Awesome Commercials

For Foot Locker’s “Week of Greatness”, famous athletes do their best to right their many wrongs. We can’t decide if Rodman permanently heading to North Korea or Mike Tyson giving Evander Holyfield his ear back is better.

A brilliantly made commercial from a few years back for Robinsons Be Natural fruit drinks gives us a look into what happens inside the four walls of your typical birdhouse. The cuckoo clock is a nice touch.

A beautifully animated holiday advert for UK retailer John Lewis – a tale of the unlikely friendship between a bear and a rabbit (and their desire for fancy gifts.) The best part is Lily Allen’s cover of Keane’s Somewhere Only We Know.

Kyrie Irving’s alter ego tries to recruit his fellow point guard Lights, but the man’s wife won’t allow it. They need to teach the youngblood though, so they go out and ball anyway. Also starring Nate Robinson and Maya Moore.

Microsoft flexes its marketing muscle with this spot for the soon to be released Xbox One console, featuring Zachary Quinto and footballer Steven Gerrard. And so the console war begins anew. Let’s hope gamers keep winning it.

Sony takes us on time warp back to 1995 with every PlayStation console from the very first release through this year’s anxiously-awaited PS4, perfectly nailing the decor, clothing, hairstyles and music of each generation.

This new commercial for the fuel-efficient European Honda CR-V 1.6 i DTEC will quickly have you scratching your head through a series of mind-bending optical illusions, touting the tagline “An impossible, made possible.”

IKEA encourages adults to treat their house as a playground and to turn daily chores into fun activities with their kids. Preferably with the help of IKEA furniture. The song is Playin’ with My Friends by Masters in France.

The latest commercial spot for the upcoming Sony PS4 console puts human players into epic gameplay scenarios, with an eye toward the way we’ll be spending our days when the next-gen system hits on 11/15/13.

A bunch of New Yorkers who only wanted a dose of caffeine got a different kind of jolt when a short-tempered girl opened up a can of whoop ass. With her mind. A promtional stunt for the upcoming Carrie remake.

A hilarious PSA for learning first aid from the Australian Red Cross teaches us exactly what the title says. You can’t put a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. From the same guys who taught just us how dangerous paperclips could be.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911, the car maker put together a musical birthday tribute using the engine notes of seven generations of the classic sports car. Play an interactive version here.

Director Nacho Gayan’s charming CGI animated spot for the Audi A4 is the ultimate in aspirational marketing, as a tiny wind-up robot wishes he could be more like his distant, and decidedly more sophisticated cousin.

ScreenJunkies schools us on the history of famous actors and celebs, showing off some of their most embarrassing, weird and just plain wrong commercials from early in their careers. Funny that the BK Lounge really delivers now.

Volkswagen USA promotes its free scheduled maintenance offer with a commercial aimed squarely at 80s kids, perfectly aping a classic music video. If you’re too young to remember, let this be your a-ha moment.

Watch Chicago Blackhawks’ star forward Patrick Kane navigate an increasingly tricky field of pucks as he juggles another one with his stick. Kane told the Chicago Tribune that the video is real, except for the very last bit.

This commercial for bathroom freshener Poo-Poourri features a delightful lady whose radiant beauty and pleasant demeanor is matched only by her nasty poop-related puns. It left us chuckling but also moderately confused.

Two Maori kids joke about how their dads drive when high. It seems innocent at first, but their jokes slowly underline the danger that they’re in. A public service advisory from New Zealand’s broadcasting studio Maori Television.

In this awesome augmented reality game for the Lexus IS Hybrid, former F1 driver Jarno Trulli zipped his way to a goal that was projected on the floor while staying on a path that his co-drivers made on the fly using a tablet app.

While it was created as a promo for fast food chain Chipotle’s Scarecrow app, this animated short encouraging sustainable food production stands on its own. Fiona Apple’s cover of Pure Imagination is worth the price of admission.

It’s far too easy to turn our backs on people who need help. Oftentimes, it’s only when we’re at the mercy of others do we realize the value of kindness, as shown in this touching commercial for Thai telecom company True Move H.

Motorola promotes the Moto X’s exclusive voice-activated Touchless Control feature by portraying other smartphones as lazy and sleazy bros. We can’t see how the Moto X could’ve helped with the Sharon problem though.

Playstation Japan’s commercial showcasing the connectivity and the ideal unified experience of Sony’s latest gaming devices: the PlayStation 4, the new PS Vita model and the PS Vita TV microconsole.