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the best ad parodies ever

ad_parodies.jpgPeople, I just laughed out loud at this one. (Well, let’s not pretend that I watched just one…more like I was laughing my behind off for a good ten minutes, clicking from one to the next.) Um, can we just say our ad agency STICK and MOVE assigned this as historical “research”?

Nerve.com has gathered their picks for “The 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies of All Time”, including classics from the ‘70s and ‘80s, like John Belushi racing for Olympic Gold, then smoking away madly as he advertises “Little Chocolate Donuts” as his secret fuel (take that, Wheaties!).  

By all means, explore on your own, but don’t miss Phil Hartman teetering on a pyramid of cereal bowls (“Colon Blow”, #19) or the great “Bass-O-Matic” with Dan Akyroyd – wouldn’t dream of arguing this one as #1.

Enjoy! And if you know of any other parodies that make YOUR top-50, well, for the sake of “research” I’m definitely game to check ‘em out…

[image: from the Nerve.com website feature]
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This is the best mood improving post for bearish month(quarter, half year) end - especially for someone who just repositioned from 100% net short to 100% net long.

THANK YOU!

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Here's one of my all time favorites:  SNL Commercial

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How do you pick just one? I remember the good ole days of SCTV with John Candy doing his evil vampire bit and Eugene Levy as the digusting little assistant complete with wart face. They would do this smellovision bit and start rocking back and forth twards the the camera holding up whatever was supposed to be the actual smell. Then the assistant would let a fart go and chaos ensued...hilarious, really corny, but hillarious.

 

Not really a commercial, but since Bigdo brought up SCTV I thought I would share...:0)

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I've rarely laughed so hard as the first time I saw the robot insurance ad.  "Robots use old people's medicine for fuel!"

 

Cheers,

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Glad you guys dug this one...can't be all work and no play around here, right?

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