Josh on....The Top Ten Commercials

After creating this topic, I realized (as it seems Dan and Hula Boy did as well) that it was a bit of a strange topic. So, instead of just ten random commercials, I tried to sprinkle my list with a few great fake commercials, as well as an interesting spin on things.

10. Almost every children's show I watched as a kid
Seriously. Think about it. Shows like Transformers, Voltron, Power Rangers, X-Men were all just giant commercials. They were twenty minutes of advertisements for the toys. And damn did it work. As we have seen previously, I was a huge fan of action figures. Even though they didn't all make my list, the toys from the shows in my childhood resulted in a large amount of my parents' money being spent at toy stores.

9. Log
To this day, I can recite almost this entire song. Unfortunately, I never actually got a Log. But the commercial really made me want one.




8. Kit Kat Bar
I would be willing to wager that no other commercial jingle is so infectious as the Kit Kat jingle. However, instead of breaking off just one of the many commercials utilizing this genius jingle, I decided to embed a compilation.



7. The Gap
This fun commercial is directed by Spike Jonze. I'm not a big fan of the Gap, so I think the biggest appeal for me is going into a Gap store and breaking shit.



6. Gears of War
The original trailer for GoW, while not as epic as the Halo 3 trailer, is still quite cool. As everyone says when they explain this ad, the music and violence are a great contrast that got people pretty pumped up for what has become a blockbuster success.




5. Dog Training
In the mid to late 90s, there was a flood in the vhs market for training tapes. Amongst those was a video on how to train your dog, and I thoroughly enjoyed the commercial, even if I would never buy the video.



4. Halo 3
As Dan has already explained, the first commercial for Halo 3 was the reason we were at first excited for this epic sequel.



3. American Express
A few years ago, American Express got big name celebrities to endorse their card in monologue commercials. One of my favorites was Wes Anderson, director of movies like "The Darjeeling Limited." It is a commercial directed by Anderson of Anderson directing a movie. For completely selling out, he kept it fun and light, which I enjoyed.



2. Pepsi
In the beginning, this was just a regular commercial for Pepsi and the Pepsi points system. But then somebody took it too far. They "believed" the commercial, and saved up the points to buy the Harrier Jet. When Pepsi didn't deliver on the jet, he sued them. Epic.



1. Banned Xbox 360 Ad
This advertisement never aired in America. I'm assuming it was too "violent"? Regardless, I saw it before the 360 came out and got PUMPED for the 360.