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Tell me about the ones you do not hate. My favourites include an Australian Twisties commercial where some guy opens a bag of Twisties and gets sucked out of a plane window, a Roundup commercial where a man flies upside down in his helicopter trying to chop a tree down, but best of all must be Schnitzer Claus-Hausen and the ETA Crunchees ad. Not everyone will know what I am on about, and I will not know what everyone else is on about, so by all means explain the ads.

― Damian (Damian), Friday, 21 February 2003 10:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The best commercial ever was the Nutbreak one with flatmates sitting around the table and the guy reading out the flat shopping list: "Eggs, milk - that one's ok but look at this one - eight kilos of Nutbreak bars! Who would do such a thing?" And the other flatmates all sit there and look scandalised, except the one dressed up in a giant squirrel suit who is just sitting there eating a Nutbreak bar. I never actually bought the bar (what is it like?) but that ad always made me laugh.

― Livvie Tapper (Livvie), Friday, 21 February 2003 10:35 (twenty-three years ago)

I like the beef ad where that baby is watching some sort of Beef show which consists of dancing letters that spell out B E E F!! It looks like such a good show!

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Saturday, 22 February 2003 01:20 (twenty-three years ago)

i used to have a polish friend who looked and sounded exactly like schnitzer claus-hausen. he liked to make noise.

those ads are all good, but not as good as gravox.
"this is gravy. this is an ox. gravy. ox. gravy. ox.
gravox! it sounds a lot like gravy-ox!"

best ad ever.

― webber (webber), Saturday, 22 February 2003 02:12 (twenty-three years ago)

The best commercial EVER was released in Britain and it was for a particular car advertising its reclinable seats. The ad starts off with a middle-aged woman riding in her new car with this hunky cowboy-esque guy in the passenger seat...she pulls up to a stoplight and sees her husband right in the next lane. She panics and the cowboy flips his seat down, and by the time her husband looks over, it appears she is alone. They both exchange nervous waves and hellos. The wife then drives off. As they are driving away, the cowboy puts his seat back up and says, "that was a close one". The scene cuts back to the husband, and another young hunk pulls his seat back up and also says, "that was a close one." HAHAHA!!

― Lola Falana, Saturday, 22 February 2003 04:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh yeah, that B E E F ad is superb.

― Damian (Damian), Saturday, 22 February 2003 10:14 (twenty-three years ago)

do do do di do do do di do do do do do BEEF!

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Sunday, 23 February 2003 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i hate all meat propaganda. especially when it involves "i love to boogie" by t rex.

― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 23 February 2003 07:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Can anyone remember the car ad w/ Lust for Life in it? Or did they even show that here?

― Livvie Tapper (Livvie), Sunday, 23 February 2003 07:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought it was a Steinlager ad that had Lust For Life in it, which compounds the travesty. Any ads for McCain are crap as a rule of thumb (e.g. that one with the 'Why is the chicken wearing pyjamas?' bit).

― Damian (Damian), Monday, 24 February 2003 09:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.bigtakeover.com/iggy49.html

Search and Destroy was used for SHOES? That is just bizarre.

― Livvie Tapper (Livvie), Monday, 24 February 2003 09:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Destroy any ad that uses a snippet of a pop song with out-of-context lyrics, e.g., Philips using the Beatles’ Getting Better, leaving out the lines “It couldn’t get much worse,” “I used to be cruel to my woman and beat her...” and Wrangler Jeans using CCR’s Fortunate Son for their line of ‘patriotic’ line of clothes, using the line “Some folks are born made to wave the flag...,” leaving out the line “but it ain’t me.”

Or how about GMC using a plot point from Fight Club, saying that those are the type of men who are tough enough to drive a GMC truck, conveniently ignoring the anti-materialism of the movie?

― No One (SiggyBaby), Monday, 24 February 2003 18:15 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

That Arnotts ad with the voices saying 'I wanna be a biscuit' is instantly one of the greatest ads of all time.

― Damian (Damian), Friday, 14 March 2003 07:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah I like that ad, it's great. Ad I do not like : the one for some form of makeup/skincare w/ Natalie Imbruglia in it. GOD is she annoying in that.

― Livvie Tapper (Livvie), Friday, 14 March 2003 09:08 (twenty-three years ago)

nine months pass...

Revive this thread so we can talk about the Anchor dog and other things.

― Schwingung (Damian), Sunday, 4 January 2004 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Anchor dog really is a terrible idea for milk mascot, as milk is not good for dogs. The second that dog appeared on tv I started complaining about it! It's also unhygenic the way he drinks straight out of the carton.
However I did purchase MEGA MILK last week and it's quite nice!

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Sunday, 4 January 2004 09:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah, those Fair Go ad awards were teh suck... actually, they weren't but I was bemused by the popularity of that ad with the cheerleading grandma. My favourite commercial of late is the Starburst ad with the guy eating an orange while attempting to put out a fire.

― Schwingung (Damian), Sunday, 4 January 2004 09:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I've checked the milk carton in the fridge and it's got a different dog on it saying "make mine mega!" and he's wearing a bike helmet. Talk more about Schnitzer!
I think everyone here enjoys the Subway ads, am I right?

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Sunday, 4 January 2004 09:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish Schnitzer Claus-Hausen had never gone away. I remember Googling him once and having no luck... so not fair. I should have capitalised on his Internet presence back in his heyday.

― Schwingung (Damian), Sunday, 4 January 2004 09:46 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...

yeah i really miss schnitzer. my old flat had a poster of him. i always thought he looked suspiciously like tim balme.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Sunday, 25 January 2004 07:32 (twenty-two years ago)

three months pass...

I was random threading away cos I can't search for "ad" and now I've forgotten what was so FUCKING INPORTANT anyway. REVIVE cos maybe I'll remember tomorrow, me complaining is so rivetting

― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

i really like the 'the end of the affair with the potato' grain-waves ad.. but WHAT-THE-FUCK is up with the new KY jelly ads?

― chris andrews (fraew), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

TWO spelling mistakes in that post Mr Mime, I hope you are INCREDIBALLY ashamed of yourself.

― Livvie (Livvie), Thursday, 13 May 2004 01:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't understand why you think that looks better btw, I think it looks STUPID.

― Livvie (Livvie), Thursday, 13 May 2004 01:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Is this the THREAD where we post in SPORADIC CAPITALS?

― Minty (Minty), Thursday, 13 May 2004 02:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't LIKE any ADS anyway, really. Except for the probably millions of ads I do like, I like the ones w/Todd getting his license revoked

― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Friday, 14 May 2004 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

We saw the BEEF ad on an old tape the other day!! YEEHAW!

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Sunday, 16 May 2004 01:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Also the old Shortland St episode where Toni's fag cousin goes to Tama "I'm gay" and Tama goes "Why are you hanging out with me then?" and he goes "Why do you think?"

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Monday, 17 May 2004 02:58 (twenty-two years ago)

one of the women on the karitane milk ad is DEMONIC. Her eyes! her teeth! HER VOICE TALKING ABOUT THAT MILK THEY WANT YOU TO FEED TO BABIES

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 11:27 (twenty-two years ago)

five years pass...

I miss the "You Got the Right One, Baby" commercials for Diet Pepsi

― III IV V (Bo Jackson Overdrive), Saturday, 18 July 2009 19:21 (sixteen years ago)

four years pass...

This one always gets me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iInFwAxRD0M

― polyphonic, Thursday, 30 January 2014 08:24 (twelve years ago)

three months pass...

I have an idea for a commercial. It starts with this clean cut wall-street-looking guy in a suit entering a dive bar and standing there, very slightly perceptibly nervous, like he's looking for someone. A pudgy, bearded, plaid-shirted redneck at the bar (who has his back to him until now) turns around and looks over at him. "Steve?" the redneck says. "Jake!" the Wall Street guy says. They bearhug.

VOICOVER: "There are some friends you're always happy to have a beer with, no matter how long it's been."

*CLOSEUP ON CLINKING BUDWEISER BOTTLES*

― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Thursday, 1 May 2014 03:20 (twelve years ago)

Maybe it should be "you're always happy to see" -- then it's more ambiguous like does that mean the guy or the beer?

― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Thursday, 1 May 2014 03:26 (twelve years ago)

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