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Best Advertisements

Started by SGR, Mar 14, 2024, 03:07 PM

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Mar 14, 2024, 03:07 PM
An idea struck me for a thread where we discuss the best (or our favorite) ads ever made. Could be for nostalgia reasons, could be because it's catchy as hell, could be for any reason really - and I was primarily thinking TV ads, but it could be any ads (radio, newspaper, etc).

I'm an American so I never saw this one organically, but here's a British Guinness ad from 1999 that utilizes Leftfield's "Phat Planet" (which I love) - and the ad is a slow burner, very unique and very memorable.


Just crazy to think there would be so much creativity and effort put into an advertisement to sell beer.

What are some of your favorites?

#1 Mar 14, 2024, 03:15 PM
Saw it in 2010 for the first time. I remember it well because it is the only time I've ever laughed out loud at an advert.




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#2 Mar 14, 2024, 03:58 PM
One of my all-time favorites...



Bud Light Lime ad


I don't know if the "can" slang is well-known outside of the U.S. and it can mean several different things in the U.S. but as used in this ad, it's slang for a person's backside.

#3 Mar 14, 2024, 05:17 PM
Perhaps this would be better suited for the Other Media forum? There is a thread about specifically nostalgic commercials but an all purpose thread would be nice to have there. My kingdom is lonely haha.

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#4 Feb 22, 2025, 06:15 PM
Quote from: Lexi Darling on Mar 14, 2024, 05:17 PMPerhaps this would be better suited for the Other Media forum? There is a thread about specifically nostalgic commercials but an all purpose thread would be nice to have there. My kingdom is lonely haha.

That's fine with me if the mods wanna do their thing.

Here's a good one.



#5 Feb 22, 2025, 09:04 PM
I'll move it in a mo.
For now, one of the very best.

Kit-Kat "Pandas" ad

#6 Feb 22, 2025, 09:08 PM
Great ad for a nicotine patch



Great Ikea commercial



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#7 Feb 22, 2025, 09:14 PM
This XBox ad was banned. Pussies.  :laughing:

XBox - "Life is short: play more" ad

#8 Feb 22, 2025, 09:14 PM

I like weird ads.




Best ad for condoms.


I was this cool the whole time.
#9 Feb 22, 2025, 09:21 PM
This forum has existed for two years without being blessed by Kim's Floor Decor. That changes today.

What if we just replaced oxygen with swag?
#10 Feb 23, 2025, 02:31 AM
Didn't bother to search for this on YT. In the 80's an ad ran in B&W on UK TV. Showed the legs of a young girl 4-6 y.o. Shirley Temple like stepping out of the back of a black car on a New York street. Next shot from behind shows her hand reaching up to hold an adult. All the while no voice over, just an evocative jazz soundtrack. The car pulls away and turns a corner and you see the VW logo. Not a word spoken.

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