Posted by
Alex in
Advertising,
VideoSift on June 8, 2007 at 5:21 am
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Here’s a VideoSift collective (user-created groups of videos) on some
strange and funny TV commercials:
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Homer’s Smarter Brain
Here’s an ad for Intel’s Pentium II processor, titled "Homer’s Smarter Brain," all the way back from 1998.
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Captain Kirk’s Bizarre Transporter Accident
What happened when the Enterprise ran out of power? Here’s an ad for a power generating company featuring Captain Kirk of Star Trek in some sort of a transporter malfunction (I won’t tell you what it is, you’ve just got to see the video clip)
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If you’ve never seen a Chia Pet, you’ve missed a phenomenal 1980s fad. This is the original ad that made "Ch-ch-ch-chia!" catchphrase so popular.
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Chinese Baby Eating Jell-O
You just can’t get away with this kind of racially-insensitive ads anymore, which is why this 1960s Jell-o "chinese baby" ad is fantastic!
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Robbing a Sperm Bank
This funny commercial for Charoen Optical in Thailand features a gang of nearsighted thieves trying to rob a bank but broke into a sperm bank. You can guess what happened next!
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For more the web’s most interesting videos, check out: VideoSift.
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