FA+
Shop
"A Couple of More Animal Commercials"
8 years ago
As 2017 starts to wind down, I've found some more TV advertisements with various fauna (and one with a monster) that I'd like to share with many of you. Going in descending order (starting with #5), each commercial product or company is followed by some commentary by yours truly, and its "YouTube" link (in case you don't get any of these adverts in your area, or you constantly miss them, whenever they air)...
5. State Farm: "Together" (:30): Last month, I had described two Subaru commercials (in the #1 spot) that each had a dog in it. This time, a dog is featured in a spot for the auto insurance company, as he is joined by Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in a 'flashback montage' - when the duo shared some 'good times' in a new car... only to have a neighbor's 'drone' ruin things! (Contradictory to the company's slogan, the dog doesn't "...like a good neighbor..."!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EejU7BmW5Mo
4. Energizer: "New Bunny Spots" (:15 each): Many years ago, a commercial to promote long-lasting batteries depicted a whole bunch of drum-beating rabbit toys - only to have one surpass them all, and he's been a popular advertising icon ever since. The 'Energizer Bunny' had undergone some minor changes over the course of time, but in 2016, he had the most radical change of all. Like the character 'Pinocchio' - who turned into a real boy by the end of his story - the anthropomorphic bunny (through a combination of CGI and puppetry effects) has become more life-like (and less toy-like) than ever before! Here are a series of very short spots with him (from 2016 and 2017), presented in chronological order (with the best one ["Poof"] saved for last):
"Power Suit": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJAjb2GYHlM
"Fluffy Tail": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b7k66_Psps
"Naughty, Nice": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecctpF0Nf8c
"In-Laws": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CHMtB4Eogo
"Carrots": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjwcfUDnMEM
"Writing on the Lens": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFEWKGUpsg
"Poof": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ub-zb7LVbk
3. Geico: (:30 each) Once again, the insurance company released two new commercials with animals in them. First, the old standby 'Geico Gecko' appears as a co-pilot in a jet plane; and then, the newest critter (who's not a talking camel, a pig that goes "Whee!", or a pair of badminton-playing fleas) in the latest spot, who may be a 'party animal', but is rather slow at playing party games (like "Pictionary")...
"Gecko Air Show": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMcvcPLQwr8
"Game Night with a Sloth": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl3l6Bq6bMo
2. Johnsonville Sausage: "Jeff and his Forest Friends" (1:00): This particular advert debuted in 2016, and I only got to see the thirty-second version of it for the first time last month. But, I'd found the one-minute version on "YouTube", and I think some of you will enjoy it - even if these woodland creatures (in order: a raccoon, a squirrel, a turkey, a porcupine, and a wolf) look like audioanimatronic puppet rejects from Disneyland!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FlfNE9U11M
1. John Lewis: "Moz The Monster" (2:00): As part of its annual tradition, the folks behind the U.K. store chain came up with another terrific holiday advert. This time, it involves a little boy and the relationship he shares with the 'monster under the bed' (who resembles a refugee from the live-action film version of "Where The Wild Things Are"). Watch this spot, and see if you don't fall in love with 'Moz', too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw1Y-zhQURU #MozTheMonster
ADDENDA: There was a rumor going around that this year's John Lewis holiday advert was presented in the form of (a condensed version of) the award-winning CGI short "A Fox And A Mouse", presented as "The Fox and the Mouse" (3:48)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd_0BluZgHg
...but I think that it was a 'decoy', and that "Moz The Monster" was the real John Lewis holiday advert. BTW, if you wish to view the original (and complete) "Fox/Mouse" short subject, here's the link to it...
"A Fox And A Mouse" (6:23): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZyjJtBllow
And, as far as past John Lewis holiday adverts go, my favorite still has to be 2016's "Buster The Boxer" (2:00) - with all those animals (wild and domesticated) having fun on that trampoline... Priceless!
"Buster The Boxer": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr6lr_VRsEo #BusterTheBoxer
As usual, let me know if you're unable to view any of the above commercials - in case I'd typed in the wrong characters in any of these links. And if I'm unavailable, just type in the commercial brand name and the subject matter of the spot in the 'search' section on the 'Home' page of "YouTube"...
Next month, I hope to wrap up 2017 with any last-minute TV ads with animals that I might have overlooked during the year.
- - - - - - - - - - 5. State Farm: "Together" (:30): Last month, I had described two Subaru commercials (in the #1 spot) that each had a dog in it. This time, a dog is featured in a spot for the auto insurance company, as he is joined by Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in a 'flashback montage' - when the duo shared some 'good times' in a new car... only to have a neighbor's 'drone' ruin things! (Contradictory to the company's slogan, the dog doesn't "...like a good neighbor..."!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EejU7BmW5Mo
4. Energizer: "New Bunny Spots" (:15 each): Many years ago, a commercial to promote long-lasting batteries depicted a whole bunch of drum-beating rabbit toys - only to have one surpass them all, and he's been a popular advertising icon ever since. The 'Energizer Bunny' had undergone some minor changes over the course of time, but in 2016, he had the most radical change of all. Like the character 'Pinocchio' - who turned into a real boy by the end of his story - the anthropomorphic bunny (through a combination of CGI and puppetry effects) has become more life-like (and less toy-like) than ever before! Here are a series of very short spots with him (from 2016 and 2017), presented in chronological order (with the best one ["Poof"] saved for last):
"Power Suit": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJAjb2GYHlM
"Fluffy Tail": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b7k66_Psps
"Naughty, Nice": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecctpF0Nf8c
"In-Laws": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CHMtB4Eogo
"Carrots": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjwcfUDnMEM
"Writing on the Lens": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFEWKGUpsg
"Poof": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ub-zb7LVbk
3. Geico: (:30 each) Once again, the insurance company released two new commercials with animals in them. First, the old standby 'Geico Gecko' appears as a co-pilot in a jet plane; and then, the newest critter (who's not a talking camel, a pig that goes "Whee!", or a pair of badminton-playing fleas) in the latest spot, who may be a 'party animal', but is rather slow at playing party games (like "Pictionary")...
"Gecko Air Show": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMcvcPLQwr8
"Game Night with a Sloth": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl3l6Bq6bMo
2. Johnsonville Sausage: "Jeff and his Forest Friends" (1:00): This particular advert debuted in 2016, and I only got to see the thirty-second version of it for the first time last month. But, I'd found the one-minute version on "YouTube", and I think some of you will enjoy it - even if these woodland creatures (in order: a raccoon, a squirrel, a turkey, a porcupine, and a wolf) look like audioanimatronic puppet rejects from Disneyland!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FlfNE9U11M
1. John Lewis: "Moz The Monster" (2:00): As part of its annual tradition, the folks behind the U.K. store chain came up with another terrific holiday advert. This time, it involves a little boy and the relationship he shares with the 'monster under the bed' (who resembles a refugee from the live-action film version of "Where The Wild Things Are"). Watch this spot, and see if you don't fall in love with 'Moz', too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw1Y-zhQURU #MozTheMonster
ADDENDA: There was a rumor going around that this year's John Lewis holiday advert was presented in the form of (a condensed version of) the award-winning CGI short "A Fox And A Mouse", presented as "The Fox and the Mouse" (3:48)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd_0BluZgHg
...but I think that it was a 'decoy', and that "Moz The Monster" was the real John Lewis holiday advert. BTW, if you wish to view the original (and complete) "Fox/Mouse" short subject, here's the link to it...
"A Fox And A Mouse" (6:23): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZyjJtBllow
And, as far as past John Lewis holiday adverts go, my favorite still has to be 2016's "Buster The Boxer" (2:00) - with all those animals (wild and domesticated) having fun on that trampoline... Priceless!
"Buster The Boxer": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr6lr_VRsEo #BusterTheBoxer
- - - - - - - - - - As usual, let me know if you're unable to view any of the above commercials - in case I'd typed in the wrong characters in any of these links. And if I'm unavailable, just type in the commercial brand name and the subject matter of the spot in the 'search' section on the 'Home' page of "YouTube"...
Next month, I hope to wrap up 2017 with any last-minute TV ads with animals that I might have overlooked during the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJAjb2GYHIM
...but seriously, are they selling batteries or bunnies? 'Cause I'd buy a bunny!