shakeybrainsurgeon
Contributor
My vote for the best, or among the best, TV commercials is the Geico caveman ad, where the corporate executive ham-handedly tries to apologize to two Neanderthals. It lampoons so many things: political correctness, corporate callousness, the bogus sophistication of the cavemen (designer shades..."I'll have the roast duck with mango salsa..."). I particularly like the Ice Age stare of caveman #2 "no thanks, I don't have much of an appetite. (This commercial is something of a ripoff of an old Saturday Night Live skit in which an infomercial babe, Morgan Fairchild, is huckstering a pasta maker made by Mike Myers--- and ends up insulting every ethnic group in the country "Gee Mike, people think making pasta is hard, but you have shown that to be a bigger myth than the Holocaust!)
My vote for worst ad was one by Chevrolet for the old Nova. A young woman is pumping gas into her new Nova when a handosme hunk pulls up and says, with an incredulous voice, "Susan --- you drive a Nova!?" Obviously embarrassed, she says "well, it is a lot of car for the money!" That's brilliant. Who wants to drive a piece-of-crap-but-it's-all-I-can-afford car? No one. Wall Street Journal noted that that this ad single-handedly ruined the Nova.
Runner up for best ad is Comcast's commercial wherein a large antlered deer is shown lying inert on a sandy beach. A young life guard swoops in and says "not on my watch pal!" and proceeds to do CPR on the animal. After several seconds, it sits up, coughs up a lungful of water and walks away. The ad says :Interested in saving big bucks? Go Comcast.
Runner up for worst ad: the de Beers diamond ads that basically say all women are *****s. The cartoon Family Guy lampooned these brilliantly, showing a man giving a woman a diamond necklace, and she then proceeds to... well, the ad ends with the violins swelling and the words: Diamonds --- then she'll pretty much have to!
My vote for worst ad was one by Chevrolet for the old Nova. A young woman is pumping gas into her new Nova when a handosme hunk pulls up and says, with an incredulous voice, "Susan --- you drive a Nova!?" Obviously embarrassed, she says "well, it is a lot of car for the money!" That's brilliant. Who wants to drive a piece-of-crap-but-it's-all-I-can-afford car? No one. Wall Street Journal noted that that this ad single-handedly ruined the Nova.
Runner up for best ad is Comcast's commercial wherein a large antlered deer is shown lying inert on a sandy beach. A young life guard swoops in and says "not on my watch pal!" and proceeds to do CPR on the animal. After several seconds, it sits up, coughs up a lungful of water and walks away. The ad says :Interested in saving big bucks? Go Comcast.
Runner up for worst ad: the de Beers diamond ads that basically say all women are *****s. The cartoon Family Guy lampooned these brilliantly, showing a man giving a woman a diamond necklace, and she then proceeds to... well, the ad ends with the violins swelling and the words: Diamonds --- then she'll pretty much have to!
