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Last seen by me and possibly you last weekend performing with both Baby Wants Candy and Police Chief Rumble, Jeff Hiller also stars in this TV commercial seen by me and you and everyone else for American Airlines, in which he's a traveling salesman pitching what could only be described …
I was about to write something about funny friends of mine who are in a new commercial, when the Internets opened up and unearthed this "oldie" from 1995, starring, as the admakers themselves put it: "a terrific young Second City cast member." They added: "It was her first commercial. She …
File this under: Cross-cross-trainer-promotional-promotions. It's Aug. 1, 2010: Funny or Die unveils a redesign, and eight weeks before the start of HBO's second season of Eastbound & Down, Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) is back already — and with his too-loyal Stevie Janowski (Steve Little) to boot — to pitch an NSFW ad …
Some products are so silly, that when you see the ads for them on TV, you begin to wonder how even the people in the ads can take them seriously. I suppose that's what the people who make the Shoe Dini felt, too, and decided to hire Gilbert Gottfried to …
If you ever wonder what the advertising community thinks about stand-up comedians, well then, just watch the ads that feature stand-ups. I've featured before a Midol campaign that has female stand-ups talking about their periods, and an ad for heartburn featured a guy getting heckled by a male stand-up for …
From a friend of the site comes this classic, and very timely, TV commercial from about 1980 for McDonald's advertising their annual limited-time offer of a Shamrock Shake for St. Patrick's Day. But do you recognize the young man in the "Kiss me, I'm Irish" shirt? It's not me, but …
You know how we were all led into new rumors about who's the target of Carly Simon's old song, "You're So Vain." Well, that reminds me of today, when Lindsay Lohan's attorney announced she was filing a lawsuit against E*Trade, thinking that one of their new TV commercials is about …
The E*Trade talking baby was at it again with a new series of ads that debuted during the third quarter of the Super Bowl. Did you know that the baby is now being voiced by stand-up comedian Pete Holmes? I did, and I talked to him earlier today about his …
In the second quarter of the Super Bowl, CBS broadcast an ad for its late-night chat show, Late Show with David Letterman. Letterman and Oprah had appeared together in a Super Bowl spot before, but this time, Jay Leno crashed the party. In his denim shirt. And allowed Letterman to …
Last year, Pete Holmes and his comedy partners from Front Page Films got flown down to the Super Bowl in Tampa to find out if their self-made ad for Doritos would have a chance to win $1 million. They didn't win the big prize, but did get to see their …