This 1970s Levi's commercial poses the existentialist question man must ask himself when faced with an evolutionary reality: if humans developed differently, say, if they had become fish—which type of polyester blend Levi's would they fancy?
Instead of having Drake rap about how their lemon-lime soda is the best he's ever had, Sprite opted to freak everyone in America out. Watch as Drake nonchalantly busts into a million sprite hemorrhaging, robotic pieces.
This was one moment from the Olympics that most of you probably missed—but that we at Gawker.TV rewound, recorded, and uploaded for the world to enjoy. So come enjoy the acid trip that apparently is cat food.
Advertisers go to great lengths—or in this case, heights—to produce high-quality commercials that move consumers. Toshiba UK tied a chair to a balloon with an HD camera and sent it into space, becoming the highest HD commercial ever.
Remember the 80's? Television had really hit a stride in this exuberant decade, and it wasn't just the sitcoms, Saturday morning cartoons, and prime-time soaps, but the segments that filled the voids between. From the ones you can't help but remember to the ones you wish you could forget, here are the commercials that will be with us forever: the immortals.
Someone collected every slap, hit, and punch-buggy from all of this year's Super Bowl ads and mashed them up into one, glorious, violent 30-second video. Watch and cringe.
While you were busy consuming your weight in nachos, we were busy rounding up the most memorable commercials of the night, for better or worse. And you know what we noticed? We'd seen all of them before.
You think it's easy getting Oprah Winfrey, Jay Leno, and David Letterman in a room together to tape a 15-second gag for the Super Bowl? Then you're wrong! This thing took private jets, corporate rescheduling, even espionage!
Slow clap for Slate V, who put together the following theoretical Google "commercial" that's ostensibly—at the least—just a concept, and at best, a successful meme. Truth be told, though, Google should consider buying it.
Skydivers are regular people, they put their speedsuits on one leg at a time. They look for ways to cut down on their morning routines like shaving during their rapid descent towards the ground.
Why subject mankind's senses to an entire hour of commercials only to be interrupted by fat Luke Wilson? Expensive ads are an important part of the Superbowl experience, but last night's travesty was the worst spin-off since Joanie Loves Chachi.
Who doesn't hate getting a ticket? Who doesn't love happy looking dogs? In this super cool world man and animal form the perfect symbiotic relationship and everyone wins.
CBS is still undecided on whether or not to air a gay-themed commercial during the upcoming Super Bowl. The spot, from the dating/networking site ManCrunch, shows two fans who get more than friendly when both simultaneously grab for the chips.
Gary the mattress salesman hasn't met a racial stereotype that he isn't willing to exploit, and does an amazingly thorough job of offending just about everybody in this 45-second commercial.
