MetaFilter posts tagged with advertisements and commercials

I WAITED FOR YOU, FRY

Sticherbeast — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:20:53 -0800

Thailand has some sad insurance commercials. [via]

NINJA POKE OF DEATH, MOTHAFUCKA!

monju_bosatsu — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:03:21 -0800

Foshata! Write your own English subtitles to Japanese commercials.

Does this make more sense AFTER I drink the Stella?

spicynuts — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:06:34 -0800

Got Beer? Which came first, the Stella Artois or the Ostrich? Does this makes sense after I drink a few Stellas?

Rate spec spots!

jasper411 — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:10:09 -0800

Specs spots are commericals shot by people who hope that they'll be considered for shooting real commercials. Because they are vying for attention, some of them can be pretty outrageous. This site allows you to rank them ala hotornot mode.

My personal favorite pertains to that "make a wish" ritual around blowing out birthday candles.
What are your favorites? (Spots themselves are Quicktime links)

Sega Does What Nintendon't

Slimemonster — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:00:13 -0800

Video game commercials from Japan, USA and Europe.

WolfDaddy — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 15:51:12 -0800

Steven. Steven. Steven. I can't get enough of this incredibly-cute-but-I-don't-normally-go-for-such-obvious-twinkiness pitchperson for Dell Computers. Apparently, neither can anyone else, as Steven (or more properly, actor Ben Curtis) has been Dell's most successful advertising, uh, tool ever. Why do we love him? His Bill'n'Ted vocabulary? His toothy grin? Whatever the reason, at least now I no longer have to glue myself to the television to watch his latest commercial overandoverandoverand Dude, I'll get a Dell if you deliver it to me personally. So to speak. Is it wrong to love a fictional character so much? Is there a support group? Any other MeFites have a strange attraction going on here? I can't be the only one, can I?

Brilliantcrank — Tue, 30 Jan 2001 07:54:26 -0800

CBS pulled this ad from the Superbowl. Which is a shame because I think it deserves a place on the Ad Critic Superbowl Top 10.