Awesome Commercials

“Simply apply the heat-dampening cream shield, and let the TouchBlade Pro collect your genetic sample with ease!” Auralnauts upgrades a commercial for a fancy razor, giving it far greater abilities than simply shaving stubble. Say it with us now… “Brett FAHHVRAAHH.”

We already wanted to visit New Zealand to experience the incredible scenery. Now we want to join their police force too, thanks to this amusing, action-packed ad created to entice new law enforcement recruits to join up.

While watching a ping pong match, something caught this smartphone shooter’s eye – two girls in the background playing a frenetic game, one of whom was playing with her face instead of a paddle. From what we can tell, this was actually a Japanese commercial for face cream.

Looking for the ultimate showdown between He-Man and Skeletor? You won’t find it here. Instead, the two Saturday morning arch-enemies put aside their differences to celebrate the cash they saved at MoneySuperMarket. Directed by The Bobbsey Twins From Homicide.

Vehicle maker Honda and a team of talented artists pay tribute to the creativity and effort that goes into the production of modern motion pictures, peeling back the layers of the visual effects onion, and reminding us how little of what we see on screen these days is real.

Gary Freedman’s wonderfully directed VW commercial features a series of villains pushing buttons to bring chaos to the world, contrasted with the slightly more responsible use of pushbuttons – to activate the gas/electric hybrid drivetrain of the Golf GTE.

Old Spice goes meta with one of its latest spots, in which a duo of moms encounter one of the company’s ridiculous advertising gags, and complain bitterly about it. We don’t agree with them in the least. Time to grab some hayum!

Director Stephen Vitale (Hoshino) created this action-packed spec commercial for mattress company Tempur-Pedic. It starts out as a high-stakes fight scene, then heads off in an unexpected and amusing direction by the end.

Heineken conducted a bold social experiment, pairing up people with very different opinions about an important issue in a room together to work on a project. Only after they spent some time together, was the truth revealed about their diametrically-opposed points of view.

HBO flaunts its roster of shows with a pair of ads that sees the characters from Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley and more recreating the channel’s opening sound effect. Naturally, John Oliver had something to say about it.

A fantastic commercial for Virgin’s high-speed data service, which mashes up all kinds of movie genres in a single scene. It plays out in a tunnel straight out of Star Wars, but features all kinds of anachronistic and misplaced characters in a thrilling chase sequence.

“The people act like they’ve never seen a restaurant… or eaten food before.” SNL pokes fun at the over-the-top expressions seen on the faces of happy customers in commercials for family restaurant chains, as a group of actors are given direction for their reaction shots.

The overabundance of coffee shops have forced owners to come up with various twists and gimmicks to differentiate themselves, from odd flavors to quirky furniture. But sometimes they take things too far. Maybe not as far as McDonald’s UK’s parody though.

Microsoft reminds us that video game commercials don’t always need to be action packed or dramatic. They commissioned a pair of commercials for Halo Wars 2 that sees hero Capt. James Cutter engaging in silly tactical battles with the new villain Atriox.

Take a flashback to the early days of Star Wars with this comprehensive compilation of classic TV commercials for toys captured from 1977 to 1978. Eric Stran also assembled the spots for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi toys. Action figures each sold separately.

The real Spuds MacKenzie may no longer be with us, but his (er, her) spirit is still out there in this wacky and weird extended Super Bowl spot from Bud Light. We thought that all dogs went to heaven, but apparently some are doomed to an eternity of shilling beer.

If we learned anything from Being John Malkovich, it’s that we are all in some way Malkovich. Perhaps that’s why the revered actor can’t get the domain name he wants in this Super Bowl spot he did for Squarespace.

Skittles has uploaded its silly Super Bowl 51 commercial for those that don’t care about Matt Ryan and the Falcons’ attempt to put a dent on Brady and Belichick’s legacy. It’s about a young suitor and his crush’s opportunistic, sugar craving family.

A series of Japanese commercials from 2009 we stumbled across on YouTube, featuring a woman singing about hot peppers as the Peanuts gang jams out in the background. It’s almost as catchy as the Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen song. Dance remix here.

Trip hop artist FKA Twigs conceptualized Nike’s Do You Believe in More? ad campaign for its Zonal Strength women’s training gear. The music video sees Twigs performing alongside 12 professional athletes.

“All of our cats are self-cleaning and cleaning and cleaning…” Check out all of the top-of-the-line felines being offered at FurKids’ Atlanta, GA animal shelter. They’ve even got an actual human inflatable man, and of course Sarah McLachlan playing in the background.

Old Spice’s marketing team continues to dip into the weird sauce with its latest series of commercials, as they take us inside the now dry and desolate wasteland that is some guy’s hairy armpit. Check out the second, equally wacky spot here.

If there’s one thing we can count on from Japan, it’s their weird, wacky, and over-the-top sensibilities when it comes to its TV shows and commercials. JPCMHD put together a reel of the most entertaining Japanese commercial spots from 2016. We totally want a DualSaw now.