he was being completely serious as a youngin, and I remember walking through the aisles and seeing Boku and thinking "wow, I better stay away from that shit or I'll get yelled at".

Also, Boku sounds like a sex act. No wonder it was marketed towards adults.

[Jojan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kXHf4d6yik

and



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dEaq7HpWrk

[XYlophonetreeZ]

Not my favorite commercial, but one of the most nostalgic. In fact I doubt a better piece of early 2000s nostalgia exists. Mine's for a failed drink as well.


http://adland.tv/commercials/pepsi-blue-monks-sev-same-old-song-long-2002-060-usa

[Alison]

I love that Guinness ad with the surfing and the waves that look like horses (I would, wouldn't I).

And an old Toys r Us ad. Unfortunately it was an English ad, and we never had that store in Ireland until recently I think.

Oh, and the Budweiser Christmas ads...with the horses....of course:o

["Melyssa K" Kennedy]

These are my favorite commercials. I would sing them every time they played on the TV. I love all the freecreditreport.com commercials, but the third one is my all-time fave. Considering they are just advertisements, the music they play is surprisingly solid!
Now that I think about it, the bicycle one almost seems like a rip off the "Why Don't You Get A Job?" video, but it's probably just a coicedence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tloVHJtrJ_k

[XYlophonetreeZ]

I went to school with a dude who looks exactly like the freecreditreport.com guy.

I can't believe freecreditreport.com is able to get so much national ad time, seeing how that company is a total 100% scam and not legit at all.

["Melyssa K" Kennedy]

I went to school with a dude who looks exactly like the freecreditreport.com guy.

I can't believe freecreditreport.com is able to get so much national ad time, seeing how that company is a total 100% scam and not legit at all.

I figured as much, but I just like the songs. I don't condone them or call them for a report score, haha. I enjoy the songs only.

[samseby]

This one

http://youtu.be/grP6QeIjVjU
and this one

http://youtu.be/IK_qMvoM2kU

[bighead384]

I went to school with a dude who looks exactly like the freecreditreport.com guy.

I can't believe freecreditreport.com is able to get so much national ad time, seeing how that company is a total 100% scam and not legit at all.My mind is slightly blown to learn this and I'm tempted to look this up. Just because, how could a company with such a pleasant commercial jingle be such assholes? lol.

Haha that Michael J Fox Pepsi ad was awesome. I don't think I remember it though.

Around :24 seconds in: Why is the bottom of the Pepsi bottle black? It looks like there's soda in there lol.

[Llamas]

There has never been a better commercial than this one.

BABIES EVERYWHERE!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6rE0EakhG8

[nieh]

I've been searching for several years for this one St. Jude's commercial featuring Jennifer Aniston that I saw maybe twice before they pulled it, but it's no where to be found on youtube or anywhere else I can think of. It went something like:

Child: I hit my head on the trampoline and started getting headaches so my parents took me to the doctor.
Jennifer Aniston: But it wasn't the trampoline was it? (turns to camera) It was a brain tumor.

And I immediately burst into laughter.

["Melyssa K" Kennedy]

I've been searching for several years for this one St. Jude's commercial featuring Jennifer Aniston that I saw maybe twice before they pulled it, but it's no where to be found on youtube or anywhere else I can think of. It went something like:

Child: I hit my head on the trampoline and started getting headaches so my parents took me to the doctor.
Jennifer Aniston: But it wasn't the trampoline was it? (turns to camera) It was a brain tumor.

And I immediately burst into laughter.

What a weird commercial!

[bighead384]

Here's a bit of a mind blower...

Does this still frame trigger your memory? It's the guy from "It's Always Sunny".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltqssfzVyrw

["Melyssa K" Kennedy]

There has never been a better commercial than this one.

BABIES EVERYWHERE!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6rE0EakhG8

...this makes me never want to go within 10 feet of a Nutri-grain bar, despite how yummy they are. 0,o

[XYlophonetreeZ]

My mind is slightly blown to learn this and I'm tempted to look this up. Just because, how could a company with such a pleasant commercial jingle be such assholes? lol.

Well, I looked into it a little more and it sorta makes sense now. freecreditreport.com itself is indeed a scam, but it's a subsidiary of Experian, so I guess since a reputable company came up with something that should be disreputable, they're able to get all this ad time for it. So that's pretty disgusting- they make a shitload of one-time revenue by scamming people with this thing, and then they continue making money even after people realize it's a scam because they're fucking Experian.

Free Credit Report has an annual advertising budget of 72 fucking million dollars. Dear fucking holy balls.

["Melyssa K" Kennedy]

Well, I looked into it a little more and it sorta makes sense now. freecreditreport.com itself is indeed a scam, but it's a subsidiary of Experian, so I guess since a reputable company came up with something that should be disreputable, they're able to get all this ad time for it. So that's pretty disgusting- they make a shitload of one-time revenue by scamming people with this thing, and then they continue making money even after people realize it's a scam because they're fucking Experian.

Free Credit Report has an annual advertising budget of 72 fucking million dollars. Dear fucking holy balls.

OMG, what have I started?! I just like the songs. :(

[XYlophonetreeZ]

OMG, what have I started?! I just like the songs. :(

No one is saying otherwise. No one thinks you're endorsing the company or anything. This is just the way the conversation progressed.

["Melyssa K" Kennedy]

No one is saying otherwise. No one thinks you're endorsing the company or anything. This is just the way the conversation progressed.

Okay, good. :)

[samseby]

Around :24 seconds in: Why is the bottom of the Pepsi bottle black? It looks like there's soda in there lol.
Sure does :p (and to be honest actually I don't have the slightest idea).


There has never been a better commercial than this one.
BABIES EVERYWHERE!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6rE0EakhG8
That mustache ... Yikes!

[samseby]

Oops! How could I forget this one:

http://youtu.be/FNAKgApo72U
Jeez!

["Melyssa K" Kennedy]

I like how they qualified it by saying, "depending on the toy."

[samseby]

Yeah, right ;) ... I slightly remember this one too:

http://youtu.be/ktW226xnV4U
What the hell were they thinking? :p