This is a commercial for a Brazilian driving school (Auto Escola Brasiliense) in the style of Grand Theft Auto. Smart thinking — making things video game themed is definitely how you reach the kids. But do they teach Grand Theft Auto style driving? That’s what I want to know, because
These are a series of commercials for Apple and Paypal featuring Jeff Goldblum that have been slowed down, and make him sound drunk. Does this work for everybody in all commercials? I’m not sure, but it did work with Flo from those Progressive commercials, because I just tried it. I
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the rickrolling hit (and sell some roadside assistance in the process), Rick Astley teamed up with AAA Insurance to create a scene-for-scene remake of the music video for ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ as an ad for the insurance giant. This is that video.
Many Endor moons ago, Mark Hamill worked at a Jack In The Box, where he was fired for performing clown voices (presumably creepy ones unknowingly prepping for his future Joker voiceover work) in the drive thru. And now Jack In The Box has rehired him to work the drive thru
This is a 1992 commercial for the latest and greatest in spreadsheet applications: Microsoft Excel. In the ad, a businessdude makes a super shitty 4 x 4 spreadsheet on what appears to be the world’s first laptop that blows everybody’s minds and saves the day. Full disclosure: I hate, and
This is a 1985 commercial for the all new size Chevy Astro Van, back when minivans were still megafun and not just sad boxes to tote your screaming tykes around in. They really need to start making commercials like this again, because I’d buy whatever they’re selling. The 30-second ad
This is a commercial for the Yomega Brain yo-yo (Amazon ad link) aired during Saturday morning cartoons in the 90’s. It perfectly encapsulates the nineties in a now painful to watch 30-second ad. God, I was one of those kids. Toss in a kid with terrible hand-foot coordination playing hacky
This is a 1977 television commercial for the original Star Wars film focusing on the romance between Luke and Leia. In hindsight it seems super creepy, but Luke and Leia being siblings was never part of George Lucas’s plan when the movie was made. Or even when The Empire Strikes