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Simple question, really..do you have a few faves that were either very funny, or really got their message across, or just made you feel good? There have been many great ones over the decades

Hopefully, you'll post the links to them from YouTube..

NOTE: The FIRST person who pompously replies that "I don't watch TV" can go pound sand AND suck an egg.

And if you're so inclined, and have a nominee, tell us your pick for the WORST commercial. There are so many of those too, but they are so very forgettable..

Here's my top picks:

Noxema "take it off, take it all off" Gawd damn, but Gunilla was drop-dead GORGEOUS

Coke: "I'd like to teach the world to sing.." Man, back then EVERYONE was humming that tune

ANY Oscar Meyer commercial the bologna song or "I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener"

American Tourister gorilla ad Brilliant!

FedEx fast talking guy They were all a hoot

Any of the "lying Joe Isuzu ads They were hilarious

You'll notice most of these are, well, old....but the best of the current crop is without a doubt, the GEICO "hump day" with the camel had people talking for months. And I was already sick of the gecko

There was one more on my list...with the Hoffman Soda jingle..."The prettiest girl, I ever saw, was sipping Hoffman, right through a straw"..but I can't find it.

As far as my picks for the worst commercials...well.. Any PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE one..I absolutely can't stand that girl..

1 posted on 07/21/2015 8:42:39 AM PDT by ken5050
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Back in the '70's there was a muffler commercial that had a burley shop foreman on the phone telling the impatient bespectacled meek customer that he had his boys working on it. In the background there are three chimps randomly slamming wrenched against the car.

Hilarious

128 posted on 07/21/2015 12:43:28 PM PDT by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=148dowDhkVY

FedEx Caveman commercial


130 posted on 07/21/2015 3:05:33 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnL-7x4n4d8

VW Polo - Terrorist


131 posted on 07/21/2015 3:07:26 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (.)
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Audi’s “Green Police” ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml54UuAoLSo

VW’s “The Force” ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0


135 posted on 07/21/2015 3:31:02 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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Unpimp yout auto!

Unpmip Your Auto Compilation.

V dub in the house...

136 posted on 07/21/2015 4:53:17 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ss7_5PSnyA Sarah Michelle Gellar Burger King Commercial - 1981


138 posted on 07/21/2015 5:51:44 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @RealSMG)
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Natty Boh:

“National Beer
National Beer
You’ll love the taste of National Beer
And while I’m singing
I’m proud to say
It’s brewed on the shores
of Chesapeake Bay!”

I distinctly remember a commercial with singing oysters on the bed of the Bay singing it; but though there are many old Natty Boh commercials on the web, I’ve never found that one.

-JT


142 posted on 07/22/2015 10:26:54 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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