Awesome Commercials

Conduit Productions show that although he seems entirely capable of killing the cat, curiosity most likely won’t in this stylish spot for the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.

If you’ve ever spent any time on the Vegas Strip, you’ve probably endured the crowds to watch the dancing fountains at The Bellagio. This version cost way less to produce, and is more entertaining.

Man, we thought all these animals were alive. But the antelope driving the car is the work Chuck Testa of Ojai Valley Taxidermy, making dead animals almost as much fun as living ones.

This video is all about the time freeze effect popularized by The Matrix, except this time there were no special effects used. Made by Lawrence Chen to promote Pepsi’s short film contest.

A commercial for Sega’s Kinect survival horror game Rise of Nightmares made by video game comedy duo Mega64. Wait, so does this mean the game isn’t available in our dimension? Also: SWAG.

The effects in the original TRON weren’t exactly high-tech, but did you know they made light cycle chase using duct tape? Ok, they didn’t. That doesn’t make this ad for Duck Tape any less awesome.

(NSFW: Language) While it’s not quite as nasty as that Skittles commercial, that doesn’t mean this supposedly banned 1996 Lunchables commercial didn’t make us spit out our lunch meat laughing.

Thai Life has resorted to extreme measures to get brand recall. They’re now “That Company With the Saddest Commercial Ever Made.” *Sniff* Turn subtitles on. And go get some insurance.

It took Christopher Nolan 148 minutes to get us asking, “Is it a dream, or is it real?” But back in 1982, it took this commercial only 33 seconds to get TV viewers to ask, “Is it live, or is it Memorex?”

Bon Yurt’s viral yogurt ad features a group of artists possessing blenders, paint, and 700+ glasses; they build an insane equalizer type of contraption with tons of neon glow stick goo.

A divine brush paints the world in vivid color. Well, most of it. This commercial for French company Tiji TV is a testament to a child’s imagination. Also: Aren’t there two of them like that?

(Very NSFW) Video directing duo Cousins let loose in this ridiculous, but hysterical (fake) ad spot for the chewy and tangy candy. We absolutely do not want to ever taste this rainbow.

We’re all for drinking and cooking, but drinking and driving is idiotic. Brazil’s Bar Aurora and Boteco Ferraz drive the point home trying to convince drivers to leave their car with a sh*t-faced valet.

If you enjoyed the drifting on the rooftop in the previous vid, then you’ll probably like the way the BMW 1M seamlessly slips through the Tetris-like cuts in the concrete walls here. (Thanks David!)

Here’s what you need to know: this is a TV spot for a company’s movie theater promo, which lets users buy two movie tickets for the price of one. Bonus clue/made-up word: trailerbomber.

There are green vehicles that are as fast and sexy as gas-fed ones, and we wouldn’t trade our planet for even the most bad-ass ride. Neither of those beliefs stopped us from laughing at this spoof ad.

This twenty second commercial for Aldi in Britain starts out in typical explanatory fashion, but it’s well worth watching the whole thing just for the hilarious punchline at the end. (Thanks Andrew!)

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Ogilvy Brazil asked the perennial question to kids in this ad for the Red Balloon English School and turned their answers into business cards.

The latest clip for Deus Ex: Human Revolution features testimonials from the augmented humans from the last fake commercial for Sarif Industries. Now we want the video game and bionic parts.

A priest is called to help a young lady who is being tormented and controlled by a devil – a Dirt Devil. Produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg for the Centrino Clean Control vacuum cleaner.

The photo of Einstein sticking his tongue out is just the physicist being silly, but this ad for the Sweep Panorama feature in Sony Cyber-shot cameras is still clever. Watch the Marilyn Monroe ad here.

We’re not sure if this is an actual ad – the scent being advertised doesn’t appear to exist – but it makes use of the visual hyperbole in the Old Spice Guy campaign, so it’s fun to watch nonetheless.

On a Jalopnik post about what the site thinks is the best automotive commercial ever made, commenter Monsterajr shared this commemorative ad by Shell and Ferrari. Turn your speakers up.