The best adverts/commercials

These don’t have to be from childhood; just the all-time best.

I just discovered the 2010 Sony commercial where they released 250,000 bouncy balls down San Francisco streets. Here is the entire 2.5 minute film and then ‘the making of’ story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NymcQJjPCs

I've always loved this Texaco ad, promoting their sponsorship of the Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo3tuPcogiQ

DHL delivery service ads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLwSje4-qWA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZlmkuk6NX0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV56Xp-JCIY

Pretty much anything with animals is enjoyable. Except those sad ASPSA ads.

I knew there would be gold here! Already. More please.

Ah! Tullamore Dew. They take the time to tell such lovely stories.
No Irish need apply:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO_NU_kQaa4

Danny Boy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGZSixnpBFc

The beauty of blend bottle pass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUlhjCRBBlk

The parting glass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81oiF7VIOw

There are others.

(I love the ads so well, I bought a bottle. It’s not at all to my taste.)

Herding Cats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7yqlTMvp8

Lokk for the small details. Great fun.

>6 guido47:

I'd never seen that! It's wonderful. I love the guy with the lint roller.

Best or worst depending on your point of view: https://youtu.be/9TRRppch7mw

And these: can you tell they are Australian? https://youtu.be/CPYmtEQiG18 Said to have been banned, but I’ve definitely seen them on TV in Oz back in the day.

>8 haydninvienna: I am still laughing out loud. You look so much younger when you leap into that bath. . . .

>10 Novak: So does Mrs H.

Honda Accord launch ad in 2003:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyN9y0BEMqc

And the making of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh4zWeUDW-E

Some years ago the huge South African Breweries made a serious attempt to corner the beer market in Kenya. East African Breweries, the maker of the popular Tusker brand of lager, responded with an advertising campaign appealing to Kenyans' patriotism with the slogan "My country, my beer". It was so successful that SAB eventually withdrew from Kenya. An example of the TV adverts is here.

Blue pill. I won’t tell you the product…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0lcY58fwpY

Saturn Ion 2003:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_oWmY_mkCA

The Alka-Seltzer Spicey Meatball has always been one of my favorites

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48TewJlc6BA

Cravendale Milk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmJhv6W_URY

I've always had a soft spot for Mean Joe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8

Lexington, KY invites some neighbors to come and visit:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C12sf_aOUPX/?igsh=MTFpeGdqbDcyYzY3aw==

Heineken 2017 ad “Worlds Apart”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-orjHsgxDQ

Not exactly a commercial, but close enough to share.

Here’s an Irish content creator showing how to make an Irish cup of tea.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8AZ_PFoi7n/?igsh=MW55c2lka202cnp4eQ==

I was thnking of Snap. Crackle, and Pop yesterday from Rice Krispies.

Root-Rooter, 2024:

https://instagram.com/p/C8pV1Sagc9g/

Air New Zealand ran with the Tolkein theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlRbrB_Gnc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOw44VFNk8Y

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8r1IMut6WE/?igsh=MW9nNTZ3MGZjbHpmbw==

And behind the scenes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_p__1RSjnE

VW - We shape its metal

https://instagram.com/p/C8w2pK4Aodv/

Good choice of music for us oldies.

Political, but timely.
Penzey’s in Wisconsin:

https://instagram.com/p/C8-pon7A0-e/

Thai Chendrite (bug spray)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8waWaVyvpa/?igsh=MnRneWJ0bWlkM2dp

The comments section!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEtr77RIqUr/?igsh=MTZzaTY0ODR2OXdsNw==

I've always liked this low fat tuna ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gia9f7Vxvuo

I always loved both the genuine Hovis bread ad (1973) and Ronnie Barker's parody of it (1978).

At the other end of the spectrum, the Shake and Vac ad was widely held to be the worst ever.

Ingvar on the conveyor belt - Ikea commercial

>32 Brazen: This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PgzVceH6DQ

That's it!
I couldn't find it when I looked

>6 guido47: I just found this thread & this is one of the first ones I thought of.

I dare anyone to name a greater tear jerker than the Budweiser Clydesdale ad after the 10th anniversary of 9-11: https://youtu.be/LyP0JsyvYnA

But then I could easily list almost everyone of that ad series here. I looked forward to those Super Bowl "ads" every year.

And to balance things a bit, one that I've also posted in the Green Dragon about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIBszBOGPf4. I think this is about as good as it gets. To quote myself:

It's not only gorgeous to look at, but to listen to: the only sound is that little snip of a Bach cello suite. Pity that the car costs so much. ... But it makes an interesting contrast with an Audi ad (conventional), and a Lexus ad (also conventional) which often run the same evening. The Lexus ad in particular has a voice-over about how you'll impress people and has the usual images of luxury. ... part of the appeal of the Polestar ad is that it has had some real creativity applied to it. Does it remind anyone of the sequence of flying over the strange planet near the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey?

Germany’s “Mr. Wind” advertising wind power

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMLigtMMOpq/?igsh=MTczZXVnNHh1MXh4aw==

A Super Bowl ad from this year

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNH2IreSP9b/?igsh=eTc1azNscjJtNTJ3

Columbia Sportswear

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrPUxhj3/

Okay, all of their ads!!

https://www.tiktok.com/@columbia1938?_r=1&_t=ZT-91vDO2cdrnT

>41 2wonderY: One Christmas I bought Columbia for all the men in my family. Good quality.