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Old 08-14-2006, 12:07 PM
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Just for the fun of it..what's your favorite TV commercial?

I confess I am in love with the Geico Gecko! LOL! He is just too cute and his voice is so soothing!

For laughs I love the Yellow book dot "calm" commercial featuring the guru. He is so cool.

And for even more laughs the Captial One guys starting the band,
The Pillage People is a riot! When it comes to TV commericals Capital One has never convinced me to have them in my wallet
but they have come up with great commercials!

So do you have any favorites? Sometimes the commericals are better than the shows!
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Old 08-14-2006, 12:24 PM
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I love the Gecko commercials also.
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The one with the puppy that sings "there ain't no fleas on me"
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Old 08-14-2006, 02:28 PM
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I like the Petsmart commercial with the little dog and his mangy little bobo toy. It's so cute at the end when they scan them together!
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I like the Petsmart commercial with the little dog and his mangy little bobo toy. It's so cute at the end when they scan them together!
I like that one too!
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I have to admit, since getting a DVR, I never watch commercials anymore. Ever. I miss a lot of the good ones, but there are less movies I "have" to go to the theater to see, less new foods I "have" to try, etc. And I never let my kids watch them either - it's too easy for them to get sucked in to wanting everything.
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I like the Geico Caveman commercials.

There's also a commercial for the lottery (not sure if it's powerball, NY, or NJ state lottery...) but there's a guy that's mean to his dog... then the dog sees a dollar, gets a lottery ticket, and then you see him driving by the man's house in a limo with several female dogs. It's amusing to me anyway.
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I like the Geico Caveman commercials.

There's also a commercial for the lottery (not sure if it's powerball, NY, or NJ state lottery...) but there's a guy that's mean to his dog... then the dog sees a dollar, gets a lottery ticket, and then you see him driving by the man's house in a limo with several female dogs. It's amusing to me anyway.
Sounds cute!

I also like the new Geico commercial with Little Richard. We wonder how the gal sitting next to him can keep a straight face with his carrying on.
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Old 08-16-2006, 08:22 AM
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I also like the new Geico commercial with Little Richard. We wonder how the gal sitting next to him can keep a straight face with his carrying on.
Those are fun. The one with Charo cracks me up!
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Those are fun. The one with Charo cracks me up!
Have you seen the new one where the announcer rephrases stuff? It's pretty creative.
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Do you remember the Staples commercial where the day is sailing through the store to the tune of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" buying school supplies while the kids are morose? I noticed they use the song for the current one where dad hits the easy button and they have their supplies. I liked the original better.
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One of best commercial campaigns of the last dozen or so years has been the recent Mac ad set...

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

However, the funniest, and my favorite are the VW "Unpimp Your Ride" ads...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv157ZIInUk

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Poundwise, it would appear that we have the same "taste" in commercials.

In fact, I was just watching all of the GetaMac commercials yesterday. My favorite was the the one where PC was talking about pie charts.

Here is the link to the VW GTI commerical called "Wrecking Ball".

Here's the link to another VW GTI commercial. This one is called "Crate".
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Hi guys,

My all time favorite is the commercial of John West: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-PquCax8DU

My favorite commercial of the day is: http://www.napstergirl.com

Enjoy!
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I'm with Jodi. We rarely watch commercials now since getting a DVR. I say "rarely" because every now and then one will catch my eye and I'll stop and watch. Recently one that I rewound and watched several times was one for lables! It had an old man and woman who accidentally had traded dentures! It was so funny!

I always love Citibank commercials too about identity theft. They're funny too!
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I like this one. This supposedly is real, no camera tricks. http://youtube.com/watch?v=g2VCfOC69jc
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[quote=abowers]I like the Geico Caveman commercials.

I love those things also! Specially cause they are so ironic--Neanderthals had larger brains than we do!

I also love the petsmart commerical with the dalmation who is so tempted to eat that ice cream cone! So cute.
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I also love the TLC commericals for "life lessons." That one with the old people watching the couple on the street get busy is hilarious! The old guy yells "Jackpot" and it cracks me up every time!
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I like the Meow Mix commercial where there's a cooking show, and a chef is cutting up meat and fish. Then they pan to an all cat audience who meows.
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I LOVE the Petsmart doggie with bobo. And we get a kick out of the new jack in the box commercial with the cheerleader.
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