Archive through February 02, 2002

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Phrf

Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 11:00 pm Click here to edit this post
Hey Ya'll

I can't sleep. Watching late nite T.V. but just saw the Snuggle commercial.
It cracks me up when the porcupine drops down and says "I'm snuggley soft." The accent and his expression, it gets me every time.

Whoami

Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 11:23 pm Click here to edit this post
There's quite a few that elicit an "awwwww" feeling for me:

The Hallmark commercial of the young skater. Her mother gives her two cards. One for if she wins, and one for if she doesn't. They are the same card, and tell her how special she is!

Quite a few Hallmark ones draw out a tear or two.

The Bank of America (I think) ones, that talk about how their people really wanted to participate in the Winter Olympics. Of course, they are hilariously inept, and decide to leave it up to the real athletes.

The peanut butter commercial, where the boy asks his mom (who is studying) if she wants anything. She absent mindedly says "not now." He goes and makes her a PBJ anyway, for if she "needs a break or anything."

I love the Snuggle commercial too.

Sunshinemiss

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 01:08 am Click here to edit this post
The Pampers ads with the baby animals, with "Forever Young" playing. Teary every time.

Jenhavins

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 06:20 am Click here to edit this post
Love that Snuggle audition commercial! I was rolling last night.

I also like the insurance commercial (not sure which co.) that has the squirrel on the side of the road on a stump, he hears a car coming, and runs out in the middle of the road just enough to make the SUV swerve off the side of the road and crash. On the other side of the road his buddy squirrel comes out and they start high-fiving each other!

Jenhavins

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 06:25 am Click here to edit this post
One more...I like the Budweiser WAZZUP guys in the commercial where the one guy is sitting on the floor and is on the phone with his girlfriend. They are doing a little soft baby cooing talk to each other. The other three are sitting at a table in the other room leering at him (waiting for him I guess). Guy on phone starts a goodbye procedure of You hang up, No, You hang up, No you hang up, and the one guy in the other room yanks the phone out of the wall socket.

Twiggyish

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 09:41 am Click here to edit this post
I love the "stupid" Dell computer guy. He reminds me of Eddie Haskell from Leave it to Beaver.

Goatgirl

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 09:46 am Click here to edit this post
Saw a cute one last night for Petco about how they're the store for people who really love their pets - a man and woman are taking a bath with their little dog, and the woman says to the dog in baby talk "you love me and I love you!" Cracks me up.

Scarlett

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 09:54 am Click here to edit this post
I love the new Nike Ad with the skiers and Charles Barkley<?> At the end when she says "I think Charles likes me. Ewwwww" or something to that effect, I crack up.

Labmouse

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 10:01 am Click here to edit this post
The Budweiser takeoffs on "Wiseguys" and "The Sopranos". The first one in the neighborhood bar was a masterpiece of 60 second editing and direction. Even though these commercials have been running in series for about 1 1/2 years, I just saw a new one the other day.

I also liked the Budweiser frogs vs. ferret commercials (no longer running). The radio spots were actually more clever than the TV ones.

Just to add a contrarian point of view here, I find commercials that are designed to play on sentimentality absolutely nauseating. My reasoning follows:

Life Is Not A Commercial

Neko

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 12:06 pm Click here to edit this post
I like the commercial for Canada's Hockey team at the Olympics.
It shows tons of people watching or playing hockey and saying "He shoots, he scores" or "And Canada wins the gold(No offense but we are).
Then it shows an empty stadium and starts to pan in into the net with breaks to show crazy Canadian's cheering and it says....
"If we plan this just right, they'll be able to hear us in Salt Lake."
I love it.
Jenhavins! I love the one with the squirrels too!Cute!

Whowhere

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 12:15 pm Click here to edit this post
I like the one where the guy is surfing the internet and a screen pops up that tells him (not verbatim) "you have now seen everything on the internet, please come back......now."

The wife says, "I thought you were surfing the net?" and he replies, "I'm done."

Jewels

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 12:28 pm Click here to edit this post
I like the car commercial for Audi (I think) where the guy is in his car talking about what great traction and handling the Passat(?) has and then they show that he is actually driving some other care slowly spinning in circles on the ice down the road. I don't know why, but it cracks me up everytime I see it.

I also like the BofA Olympic commercials, especially the ice skating one. Hilarious!

Whowhere

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 12:32 pm Click here to edit this post
I just remembered there's one that talks about timing being everything.

They show some guy CRASH through the gates at a toll booth and then he throws his change out the window.

That one gets me everytime I see it (although I've only seen it twice).

Jenhavins

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 12:59 pm Click here to edit this post
Who, I think that is the same one where the lady has gone to dinner with the guy and she says I love you and he never answers until she abruptly gets up and walks away, then he says it. That is a funny commercial

Phrf

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 09:35 am Click here to edit this post
Twiggy

I kept thinking that Dell guy reminded me of someone, you nailed it!!!
And Labmouse, I also love the frog and ferret. And your right the radio ads are better.

Phrf

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 09:38 am Click here to edit this post
P.S. to Twiggy


Happy birthday for yesterday

Willi

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 05:58 pm Click here to edit this post
Ok...I was hoping that Max would post this but, ahem, I will...

I really like the PT Cruiser commercial with the girl taking the keys from her date? & driving off.

Makes me happy!
:)

Phrf

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 07:00 pm Click here to edit this post
I like the Mitsubishi commercial with that song by Bare Naked Ladies(?) i think thats them

Donut

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 08:06 pm Click here to edit this post
oh good , i wanted a commercials thread,and one got started but i think it disappeared, so glad to see a new one. i like the delldude too. I also like the kids who dont want to change their snack habits to inlcude microwave pasta, and i love some geico ads, hate others. eg- love the one where the guy says he didnt want mayo on his sandwich and the waitrees shmears it off on the table edge, but hate the one with the mother picking up her kid without a car. Can we also discuss ones we hate here too?I could not be more thrilled to see that Dove commercial disapear where the woman says Mommy doesnt (somethingsomething) please dont(something)hers.Forgot the words, but she made me gag. And do you ever notice how in all commercials the moms are around 22 and the kids are like 12?

Phrf

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 08:27 pm Click here to edit this post
hey donut........why dont you make a commercials we hate thread.........i could think of a few
:)

Donut

Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 09:29 pm Click here to edit this post
thanks phrf- i did it twice and dont see it on the board. do you see it, is something wrong with my puter? it says Commercials that we like...NOT! let me know if its there thanks!

Jbean

Friday, February 01, 2002 - 10:34 pm Click here to edit this post
the cat litter commercial where the two younger ones think that there are diamonds in their litter, and the older one tries to tell them that they aren't diamonds, but fragrance crystals and thats the only reason he would live there with the likes of them, and then they both say "whatever" TOO CUTE!

also the geico commercial where the squirrel runs out in front of that car and causes it to wreck and the other squirrel comes out and gives it a high five and they laugh. (see, squirrels really are evil, wink)

Weinermr

Friday, February 01, 2002 - 11:17 pm Click here to edit this post
I just LOVE the Pepsi commercial where Hallie Eisenberg is drinking Pepsi, and she says, "I'm not really Hallie Eisenberg", and she becomes Halle Berry drinking Pepsi Twist, and then she says, "But I'm not really Halle Berry", and she becomes Barry Bostwick drinking Diet Pepsi Twist, and the guy says, "Who is Barry Bostwick??", and Barry Bostwick just shrugs his shoulders!!! That's a great commercial.

I also love the "timing" commercials mentioned above, particular the one where the guy drives through the toll booth smashing through the barrier, and then throws the coins out the window.

I also love all commercials (movies and TV too) that are filmed right around where I work in downtown L.A. Lots of filming goes on around the area.

There should be a great number of commercials to talk about after all the new commercials are premiered at the Super Bowl tomorrow.

Gail

Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 09:40 am Click here to edit this post
I saw a preview (not sure if it was a joke or what) for 7 Up where instead of pretty girls, they were using the 7 Up truck drivers in cute outfits. Did anyone else see that?

Gail

Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 09:48 am Click here to edit this post
Here is an interesting web site - after the Superbowl, they will have full screen access to all the superbowl commercials.

http://2002superbowlads.com/