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Funny/Stupid Commercials and Ads

Started by 7/8, July 15, 2016, 12:39:07 PM

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Henry

Is Kia still playing that ad with the cute hamsters?
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7/8

I was watching a Michigan TV channel yesterday and saw this Farmers Insurance commercial which made me laugh. I know it's a dumb commercial that uses the cuteness of dogs to get your attention, but it worked for me :-D

(For some reason, the YouTube video below shows the commercial twice):

D-Dey65

Quote from: Stephane Dumas on August 01, 2016, 10:32:14 PM
I have fun to watch vintage ads, here a Texaco ad starring Don Adams before his Get Smart fame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbkjkdQPEAw
That police car is a '65 Chevy. It looks like the same year of his Get Smart fame.

busman_49

Grippo's has a couple of really stupid radio ads.  Too bad I like their BBQ chips...

Commercial #1 (loosely quoted):
Guy: Whatchya grillin' there Bill?
Bill: My own invention: barbecue snack rings
Guy: I hate to burst your bubble there Bill, but Grippo's HAS barbecue snack rings
Bill: But they don't have my secret ingredient.  Okay, here goes...
*EXPLOSION*
Guy: Dude!  Look at your eyebrows!
Announcer: Sales pitch, followed by "Keep your eyebrows!"
<Grippo's jingle>

Commercial #2 (loosely quoted):
Girl:  The Melchers invited us to their party...again
Guy: Here's what we'll do: you create a distraction and I'll replace their boring chips & pretzels with Grippo's
Girl: Can't we just come clean and tell them their chips & pretzels are lame, while Grippo's are fun?
Announcer: <Sales pitch>...and don't forget about Grippo's sour cream and nacho cheese dips!
Guy: Did he just call me a cheese dip?
<Grippo's jingle>

roadman

#29
The mattress company Sleepys just changed their clever name to a very lame one, and has been announcing the change in a series of car cards on the Boston transit system that read "Sleepys is now Mattress Firm".

Sleepys was perhaps best known for their tag line/jingle "Sleepys - For The Rest Of Your Life", which was heavily used in print and media ads until after a fatal crash on Boston's Green Line in May of 2008 - a Sleepy's ad with the tag line was prominently visible in media footage of the wrecked trains.  Ironically, the NTBS investigation of the crash found that the probable cause was the operator of the second train, who died in the crash, missing two critical signals while suffering apparent episodes of microsleep - both the NTSB and the MBTA's investigations determined that the operator had undiagnosed sleep apnea.
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Big John

^^ Mattress Firm is a national company so it looks like Sleepy's was bought out by them.

I-39

All the Progressive Insurance ads with Flo in them are stupid

roadman

Quote from: Big John on March 02, 2017, 02:39:44 PM
^^ Mattress Firm is a national company so it looks like Sleepy's was bought out by them.
OK, that explains it.  Thanks.
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Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)

roadman

Quote from: I-39 on March 02, 2017, 08:03:44 PM
All the Progressive Insurance ads with Flo in them are stupid
Using either a floozy or a lizard to sell car insurance is stupid.
"And ninety-five is the route you were on.  It was not the speed limit sign."  - Jim Croce (from Speedball Tucker)

"My life has been a tapestry
Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)

kurumi

Quote from: roadman on March 03, 2017, 10:20:59 AM
Quote from: I-39 on March 02, 2017, 08:03:44 PM
All the Progressive Insurance ads with Flo in them are stupid
Using either a floozy or a lizard to sell car insurance is stupid.

That's a reason rates are going up.

Quote
In general, insurance companies spend so much, they outstrip every other American industry by nearly 8%... According to 2013 SNL Financial report, GEICO spends about $6 of every $100 it collects in premiums on advertising, totaling $1.2 billion annually. Allstate increased its budget last year by 5.7% to reach $900 million, and State Farm pushed its spending up 5.1% to $800 million.

If you're 30, the average annual premium is about $2,000 (source); so you not only have to watch all those ads if you watch TV, but you're also paying $120/year for the privilege.
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CNGL-Leudimin

For some reason I liked a weird ad of a now gone furniture shop that ran on the regional TV channel.
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Takumi

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on March 03, 2017, 04:24:35 PM
For some reason I liked a weird ad of a now gone furniture shop that ran on the regional TV channel.
Was it just like a mini mall?
https://youtu.be/FJ3oHpup-pk
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sparker

The Kia ad with Melissa McCarthy "saving" whales & rhinos was kind of cute the first time it ran during the Super Bowl, but the truncated version that runs several times nightly a month later has gotten a bit tiresome.  The lady is funny, given the right material -- but the ad, on 70th (approximate) viewing, is a tad cliched (besides, rhinos aren't that big!).  Pure slapstick -- doesn't play to her strength as a sarcastic observer. 

Buck87

How about, the type of over the top local car dealership ads that this video is parodying (language warning)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZuN0xXWLc

adventurernumber1

#39
I'm tellin' ya, the past couple of super bowls have had some strange (and very funny precisely because they are so peculiar) commercials. Here are a few:

"Mr. Clean is gettin' dirty!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDzMxlw2Fgo

Bizarre cellular network commercials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNCG9fHGXB0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b49dfTUFFZQ

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

(the last 10 seconds of that last video are particularly amusing)

Now this is the breadwinner:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql7uY36-LwA

All of these are absolutely crazy.  :-D  :rofl:
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noelbotevera



I'm pretty sure every commercial in the '80s had panning shots. I find this funny because...well honestly current commercials don't have panning shots.

sparker

Now that's a real blast from the past!  Forgot about that Robert Palmer Pepsi ad (and how much "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible" sounded almost alike!).  Interesting how some of the products -- particularly "Aspen" soda and the flavored milk ("fill in color/flavor COW") never really caught on.  It seems to be as if they're attempting to portray life as incomplete absent the presence of their particular beverage -- sometimes it worked, and more often not.  Remember "New Coke" -- the change that almost capsized the Coca-Cola company circa '83!   

Big John

Quote from: sparker on March 06, 2017, 09:32:33 PM
Remember "New Coke" -- the change that almost capsized the Coca-Cola company circa '83!   
1985 to be more precise.

roadman

Quote from: Big John on March 06, 2017, 09:48:43 PM
Quote from: sparker on March 06, 2017, 09:32:33 PM
Remember "New Coke" -- the change that almost capsized the Coca-Cola company circa '83!   
1985 to be more precise.

New Coke was intended to be a failure.  It was a smokescreen to hide the fact that Coke changed the formula from mostly sugar/partially HFCS ("original" COKE) to almost 100% HFCS (CocaCola Classic).  Yes, I know that Coke executives, spokespeople, Snopes and others continue to try to deny and debunk this.  However, as a cola drinker, I could tell the difference in taste immediately.  And they are all promoting false information about the change to HFCS being unrelated to New Coke.
"And ninety-five is the route you were on.  It was not the speed limit sign."  - Jim Croce (from Speedball Tucker)

"My life has been a tapestry
Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)

spooky

Quote from: roadman on March 07, 2017, 03:41:40 PM
Quote from: Big John on March 06, 2017, 09:48:43 PM
Quote from: sparker on March 06, 2017, 09:32:33 PM
Remember "New Coke" -- the change that almost capsized the Coca-Cola company circa '83!   
1985 to be more precise.

New Coke was intended to be a failure.  It was a smokescreen to hide the fact that Coke changed the formula from mostly sugar/partially HFCS ("original" COKE) to almost 100% HFCS (CocaCola Classic).  Yes, I know that Coke executives, spokespeople, Snopes and others continue to try to deny and debunk this.  However, as a cola drinker, I could tell the difference in taste immediately.  And they are all promoting false information about the change to HFCS being unrelated to New Coke.

This was obvious to me at the time. CocaCola Classic is not the same as original Coke.

adventurernumber1

#45
I am back with some more crazy commercials. These videos I'm posting are not the raw commercials themselves, but they are videos of the rising YouTuber Chadtronic reacting to them. I chose these videos, because they compress all these funny commercials into only a few videos. Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX45LfPnJGA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4GCrg9xgE8&t=332s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJKbFmqK7fQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKhnB-VcMyI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NVwg5OuVps

These commercials are interesting for sure.  :rofl:
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amroad17

Busch Beer has a semi-retro ad running now.  It makes use of the old BUSCHHHHHHH sound made when someone opens a can except that now the sound is BUSCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...  The guy who opened the can tries putting his hand over the opening a couple of times to muffle the sound out there in the wilderness.  It is a bit amusing.
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OracleUsr

Dumb:

1.  Any radio commercial involving KRAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY KEVIN POWELL
2.   Any Sonic commercial

Funny:

The Geico commercial with Ice-T
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PHLBOS

For a short period during the mid-90s; there were TV & radio ads promoting the Philadelphia Zoo as if someone was selling used cars in terms of style & tone.

Actual advertisement excerpt (from a radio ad.):
Quote from: 90s Philadelphia Zoo Ad.See the warthogs...
Boy are they ugly...
But then again, SO ARE YOU!!!!! 
See them soon before they get any uglier.
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