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debm55

(55,620 posts)
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 03:53 PM Feb 2025

We all know what commercials we hate. But what commercials did/do you like. Mine--"That;s a spicey meatball" and

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We all know what commercials we hate. But what commercials did/do you like. Mine--"That;s a spicey meatball" and (Original Post) debm55 Feb 2025 OP
Oh I laugh out loud at that one, too, Deb! That is a classic. Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #1
I use Chewy and I love their ads. Also have two Subarus and love theirs also. debm55 Feb 2025 #7
I love the chewy ad where the dog is participating in dinner and sitting at the table and having conversations Walleye Feb 2025 #51
I like the window bear in the murielm99 Feb 2025 #2
Thank you murielm99. Funny. debm55 Feb 2025 #8
You're just a flightless bird! Frasier Balzov Feb 2025 #3
Thank you very much Frasier Balzov. Love Limu better then the guy. debm55 Feb 2025 #9
Get Mikey to try it....he'll eat anything Ritabert Feb 2025 #4
Thank you Ritabert. that was very sweet and Mikey eats it. debm55 Feb 2025 #10
Herding Cats! Dorothy V Feb 2025 #5
I love that commercial. Thank you Dorothy V debm55 Feb 2025 #11
Volkswagen ad from 1970 cloudbase Feb 2025 #6
Thank you cloudbase. Love it. debm55 Feb 2025 #12
Volkswagen Commercial - Da Da Da (1997) Brother Buzz Feb 2025 #15
Classic Volkswagen Commercial C_U_L8R Feb 2025 #53
I liked the opera singer one: "No more rice krispies... we ran out of rice krispies..." viva la Feb 2025 #13
HAAHAHahahahahahahahah. I never saw that before. It is so funny. Thank you. viva la debm55 Feb 2025 #14
Back when commercials were a minute long.... viva la Feb 2025 #16
Agree, debm55 Feb 2025 #22
I posted this once before. Still good for a laugh. boonecreek Feb 2025 #17
Thank you boonecreek. I think it is funny. debm55 Feb 2025 #19
I can't believe I ate the WHOLE thing Wifes husband Feb 2025 #18
What a great commercial I still remember it after all these years.Thank you Wifes husband. debm55 Feb 2025 #21
This is one... 2naSalit Feb 2025 #20
Thank you 2naSalit. debm55 Feb 2025 #23
The Little Farmer - Lay's Potato Chips Emile Feb 2025 #24
That is so sweet. I have never seen it before. Thank you Emile debm55 Feb 2025 #25
I loved the Geico ad with camel about hump day SheltieLover Feb 2025 #26
Thank you very much SheltieLover. I remember that one. debm55 Feb 2025 #30
That one was funny. Mike, mike, mike... SheltieLover Feb 2025 #38
i like the one where Mister Wiskers inherits his owner's estate. nt doc03 Feb 2025 #27
I remember that one doc03, Thank you bringing that up. debm55 Feb 2025 #32
One ad that I hate enid602 Feb 2025 #28
I am sorry, but I don't remember the ad. It might have been regional. Thank you enid602 debm55 Feb 2025 #34
The Diamond Song Sequoia Feb 2025 #29
That sounds outstanding.Thank you very much Sequoia debm55 Feb 2025 #43
"Moana!" IrishBubbaLiberal Feb 2025 #31
I thought this was so funny. Thank you IrishBubbaLiberal. debm55 Feb 2025 #42
Billy Martin baseball commercial. ...TO THE BLEACHERS !! (shown in SF Area Oakland team 1980s IrishBubbaLiberal Feb 2025 #33
Thank you IrishBubbaLiberal. I thought Billy was great. RIP Billy debm55 Feb 2025 #41
Joe Isuzu... Anything with Joe Isuzu BootOutTheGoons Feb 2025 #35
I remember the ads and they were very funny. Thank you BootOutTheGoons. debm55 Feb 2025 #40
The Etsy ads about "Keeping Commerce Human" nt LSparkle Feb 2025 #36
I am on Etsy a lot. I agree with you. Thank you LSparkle. debm55 Feb 2025 #39
This Sneederbunk Feb 2025 #37
VW Bus commercial: Are you having any fun, are you getting any loving? Its rather new. Srkdqltr Feb 2025 #44
I always liked the cartoon commercials for Raid insecticide. yellowdogintexas Feb 2025 #45
Thank you yellowdogintexas. I agree with you. debm55 Feb 2025 #50
One of my favourites is the Life cereal one with Mikey ailsagirl Feb 2025 #46
Thank you very much ailsagirl. debm55 Feb 2025 #52
Hi debm55. I know you especially waited for mine. C0RI0LANUS Feb 2025 #47
HAHAHHAAHHAHHAH. thank you very much. CORIOLANUS. debm55 Feb 2025 #54
I always loved the Chuck Wagon commercials JoseBalow Feb 2025 #48
Thank you JoseBalow. I remember that commercial. Haven't seen for a long time. debm55 Feb 2025 #55
A brief history of Cal Worthington (and his dog, Spot!) / plus bonus Chris Burden... GReedDiamond Feb 2025 #49
Thank you very much for that bit of history. GReedDiamond. debm55 Feb 2025 #57
There was Wassup! and then there was.... C_U_L8R Feb 2025 #56
HAHAHAHA thank you C_U_L8R debm55 Feb 2025 #59
Budweiser "LAMB STREAKER" Emile Feb 2025 #58
HAHAHAHAHHAHA. I never saw that before. It so funny. Thank you Emile. debm55 Feb 2025 #60
It was a 2006 Super Bowl commercial. Still Emile Feb 2025 #61
Thank you very much Emile. debm55 Feb 2025 #62
These are my favorites. mwmisses4289 Feb 2025 #63
Thank you mwmisses4289 Great commercial. debm55 Feb 2025 #65
Minute Maid with ROBERT LOGGIA! some_of_us_are_sane Feb 2025 #64
Thank you very much, some_of _us_are_sane. debm55 Feb 2025 #66
Crispy Critters from the 60s La Coliniere Feb 2025 #67
Thank you LaColiniere. I remember that ad debm55 Feb 2025 #68
Can't remember a few old ones right now, but my favorite new one is the Safari/Apple one w the "flying"... electric_blue68 Feb 2025 #69
An old commercial immediately comes to mind, from Dunkin Donuts. Morbius Feb 2025 #70

Diamond_Dog

(39,757 posts)
1. Oh I laugh out loud at that one, too, Deb! That is a classic.
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 04:00 PM
Feb 2025

Also like the Subaru Dogs and the Chewy one “Sorry about your vaahhse.”

Miller Lite with Bob Eucker “He missed the tag!”

Walleye

(43,807 posts)
51. I love the chewy ad where the dog is participating in dinner and sitting at the table and having conversations
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 09:36 AM
Feb 2025

The dog says” I took a walk in the woods today and I didn’t get one flea or tick on me“

Frasier Balzov

(4,855 posts)
3. You're just a flightless bird!
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 04:12 PM
Feb 2025

Trying to talk some sense into Limu as he's leaving home to conquer the coverage-bundling world.

viva la

(4,485 posts)
13. I liked the opera singer one: "No more rice krispies... we ran out of rice krispies..."
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 04:58 PM
Feb 2025

My brother the cereal addict used to sing that with big sobs.






debm55

(55,620 posts)
14. HAAHAHahahahahahahahah. I never saw that before. It is so funny. Thank you. viva la
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 05:11 PM
Feb 2025

debm55

(55,620 posts)
21. What a great commercial I still remember it after all these years.Thank you Wifes husband.
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 05:53 PM
Feb 2025

enid602

(9,617 posts)
28. One ad that I hate
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 06:12 PM
Feb 2025

JB’s Fantastic Finds. If you haven’t seen one of the ads, consider yourself fortunate.

debm55

(55,620 posts)
34. I am sorry, but I don't remember the ad. It might have been regional. Thank you enid602
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 06:21 PM
Feb 2025

Sequoia

(12,717 posts)
29. The Diamond Song
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 06:16 PM
Feb 2025

Cartier at Christmas season and the Siberian tiger in jewel shop comes alive and bounds around everywhere and finally goes to an elegantly dressed lady who pets him. Beautiful commercial.

 

IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts)
33. Billy Martin baseball commercial. ...TO THE BLEACHERS !! (shown in SF Area Oakland team 1980s
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 06:19 PM
Feb 2025

Back when Billy Martin was coach.

Commercial had Billy Martin inside the ticket booth

“TO THE BLEACHERS


Oakland Athletics (1980–1982)

BootOutTheGoons

(315 posts)
35. Joe Isuzu... Anything with Joe Isuzu
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 06:21 PM
Feb 2025

He never fails to make laugh

Helps that he's a progressive himself

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)
46. One of my favourites is the Life cereal one with Mikey
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 01:45 AM
Feb 2025


APOLOGIES IF SOMEONE BEAT ME TO IT

GReedDiamond

(5,512 posts)
49. A brief history of Cal Worthington (and his dog, Spot!) / plus bonus Chris Burden...
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 04:01 AM
Feb 2025


When I moved to L.A. in '76, Cal & His Dog Spot were all over the tube.

I also saw this "commercial" in real time when it was aired, featuring performance artist+ Chris Burden, and the following "ads" he bought on local L.A. TV airtime :


Emile

(40,570 posts)
61. It was a 2006 Super Bowl commercial. Still
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 10:28 AM
Feb 2025

probably the funniest commercial ever made!

mwmisses4289

(3,211 posts)
63. These are my favorites.
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 02:25 PM
Feb 2025

Their coffee wasn't the greatest, but the commercial for it was.
https://m.

&pp=ygUWNy0xMSBjb2ZmZWUgY29tbWVyY2lhbA%3D%3D

I still can't spell bologna without singing this in my head.
https://m.
&pp=ygUYYm9sb2duYSBjb21tZXJjaWFsIDE5NzBz

The mom and daughter in this one just made me smile every time it came on.
https://m.
&pp=ygUibW9tIGRhdWdodGVyIGxpZ2h0IGJ1bGIgY29tbWVyY2lhbA%3D%3D

La Coliniere

(1,750 posts)
67. Crispy Critters from the 60s
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 05:19 PM
Feb 2025

“The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals”. Then there was a stampede of animated critters running across the screen. Was one of my favorites as a kid.

electric_blue68

(25,809 posts)
69. Can't remember a few old ones right now, but my favorite new one is the Safari/Apple one w the "flying"...
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 11:31 PM
Feb 2025

street cameras, acting like birds. I think it's very clever, and funny! 😄

Morbius

(893 posts)
70. An old commercial immediately comes to mind, from Dunkin Donuts.
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 06:40 AM
Feb 2025

"Time to make the donuts."

I'm at work and do not have access to YouTube, but if you were to lust type that in, I bet you'd see the ad.

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