Two ads at the moment tickle me - first being the car dealer one (Mitsubishi? Well, that's how well that sunk in!) where the one bloke is going through a list of all the relatives who his local dealer helped out. "Mum, Dad, my sister, cousin, Uncle Harry, Auntie June etc"
"What about Uncle Dennis?"
" We don't talk about Uncle Dennis." Perhaps you have to see the blokes face as he says it but it cracks me up every time.

Second one is the Bonds one - with the sexy woman in the undies going through the kitchen looking fabulous, she takes a swig from the milk carton and it slops down the side and she says "Ah bugger!" And the slogan is along the lines of "Sexy underwear for the Bonds girls" Love it!

You got any?

The ad that makes me laugh, is the beer ad (can't remember the beer brand) where this sexy female is in the spa and the guy runs and does a bombie in the spa, and says - "What?".

Kinda makes you wonder when we remember the adverts but not what they are advertising. The advertisers would have a fit when they think of the huge sums of money they pay out for us to be amused but not remember their product. I just completed a questionnaire produced by our commercial television provider, it wanted to know if we could remember the sponsors of the weather forecast, the tide information etc - I couldn't remember one.

As for current adverts, it is Citroen car advert (wow!) but I can't remember the model name (typical) but it is about 'shaking your [censored]' - very catchy.

Edited to giggle and comment that the word referred to (and censored) is much the same as backside but only has four letters (UK) or would be three letters for the US!

Here in the US, there are ads by Hewlett-Packard for its digital photography and featuring "Picture Book" by The Kinks. The ads are amazing - people turning into their pictures turning into them! The song is incredibly catchy, too. I always pause when I see this ad.

One that makes me laugh is from Staples, the office supply company. Staples always puts out the best holiday ads. This year, it features a grandmother taking pictures of her family with a stapler. She was trying to hint at her family to get her a digital camera.

I wouldn't necessarily go out and buy the products just because I like the ads, but they are quite ingenious. There should be some sort of advertisement award.

I love the California Cheese happy cows commercials. A couple of my favorites are the herd of "Braveheart" sheep (Freedom!)trying to make their getaway up the hill and being stopped by the sheepdog, then the cow says "Almost made it that time".

Another great one is Bobcat Goldthwait as a hyperactive rooster, asking the cows how they got to be so mellow. When he gets no response, he says,"Ah, I get it, a Zen thing." (He walks away..)Cows: "Poultry!"

Here's a link to the current ones:
Happy Cows (Follow the link to the section that says Happy Cows Tv.)

I like Dingdong.

Among my favorite current TV ads are clever FX ads for Gatorade's Propel water (the athletes emerging from drops of water) and diet Coke (also adding sex with gorgeous bathing beauties to the bubble effects), the hilarious "Spy vs. Spy" ads for Mountain Dew (way better than the cartoons for the Mad TV show!) and those gorgeous, leggy gals in the Fanta spots; they are HOT in those halter-shorts getups and white thigh-high strap sandals!

I HATE that "Make 7-Up Yours" campaign! Why don't they bring back those animated red dots and combine it with the "Uncola" campaign from the 60's?

Advertising agency: eighty-five percent confusion and fifteen percent comission. Fred Allen

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California is also running a series of ads to promote exercise (I think they're public service ads of some sort). There's one where a guy comes to a service center at a mall to turn something in he found on the stairs. When he asks the service rep what it is, the man tells him it's probably a love handle: "people are always losing them using the stairs." There's one where a dog digs up a butt on a beach (lost playing with kids). They're really funny and (duh) for a good cause.

Oh come on guys!!! The best ad (in Australia) has to be the VB ad! You know the one that they are at a bar and they are talking about having a beer and then another one and then another one.... and that is followed by a kebab! Garlic sauce puts them in hospital, but that is obviously better than going home to the missus that is cracking nuts in bed! Absolute classic! Crack up every time I see it!

Yes! Love that one, C1!

How about the lamb one with Sam Kechovic (spelling?) that was causing all the talk this week? Funny funny funny - can't believe how sensitive some people are.

edit: boy did I get that name wrong ... Kekovich!

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quote: "Yet your long-haired, dole-bludging types are indulging their pierced taste buds in all manner of exotic, foreign, often vegetarian cuisine - chicken burger value meals, pizzas, a No 42 with rice.

"It's an absolute disgrace, and people ask why we need capital punishment."


Love it

Hey all the other Queenslanders out there, what about the RACQ (auto club) ad for boat insurance where the guy stands there talking while his missus is putting washing on the clothes line behind him. He tells us that he didn't see a charter boat while out in his own tinnie and hit it, but RACQ Insurance helped him out. The funniest bit is when she grabs a big brown sheet/blanket off the line, drapes it over her head so she can't see where she's going and moves toward him then off to the side saying "Charter Boat? What Charter Boat?"... cracks me up every time.

PS I'm not with RACQ Insurance nor would I be convinced to switch to them just because of some clever advertising. All of their ads lately are amusing but that one and the doorbell sounding like a car horn where the mother goes after the son who attached it to the house.. they are funny .