Of the commercial world...
I would expect the Head-On commercial to be extremely effective. Its directly to the point, no flash, nothing to distract.
It's non offensive and cute.
This poor lad needs to get a copy of The Hucksters with Sidney Greenstreet, pounding the table and shouting, "...Beauty Soap, Beauty Soap, Beauty Soap..." to impress noobie ad exec Clark Gable that selling the name is all that matters...
Great movie from the 40's.
Of the commercial world...
The ad that sends me around the bend the most these days are the ones for Dr Scholl's gels....i HATE the forced rhyming with the word 'gel'as well as turning the word into a verb.
waitress:Ohhh mister you must be gellin'!
guy who waitress dumped hot coffee on: Yes, even tho there's considerable redness and swellin'
HUMMER ads are entertaining. The best was the soapbox derby kid and the one with the three bears is funny.
Isn't it funny...I love the new Geico commercials...the ones with the celebrities interpreting what the ordinary people are saying. They're fun.
The creepiest is the Burger King commerical with the 'King.' The 'King' makes me almost afraid to pull around to the BK drive thru window...He is an eeeevil resinoid stalker...and he has spawned 'Quaker Oat Man.' 'Oat Man' stands around offices and (shudder!!!) school crossing zones with trays of goodies. How wierd/lame can an ad be...is it the same ad agency? I mean who thinks having an inanimate statuey-creepy guy show up in odd locals makes a consumer want to purchase their food.
My favorite commercial is the Meow Mix one..the one with a bleacherful of cats going meow meow meow meow...
Corona commercials.. are the best...
The one that cracks me up lately is the fake one-minute "documentary" recounting the evolution of eating chicken in NASCAR cars.
1. Every commercial that works us into a frenzy about the Osteoporosis crisis faced by women. These: "If it weren't for strong shoulders, who would support them?" and "I've got my grandmother's hump!"
2. The Adelphia commercials that make men look like bumbling stumbling morons. On one of them, a guy is actually struck by lighting while his family laughs and smiles.
3. The Blue Cross/Blue Shield commercial with the guy (Hank) climbing a rock wall while the narrator (his "beloved" wife) tell us what a dumbass he is.
4. The Doctor Z. commercials.
5. The Progressive commercials with the smug jerk wearing the cheesy light blue suit.
first of all, since that commercial came out, sales of Head-On have in creased something like 450%. shows the smarts of the average american.
also, has anyone mentioned the worst commercials currently on television? Dr. Z of Daimler-Chrysler?
Am I the only one who likes those Miller Lite "Man Law" commercials?
Burt Reynolds: "From now on we touch bottoms."
Cowboy: "No thanks, Hollywood. I ain't into that."
Burt: "BOTTLES!"
My favorite commercial right now is a local one for an Indian casino.
It has a young man and woman getting married and the groom is distracted by one of the bridesmaids who is blowing kisses at him.
The priest says, "If anyone has any reason why these two should not be married, speak now or forever hold your peace!"
An elderly woman in the back jumps up holding a $100 bill saying, "I bet a hundred dollars they won't last a year!"
Everyone in the chapel gasps loudly.
Then the priest says, "Hmmmmm.... I'd like to get a piece of that!" as he starts counting out money from his bankroll.
It made me laugh out loud when I first saw it.
By the response this thread has gotten, I think there were a lot of us who needed a bit of much needed relief from the worldly goings-on. Thanks for starting it!
"Of coarse I'll sit with your kids, your like a brother to me".
".......I'm so rich I'll just keep my seat"
Anyone remember this:
Jamie Kellner is the chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting, which encompasses everything from CNN to TNT and is a part of AOL Time Warner. On Monday, an interview with Kellner appeared in CableWorld.
In response to a question on why personal video recorders (PVR's) were bad for the industry, Kellner responded: "Because of the ad skips.... It's theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn't get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you're actually stealing the programming."
"I used to enjoy watching Geico's commercials...however, they seem to be losing their creative touch."
What creative touch would that be? For creativity, I look to the Bud Light commercials, very little repetition, lots and lots of originality and just downright humor - excellent ads!! Sort of like the Miller Lite commercials from the '80's. Now Miller Lite sucks, but they did have good commercials.