Your best ever TV ad? 'Levis in the laundrette' for me!

When we first lived in Hong Kong British Caledonian (remember them?) were still flying and they had a great ad using the Beach Boys 'California Girls' - substituting Caledonian for California! Still sticks in the memory!

Renault’s ‘ Shakin’ That Ass’ undoubtedly the best ad of all time. Editing, music, cuts, character, style, mise en scene. Top.

Old style - the Cadbury's ad with the gorilla playing the drums to "Something in the air tonight".

New style, the Heycar ad with Oliver Britten lip syncing. It's the only ad that make be sit up and listen these days.

A favourite of mine from the 70's was the one for Vicks Sinex Spray.

The son says 'Oh Mum I can't.......

Mum goes to get the Vicks and says '...course you can Malcolm'!

olliebeak

A few favourites from me ....................

Quorn Advert - 'Touch my food - Feel my fork!' - www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvUR8t9tDcc

'Oxo Family' adverts starring Lynda Bellingham -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj-WJHUO6ag

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZx4okYngUk

'Clark's Shoes' - Proper Little Madam - www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrwG9Ae7WBg

My current favourites are for Virgin Broadband - I can't wait to see how this 'love story' is going to pan out - www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDzu2DHtWac

Oh I was hoping someone would mention that one. I stop and watch it whenever it’s on. What beautiful faces the two actors have. I must admit to having no awareness of what it was actually advertising. I love the way he says ‘hi’.

I like the funny ads. It's going back quite a bit but the Smash ads always made me laugh. Not keen on the soppy John Lewis type ads or the "buy this and all your friends will envy you" type ads.

I rarely watch TV but once in a while I watched something and, in between, caught the partying Bacardi cat.

Gregor Fisher in the Hamlet cigar advert in the 80’s. He’s in a passport photo booth fixing his awful comb over and posing in anticipation of the flash. He has a couple of false starts when he moves just as the photo is taken. Then the seat collapses just as the final photo is taken. Not a word spoken but it’s very funny.

youtu.be/rlYMID5qCdE

I'd forgotten the Hamlet one - very funny.