Ads that you like

[Ralts Bloodthorne]

The Nike one that ran during the Olympics, where Jason chases the woman, who just leaves him gasping for air in the dust.

I LOVED THAT COMMERCIAL!

 

[Torm]

- I have a rather sick fondness for the Maxell House coffee commericals with a bunch of firefighters singing about their coffee to the tune of "Our House" (by Madness). I don't know why I like it so much, but it can't be healthy.

I like this one, too. Although for me, I know exactly why - it was the very first thing I was aware of, playing on the TV in my room, when I came to in the hospital earlier this year. (When they put me under to intubate me, more than two days before, I was pretty sure I was going to die.) And, I like the tune.

But my favorite commercial, as of late, has become the Overstock.com ads with Sabine Ehrenfeld. A few quick facts about Sabine:

• 41 years old - may be 42 by now.
• Speaks German, English, French, and Italian.
• Proficient in basic tactical pistol skills.
• Has a private pilot's license and 350 hours in the air.
• Flew solo in an old-style, aerobatic tailwheel plane from California to Montana, with camping gear in the back so she could land along the route to sleep and refuel.

I so entirely want to see her statted for D20 Modern, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

[Jdvn1]

But #3 on my list has yet to be mentioned: Outpost.com's Gerbil Cannon ad. The "CEO" was firing gerbils at a hole in middle of the "o" in the middle of a banner with the company's name on it...I forget why...but he kept missing.

BOOM! Thudsqueek! "Oops- missed!"

BOOM! Thudsqueek! "That was close!"

BOOM! Thudsqueek! "A little more to the left..."

Those were great commericials, all of the Outpost.com ones.

 

[kenobi65]

I think this was a Super Bowl ad a few years ago. For... Tobasco.

Yup, it first ran during the 1997 Super Bowl (which my Packers won!). A really great ad; they've tried a few others since then, but none have been quite as good.

 

[Starman]

The Pepsi Spartacus commercial is one of my favorites. It killed me every time the tear rolled down Spartacus' (the real one!) face when he didn't get the Pepsi.

 

[TracerBullet42]

Now, I never actually saw this commercial, but I had it described to me so vividly and it just paints the most amazing picture in my mind...

It's a commercial for some shoes...

The commercial opens with someone asking about the shoes, and how do they make them to be so comfortable. Soft music begins to play as the scene of a beautiful meadow is shown and then cuts to a bunch of women prancing about on a hillside, wearing these ultra-comfortable shoes. Just then, a helicopter comes up over the edge of the hill, armed to the teeth. The women in the ultra-comfortable shoes begin to scream and scatter about. The soldiers repel down as the chopper opens fire on the fleeing ladies. Various scenes of the women being captured in nets and put down with gunfire. The commercial then ends with a shot of the shoes...with some bloody stumps of ankles still sticking out of them...

Horrific? Yes. Gross? Pretty much. Hilarious? Absolutely.

There's just something disturbingly funny about the idea of harvesting shoes...

Or maybe it's just me...

 

[demiurge1138]

Now, I never actually saw this commercial, but I had it described to me so vividly and it just paints the most amazing picture in my mind...

It's a commercial for some shoes...

The commercial opens with someone asking about the shoes, and how do they make them to be so comfortable. Soft music begins to play as the scene of a beautiful meadow is shown and then cuts to a bunch of women prancing about on a hillside, wearing these ultra-comfortable shoes. Just then, a helicopter comes up over the edge of the hill, armed to the teeth. The women in the ultra-comfortable shoes begin to scream and scatter about. The soldiers repel down as the chopper opens fire on the fleeing ladies. Various scenes of the women being captured in nets and put down with gunfire. The commercial then ends with a shot of the shoes...with some bloody stumps of ankles still sticking out of them...

Horrific? Yes. Gross? Pretty much. Hilarious? Absolutely.

There's just something disturbingly funny about the idea of harvesting shoes...

Or maybe it's just me...

No, no, not just you. It's horrific, gross and hilarious. Brings to mind harvesting elephants to make their feet into garbage cans.

Now, if elephants were in the helicopters... priceless.

Demiurge out.

 

[RatPunk]

For those of you, like myself, who love the "Real Men of Genius" commercials, Budweiser has a 3 CD set of them at their on-line store for $10.00. My wife ordered it for me for my birthday and I am anxiously awaiting it's arrival (it's on back order and should be in around the first of January).

 

[Conaill]

They're selling their commercials?!

Man, that's marketing genius...

 

[Kid Socrates]

They're selling their commercials?!

Man, that's marketing genius...

One might even call them "Real Men Of Genius."