Awesome Commercials

Two pro wrestling puppets duke it out in this hilarious commercial for the 2013 Festival National du Film d’Animation. Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels directed the stop-motion animated short.

Coca-Cola and ad agency Leo Burnett Colombia came up with a cooler that runs on solar power. It uses evaporating water and a refrigerant to cool drinks. We hope they share their design with the public. More here.

McDonald’s is cashing in on World Cup fever, but forget whatever it is they’re promoting. Let’s just thank their ad agency for rounding up these talented soccer trick shot specialists for this awesome commercial. You’re welcome.

When skilled robots make soccer’s stars obsolete and the sport boring, Il Fenomeno rallies his successors. This animated short is the soccer equivalent of Space Jam. We wouldn’t entrust the future of the sport to Tim Howard though.

To remind people not to use their mobile device while driving, Volkswagen arranged a blunt but highly appropriate public service advisory in a theater. Aiden Pearce approves of this message.

Mexican department store chain Coppel takes a page from Uncle Drew. They dressed up freestyle football champ Séan Garnier as an old man and had him join a local futsal game. It’s obviously staged, but it’s still fun to watch.

Customers at a London gas station were treated to the world’s most intense car wash, thanks to McLaren Mercedes’ partner Mobil 1. It seemed like the cars weren’t rinsed properly, but we bet the man waiting in line made up for it.

Volkswagen hooked up a ton of GoPro cameras to a 2015 Golf GTI so it could shoot from a variety of angles as rally driver Tanner Foust messed about with the car. Turn annotations on and watch out for the prompts to change views.

Adidas matches Nike’s World Cup ad with its own star-studded promo. Featuring Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez, Luis Suarez and more. The backing track is a taste of Kanye West’s upcoming single God Level.

Nope, it’s not a brand new Samsung phone. The company enlisted Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and nine other top soccer players as the Galaxy 11 in this cheesy science fiction ad, with none other than Der Kaiser as their mentor.

Amazingly, Citröen’s new commercial isn’t promoting any of its vehicles. The car maker is going all in for its country in this hilariously irreverent call to arms. In the words of Bruce Anthony Buffer: Iiiits…time!

Animal conservationist and world famous “lion whisperer” Kevin Richardson plays a bit of football with his feline buddies in this commercial for Van Gils. Yep, there’s an English joke here somewhere.

Worlds collide as Don Draper hits on Mystique, has his mind manipulated by Professor X, his office tossed by Magneto, and sells some toasted sandwiches in Mad X-Men: Don Draper’s Future Past, a cleverly veiled promo clip for Quiznos.

Clunker owners are getting better at turning their lemons into Internet lemonade. YouTuber Pony Hans’ ad isn’t as moving as the legendary ’96 Nissan Maxima pitch, but at least his wagon is equipped with both an inside and outside.

For AutoZone’s recent Duralast ad campaign, they asked MMA champion Chuck Lidell to demonstrate his ability to stop things thrown at him. Sadly, it’s mostly CGI. We think Chuck really could stop a wrecking ball. More here.

Not only does it have tips on cooking a good barbecue meal, the book’s pages are cooking tools as well. There’s a knife sharpener, a chopping board, a page made of coal and more. Made by JWT Brazil for Tramontina.

Mountain bikes with 29″ wheels can take on any terrain, but critics say they’re not good for tackling corners. Specialized Bikes and freerider Matt Hunter say otherwise. Do it on a sidewalk!

Carlsberg set up friendly football games between countrymen separated by borders in Kosovo, Cyprus and Ireland. While it’s awkward to see serious issues being commercialized, the ad is undeniably touching and inspiring.

Humans already have a slight visual lag, but Swedish Internet provider UmeNet compounded the problem using virtual reality, delaying a couple of poor folks’ vision by up to 3 seconds. The result is a Jackass skit waiting to happen.

A turf war between kids at a local soccer field turns into an all-out war when they invoke their heroes. And the wrong Hulk shows up. Nike Football pulls out all the stops in their star-studded commercial. (Thanks Gian!)

Just when we thought viral marketing had peaked, here comes this seemingly random Russian dash cam video. A woman using her phone while driving thinks she hit a dog. It reeks of a scam, but it’s not the one you think.

We’ve seen it parodied before, but nothing’s better than the real thing. Here’s a barrage of people making mountains out of molehills, from wearing bathrobes to putting on a seat belt. Also featuring the worst poems in the world.

Cardstore set up a fake job hiring and interviewed applicants to outline the job’s outrageous responsibilities. In other news, a mother of two wore her one good blazer and skipped an actual job interview for a viral video.