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mcnally
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Favorite TV Commercials.
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Aug 12 16:39 UTC 1991 |
Ok, now that we've all been griping about the really awful television
commercials, what are the commercials you actually enjoy watching? Sure
it's a guilty pleasure, but everyone has a couple commercials that they
get a kick out of. (This shouldn't surprise anyone, since some commercials
are more entertaining than the network television programs they appear
during.)
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mcnally
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response 1 of 51:
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Aug 12 16:41 UTC 1991 |
The thing that prompted me to enter this item was seeing that Highland
Appliance is re-running their old "Electronic Thing" advertisements. It's
not the "Thing" ads that I remember fondly, though, it's "The Things the
Thing Left Behind" Sale that used to amuse me.
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jenny
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response 2 of 51:
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Aug 12 16:43 UTC 1991 |
The one where the master has Alex the dog go into the kitchen to get him
a beer. (Can't remember the brand of the beer though, guess I received
the wrong message from the ad.) Anyways, you hear the dog open the
refrigerator and then you hear him open the can and then you hear him
drinking. The owner responds with "That had better be your water you're
drinking, Alex!"
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jennie
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response 3 of 51:
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Aug 12 16:45 UTC 1991 |
I like the old commercial for some type of dog treats -- the one where the
dog says "Bacon, bacon, bacon! It's bacon! There's only one thing that
smells like bacon, and that's bacon! Look, she's got something! What is
it? Oh no, I can't read!" or something similar to that.
Griz
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bad
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response 4 of 51:
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Aug 12 18:13 UTC 1991 |
Strohs.
Those were pretty good.
I can't think of any commercials that I really like right now...
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mcnally
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response 5 of 51:
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Aug 12 21:31 UTC 1991 |
The only beer commercials I can remember liking were the Hamms animated
bear ones and maybe the (Olympia?) Artesian series.
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krj
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response 6 of 51:
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Aug 13 06:23 UTC 1991 |
Willie Nelson: "The IRS Tapes". Not sold in stores. Proceeds from this
album go directly to help pay off Willie's tax debt.
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arabella
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response 7 of 51:
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Aug 13 07:58 UTC 1991 |
The Stainmaster Carpet commercial, with a beautiful opera aria
in the background (forget which one), and a beautiful woman being
approached by a tres suave man, who puts his hand on the table, and
proceeds to knock the whole thing over. Very silly, and fun.
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hawkeye
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response 8 of 51:
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Aug 13 13:37 UTC 1991 |
I like all of the Bo Jackson Nike commercialss and most of the Spike Lee
commercials as well.
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jennie
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response 9 of 51:
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Aug 13 14:12 UTC 1991 |
Re #7:
I like that one, too.
Griz
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brandon
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response 10 of 51:
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Aug 14 15:40 UTC 1991 |
French's Mustard commercial. You know - the one with all the sandwiches being
terrified of the prospect that someone is going to put something on them other
than French's. They never show it anymore, though.
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steve
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response 11 of 51:
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Aug 14 16:46 UTC 1991 |
Speaking of mustard, French's had a decent commercial for their
onion mustard, way back in the '70s. It was a man, crying from the
effect of the onions, trying to stuff one in the bottle. It was
pretty good imagery.
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bdp
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response 12 of 51:
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Aug 15 01:08 UTC 1991 |
ENERGIZER BUNNY! (really starting to get annoying though... :)
And I like that new Grey Poupon commercial where the guy pulls up and says
"Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?", and the other guy goes
"But of course!", and tells his chauffer to drive off...
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bad
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response 13 of 51:
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Aug 15 05:24 UTC 1991 |
ESPN now has one wherein Chris Berman is promoting Saturday doubleheaders,
and the Energizer bunny comes and interrupts.
Berman: "Get outta here! Get Back! Get backbackbackbackbackGONE!"
'tis hilarious.
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mcnally
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response 14 of 51:
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Aug 15 06:04 UTC 1991 |
I'm sort of ticked at (Eveready?) (whoever makes Energizers) because
they quashed "NetBunny", a Macintosh graphics hack written by a friend
of mine. (basically you'd run it in a room full of networked Macintoshes
and it would make a little digitized Energizer bunny stroll through from
screen to screen. Energizer didn't like it, for some reason, and forbade
him to distribute it (even for free.))
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bad
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response 15 of 51:
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Aug 15 08:04 UTC 1991 |
Whoa. There is something like that in use at U of Arizona...
And how did they find out about it?
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mcnally
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response 16 of 51:
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Aug 15 10:18 UTC 1991 |
It probably came from him.. Some copies got out. It even got mentioned
in MacWeek or MacUser's Best of 1990 list. It really was pretty cool.
How'd they find out about it? He asked them for permission to distribute
it.
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bad
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response 17 of 51:
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Aug 15 12:17 UTC 1991 |
Bad move...
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mcnally
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response 18 of 51:
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Aug 15 13:12 UTC 1991 |
not as bad as distributing it and then getting in a heap of legal trouble
for it. I don't see why they cared anyways, it was actually sort of
flattering to their product. Free advertising at the very least. I think
he should have turned it into a Duracell bunny and distributed it anyways.
In any case, that's why I don't like the Energizer bunny commercials.
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mew
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Aug 15 20:25 UTC 1991 |
There was this old alka seltzer ad where the resteraunt reviewer
is writing a bad review. He remembers the musicians etc... but
the best part was the ducks still swimming around in the soup.
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jcb
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response 20 of 51:
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Sep 6 12:59 UTC 1991 |
Almost the Bo Jackson Nike commercials are great.
(Almost *all* . . . )
I really liked the Ray Charles/Diet Pepsi commercial. I'd buy the record
if I could find it.
Best one out currently: "There's a place where beautiful models hang all
over ordinary guys . . . where ordinary guys really know how to dance . . .
wouldn't it be great if life could be like beer commercials?" Best part:
it's a beer commercial.
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aaron
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Sep 7 03:39 UTC 1991 |
re #14: A federal court recently ruled that Energizer does *not* own
exclusive rights to the bunny. The judge pointed out that, being
as the bunny was originally a Duracell idea -- parodied by
Energizer -- Energizer could not prevent other companies from
making parodies of the rabbit (i.e., Leslie Nielson in a rabbit
suit). In short, if it doesn't say "Energizer" on the drum, I
would not be at all nervous about distributing Mr. bunny.
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mcnally
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response 22 of 51:
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Sep 7 07:39 UTC 1991 |
As far as NetBunny went, I believe Dean digitized the bunny from an
energizer commercial. Since he has neither the time or the money to
fight a suit from the Energizer people the recent court decision doesn't
really change anything. Even if he could, at this point I doubt he'd
bother to distribute it. Why give free publicity to a company that's
not only uptight but apparently completely lacking a sense of humor?
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furs
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response 23 of 51:
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Sep 7 19:12 UTC 1991 |
I really like the Home Alone - Pepsi commercials right now. They
are extremely cute/funny.
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bad
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response 24 of 51:
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Sep 8 05:52 UTC 1991 |
If I see that ugly girl's face one more time, I'm going to kick McCauley
Kulkin (sp, dammit) in the cajones.
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