A Classic Commercial (for me, anyway)

If you've read this blog more than once then it will be no surprise to you that I love the following commercial:

(Click here to watch it on YouTube--I couldn't embed it on my blog.)


Many of you have probably seen it, but I don't want to give it away to you just in case. However, I've decided to comment on it below...







Actually, I think it deserves to be written out so it can be fully enjoyed.

PASSENGER: I don't even know why I bother. (pause)

PASSENGER: Do you wanna go home?

DRIVER: (muffled growl)

PASSENGER: You don't pay attention to what I say. You're not even listening now, are you?

Quacking ducks heard in the background.

DRIVER: Woof!

PASSENGER: No! What are you doing? No! No ducks! Oh you are in SO much trouble! BAD DOG! Nooooooooo! Mother of....pearl!

Where do I begin? This one hits on so many levels. You instantly assume that the man is talking to a woman and then what could be funnier than a driving pooch chasing after ducks in his truck.

Like I said, this commercial is right up my alley and reminds me of a few similar posts:

The Bud Light "Sausages" Dog

Orbit's Stinky McStinkface

And the Jeep Neil Diamond Commercial

Go Meat?

UPDATE (3/26) - I've removed the link that plays the commercial on my blog. If you can't get enough, go to the link listed on the image and play it all you want.

This commercial plagues me. It comes on all the time (especially on the Game Show Network and The Food Network) and I cannot understand HOW IT EVER CAME TO BE. I understand that sometimes advertisers make something that is annoying on purpose as a way to get our attention. However, I don't think that is the case here. This is, without a doubt, the worst commercial ever made. Please don't bother telling me that something else is worse. It's just not true.

This is awful. Seriously, what's the point of it all? Are all of the people supposed to come off as being dumb? I don't think so. If that were the case, I think I'd give them a little credit. Why would anyone comment about the stack of meat on someone else's sandwich? Why are there detectives looking at it with a magnifying glass? Why would you need a magnifying glass to see it? Why is it that one of the uniformed police officers suddenly becomes a drill sergeant? Why do some of the people look like they are characters from a Dick Tracy cartoon and others look like real people? Who sings about meat?

It's bad. Bad! Bad! Bad! For weeks I would not allow it to air in my home. I would force the kids to change the channel, hit the pause button (the beauty of having a DVR) or throw a rock through the tv screen (this cost me hundreds of dollars). Are you catching on to just how much I hate this commercial? My pure hatred (and this is the good kind of hatred) is so bad that I'm even allowing the commercial to be seen on my blog.

Baby! Baby!

If you want to understand my sense of humor (most of you have better things to do, but as long as you're reading my blog--why not?), watch this new commercial from Jeep:




If you had trouble making it out, go HERE and click on the little banner that looks like this:





There are several successful elements in this commercial that make it work for me:

1. Talking animals
2. Singing animals (but not the kind you see on the flea and tick collar commercials)
3. A Neil Diamond song (fun and cheesy at the same time)
4. Animals attempting to eat other animals
5. The look on the guy's face when the wolf chomps one of the singing birds
6. The wolf's first singing line, "Baby! Baby!"
   

It's the wolf that really makes the spot work for me.

Of course, I have no intention of buying a Jeep, but I love being entertained in sixty second increments.