A Gem from Mountain Dew

I don't see too many Dew ads these days. It's pretty much been superseded by Red Bull and other such drinks, I suppose. This one was on during basketball yesterday, though, and is pretty awesome:

You really have to love this ad. It has history/politics nerdery (though not very esoteric/obscure at all, I still say Lincoln/Douglas counts), a badass Abe Lincoln, chair violence...

Too Bad Their Phone Service Sucks...

...because T-Mobile has the best commercials out of the cell companies by a mile. Make that several miles. Below the fold are some of my favorites.

1.

---Kind of in the same vein as the one we previously posted; this time it's all about the little girl's line: "She thinks you're super delicious." Really, sometimes one perfect moment can catapult an otherwise mediocre commercial into awesomeness.

2.

---Alli hates this commercial, but I think it's freaking brilliant. I just like their sarcasm, I guess?

3.

---This one is actually pretty old, but will always be one of T-Mobile's greats. The best line here is pretty obvious...

We'll have to do a whole post about the D-Wade / Barkley series they've been running for a while now - prime Sports Figures Are Hilarious material!

Magic Wardrobe

The thing I love about this commercial is that it could basically happen with the guys and gals I hang out with. The ladies love their shoes and the guys their beer... these passions are generally expressed through hysterical screaming. Does this seem sadly familiar to anyone else?

See this masterpiece after the jump.

Granted, I prefer better beer than Heineken, but still. And is it just me, or does the hyperventilating guy near the end look exactly like Tim from the British office?

Conan... also good.

This one was also a big winner...

Conan. Huge. In. Sweden.

And... we're back!

Hey, if we can't post on the Superbowl, ain't nothing gonna get us started again!

Here was Nate's and my pick for best commercial this year...

Best Election Ad of 2008

However you feel about Paris Hilton, there is absolutely no denying how hilarious her "campaign ad" after a McCain attack ad linked Obama to Hilton (because, duh, they're both "celebrities").

Best moment: "Thanks for the endorsement, white-haired dude!"

Nutri-Grain Bars: Now With 10% More Speed!

Thanks to my pal Adam for this one. If there were some kind of Emmy for commercial acting (and there may well be... I have done NO research for this post), this one might win "best ensemble acting." The cast as a whole is pretty impressive, and they feel GREAT! More below the fold...

There's a lot to like about this one- the '70s 'stache on the lead guy, the guy who decides to quit his job because of his great co-worker (btw - perhaps the best throwaway gag in the whole thing is that this guy is fondling a pink lace thong at his desk), the crazy baby lady, the screaming and yelling, the gap-toothed guy who breaks his hand! It's a feast for the senses.

Seems like baby lady, though, may have contracted a case of 'Grain Rage. Isn't that what Roger Clemens is using for an excuse these days?

More Commercials in More Places

Those AT&T ads where they have the one person simulating a really, really long voice mail greeting that talks about how stupid they are for not having AT&T are pretty hit and miss. Below the fold are the two that I really think hit.

This guy is pretty much awesome. I mean, he goes to an empty bar early in the evening, grabs a pool table all by himself, and proceeds to RANDOMLY knock the balls around, with seemingly no concern for where they go. I do question why AT&T thought it was reasonable to assert that some random bar wouldn't have cell service with some other company. I don't think I've ever been in one that didn't have Verizon service, for example. But still. The dude can totally rock out & play pool.

Alli assures me that this is, in fact, what European hostels are like. The "techno twins" are basically my heroes.

A Trifecta of Awesome

So here we have three adds all loosely tied together by the theme of the morning after.

The first is a Romanian beer commercial featuring, in the words of Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones' Diary, "absolutely enormous panties." Not bad. Good reaction shot.

The second has a guy trying to get rid of an arm to which he is handcuffed (I wonder... if this were a Coke Zero commercial, what nationality would the arm be? German, methinks). Good physical comedy.

The third is my favorite. In the tradition of great Man/Ape pairings (Every Which Way But Loose, anyone?), it features a guy waking up to an amorous orangutan. Great reaction from the guy and some superb simian acting. Love the ass-slap. I'm an easy mark...

I could really go for an IBC Root Beer. Wait, does IBC make real beer, too?

Sports Figures Are Hilarious, Part 3

Now that's what we're talking about. Billy Martin. Steinbrenner. That. Is. Acting.

Well... sort of. Steinbrenner probably fired Martin for real before and after takes just to keep it real.

George Steinbrenner. Keeping it real.

If only we could find a link to John Turturro and Oliver Platt (brilliantly) recreating this in The Bronx is Burning...

I'm Totally Not a Grown-Up

Come on, Nivea. You can't make the guy with whom you want your customers to identify the LEAST COMPELLING CHARACTER in the commercial...

The best moment is, obviously, "That won't increase my ability to mate!" -- but all of the kids are pretty amusing in their own way.

It's Like, Totally a Bummer

Absolutely stellar performance from the Dad in this one...

Just a couple notes:

-What kind of soccer is that kid playing, where he can notice his dad looking at some lady? Furthermore, there is like...no reaction from his wife at all.
-The daughter is TOTALLY the kind of girl I went for when I was like, 13. I'm disappointed that she likes someone with a nasty mustache (obviously it's the "I've never shaved before" crustache).

Sports Figures Are Hilarious, Part 1

Some products make hundreds of terrible ads, and then have a true gem come out. Just For Men is one of these products. Their ads are, generally, absolutely miserable (e.g. the one where a single dad's daughters get it for him because they want a mommy - dreck). They hit a home run (not to mix metaphors...okay, definitely just to mix metaphors) with the following, though.

Best moment: Emmit Smith's "Oh...it's bad..."
Second best: The implication that, right after the commercial, he had an eightsome with those cheerleaders.

Best Facial Expression Ever?

This one has an obnoxious watermark (and only the first 15 seconds are relevant), but it was the only version we could find online...


Basically, the face that the asian kid makes after the singers stop makes us laugh every damn time we watch. It's amazing. Not much else to say about it.