The World’s Funniest TV Commercials

Bud Light: Auctioneer Wedding

2007-04-28T10:43:00.000-07:00

With an auctioneer presiding over the services you can get to the beer faster. This is the commercial that aired during the 2007 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Beer
Brand: Bud Light
Year: 2007

Smash Bar: Farewell to Arms

2007-04-27T07:31:00.000-07:00

One can only imagine what this guy would do for a Klondike Bar.

Country: Norway
Product: Candy
Brand: Smash Bar
Year: 2006

Companhia Athletica: Crying

2007-04-26T06:02:00.000-07:00

A nursing newborn gives dad a hint that it’s time to go to the gym.

Country: Brazil
Brand: Companhia Athletica
Year: 2004

Isenbeck: Ballet

2007-04-25T05:49:00.000-07:00

A male ballet student pulls off the ultimate scam.

Country: Argentina
Brand: Isenbeck
Year: 2002

Turner Classic Movies: Ben-Hur

2007-04-24T06:20:00.000-07:00

One of cinema’s all-time classic scenes is recast with a more youthful ensemble.

Country: United States
Product: Cable TV Broadcasting
Brand: Turner Classic Movies
Year: 2002

Banana Boat: Bus

2007-04-23T06:26:00.000-07:00

A sunburned bus rider is caught red-faced for a crime he didn't commit.

Country: Argentina
Brand: Banana Boat
Year: 2002

Emerald Nuts: Machetes and Druids

2007-04-22T05:44:00.000-07:00

And the winner for most creative acronym goes to... This is the commercial Emerald Nuts aired during the 2006 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Nuts
Brand: Emerald Nuts
Year: 2006

Leo’s Sports Club: Nut

2007-04-21T05:38:00.000-07:00

A fit young woman puts on her own performance of “The Nutcracker”.

Country: Germany
Product: Sports Club Membership
Brand: Leo’s Sports Club
Year: 2005

Miller: Checkout Girl

2007-04-20T06:02:00.000-07:00

A cute checkout girl gets overly enthused about Miller Genuine Draft.

Country: United States
Product: Beer
Brand: Miller Genuine Draft
Year: 2006

Hollywood Video: Documentary

2007-04-18T22:09:00.000-07:00

A tribal hunt takes a melodramatic turn.

Country: United States
Product: Entertainment
Brand: Hollywood Video
Year: 2001

Sierra Mist: Karate Class

2007-04-18T07:36:00.000-07:00

How will you defend your Sierra Mist? Michael Ian Black plays the black belt leader of a karate class. Jim Gaffigan plays the part of a novice martial artist. Also in the class are Nicole Johnson, Eliza Coupe, Tracey Morgan and Guillermo Diaz. This is the commercial that aired during the 2007 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Soft Drink
Brand: Sierra Mist
Year: 2007

Hansaplat Condoms: Mom Said

2007-04-17T06:21:00.000-07:00

This terrible tyke’s a real momma’s boy—but she doesn’t know it.

Country: France
Product: Condoms
Brand: Hansaplat
Year: 2004

Finda.co.nz: Rabbi

2007-04-16T07:11:00.000-07:00

There’s nothing kosher about this dentist’s practice.

Country: France
Product: Internet Service Provider
Brand: Finda.co.nz
Year: 2006

CareerBuilder: Office Jungle Fight

2007-04-15T06:14:00.000-07:00

The office turns into Lord of the Flies when you're fighting for a promotion. This is the commercial that aired during the 2007 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Job Search
Brand: CareerBuilder.com
Year: 2007

CWS: Self Cleaning Toilet

2007-04-14T11:14:00.000-07:00

CWS (Complete Washroom Services) make the connection between clean public bathrooms and clubbing in this humorous TV ad, “Say No To Dirt”.

A blonde woman takes time out from an up market dance club to snort cocaine. She’s so confident in the cleanliness of the bathroom that she lays out the stuff on the toilet seat. But she’s forgotten why it’s guaranteed to be clean. Her scream (and the scream of the woman in the next cubicle) reveals the ruthless regime introduced by CWS.

The tagline: “Say no to dirt”.

Country: Switzerland
Product: Hygiene Products
Brand: CWS
Year: 2006

Brahma: Voodoo

2007-04-13T05:25:00.000-07:00

A voodoo victim works a little reverse magic on his tormentor.

Country: Argentina
Product: Beer
Brand: Brahma
Year: 2006

Cadillac: Punk Rock

2007-04-12T07:13:00.001-07:00

Decades of Cadillacs melt seamlessly into one another. This is the commercial that aired during the 2007 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Automobile
Brand: Cadillac
Year: 2007

Charal: The Race

2007-04-11T04:07:00.000-07:00

Not even the fastest animal on earth can stand between a man and his meat.

Country: France
Product: Beef
Brand: Charal
Year: 2004

Pepsi: Kung-Fu Can

2007-04-10T09:09:00.000-07:00

Jackie Chan has finally done the smart thing and ditched Chris Tucker and gotten a new co-star.

Country: United States
Product: Soft Drink
Brand: Pepsi-Cola
Year: 2006

Norwegian Association of the Blind: Revenge

2007-04-09T06:36:00.000-07:00

A pair of rival pooches proves it really is a dog-eat world.

Country: Norway
Product: Guide Dogs
Brand: Norwegian Association of the Blind
Year: 2006

Fox Sports Net: Smell

2007-04-08T07:41:00.000-07:00

The smell of futbol is in the air at one couple’s house.

Country: Mexico
Product: Sports News
Brand: Fox Sports Net
Year: 2004

Hahn Premium Light: Spa Bomb

2007-04-07T05:19:00.000-07:00

An ice cold beer or a hot bath with his hotter honey? This guy doesn’t have to think twice.

Country: Australia
Brand: Hahn Premium Light
Year: 2002

CareerBuilder: Torture

2007-04-06T05:20:00.000-07:00

Does your job feel like torture? This is the commercial that aired during the 2007 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Job Search
Brand: CareerBuilder.com
Year: 2007

Toyota: Bait

2007-04-05T04:45:00.000-07:00

A jogger gets swept off his feet by the gripping allure of a sedan.

Country: Malaysia
Product: Automobile
Brand: Toyota
Year: 2006

Outback Steakhouse: Coconut Shrimp

2007-04-04T05:37:00.000-07:00

Outback customer says goodnight to his Outback Shrimp.

Country: United States
Product: Restaurant/Steakhouse
Brand: Outback Steakhouse
Year: 2006

JFK: Campaign Jingle

2007-04-03T05:22:00.000-07:00

A catchy campaign jingle for the Kennedy Presidential Campaign that is unlike any campaign ad you're likely to see today.

Country: United States
Product: Presidential Campaign
Brand: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Year: 1960

LBJ: Flower Girl Ad

2007-04-02T05:56:00.000-07:00

Although this political ad for Lyndon Johnson aired only once, it remains one of the most famous political ads to date.

Country: United States
Product: Presidential Campaign
Brand: Lyndon Johnson
Year: 1964

Hillary 1984

2007-04-01T06:42:00.000-07:00

Political video smackdown. Unauthorized Internet ad for Obama converts Apple Computer’s ‘84 Super Bowl spot into a generational howl against Clinton’s presidential bid.

It may be the most stunning and creative attack ad yet for a 2008 presidential candidate—one experts say could represent a watershed moment in 21st century media and political advertising.

Yet the groundbreaking 74-second pitch for Democratic Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, which remixes the classic “1984” ad that introduced Apple computers to the world, is not on cable or network TV, but on the Internet.

And Obama’s campaign says it had absolutely nothing to do with the video that attacks one of his principal Democratic rivals, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Indeed, the ad’s creator is a mystery, at least for now.

The compelling “Hillary 1984” video recently introduced on YouTube represents “a new era, a new wave of politics ... because it’s not about Obama,” said Peter Leyden, director of the New Politics Institute, a San Francisco-based think tank on politics and new media. “It’s about the end of the broadcast era.”

But some say the ad is just the latest attempt by outside activists to influence political campaigns—or the newest way for campaigns to anonymously attack their opponents.

The video is a sophisticated new take on director Ridley Scott’s controversial Apple ad that caused shock waves with its premiere during the 1984 Super Bowl, and shows the same blond young female athlete running with a sledgehammer toward a widescreen—where an ominous Big Brother figure drones to a mass of zombielike followers.

But this time, the woman is wearing an iPod—and has her candidate’s slogan on her chest. And the Big Brother—whose image she defiantly smashes with a wave of her sledgehammer—is Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner.

The tagline for the attack: “On Jan. 14, the Democratic primary will begin. And you’ll see why 2008 won’t be like 1984.”

An updated Apple symbol—transformed into an O—is followed by the dramatically emerging logo: BarackObama.com.

Veteran San Francisco ad man Bob Gardner, whose work has included political campaigns for former President Gerald Ford, said the video is “very powerful” in its efforts to call for a generational change in politics.

“It puts Hillary spouting cliché nonsense to the drones—while a fresh face breaks through,” he says. “It’s old versus new.”

That theme—reflecting a generational change in the relationship between media, politics, candidates and voters—suggests that “Hillary 1984” could have the iconic power with the 21st century political generation that another classic political ad called “Daisy” represented to Baby Boomers, says Leyden. That 1964 spot for President Lyndon Johnson—featuring images of a child plucking a daisy, which morphed ominously into a nuclear mushroom cloud—battered GOP presidential candidate Sen. Barry Goldwater because it, too, portrayed “a shattering of the whole world” in both political leadership, and media.

Bill Burton, a spokesman for Obama, said he is aware of the “Hillary 1984” video and has gotten calls from reporters on it—but he insisted that the campaign is not connected to it. “It’s somebody else’s creation,” he said, declining to comment on the ad’s biting content.

Burton said he doesn’t know who created the spot, but it shows “there is a lot of energy for Sen. Obama on the Web, in communities all over the country ... and frankly, that energy will manifest itself in a lot of ways.”

But in the weeks since its early March debut, the expertly created video remix—called a mashup in blogosphere circles—has “changed the zone” between political campaigns, their followers and the Internet, said Simon Rosenberg, president of the Washington-based New Democrat Network, an influential party advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.

With presidential campaigns now poised to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising that will blanket television before November 2008, this seemingly home-produced video—created with software and a laptop, and likely without the benefit of a team of expensive political consultants—opens a new window, Rosenberg said. It has dramatized a brave new world in which passionate activists outside the structure of traditional campaigns have the power to shape the message—even for a presidential candidate.

The ad is proof that “anybody can do powerful emotional ads ... and the campaigns are no longer in control,” Rosenberg said. “It will no longer be a top-down candidate message; that’s a 20th century broadcast model.”

It also dramatizes that today, political activists with the Internet as their ammunition have gone from being “just donors to the cause,” he said, “to being partners in the fight. And they don’t have to wait for permission.”

But while the medium is clearly more grassroots, political campaigns have not been averse to having an outside or independent voice—witness the efforts of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in the 2004 presidential race against Democratic Sen. John Kerry—delivering ads that are tougher and meaner than the candidates might launch on their own.

Eric Jaye, a San Francisco political consultant and key adviser to Mayor Gavin Newsom, said the sophisticated “Hillary 1984” effort is the “best example yet” of a crop of viral videos that have blossomed on the Internet over the past 18 months.

But Jaye predicted such efforts are bound to become attractive tools for political campaigns, which will “orchestrate these videos on the down low to communicate negative messages—without having to own them in public.”

Jaye noted that Obama’s campaign—even as it insists it has no connection to the production—reaps a clear benefit from the mashup video: “They get to call Hillary Clinton a pabulum-spewing pseudo-fascist, without having to own it.”

And he says the individual viral video efforts popping up on the Internet, however creative, come with risk for political campaigns—especially presidential runs, where nuance and caution usually win out over edginess when it comes to shaping messages that appeal to wide swaths of voters

“They tend to be more entertaining—but they tend to be nastier. You used to have a series of apologies for what campaign bloggers said. Now you have to have a series of apologies for what people with a video camera and software editing and a laptop do.”

Still, Jaye said, there’s a clear benefit in the energy such efforts create.

“If people take the time to make a campaign ad, it helps generate more excitement, more laughs. It’s fresher,” he said. “But it also generates more issues. You have people making ads you don’t authorize.”

Gardner said the success of “Hillary 1984” means that now “every candidate will have to worry about some guy with a video camera and a Mac being able to do whatever he or she wants.”

At the Obama campaign, he added wryly, “they are probably calling their consultant and saying, ‘Why couldn’t you guys come up with something as brilliant?’ “

Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer with the San Francisco Chronicle.

Country: United States
Product: Presidential Primary
Brand: Barack Obama
Year: 2007

Capital One: Skiing in the Summer

2007-03-31T06:03:00.000-07:00

Skiing in the Summer, here's to being cheap!

Country: United States
Product: _
Brand: Capital One
Year: 2006

Motorola: Paperboy

2007-03-30T05:45:00.000-07:00

That kid's a jerk anyway!

Country: United States
Product: Cell Phone
Brand: Motorola
Year: 2006

Ford: Kermit the Frog

2007-03-29T05:58:00.000-07:00

Catch Kermitâ’s adventure through the great, green outdoors in the latest Escape Hybrid commercial.

Country: United States
Product: Automobile
Brand: Ford Escape Hybrid
Year: 2006

Lipton Iced Tea: Beach

2007-03-28T05:47:00.000-07:00

A pair of bikini-clad sunbathers size up a straight-talking surfer.

Country: Australia
Brand: Lipton Iced Tea
Year: 2006

1-800-Got-Junk: (R.A.T.)

2007-03-27T05:19:00.000-07:00

Junk mail reached a new low with the Rat Advertising Trail.

Country: Canada
Brand: 1-800-Got-Junk
Year: 2006

Alka Seltzer: I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing

2007-03-26T22:33:00.000-07:00

Who better to deadpan that famous tagline than Everybody Loves Raymond's Peter Boyle, with Doris Roberts offering wisecracks?

Country: United States
Product: Alka Seltzer
Brand: Alka Seltzer
Year: 2006

Frito-Lay: Enjoy the Game

2007-03-25T05:35:00.000-07:00

Frito-Lay celebrates Black History Month. This is the commercial that aired during the 2007 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Snack Food
Brand: Frito-Lay
Year: 2007

Moretti Zero Beer: The Couch

2007-03-24T06:07:00.000-07:00

After what looks like a long night of drinking, a man gets exactly what he wants from his girlfriend.

Country: Italy
Product: Beer
Brand: Mortelli Zero Beer
Year: 2006

Ameriquest: That Killed Him

2007-03-23T05:57:00.000-07:00

Medical devices do not make the best fly swatters. Plus, that's just not sanitary.

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Country: United States
Product: Home Mortgage
Brand: Ameriquest
Year: 2006

Toronto Jewish Film Festival: Outed

2007-03-22T14:38:00.000-07:00

It’s never too early to discover your inner Jew.

Country: Canada
Brand: Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Year: 2006

Axe Boxer Shorts: Pants

2007-03-21T19:22:00.000-07:00

A sultry pouting brunette struts down a darkened corridor and begins to size up the muscular man before her. She tantalisingly allows her hands to explore his torso, her hands reaching further and further down, until with a raise of her eyebrows, she makes a discovery... His super-stretchy pants. She suggestively pulls on the front of the underwear for an obscenely long time, only to let them snap back, leaving her muscle-man smarting. Delightfully funny.

Country: United States
Product: Men's Underwear
Brand: Axe Boxer Shorts
Year: 2006

Ikea: Spaghetti

2007-03-20T09:15:00.000-07:00

A girlfriend seduces her beau…with mixed results.

Country: France
Product: Furniture
Brand: Ikea
Year: 2001

Outback Steakhouse: Don't Touch the Boomerangs

2007-03-19T08:39:00.000-07:00

Hey buddy, leave the wall decorations alone!

Country: United States
Product: Restaurant/Steakhouse
Brand: Outback Steakhouse
Year: 2006

Toyota: Humanity

2007-03-18T16:29:00.000-07:00

This car company thinks a little human touch makes a big difference.

Country: Japan
Product: Automobile
Brand: Toyota
Year: 2006

Fernet Cinzano: Pair

2007-03-17T11:15:00.000-07:00

Good listener? No. Makes eye contact? No. Does he care? No.

Country: Argentina
Brand: Fermet Cinzano
Year: 2005

Easy: Gymnast

2007-03-16T11:14:00.000-07:00

An aspiring gymnast's dreams come to a crashing halt.

Country: Argentina
Brand: Easy
Year: 2006

Pepsi: Troy

2007-03-15T11:12:00.000-07:00

A teenager with a crush turns to the classics for inspiration.

Country: Argentina
Brand: Pepsi
Year: 2006

K-Mart: Daisy Dukes

2007-03-14T10:56:00.000-07:00

A dad shows off his new shorts… and a little too much leg.

Country: United States
Product: _ Men's Clothing
Brand: _K-Mart
Year: 2006

O’Riley’s Irish Pub: Fertility Clinic

2007-03-13T19:10:00.000-07:00

A hopeful father gets what he wants—just not how he wants it.

Country: United Kingdom
Product: Irish Pub
Brand: O’Riley’s Irish Pub
Year: 2006

FedEx: Caveman

2007-03-12T20:30:00.000-07:00

Sending packages today is so much easier than it was during the Paleozoic era. This is the commercial aired during the 2006 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Delivery Service
Brand: FedEx
Year: 2006

Blockbuster: Mouse

2007-03-11T07:53:00.000-07:00

The Blockbuster rabbit and gerbil are back, but they need a little help learning how to use a mouse. This is the commercial that aired during the 2007 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Movie Rental
Brand: Blockbuster
Year: 2007

Geico: Not Cool

2007-03-10T14:56:00.000-08:00

The first commercial in the Geico Caveman Triolgy begins as actor cheesily utters the slogan“It’s so easy to use Geico.com a caveman could do it.”

The camera cuts quickly to focus on a disgruntled gaffer, who just happens to be a caveman in modern clothes, who throws off his equipment, points accusingly at the actor shouting “What? Not Cool!” and angrily runs off screen.

“I did not know you were there! We can change it,” protests the announcer.

Country: United States
Product: Insurance
Brand: Geico
Year: 2004

Geico: Condescending

2007-03-09T12:27:00.000-08:00

The second commercial in the Geico Caveman Triolgy uses scenario similar to the first commercial and shows three cavemen in a sophisticated urban apartment watching the ad on television. When they see the ‘caveman claim’ aired on their television, a well dressed caveman sighs disgustedly and says in a overly sophisticated tone, "That is so condescending."

Country: United States
Product: Insurance
Brand: Geico
Year: 2004

Geico: Appology

2007-03-08T12:40:00.000-08:00

The third commercial in the Geico Caveman Trilogy takes place in a posh restaurant, a Geico executive apologizing to two cavemen, one dressed like he belongs on Miami Vice.

“We didn’t know you guys were still around” says the executive, while a caveman rolls his eyes.

Hilariously, one orders an expensive meal “I’ll have the roast duck, with the mango salsa.”

While the other closes his menu and gives the executive a look of superiority. “I don’t have much of an appetite, thank you.”

Country: United States
Product: Insurance
Brand: Geico
Year: 2004

Geico: TV Interview

2007-03-07T19:02:00.000-08:00

One of the two cavemen, a smartly dressed, articulate special pleader for the Neanderthal community, is interviewed on a TV talk show. The caveman has issues with the high-handed tone of the interviewer; the interviewer responds: “Tone aside, historically, you guys have struggled to adapt.”

“Right,” the caveman sarcastically replies, “walking upright, discovering fire, inventing the wheel, laying the foundation for all mankind. Good point. Sorry we couldn’t get that to you sooner.”

Another guest on the program is asked to respond. “Sounds like someone woke up on the wrong side of the rock,’’ she says—to the caveman’s obvious distress.

Geico is running a short version of the TV Interview using footage not shown in the longer original version.

Country: United States
Product: Insurance
Brand: Geico
Year: 2006

Geico: Airport

2007-03-06T19:09:00.000-08:00

Geico's caveman is making a comeback, this time on an airport's moving sidewalk. Geico's prehistoric pitchmen debuted in a 2004 commercial called Apology that has won fans for its portrayal of sensitive L.A. cavemen who are easily offended by the insurer's use of their image to symbolize simplicity.

This spot featuring the caveman in the airport, seeing a large print ad for Geico’s imaginary So Easy A Caveman Can Do It campaign, is artfully pulled off with no dialogue. The caveman’s disgust is palpable. Again, another great addition to the caveman family.

There seems to be more footage of this commercial, which makes me wonder if there’s a longer edit of this. The caveman can be heard saying “I’m looking right at it!” in the missing footage.

Country: United States
Product: Insurance
Brand: Geico
Year: 2006

The song is: Remind Me by Röyksopp. The lyrics have been posted below.

(chorus)
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me.

It’s only been a week,
The rush of being home in rapid fading.
Prevailing to recall
What I was missing, all that time in England

Has sent me aimlessly,
On foot or by the help of transportation,
To knock on windows where
A friend no longer live, I had forgotten.

(chorus)

And everywhere I go,
There’s always something to remind me
Of another place and time
Where love that travelled far had found me.

We stayed outside til two,
Waiting for the light to come back,
But hid in talk I knew,
Until you asked what I was thinking.

(chorus)

Brave men tell the truth,
A wise man’s tools are analogies and puzzles,
A woman holds her tongue,
Knowing silence will speak for her.

So now I’ll never know,
As you will only sleep beside me,
And everywhere I go…

(chorus)
(repeat)

It’s only been a week,
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
The rush of being home in rapid fading.
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
Prevailing to recall
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
What I was missing all that time in England
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me.)

Has sent me aimlessly
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
On foot or by the help of transportation,
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
To knock on windows where
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
A friend no longer live, I had forgotten.
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me.)

(chorus)

Song: Remind Me
Artist: Röyksopp
Album: Melody A.M.
Year: 2001

Geico: Therapy

2007-03-05T19:06:00.000-08:00

In this execution of the Caveman campaign, the angry caveman is “in session” with his therapist, who asks the caveman why the “so easy a caveman can do it” Geico tagline is offensive to cavemen.

“It’s just a commercial,” she says.

The caveman ends up exposing the therapists underlying racist (species-ist?) attitude. The spot ends with a joke about putting Caveman mom on speaker phone.

Country: United States
Product: Insurance
Brand: Geico
Year: 2006

Geico: Caveman Drama

2007-03-04T13:43:00.000-08:00

Geico gives us another Caveman spot, set on the balcony of a party where one member of the caveman clan accuses another of betraying his racial identity by signing up with Geico.com.

“Dude, what do you expect? You went with Geico.com! What? To save some money?”

“It’s my life! OK?” he replies.

“Just a little loyalty would be nice,” he reminds him. “That’s all.”

“What? Having Geico makes me less of a caveman?” he asks.

The spots ends with a third cave man interrupting their conversation “Tina’s here! We’re getting back together.”

“Hey! Give us a minute!”

Country: United States
Product: Insurance
Brand: Geico
Year: 2007

Tostitos: Lazy Co-Workers

2007-03-03T08:48:00.000-08:00

One way to make it up the corporate ladder is to bring a bag of chips to a meeting.

Country: United States
Product: Corn Chips
Brand: Tostitos
Year: 2006

Coke: The Coke Side of Music - Birdman

2007-03-02T11:41:00.000-08:00

This interesting television ad was launched recently in Argentina to promote Coca Cola Light. The commercial is a part of its famous campaign, The Coke Side of Music. The ad is showing a boy sharing coke with many different bodies and takes some physical feature of the person with whom he shared the coke and eventually turns almost a bird.

The core idea was to emphasize that the fusion of music have gave birth to an entirely new genre. Therefore, the spot has shown the boy sharing coke with people of different music interest and the fusion aspect is being depicted on him.

The ad was shot for three days in South Africa. The commercial was created by Santo Buenos Aires and StyleWar has directed this promotional spot.

Country: Argentina
Product: Soft Drink
Brand: Coke Cola
Year: 2007

Bud Light: Hitchhiker

2007-03-01T08:00:00.000-08:00

Would you pick up a hitchhiker? Would you pick up a hitchhiker if he was carrying a case of Bud Light? This is the commercial that aired during the 2007 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Beer
Brand: Bud Light
Year: 2007

Apple iPhone: Hello

2007-02-28T08:50:00.000-08:00

Apple launched the first TV ad for the iPhone during the Academy Awards, with a montage of ‘hello’ moments from movies.

The 30 second ad begins in black and white with Lucille Ball answering a ringing rotary telephone, “Hello”. Characters from 31 movies and TV shows take it in turn to answer the phone and say “Hello”. The spot finishes with an iPhone featuring the name of John Appleseed, and the two phrases, “Hello” and “Coming in June”.

I’ve started the list of actors and their characters here. Leave your comments to help fill out the list

1. Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo in I Love Lucy
2. Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners
3. Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon
4. Marlon Brando
5. Jerry Lewis
6. Marilyn Monroe
7. Clark Gable
8. Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther
9. Steve McQueen
10. Richard Dreyfuss in American Grafitti
11. Burt Reynolds
12. Bea Benaderet as Betty Rubble in The Flintstones
13. Robert Redford
14. Michael J. Fox
15. Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan
16. John Cusack in High Fidelity
17. Audrey Tautou as Amelie
18. Kevin Spacey in L.A. Confidential
19. William H. Macy in Fargo
20. Dustin Hoffman
21. Will Ferrell
22. Sarah Jessica Parker
23. Jeff Bridges in Big Lebowski
24. Billy Crystal
25. Cameron Diaz in Charlie’s Angels
26. Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft
27. John Travolta in A Civil Action
28. Robert De Niro
29. Ben Stiller in Zoolander
30. Michael Douglas in The American President
31. Craig Nelson as Mr Incredible

Country: United States
Product: Cell Phone
Brand: Apple iPhone
Year: 2007

Oreo: Greg Biffle

2007-02-27T09:33:00.000-08:00

It’s obvious whree Greg Biffle’s competitive streak comes form. Originally aired during the 2007 Daytona 500.

Country: United States
Product: Cookies
Brand: Oreo
Year: 2006

Sonoco: Tony Stewart

2007-02-26T09:31:00.000-08:00

Here’s why you can’t take Tony Stewart to the grocery store. Originally aired during the 2007 Daytona 500.

Country: United States
Product: Grocery Store
Brand: Sunco
Year: 2007

Allstate Insurance Company: Ride Along

2007-02-25T09:26:00.000-08:00

A routine traffic stop turns into a exhibition for Kasey Kahne. Originally aired during the 2007 Daytona 500.

Country: United States
Product: Insurance
Brand: Allstate Insurance Company
Year: 2007

Deutsche Postbank : Men's Club

2007-02-24T09:12:00.000-08:00

A wealthy man loves to lavish his lady with expensive gifts...or does he?

Country: Germany
Product: Banking
Brand: Deutsche Postbank
Year: 2006

Viking: The Funeral

2007-02-23T08:40:00.000-08:00

The "'Till death do us part" dosen't apply to this relationship.

The French tagline "Tondeuse Viking. Elle Vous Survuvra" is replaced with "The Viking Lawnmower. It'll Out Live You" in the English version of the ad.

Country: France
Product: Lawnmower
Brand: Viking/Stihl
Year: 2006

Vim: Prison Visitor

2007-02-22T15:11:00.000-08:00

A girl in school uniform is visiting her mum, each on different sides of the glass in what appears to be a prison (Mum’s wearing an orange jumpsuit). They hold their hands up to the glass. “How long will you be in there?” “I have to go now”. The camera pans back and we see they’ve been talking through the shower screen in a bathroom. Mum’s cleaning the bath with a generic cleaning liquid. We’re told that Vim will speed up cleaning jobs.

Country: Canada
Product: Household Cleaner
Brand: Vim
Year: 2004

Ford: King Kong

2007-02-21T18:15:00.000-08:00

The rugged truck can stand up to any off-road challenges. Even giant apes.

Country: Thailand
Product: Truck Sales
Brand: Ford
Year: 2004

Cheer Beer: Parking Lot

2007-02-20T18:17:00.000-08:00

A group of desperate drivers find a parking spot in a crowded lot… and much rejoicing ensures

Country: Thailand
Product: Beer
Brand: Cheer Beer
Year: 2005

Coinstar: Shoe

2007-02-19T17:34:00.000-08:00

Coins from all corners of a house unite for a common good.

Country: United States
Product: Coin Counting Service
Brand: Coinstar
Year: 2006

Yahoo! Garden

2007-02-18T13:56:00.000-08:00

A woman’s new brand of fertilizer is eerily effective.

Country: United States
Product: Internet Search
Brand: Yahoo!
Year: 2006

Game Tap: Mexican Puppet Show

2007-02-17T06:31:00.000-08:00

Even a low-tech version of PAC-MAN is irresistible to this group of kids.

Country: United States
Product: Internet Gamming
Brand: Game Tap
Year: 2005

Heniz: Pickle Lover

2007-02-16T20:36:00.000-08:00

A waiter gets himself into a real pickle after serving a dull, soggy specimen.

Country: United States
Product: Pickles
Brand: Heinz
Year: 1964

Yellow Pages: Shark

2007-02-15T16:47:00.000-08:00

One false move threatens to turn a janitor into fish food.

Country: France
Product: Advertising
Brand: Yellow Pages
Year: 2006

Toyota: Paperboy

2007-02-14T17:36:00.000-08:00

An overprotective car owner gives his neighbor an eye full.

Country: United States
Product: Automobile Sales
Brand: Toyota
Year: 2006

Snickers: After the Kiss

2007-02-13T08:28:00.000-08:00

There's nothing more sensual than sharing a sweet, delicious Snickers with your best friend. This is the commercial that aired during the 2007 Super Bowl. After an outcry from the gay community, Snickers has chosen to pull their "kissing" ads from TV as well as their website.

Alternate Ending 1

Alternate Ending 2

Alternate Ending 3

Country: United States
Product: Candy
Brand: Snickers
Year: 2007

Levi's: Urban Midsummer Night’s Dream

2007-02-12T19:12:00.000-08:00

Shot at night, in downtown Los Angeles, the ad takes some elements from recent 501® Jeans ads; west coast settings, dialogue, antifit/form hero, but takes them to a new place by using the words of William Shakespeare. It’s a modern day love story that’s unlike anything else you’re likely to see on TV… Welcome to the future, Shakespeare!

I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me.
I can see what they’re up to, trying to freak me about my jeans.
Thou art changed! What do I see on thee?
You look different. What sort of weird ass jeans are you wearing?
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Act 3 Scene 1.

Country: United States
Product: Levi's 501 Jeans
Brand: Levi Strauss & Co.
Year: 2005

Volvic: Wheel

2007-02-11T07:07:00.000-08:00

The wheel was one of man’s proudest accomplishments. Especially this wheel.

Country: United Kingdom
Product: Bottled Water
Brand: Volvic
Year: 2005

Canal Plus: March of the Emperor

2007-02-10T09:32:00.000-08:00

A beloved movie takes a turn for the surreal when it's title is taken too literally.

This ad refers to the movie March of the Penguins. In France, the movie’s original title was March of the Emperor.

Country: France
Product: Premium Movie Cable
Brand: Canal Plus
Year: 2006

M-Tel: Shower

2007-02-09T14:32:00.000-08:00

It’s no coincidence the most popular girl in the neighborhood doesn’t use voice mail.

Country: Bulgaria
Brand: M-Tel
Year: 2005

Travelers: Shark Cage

2007-02-07T17:43:00.000-08:00

Great whites are the least of this diver’s problems.

Country: United States
Product: Insurance
Brand: Travelers
Year: 2006

Southern Nevada Water Authority: Ms Nuttingon

2007-02-07T17:37:00.000-08:00

The Desert Southwest proves it’s serious about water conservation.

Country: United States
Product: Water Conservation
Brand: Southern Nevada Water Authority
Year: 2006

Sony: Lawnmower

2007-02-06T17:59:00.000-08:00

A bombshell’s neighbor gets cheap thrills thanks to his boombox.

Country: Singapore
Product: Electronics
Brand: Sony
Year: 2006

Smirnoff: Tea Party

2007-02-05T13:53:00.000-08:00

Straight out of Cape, Cod, these New England gangstas pimp raw tea.

Country: United States
Product: Vodka
Brand: Smirnoff
Year: 2006

GoDaddy.com: Basic Instinct (Banned)

2007-02-04T15:50:00.000-08:00

GoDaddy.com triumphantly returns to the Super Bowl season with yet another deliciously banned ad.

Please click here to see the GoDaddy.com ad that aired on Super Bowl 2007.

Country: United States
Product: Internet Name Registration
Brand: GoDaddy.com
Year: 2007

GoDaddy.com: I Own You (Banned)

The GoDaddy girl returns, and this time she comes clean about why GoDaddy is the best.

Please click here to see the GoDaddy.com ad that aired on Super Bowl 2007.

Country: United States
Product: Domain Registration
Brand: GoDaddy.com
Year: 2007

Sierra Mist: Security Check

2007-02-03T12:39:00.000-08:00

What's worse? Giving up your soft drink or getting a rectal exam? Kathy Griffin gives Michael Ian Black an overzealous search at the airport. This is the commercial that Sierra Mist aired during the 2006 Super Bowl.

Country: United States
Product: Beverage
Brand: Pepsi-Cola
Year: 2006

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Doritos: Mouse Trap

2007-02-02T16:00:00.000-08:00

This is one of the 5 finalists from Crash the Super Bowl, a site launched by Doritos where consumers sent their homemade Super Bowl commercials. The winning ad will air during the Super Bowl