Commercialism, as you call it, (I might call it marketing/advertising) is a big part of this country's economy so one could say it makes sense to talk about it. It is a way we move products from the business to the consumer. I doubt you can honestly tell me that you have never bought anything due to a commercial. Ever seen(or discussed) a movie trailer ?
It also happens to be my business, not to mention my thread, so maybe i felt compelled to defend it...
game on!

Well my main beef is probably people talking about it as if it were entertainment. It certainly isn't.
And I never said our capitalist system was all that great, either.

I can understand that...but some of the commercials are very entertaining (to me) and I guess I do like that there are some commercials that are actually nice or fun to watch in btx my favorite show to either keep the mood going or maybe switch it for a minute...

"Where's the beef?" Now that is a classic TV ad!

Alhtough I do find some commercials entertaining, I've never understood how companies find it worth the money to advertise. TV ads have never influenced my purchase decisions (not including perhaps movie trailers, or 50% off sale somewhere). Perhaps once I got a quote from a company (A/C installer?) that I wasn't aware of before the ad.

Damn! Is right. That chick gives me the creeps big time!

Eh, I'd disagree with that. Almost all "brand awareness" comes from commercials. You may have not bought Tide because of the commercial, but you know what Tide is and most people are tempted to buy products they are familiar with.

We all know about Nike, Old Navy, Gap, blah blah blah because of a commercial/advertising presence.

I think if someone said "Name a shoe brand" most people would default to a well know, commercial brand, regardless if that was their favorite.

And for the thread, I love the Mike's Hard Lemonade where the guy gets his hand cut off. When the bartender slides the drink down and he can't grab it and you hear it break.

Its a really dumb commercial, but I laugh everytime.

Its for one of those collect call companies, and has Terry Bradshaw and some country singer.

They are at a sports bar and are offered Buffalo Wings for "only a buck each"

Bradshaw blubbers something about that being too much and the singer drawls "How much for the whole Buffalo?"

I don't know why thats funny, but it cracks me up everytime

I like the commerical for Sears where the baby is crying and the dad comes running down the stairs and trips over the baby gate and the baby starts laughing.


But, my favorite commerical is the Nike Tag one! It cracks me up everytime I see it!

Yea most commericals are there just to keep the brand in mind for the consumer
the as may have no bearing on the product but the more it sticks in your mind the better the comapnies' money was spent
The commercials that we are all recalling and I am sure there are some you can recall too are made for that reason maybe if in a store it comes down to 2 choices you may pick one just because it is in your head.
People tend to buy what is familiar.

Well I avoid buying from large mega-corporations anyway. I prefer to give the underdog a leg-up.

Has anyone seen the Will Ferrel GAP commercial.

"Forever in blue jeans baby...Get it, i'm wearing blue jeans."



Goulet!

As a general rule of thumb, I agree. I love my ReplayTV and it's most wonderful skip button. On the other hand, I have to say that I really like the NFL / United Way commercials.

"Chrysanthemum! She got cat!"

The Southwest Airlines "It must be football season" commercials have had a pretty good run - the lastest one with the cocoanut to the head got a few laughs.

The Tobasco add for the Superbowl a couple years ago was silent but funny...

For the longest time I thought this was Zack Galifinakis. Its not but a good imitation.

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9/11 killed this thread. The terrorists have won.

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The Right Guard body spray ad...all four variations with the same brunette.

You, Mr. Ronnie Dobbs, are the kind of all thread bumpers.*



*with apologies to Buttmunker

I like the baseball commercial with Harvey Keitel as who I can only assume is Winston Wolf. He's an observer on the diamond talking about stealing to the guy on first.

He looks towards the catcher and says, "And him...he's got a gun!"

Makes me laugh every time.

Antennaball is the king of typos!

Anyway, I like the Red Stripe ("Boo [insert bad thing]. Hooray beer!") commercials.

Really? I like the old ones in particular the "may I have your pants?" commercial

It's not my favorite current commercial by far, but the Gatorade commercial with Keith Jackson makes me wish he would come back and announce the Ohio State-Michigan game every year.

The Rascal electronic power chair:When all the old people are singing "you make me love you." Gets me everytime.

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I was ready to say I have no favorite commercials, but then I remembered... mmmm, Claire Danes.

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I've seen this commercial about 23,345,683 times and it still makes me laugh.

And oh yes, Claire Danes is hawt.