Awesome Commercials

This animated commercial for a Japanese lighter and USB drive has so many mind-boggling aspects. First off, it’s over two minutes long. Second, it looks like it was made two decades ago. Third, everything else.

Here’s what you’ll need after this: a box of tissues, a lifetime’s supply of gum and this. Plot twist: dad runs out of Extra, fishes a roll of Mentos from his pocket and uses its wrapper to make one last gift. Fresh goes better…

We can’t help but notice that Old Spice has given up on making us feel special. The folks making the company’s new commercials seem very bitter about how their life turned out. And we’re lucky they’re that way.

LG Chile follows in the footsteps of its British counterpart, this time using the company’s new 4K resolution TVs to scare people. We’re pretty sure that the “victims” are actors though.

There is something kind of endearing about the approach JELL-O uses in this amusing commercial spot about a son imagining himself in his father’s follicles. If only chocolate pudding could solve more of our gripes.

Speed dating can be uncomfortable and tension filled. Perhaps getting away from the table and into a car is a better way to do it. At least that’s what Caroline thinks in this funny promo clip for the Renault Clio RS hot hatch.

If you haven’t already seen this trailer for the upcoming Sony PlayStation 4, it’s well worth a watch, as players and game characters come together to lure us towards the shiny, candylike future of next-gen gaming. (Sponsored by Sony)

While the first commercial in this trilogy was pretty lighthearted, this epic spot for Captain Morgan rum looks like something out of an HBO drama – or Assassin’s Creed IV. Though for a second, we weren’t sure if he was Batman.

(NSFW: Language) “Ties, and no playoffs. Why do you even do this?” Jason Sudeikis plays an American football coach who somehow ends up managing the Tottenham Hotspur in this inspired ad for NBC Premiere League.

Peyton and Eli Manning just did Vanilla Ice a huge solid. Their commercial for DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket service is filled with hilarious and cringe-inducing scenes. Are we sure this isn’t The Lonely Island?

The commercial for the Jordan Super.Fly 2 sees Blake Griffin looking for an extra man for his team. Enter Dr. Drain. He can play ball like a butterfly can sing. Forget the shoe, we want that Dr. Drain tank top.

Rugby player Brian Habana can outrun a cheetah. But can he beat something that has a top speed of 140mph… on land? Granted, the Airbus A380 also weighs over 300 tons. How much does it cost to fly on Brian Airways?

Czech car maker Škoda welcomes their sportiest car yet – the Octavia vRS – with a commercial that’s supposed to make us think their new ride is manly. Though it really just makes us want all the other cool stuff.

Rich Lee created this commercial on spec for Monster Energy drinks. The CGI-enhanced spot looks like something you’d see during the Super Bowl, with its sexy protagonist, blockbuster effects, and edgy sense of humor.

We have to hand it to Old Spice’s ad agency. Somehow they’ve managed to have more winners than losers with their ad campaigns, and despite being only 18 seconds long, their latest clip made us do a major spit-take at the end.

It seems over the top at times, but you’ll probably be a little more paranoid after watching this creepy ad from Belgian bank Febelfin showing the ease and the lengths at which a creeper is able to steal your identity.

Queens of the Stone Age is releasing their latest album on an 8GB flash drive that’s also a bottle opener. It also includes freebies like photos and music videos. They even made a cheesy infomercial starring SNL’s Fred Armisen.

Qualcomm envisions what the world might be like if we didn’t have our mobile gadgets. Yes, even without technology, we’d still find a way to play Angry Birds and use Twitter and Facebook – though we’re not quite sure why.

Nike hypes up Kevin Durant’s signature shoes by putting him on a summer league draft. Will Durantula’s skills be enough to get him the #1 pick? Or will the mighty Anton Barrels pull a Greg Oden on him?

For a promo for Molson Canadian, Rethink Canada left a fridge in public places in Europe. It was filled with the beer company’s products, but it required a special key to open. See how the fridge was built here.

Like fellow Japanese giant Sony, Honda lives and dies by its engineers. The company pays tribute to its most prized assets in this simple but powerful commercial. If only inventing stuff was this easy.

A cat is sick of his dull home life, when he realizes it would be so much more fun to be a dog. An entertaining and uplifting commercial for UK mobile provider O2. Though we still have absolutely no idea what it has to do with them.

Musician Chad Neidt rocks through a veritable crapton of TV commercial jingles in this One Minute Mashup. Though Barry Manilow did it better almost 40 years ago.