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Mwongozi — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:56:18 -0800

Honda's last TV ad was a treat for Rube Goldberg fans everywhere. Their latest (9.4MB zipped H.264 video) is an excellent demonstration of the human voice as an instrument.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:03:41 -0800

I am pretty creeped out by the sucking of the cheeks and the teeth and the Garrison Keillor but that's pretty cool.

By: provolot

provolot — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:16:45 -0800

This link provides for easier viewing..

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:18:22 -0800

I love Garrison's voice, and I'm glad he's making $. Also, couldn't the sound effects guy on PHC have done all those sounds more convinicingly? PS: are these long commericals shown on TV? At cinemas?

By: Mwongozi

Mwongozi — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:21:30 -0800

In the UK, we semi-regularly get long commericials that occupy >50% of an ad break, which are 3-4 minutes. They usually only last for a week, and after that they broadcast a cut-down 30 second version instead. I imagine they're shown in cinemas too. But I wouldn't be surprised if they actually plan on web distribution, these days.

By: rswst8

rswst8 — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:22:44 -0800

if 2 minute honda commercials are your thing, don't miss this one

By: xmutex

xmutex — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 16:40:08 -0800

Damn, rswst8. That's cool.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:25:04 -0800

[this is good]

By: A189Nut

A189Nut — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:45:22 -0800

Are you sure it's Garrison Keiller's voice?

By: delfuego

delfuego — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:51:41 -0800

Great commercial -- but weird that they distribute it zipped up, since the size is nearly identical (being that they're using already-compressed video).

By: stopgap

stopgap — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:17:38 -0800

I really doubt that the ad previously discussed on MetaFilter was Honda's last ad.</pedant>

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:22:15 -0800

My understanding is that (for the "last tv ad') Honda settled with the artists Fischli & Weiss for the blatant theft of their artwork/video "The Way Things Go", after copying it - almost shot for shot- without their permission. Honda sucks.

By: stavrogin

stavrogin — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:38:13 -0800

delfuego, it's to stop people from wasting bandwidth by viewing it multiple times directly off of the server. I really hope this commercial doesn't get much airplay. ugh.

By: Mr_Zero

Mr_Zero — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:32:39 -0800

You forgot ~~Poland~~ the best car commercial ever!

By: I Love Tacos

I Love Tacos — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:11:46 -0800

after copying it - almost shot for shot- without their permission. I bought a copy of "The Way Things Go", and I just can't agree with this assessment. They're both left to right continuous pans of Rube Goldberg/Heath Robinson machines, but that's about it.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:52:36 -0800

another previous honda ad on the blue. Also, I can't find it, but I swear the "sound effects" advert was posted previously (like several months ago).

By: shoepal

shoepal — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 20:57:28 -0800

(well, ok, maybe I saw it on digg 48 days ago. I could have sworn it was in the blue too around that time. oh well.)

By: frogan

frogan — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 22:57:28 -0800

You forgot the best car commercial ever! Thank you thank you thank you, I was actually trying to explain that commercial to a friend recently. "Ohgawditwassoradandthenthisthejetcomesout..."

By: triv

triv — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 03:03:55 -0800

honda are making some truly innovative adverts, which i thoroughly appreciate. furthermore, i actually remember the name of the brand, which is the usual stumbling block with most cool adverts! and, to add some value to the thread - car advert with a twist. turn it up loud, y'all.

By: dodgygeezer

dodgygeezer — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 04:33:16 -0800

It's impressive and I can understand why people like it, but trust me on this, after you've heard it more than a couple of times you'll want to kill the bastards that created it.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:33:05 -0800

I bought a copy of "The Way Things Go", and I just can't agree with this assessment. I have a copy of it too. I Love Tacos .... Honda's ad is a complete rip off of the TWTG video.

By: wfc123

wfc123 — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:49:47 -0800

Why are the ads in the U.S. never that clever nor funny?

By: ktoad

ktoad — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:28:01 -0800

Why are the ads in the U.S. never that clever nor funny? Because "clever" requires an attention span to decode.