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What's your favorite TV commercial?
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Re: I'm ususally immune to Madison Avenue, but...
I remember that commercial, too. I went to mercedes-benz.com, and found it! Here's the link:
http://www.mbusa.com/main/container.jsp?/whatsnew/index.jsp&sub=8&page=tv_commercials
Whenever you choose the size, it should start loading "Reincarnation". It might take a few minutes if you are on dial-up.
Great commercial! Enjoy!
I remember that commercial, too. I went to mercedes-benz.com, and found it! Here's the link:
http://www.mbusa.com/main/container.jsp?/whatsnew/index.jsp&sub=8&page=tv_commercials
Whenever you choose the size, it should start loading "Reincarnation". It might take a few minutes if you are on dial-up.
Great commercial! Enjoy!
Re: Re: I'm ususally immune to Madison Avenue, but...
Thanks so much. And I am filing this away in my mental "Don't believe everything that people tell you" folder -- I had asked the person that I talked to at Mercedes whether they had a TV ads area on their web site and the person told me that they didn't.
Thanks again!
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Just watched it again -- goosebumps!
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You Rule!
Thanks so much. And I am filing this away in my mental "Don't believe everything that people tell you" folder -- I had asked the person that I talked to at Mercedes whether they had a TV ads area on their web site and the person told me that they didn't.
Thanks again!
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Just watched it again -- goosebumps!
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The Fosters add where the guy sleeps with his mates girl, then in the morning when she offer's him a beer, he say's "I couldn't, he's my best mate." (after having slept with his best mates girl) LMAO!
there was an ad for porsche's boxster not too long ago - someone in a coma for 50 years wakes up and the first thing he does is go for a spin in his (still pristine) porsche roadster. younger guy in a boxster sees it, speeds up to catch it, looks at the old roadster with a 'wow' look, the old guy sees the boxster and says, "oh sh-" as the boxster speeds off. pretty cool.
Re: Re: I'm ususally immune to Madison Avenue, but...
The commerical isn't working for some reason? Just a big white square!
Originally posted by MacFan25
I remember that commercial, too. I went to mercedes-benz.com, and found it! Here's the link:
http://www.mbusa.com/main/container.jsp?/whatsnew/index.jsp&sub=8&page=tv_commercials
Whenever you choose the size, it should start loading "Reincarnation". It might take a few minutes if you are on dial-up.
Great commercial! Enjoy!
The commerical isn't working for some reason? Just a big white square!
Re: Re: Re: I'm ususally immune to Madison Avenue, but...
Hmm...thats odd. I get the white square at first, but then it loads up, and it works fine.Originally posted by wdlove
The commerical isn't working for some reason? Just a big white square!
i saw an ad at about 2am a few years ago, only saw it once but it made me laugh for a lonnng time, and i still remember it really well. It was some miller advert where the punchline was "wear the fox hat". Anyone know the add in question? very funny and it obviously worked as i still remember the ad + product. after only seeing it once.
Re: Re: Re: I'm ususally immune to Madison Avenue, but...
That happened to me too, but if you go back to the home page and navigate rather than using the link, it seems to work better. (I'm really just pleased as punch about this! )
Originally posted by wdlove
The commerical isn't working for some reason? Just a big white square!
That happened to me too, but if you go back to the home page and navigate rather than using the link, it seems to work better. (I'm really just pleased as punch about this!
)
Re: Re: I'm ususally immune to Madison Avenue, but...
hey thanks for the link, I had forgotten about 'mannequin', that was always a very cool commercial (the car is awesome).
Originally posted by MacFan25
I remember that commercial, too. I went to mercedes-benz.com, and found it! Here's the link:
http://www.mbusa.com/main/container.jsp?/whatsnew/index.jsp&sub=8&page=tv_commercials
Whenever you choose the size, it should start loading "Reincarnation". It might take a few minutes if you are on dial-up.
Great commercial! Enjoy!
hey thanks for the link, I had forgotten about 'mannequin', that was always a very cool commercial (the car is awesome).
Living in Japan, I get more than my share of Japanese commercials!!
Funny thing is, celebrities will sell anything in Japan and not be caught dead doing ads elsewhere!!
Funny thing is, celebrities will sell anything in Japan and not be caught dead doing ads elsewhere!!
Janet Jackson and Apple
Apple sponsored the 1990 Janet jackson Tour. Here are a couple of scanned images from the tour brochure. Sorry for the rushed job and low quality - the program is A3 sized and required 4 scans as my scanner is only A4 size. Couldn't be bothered with lining everything up and colour balacing etc.
Enjoy anyway.
Apple sponsored the 1990 Janet jackson Tour. Here are a couple of scanned images from the tour brochure. Sorry for the rushed job and low quality - the program is A3 sized and required 4 scans as my scanner is only A4 size. Couldn't be bothered with lining everything up and colour balacing etc.
Enjoy anyway.
yep, woody allen, harrison ford....on and on. it's hard to turn down several million dollars for a couple of days work( or less...).
I like the Kirin beer commercials Harrison Ford did here. The one with the ramen shop in dotobori was the best. Apparantly, they had to close several streets down as the groud was huge. I have been to the ramon shop, it has a big red dragon sticking out of the wall and into the street. Nice pictures of Harry sucking noodles.
Not a problem to exclude the new G5 commercials, I don't really even like 'em.
But c'mon, I've got to say my favorite is THE commercial. You know the one.
Apple 1984.
Oh yeah!
But c'mon, I've got to say my favorite is THE commercial. You know the one.
Apple 1984.
Oh yeah!
Heh I just though of one of my fave older commercials.
It was a Heineken commercial, and it shows a guy walking into a bar, and he sees a redhead, a blonde, and a brunette; then a rabbi, a priest and like a nun, and then it shows a horse that looks sorta sad.
It was hilarious and actually made me laugh the first time I saw it
It was a Heineken commercial, and it shows a guy walking into a bar, and he sees a redhead, a blonde, and a brunette; then a rabbi, a priest and like a nun, and then it shows a horse that looks sorta sad.
It was hilarious and actually made me laugh the first time I saw it
Has anybody heard of AdCritic.com ?
A few years ago, its service was free. Basically, it was a compendium of commercials, everything high resolution, too. It was great.
Now, it's for a price, but I think it's still pretty cheap. I imagine it was hard to maintain the service for free, what with the immense bandwidth that would require.
The site even had commercials that it made itself. There was an Apple commercial where the cops busted these people whom it seemed were transporting some sort of contraband, perhaps weapons or bombs, or something else of a lethally powerful nature...And then it reveals what it is: And it's a G4.
It was a lot better than Apple's Tank commercial, which most people thought was just a big joke.
There was this other funny commercial that the site made, as well. This one was for 7-up.
There's a guy with a telescope looking into the apartment of the woman who lives in the next building. She walks in and starts taking off her clothes. Then she goes into the fridge and pulls out a coke or some other dark soda. She puts it on her table and then when she's taking off her unmentionables, she happens to be standing behind the coke--SO THE GUY CAN'T SEE HER!!
It was hilarious! Thinking about it, I'm not sure that it would actually convince people to buy a 7-up, esp. if they happen to be attractive women living in tall apartment buildings, but it catches your eye, and that's the important thing.
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oh, and speaking of heineken commercials (as tazo did), I just remembered a series of commercials that I THINK was from heineken, though it might have been from another beer company.
The first commercial had this really annoying lady singing some cheesy opera, and not really that well. (think Wing does Opera) At the end of the commercial, text to this effect displays:
"If you do not buy our beer, we will continue to play this commercial over and over again."
Later, a new commercial appeared. This time, there was a duet, doubly annoying. Text, something to the effect of:
"Thank you for purchasing our beer. We have had unprecedented growth. However, if you do not continue, we will play THIS commercial repeatedly."
The third, and last commercial, has a whole group of singers. Something like:
"We have done extraordinarily well thanks to you. Now we have a special surprise for you, to show our gratitude."
The curtains around the singers open up, and there are several lions surround the group. The screen fades to black and you hear a struggle and screams.
A few years ago, its service was free. Basically, it was a compendium of commercials, everything high resolution, too. It was great.
Now, it's for a price, but I think it's still pretty cheap. I imagine it was hard to maintain the service for free, what with the immense bandwidth that would require.
The site even had commercials that it made itself. There was an Apple commercial where the cops busted these people whom it seemed were transporting some sort of contraband, perhaps weapons or bombs, or something else of a lethally powerful nature...And then it reveals what it is: And it's a G4.
It was a lot better than Apple's Tank commercial, which most people thought was just a big joke.
There was this other funny commercial that the site made, as well. This one was for 7-up.
There's a guy with a telescope looking into the apartment of the woman who lives in the next building. She walks in and starts taking off her clothes. Then she goes into the fridge and pulls out a coke or some other dark soda. She puts it on her table and then when she's taking off her unmentionables, she happens to be standing behind the coke--SO THE GUY CAN'T SEE HER!!
It was hilarious! Thinking about it, I'm not sure that it would actually convince people to buy a 7-up, esp. if they happen to be attractive women living in tall apartment buildings, but it catches your eye, and that's the important thing.
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oh, and speaking of heineken commercials (as tazo did), I just remembered a series of commercials that I THINK was from heineken, though it might have been from another beer company.
The first commercial had this really annoying lady singing some cheesy opera, and not really that well. (think Wing does Opera) At the end of the commercial, text to this effect displays:
"If you do not buy our beer, we will continue to play this commercial over and over again."
Later, a new commercial appeared. This time, there was a duet, doubly annoying. Text, something to the effect of:
"Thank you for purchasing our beer. We have had unprecedented growth. However, if you do not continue, we will play THIS commercial repeatedly."
The third, and last commercial, has a whole group of singers. Something like:
"We have done extraordinarily well thanks to you. Now we have a special surprise for you, to show our gratitude."
The curtains around the singers open up, and there are several lions surround the group. The screen fades to black and you hear a struggle and screams.
Here's a couple of my all time favorites:
*The beer 12 pack commercial with the lady getting into the shower and seeing a turkey in the shower cuz they had to move the turkey to make space in the fridge for the 12 pack-sounds dumb, but its totally hilarious.
*The old nike commercial with the guy being chased by the chicken (if you've seen it you'll remember it, if you haven't its too hard to explain)
Heres a link to the chicken commerical: http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2451700&cch=
*The beer 12 pack commercial with the lady getting into the shower and seeing a turkey in the shower cuz they had to move the turkey to make space in the fridge for the 12 pack-sounds dumb, but its totally hilarious.
*The old nike commercial with the guy being chased by the chicken (if you've seen it you'll remember it, if you haven't its too hard to explain)
Heres a link to the chicken commerical: http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2451700&cch=
Mercedes Link
For those who want to watch that MB commercial-
http://www.mbusa.com/brand/models/gallery/tv_commercial/commercial.jsp?msize=ll&mnum=6
For those who want to watch that MB commercial-
http://www.mbusa.com/brand/models/gallery/tv_commercial/commercial.jsp?msize=ll&mnum=6
I used to love AdCritic.com, after every Superbowl I would visit it and see all the good commercials.
As I remember it, that G4 commercial was made as a project by some film students. It was much better then most Apple commercials.
Does anyone remember the eTrade chimp ad?
Don't forget EDS' ad, Cat Herders. Cat Herders was one of the best ads I have ever seen.
Try out this Gold Beer commercial:
http://www.clipland.com/Video/501001646/
This site has a lot of commericals and video clips availible.
http://www.clipland.com/Video/501001646/
This site has a lot of commericals and video clips availible.