The most famous ads ever

[stainlessliquid]

What are some of the most famous ads of all time?

Im sure everyone recognizes Maxell

 

[Nicolecat]

I think this is pretty recognizable...and famous at the same time.

 

[mkrishnan]

Two that are probably among the most famous in the United States are government ones...

 

[stainlessliquid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97xy1I2oBe4

 

[andrewisnot]

VW Lemon

 

[Dmac77]

...


Don

 

[GSMiller]

 

[shamrock593]

 

[Sun Baked]

That stupid Reese's Pieces ad with ET ... made product placement popular and now it is silly out of hand.

 

[stainlessliquid]

I dont know how famous these are since they never really showed in america (hence "colour"). But they are brilliant and popular on teh internets with plenty of parodies

Bravia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPUzPA5VSnU&fmt=18 my favorite commercial of all time (one parody, another, even a political protest)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKV6dBvVDdA&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJM3S56IHs&fmt=18

Much better in HD though.

 

[Nicolecat]

if we're gonna do commercials...

The budweiser frogs...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVcbasIb8lQ

Then there's the Grey Poupon commercials...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_pGT8Q_tjk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmannAYiwh0

 

[gibbz]

Super Bowl Go Daddy Ad.

 

[stainlessliquid]

the frogs reminded me of this since it was really popular with kids too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzbUPfoveok every kid that grew up in the 80s remembers the fast talking micromachines man.

 

[Nicolecat]

I've got tons of kids stuff...

This is what kind of got me interested in graphic design as a little kid...unleashed my creative side.

Lite Bright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huat89z2WrA&feature=related

 

[Nicolecat]

...and who doesn't remember

Mr. Bucket
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oZa38GVD4w&feature=related

 

[yoyo5280]

The original iPod silhouette ads???

 

[fluidedge]

"I'd like to buy the world a coke..."

 

[CanadaRAM]

There's a great series on advertising at radio.cbc.ca called The Age of Persuasion. It is available by streaming audio but not by podcast.

 

[klymr]

There are a lot of not so famous ads that are quite amazing. A lot of them can be seen at www.frederiksamuel.com/blog. I enjoy that site and hope you will too.

 

[Kernow]

The ad that consistently tops those best advert ever polls here in the UK is the Guinness Surfer ad.

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

There are a lot of not so famous ads that are quite amazing. A lot of them can be seen at www.frederiksamuel.com/blog. I enjoy that site and hope you will too.

Thanks for that site, klymr. Lots of good stuff there.

 

[danny_w]

"Wheres the BEEF?"

 

[danny_w]

"The Man in the Hathaway Shirt"

http://www.ciadvertising.org/SA/fall_02/adv382j/dnathan/Project2/sitehtml_files/page0004.htm

 

[klymr]

Thanks for that site, klymr. Lots of good stuff there.

No problem. I love that site. I rolled through about 70-80 pages of stuff on there last night. Amazingly clever ads. Great for inspiration.

 

[kaylis1980]

i like the hovis bread adverts in the UK, the sentimental part of me anyway! i used to like the *where is everybody* lunn poly adverts