I haven't seen that one but I think there are a couple of others just like it that made me laugh. That would probably be me since I spend so much time in the backyard over the grill. Too bad none of my neighbors barbecue. I don't have anyone to cheer with
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 07/27/0805:20 AM
Gina, you are actually posting good funny commercials. I had intended to start a thread for unintentionally funny commercials But don't stop. Keep them coming
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 07/27/0805:23 AM
Originally Posted By: svsg
Gina, you are actually posting good funny commercials. I had intended to start a thread for unintentionally funny commercials But don't stop. Keep them coming
When do your threads ever go the way you intended?
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 07/27/0805:34 AM
Originally Posted By: svsg
Gina, you are actually posting good funny commercials. I had intended to start a thread for unintentionally funny commercials But don't stop. Keep them coming
And before I seem too evil for laughing at this commercial, let me say that I actually wouldn't mind having a Jitterbug. I've led this rally against hi-tech cell phones among my peers, claiming that the Jitterbug is simple, efficient, and perfect for all their needs. They are disgusted by it, so I once even went so far as to create "testimonials" to display in my room - I put each of their pictures with a caption from the commercial, such as "Bigger buttons, bigger numbers, who needs glasses?" It's mostly a joke against them, but I have a very low understanding of my own cell phone, so I like to think I'm more fit for a Jitterbug.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 08/07/0812:16 AM
The Aflac commercials are great! My favorites are "There's Only One" and, of course, "Berra at the Barber". (I had no idea they had some Japanese ones! They don't seem to fit the same mold, though).
These are classic (at least regionally), and I never saw this one!!! Brilliant.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 08/13/0803:41 PM
I laugh at the Cialis commercial that says if you stay hard for more than 4 hour you should go to the doctor. Hell, if that were me I'd be bragging to my friends.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 08/13/0805:01 PM
The wittiest US TV commercials ever were put on by Volkswagen in the early Sixties. They poked fun at the humble Beetle while subtly extolling its virtues. My favorite:
A moonlit Maine snowscape. No voiceover, no music. Guy opens his garage door, starts up his Beetle, pulls out into heavy drifts. Plows through the drifts, with just the moonlight and the sound of the engine to keep him company. After a while, he pulls up by a big garage. Sound of diesel engine starting, door opens--and a snowplow pulls out.
Finally, the voiceover: "Did you ever wonder how the man who drives the snowplow gets to the snowplow?"
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 08/13/0805:15 PM
Originally Posted By: Turnbull
The wittiest US TV commercials ever were put on by Volkswagen in the early Sixties. They poked fun at the humble Beetle while subtly extolling its virtues. My favorite:
A moonlit Maine snowscape. No voiceover, no music. Guy opens his garage door, starts up his Beetle, pulls out into heavy drifts. Plows through the drifts, with just the moonlight and the sound of the engine to keep him company. After a while, he pulls up by a big garage. Sound of diesel engine starting, door opens--and a snowplow pulls out.
Finally, the voiceover: "Did you ever wonder how the man who drives the snowplow gets to the snowplow?"
I think VW was one of the first major campaigns that mocked its own product. As I recall there were also some clever magazine ads connected with that campaign.
Speaking of clever ads in the 60's I always liked the Hertz ad where the guy flies into the driver's seat, and I see not they've brought it back.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 08/13/0805:58 PM
Originally Posted By: dontomasso
I think VW was one of the first major campaigns that mocked its own product. As I recall there were also some clever magazine ads connected with that campaign.
That "mockery" had an underlying snob appeal. In the era when many Americans were revolted by "conspicuous consumption" exemplified by US cars with huge tail fins and giant V8 engines, owning a VW was a way to make a statement that you were a "nonconformist" and were hip to the superiority of European products.
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Speaking of clever ads in the 60's I always liked the Hertz ad where the guy flies into the driver's seat, and I see not they've brought it back.
Car-crazy kids like me paid a lot of attention to that Hertz ad ("Let Hertz...put you-u-u-u-u...in the driver's seat!"). The car they showed was a '59 Chevy Impala ragtop. The front edge of the hood had a chrome "V" with a pair of crossed racing flags above it--indicating that it had the 348-cubic-inch "big block" V8, Chevy's most powerful engine for that year. That got us excited: imagine, we (more likely our parents) could rent a real high-performance car without having to buy one! Fat chance, though: the standard Hertz Chevy rental was the lower-end BelAir or Biscayne, with the dull, "Stovebolt Six" engine and two-speed Powerglide transmission.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 08/13/0807:24 PM
Originally Posted By: Turnbull
Car-crazy kids like me paid a lot of attention to that Hertz ad ("Let Hertz...put you-u-u-u-u...in the driver's seat!"). The car they showed was a '59 Chevy Impala ragtop. The front edge of the hood had a chrome "V" with a pair of crossed racing flags above it--indicating that it had the 348-cubic-inch "big block" V8, Chevy's most powerful engine for that year. That got us excited: imagine, we (more likely our parents) could rent a real high-performance car without having to buy one! Fat chance, though: the standard Hertz Chevy rental was the lower-end BelAir or Biscayne, with the dull, "Stovebolt Six" engine and two-speed Powerglide transmission.
That Hertz campaign led to one almost as good by Avis mocking themselves for bein number two and convincing us that "We Try Harder"
What was Michael Corleone driving in Miami? That had to have been a rental.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 08/13/0807:29 PM
Originally Posted By: dontomasso
Originally Posted By: Turnbull
Car-crazy kids like me paid a lot of attention to that Hertz ad ("Let Hertz...put you-u-u-u-u...in the driver's seat!"). The car they showed was a '59 Chevy Impala ragtop. The front edge of the hood had a chrome "V" with a pair of crossed racing flags above it--indicating that it had the 348-cubic-inch "big block" V8, Chevy's most powerful engine for that year. That got us excited: imagine, we (more likely our parents) could rent a real high-performance car without having to buy one! Fat chance, though: the standard Hertz Chevy rental was the lower-end BelAir or Biscayne, with the dull, "Stovebolt Six" engine and two-speed Powerglide transmission.
What was Michael Corleone driving in Miami? That had to have been a rental.
Maybe not, DT. I recall in the novel that the family had business interests in Miami. Wasn't Neri sent to a Family hotel in Miami as a reward towards the end of the book? I think so.
Anyway, if the Family owned a hotel or other small business down there, the car could easily have been registered to one of them.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 08/13/0810:28 PM
Good analysis, PB. But I'm betting that the car Michael was driving was an Avis rental. It was a '58 Ford Custom 300, in the exact two-tone red-and-black that was the most popular color combo for that model. Exactly what Mr. Avis would rent you--Avis was with Ford at the time, Hertz with GM.
The car Johnny Ola's driving is a '58 Chrysler New Yorker. I bet it was Roth's car because that model was exactly what a wealthy Jew of that era would drive. Both are typical examples of FFC's obsession with authentic touches.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 08/14/0801:57 PM
[quote=TurnbullThe car Johnny Ola's driving is a '58 Chrysler New Yorker. I bet it was Roth's car because that model was exactly what a wealthy Jew of that era would drive. Both are typical examples of FFC's obsession with authentic touches.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 11/10/0805:10 AM
This commercial is silly to begin with (and seems like a scam?) but the really funny part is the old lady standing in front of the lake saying "I had no idea my gold jewelry was worth so much money". The way she says it cracks me up every time.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 11/16/0803:06 AM
BL, that gold one is a good one. I always laugh about the lady who "sent in [her] diamond wedding band from her first marriage" because I figure maybe she's getting married just to send in her jewelry later on.
There's this great commercial on now about the govt. bailout, and it has the American flag waving in the background, with this really patriotic and powerful music playing, which my friend and I love to imitate. We laugh at how you always know it's on, because it's twice as loud as anything else that comes on the station.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 11/16/0803:31 AM
Good one Santino, I love the guy standing in the window with his back to the old man who turns his head slightly and mouths the word "NO" and looks irritated.
Gina, do you know if that commercial you are talking about is on YouTube? What is the company? I would like to see it.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 11/16/0803:53 AM
BL, now that I think about it, it's probably just local, because it's for "channel 11 business news"...which doesn't even sound like our channel 11 since they don't give the station name, so I've never really understood it. I couldn't find it online, but maybe I'll catch it on tape someday.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 11/18/0803:50 PM
I love the one that says if your erection lasts more than four hours to go to the hospital. Hell, if mine lasted more than four hours I'd take out an advertisement.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 11/19/0802:37 AM
Anyone see that "Meet the Buttertons" commercial? It's black and white with a June Cleaver type woman bringing baked potatoes to the table or her family. However, each potato has an entire stick of butter in it. Granted, it's a little exaggerated, but that's kind of true. We'd load potatoes up with butter.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 11/24/0802:16 AM
That's a classic SC
EDIT: There's a longer version where the guy says something like "I'm feeling some chemistry here, who else feels it?" and the lady in the back seat with her big grin says "I felt it!"
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 11/24/0802:43 PM
Originally Posted By: Blibbleblabble
That's a classic SC
EDIT: There's a longer version where the guy says something like "I'm feeling some chemistry here, who else feels it?" and the lady in the back seat with her big grin says "I felt it!"
You're right. I posted the wrong (shorter) version.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 12/03/0808:50 PM
Originally Posted By: Mignon
Does anybody like those free credit report.com commercials?
Yes. Especially the one where the guy is living in his wife's parents' basement, and she keeps storming through the rooms slamming doors and dumping laundry.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 10/19/0903:54 PM
I like the Corona commercial with the couple sitting with their backs to us on a beach. A gorgeous women walks in front of them and you see the man follow her with his eyes. Moments later, without moving her head, the girlfriend reaches over, grabs the lime from the bottle and casually douses him in the face.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 10/19/0904:57 PM
I can't find the link, but the Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner commercial where the dog wipes his ass on the rug made me blow soda out of my nose the first time I saw it.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 10/20/0912:22 AM
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
I can't find the link, but the Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner commercial where the dog wipes his ass on the rug made me blow soda out of my nose the first time I saw it.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 10/20/0912:25 AM
Originally Posted By: klydon1
I like the Corona commercial with the couple sitting with their backs to us on a beach. A gorgeous women walks in front of them and you see the man follow her with his eyes. Moments later, without moving her head, the girlfriend reaches over, grabs the lime from the bottle and casually douses him in the face.
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 10/28/0907:37 PM
There is an old commercial (its someplace on You Tube) about some dog product that smells and tastes like bacon. Everything is from the dog's perspective and the dog keeps saying "Bacon"! with increasing exitement until the end when he gets the treat nd he shouts "BAAAAAAAACON!"
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 12/01/0903:36 AM
Here's an older commercial I've been trying to find for a while. I never knew what it was advertising so I had a hard time searching it. But here it is, one my favorites
Re: TV commercials that make you ROFL - 12/01/0903:43 AM
Originally Posted By: Blibbleblabble
Here's an older commercial I've been trying to find for a while. I never knew what it was advertising so I had a hard time searching it. But here it is, one my favorites
omg i haven't seen that in a long time...that always made me laugh lol