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WarmUP underfloor heating
systems found a way to use humor to sell furnaces. Here's Cold
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I'm not sure what this is
an ad for, but when this woman hears her vibrator turn
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1Time Airlines of South Africa
wants you to know they offer Extra
Headroom. |
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If there's any place that
needs a county fair,
it's Los Angeles, if these three women are any indication. |
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Here's a perfect mock-umentary
about how the men of Ravenstoke,
Alaska changed their lives by aerial spraying their town with
Axe cologne. |
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Bubblicious presents On
The Beach. If only gum worked like this. |
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Bunker shoes shows why you
shouldn't watch nature videos about bears
mating when your girl friend is around. |
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Sometimes it's understandable
why kids would want to Play
with Cell Phones, when there's a naked woman involved. |
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I love this ad from Microsoft for the Xbox360 although they got so many complaints about it that it only ran a few times. Stand Off
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Even Windex found a way to make glass cleaning funny.
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Virgin Atlantic boldly demonstrates why it's better to have more room than less.
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My very own Washington State Lottery used some brilliant
humor in this Mailman 911 ad.
And in this ad, they urge you to Be
Careful.
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Telia sells cell phones by the she store. (Say that three times fast!)
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Here's another in Reebok's series of commercials featuring football player Terry Tate working as an office motivator.
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The Sci Fi channel only needs 10 seconds of your time to astound you. Foldup SUV
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The Motorola Moto phone has video, but be careful when you answer it!
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This ad for Nintendo's Game Boy Micro warns of its addictiveness. But you won't expect the punchline.
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What's a sexy wedding night have to do with Nomad mobile phones "no committment, no contract" sales pitch.
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Milwaukee tool company's Cordless Drill may be powerful but this powerful?
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Berlitz used a joke I sent out to CyberJoke 3000 years ago to prove their point: learning a foreign language can be useful.
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You'll never guess where this garage encounter ends up. (Sexual content.) 1-Hour Optical
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The new Makita one minute coffeemaker gives you time for other pursuits!
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Not even a yellow sports car is going to get this guy laid: Dish Network Corvette
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What could be funnier than shopping with a real estate agent for a new apartment to fit your "special needs?"
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This is a perfect tribute to the Old West and gunfighters and their Underwear.
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Got Milk? is a wonderful series of ads. Here's my favorite: Milk
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PokerRoom.Com struck gold with two babes fighting over the same man: Wine Opener
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Be careful who you give you last Rolo to! Rolo Movie
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Sinaf Life Insurance shows you how even after death you can be a Good Fellow.
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StationeryIsBad.com truly fills the frame with funny. Watch the "other" characters in these ads. There's more to them than just the foreground.
Stationery Is Bad 1
Stationery Is Bad 2
Stationery Is Bad 3
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Telia cellular takes us on a wonderful, eye-opening visit to Anna's Boutique.
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Volvic water gives us their version of how The Wheel was invented.
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Watch Blaupunkt have fun with Stuffed Animals!
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CalTex goes out of their way for customer service when trying to fix this little old lady's Squeek.
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This Mexican restaurant gives us this heartburning story of a pregnant woman who's had too much to eat: Jamocas
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This five-minute short film was used by American Express to sell credit cards, but it's perfect Seinfeld anyway. Seinfeld And Superman. |
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This ad proves that Milwaukee sells a really Powerful Drill. |
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You'll never believe this is an ad for the L. A. Film Festival. When do you tell a buddy? |
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This ad make me wish the USA allowed cigar ads. Especially cigar ads built around female nudity! Independence Cigars, Rolled With Love. (Caution: not brief nudity at all!) |
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Ikea's European ads are far funnier than their USA ads. This series of ads will make even the sloppiest mother want to Tidy Up:
Tidy Up 1
Tidy Up 2
Tidy Up 3
In Time To Leave Home they
ask, "Is it time to move out of your parents' home?"
Ikea would never
show this one in the U. S.: Need A
New Bed?
And don't miss this IKEA mattress ad!
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Visual Opticians encourages regular eye checkups by dramatizing one of my favorite saxophone player jokes, "In Your Bari." |
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Statoil sells hot coffee with a Frozen Car. |
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Shop Online demonstrates the terror of actually leaving your computer just to do a little shopping. |
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Axe knows what sells shower jell. Naked Aerobics Class. Caution: nudity. |
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According to Erik Elgerot, Lansforsakringar is a Swedish bank and insurance company. Check out: New Inmate. |
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DeWalt displays impressive power while encouraging Power Tool Safety with this construction site crack-up! |
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I guarantee you won't know what this ad is selling when it starts, but you'll understand it perfectly when it finishes. Is the name alone enough to make you want to see what they're selling? Grocery store tantrum |
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The AA paper company transforms a plain old office copier into something to behold. |
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Reebok used Terry Tate to great advantage as Office Linebacker. |
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Amstrad came up with a wonderful way to sell videophones. Good Pair (not so brief nudity)
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And I thought only Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards featured fruit-flavored "lubbers." And here's still another: Fruit Flavored!
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Don't spend your life in "Tub Prison!"
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This is absolutely the funniest life insurance ad I've ever seen. Of course, it's also the only funny life insurance ad I've ever seen |
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Who would think of using Lassie to sell home security systems?
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Here's another home security system ad, this time with a pair of pets. |
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I'm not sure if CellC is a good cellular company or not, but watch this ad and, by comparison, your day won't be so bad. |
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Be careful when you jump to conclusions. Concrete Truck Driver's Wife
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Who knew CitiBank had a sense of humor? |
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Think it's about time for you to Get in Shape?
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In one way, this ad was ineffective; after watching it I found myself thinking about something other than leather coats. Danier Leather |
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Fox Sports on boats.
And one about leaf blowers.
I thought at first that this was an ad for power tools, but no. It's for Fox Sports.
And here's another great Fox Sports ad.
Fox Sports Espanol knows Why Women Hate Sports.
And finally, a heartwarming story of a man with incredibly Capable Feet.
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Women's Health magazine? Funny? Well, yes. Watch In the Waiting Room.
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How about a PSA (public service announcement) with a mesage? Glove of Love |
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Every guy loves a good lingerie ad! Here's one with a twist. Cachemir Lingerie |
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This may be the funniest computer game advertisement yet: Cossacks |
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Red Bull provides power to anyone. Even a Porn Star. |
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Here's a simple premise: Asian girls do it best. (Not R-rated; it's just your mind!) |
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Everyone loves dogs. (Almost) Everyone loves soccer. Put them together and you get: World Cup 2002 |
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In Great Britain, even the Yellow Pages have a sense of humor. Aquarium |
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Everyone hates a falling elevator... except her! Falling Elevator |
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In a strange hotel? Lonely? Call: Paradise Escort Service |
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Why doesn't Panasonic run Strip Tease ads in America?
They sell their Viera
plasma TV with an interesting nature twist. |
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Mikado uses sex and humor to sell... Copy machines?! |
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According to Erik Elgerot, Ekstrabladet is a Norwegian newspaper with more uses than just reading! Sauna Voyeur (R-rated, but musically tasteful) |
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Rolo candy wants you to remember: Elephants Don't Forget |
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One of the funniest MacDonald's ads I've ever seen. Aquarium Conductor |
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ClickAJob.com wanted everyone to Get The Job Of Your Dreams |
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Umbrio even figured out how to use sex to sell balls. Soccer Player |
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I don't know about you, but I'm tired of being treated like this by airport security. Underdaks |
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Nike took a lot of heat for this ad from woman's libbers, but I thought it was a great parody of a classic horror movie--with a twist. Chainsaw Escape |
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Japp are chocolates with caramel filling and their ads have a great star. Here's The Jogger.
And At the Carnival.
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You've just got to laugh at the Iraqi Olympic Diving Trials. |
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Hewlitt Packard's Mars Rover. |
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One of the world's most unlucky men just can't die. Grim Reaper |
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Three men, three urinals. Perfect set up for humor. Hold My Beer? |
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Even Ford has creative ideas--when advertising in Europe! Ford's Sport KA Bird
And Ford's Sport KA Cat
Two cops make some Bold Moves with
Ford's new Shelby GT. Larger version in MOV format. |
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America doesn't get to watch tobacco ads, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world doesn't get some good laughs. Watch Hamlet Cigars' Blind Date.
Doesn't everyone love to watch a Ferrari driver get his just rewards?
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Levi's knows how to combine sex with humor: Railroad Ad
And more sex: Blind Man
Even the wrong Levi's look great over this bikini: Levi's Beach
This British ad from Levi's mixes a chase
scene, sex, and humor -- all in a restroom.
And an ad with a great punchline. Be sure you stay all the way to the end of this one!: Levi's Blueprint For The Future
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Smirnoff's vodka Dolphin Trainer ad has nothing to do with drinking but it made me smile!
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I just can't get enough of giant sperm, can you? Condom ad
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I don't know what EDS is selling (or smoking!), but I sure laughed at their Running with the Squirrels ad for, uh, I don't exactly know what.
Who knows or cares what they're pitching? Suki Says is funny!
And here's a real classic of the dot.bomb period: Cat Herding
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Remember the dot-com boom? When any ad was a "go" as long as you got attention? eTrade's ads were great: Mr. Chappy
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FedEx can be funny, too: Wrong Springs.
And here they spoof the role their company played in the movie Castaway.
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We've all done this, but probably not with this result! Copier Fun
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Your assignment: make breast cancer funny. Let Cam Exam does it!
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When Pacific Bell's DSL wanted to fight cable modems, they invented the Laurel Lane neighborhood.
Then they released a sequel: an interview with The Neighborhood Mailman.
But the funniest may well be their Laurel Lane parody of Cops.
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The TDA Advertising agency entered a contest at AdCritic's web site and produced a screamer: We Don't Bill You For Our Hookers.
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The Smart Beeper folks went way out on a tangent to come up with this one: The Blind Date.
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Who knew dialing could bring such pleasure? Watch this Motorola ad and find out.
And what about saving your buddy... via text messaging?
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A few years ago, right after the movie Seven came out, the MTV Movie Awards got William Shatner to do this wonderful parody.
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I'll buy you lunch if you figure out where this one is heading. Repeater.
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You'll never see an airlines ad like this in the U.S. Too bad.
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Enjoy the perils of working at home with this Sony laptop ad.
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I don't think this is selling anything; at least, if it is, I can't tell what it is! It says it's an "anti-boredom campaign." It succeeds. I bet you laugh! Steering wheels.
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Everybody loves soccer but this guy is something else! Football Fan
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Be sure you watch this ad for British Telecom's Comviq Cellular. (brief nudity)
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Who says power tools can't be funny? Watch this ad for DeWalt.
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Who says women can park?
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A fake ad for the those times in a man's life when he's just got to get away. Lady Sitters
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Why Men Don't Ask Directions by the California Map & Travel Center.
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Remember when the dot-com's pissed away money like it was water? Here are three great examples of exactly that courtesy of Outpost.com:
Gerbil Cannon
Tattooing babies!
And the Super Bowl instant classic, Marching Band Wolf Attack (that strikes near and dear to my former band-director heart).
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Hate those Mac "I Switched..." commercials? You love these: first, try "I Switched to Linux" (Flash, and therefore small).
Then "Please Let Me Switch" about how Macs don't work.
And third, a fun parody about how much fun it is to be a Mac gamer.
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Did Chipshot.com see the Heineken ad (see my "Beer Ads" page) and then do their own? Another look at the dangers of playing golf!
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Enron Party! One of the best commercials of the Christmas 2002 season. I thought this was a parody the first time I saw it. (And I think I'm right!)
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Who would have thought the Georgia state lottery had such a sense of humor. Meet Leisure Suit Larry's Aunt starring in, "Jackpot!" (from StupidVideos.com.
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Who could make a salmon advertisement funny? These guys! Watch this and not smile--I dare ya!
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Here's a fun parody of those "Mastercard? Priceless!" ads that is actually an enactment of a CyberJoke 3000 joke from a couple of years ago. Coincidence? You be the judge!
And watch MasterCard spoof themselves with this MasterCard Star Wars ad.
And my personal favorite Priceless ad of all time: The Music Store.
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Europe's advertising is often racier than America's. Here's an ad for La Creme that will make you look twice!
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Even Microsoft's ads are more fun in Europe. This ad ran on Swiss TV for a few days--until Microsoft U. S. found out about it.
And here's another short-lived Microsoft ad that gained quite a bit of notoriety when the X-box was introduced. Play More!
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