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Commercials
we’re talkin’ pull tab
Mar. 1, 2024
Richard Lewis Revisits His ‘Trippy’ BoKu Fruit-Juice Commercials
“Quite frankly, I thought I was having a nervous breakdown watching them all at once.”
By
Chris Wendelken
vulture sports
Feb. 12, 2024
Super Bowl Ads 2024: Beyoncé Album Announcement (Feat. Verizon)
Get out the Buffalo-chicken dip, it’s time to consume Super Bowl commercials.
By
Jason P. Frank
keep it a bean
Sept. 13, 2023
Move Over, Ben Affleck, Ice Spice Has Some Dunkin’ Ideas
Like the Ice Spice Munchkins Drink, out now.
By
Justin Curto
underrated
Aug. 14, 2023
Can a Boneless-Chicken Commercial Be Art?
Late Night
writer Ben Warheit shares his love for “I Ate the Bones.”
By
Bethy Squires
vulture sports
Feb. 13, 2023
Super Bowl LVII Commercials Have Kicked Off
The real main event.
By
Jason P. Frank
clam-ity
Feb. 13, 2023
Maya Rudolph Out, M&M’s In
The world isn’t ready for candy clams.
By
Jason P. Frank
dunkies
Jan. 10, 2023
Ben Affleck Gets a Job at Dunkin’ Donuts, Fulfills Dream
And J.Lo rolled through the drive-thru to support him.
By
Wolfgang Ruth
rebecca is a food critic now
Dec. 1, 2022
Lindsay Lohan’s Christmas Pilk Will Fill Your Stocking (With Vomit)
This dirty soda really
is
naughty.
By
Rebecca Alter
last night on late night
Nov. 22, 2022
Taika Waititi Helped Daniel Craig Learn to Move His Benoit Booty
The second James Bond to loosen his hips (after Pierce Brosnan in
Mamma Mia!
).
By
Jason P. Frank
respect the classics
Sept. 27, 2022
How Did a Neil Young Cover End Up in an NBC Ad?
And why is Young so mad about it?
By
Justin Curto
it’s saur true
Aug. 31, 2022
Nicole Kidman Reprises Her Most Impactful Role: The AMC Commercial
Heartbreak to keep feeling good in a sequel.
By
Zoe Guy
u.n.i.t.y.
Aug. 29, 2022
Beyoncé Sends Her Friend Serena Williams Love in New Gatorade Ad
You know, the tennis legend who made a cameo in
Lemonade
.
By
Jennifer Zhan
it’ll end in tiers
May 10, 2022
Netflix Is Getting Ads Sooner Than Everyone Thought
Bingeing, but with breaks.
By
Eric Vilas-Boas
buffering
Mar. 10, 2022
Why Commercials Are Coming to the Biggest Streamers
Higher subscription rates for some, ads for everyone else.
By
Josef Adalian
super bowl lvi
Feb. 14, 2022
America’s Sweethearts Star in an Amazon Ad, and More Super Bowl Commercials
Pete Davidson selling mayonnaise — it just makes sense.
By
Rebecca Alter
movies
Jan. 15, 2022
Nicole Kidman Addresses Her AMC Theatres Commercial: ‘It’s So True’
She believes that somehow heartbreak
does
feel good in a place like this.
By
Jennifer Zhan
silence brand
Dec. 12, 2021
Ryan Reynolds Inserts Himself Into the ‘Death by Peloton’ Narrative
So was it an op all along, or what?
By
Bethy Squires
commercials
July 27, 2021
At Last, an Adam Driver You Can Truly Ride
In Driver’s new Burberry campaign, horse becomes man, man becomes horse, Oscar-nominated actor becomes centaur.
By
Nate Jones
the law
Feb. 10, 2021
Jeep Takes the Keys From Bruce Springsteen After DWI News
“Drinking and driving can never be condoned,” Jeep said in a statement.
By
Justin Curto
vulture bets on berry
Jan. 21, 2021
A Hopeful America Deserves Matt Berry As Cranberry Spokesperson
This is the only path forward for us as a country and for the world.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
last night on late night
Dec. 14, 2020
SNL
Hopes You Don’t Take Those Christmas Lexus Ads Seriously
A boon for the giant bow industry, a disaster for your family’s finances.
By
Halle Kiefer
extremely online
Aug. 11, 2020
On Top of Everything Else, Apparently There’s Still Baby Nut
Don’t we have enough to deal with?
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
peloton cinematic universe
Dec. 12, 2019
The Peloton Ad Actress Blames Her Eyebrows for the Controversy
“My eyebrows look worried.”
By
Zoe Haylock
i want to ride my peloton
Dec. 7, 2019
The Peloton Husband Is Worried That His Acting Career Is Dead
“People turned down a pretty dark path and it turned into a nasty thing.”
By
Devon Ivie
the worst thing we’ve ever read
Sept. 2, 2019
FKA Twigs Reveals Her Surgical Stitches Split Open While Dancing in Apple Ad
“Just so you know, if I start bleeding through this white shirt…”
By
Halle Kiefer
dance dance evolution
Feb. 10, 2019
Does
Your
Phone Have a Little Dancing Childish Gambino in It? Hmmmmm? Does It?
If you’re watching the Grammys tonight, you now know Donald Glover is available in pocket-size.
By
Halle Kiefer
super bowl 2019
Feb. 4, 2019
What the Hell Happened at the Skittles Musical?
For one, Michael C. Hall sang a lot about Skittles.
By
Jackson McHenry
last night on late night
Apr. 23, 2018
Here’s Why John Oliver Bought Airtime During Sean Hannity’s Show This Week
He’s mocking Trump. This time, with math!
By
Devon Ivie
Feb. 4, 2018
Here Are All the 2018 Super Bowl Ads, the Real Reason We Watch Any Super Bowl
Get ready to cry, appreciate your access to fresh water, and love Tiffany Haddish.
By
Halle Kiefer
Apr. 18, 2017
On Ilana Becker and That IBS Pill Commercial
So I was watching the season finale of Crashing, the one where Pete Holmes goes to a big outdoor adult baptism. One of the people getting […]
By
Brian Boone
bad pr
Apr. 5, 2017
Pepsi Pulls Its Protest Ad, Apologizes to Kendall Jenner
“Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding. Clearly, we missed the mark.”
By
Jackson McHenry
costume designers
Feb. 22, 2017
This Japanese Jude Law Pepsi Ad Beat Beyoncé’s ‘Hold Up’ for a Costume Award
Only the Costume Designers Guild could pit the Young Pope against Beyoncé.
By
Hunter Harris
super bowl
Feb. 3, 2017
Why ‘Cold As Ice’ Is the Perfect Song for That Wendy’s Super Bowl Commercial
A song licensing CEO discusses the importance of choosing the perfect song for a Super Bowl commercial.
By
Priska Neely
Dec. 22, 2016
John Hodgman Has Strong Words for the Turncoat Verizon Spokesman
Paul Marcarelli AKA the “Verizon Guy” recently turned on the company that made him famous by starring in Sprint’s newest ad campaign, and […]
By
Megh Wright
commercials
Nov. 20, 2016
Of Course Drake Dances to Taylor Swift When No One Is Watching
Some secrets just shouldn’t be revealed.
By
Dee Lockett
in soviet russia commercials watch you
July 9, 2016
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Russian Doppelgänger Gets the Vodka Commercial He Deserves
The theme is that it’s fake! Just like him!
By
Devon Ivie
last night on late night
July 1, 2016
Ellie Kemper Makes a Fake Russian Gum Commercial
Pyod gum is very good!
By
Jackson McHenry
June 20, 2016
Darrell Hammond Isn’t Happy About Getting Replaced in KFC’s Colonel […]
By now you’ve probably seen KFC’s ad campaign starring Darrell Hammond, Norm Macdonald, and most recently Jim Gaffigan playing Colonel Sanders, […]
By
Megh Wright
May 3, 2016
Modern Comedy Owes a Lot to Those ‘This Is SportsCenter’ Commercials
Trawling YouTube is a weekly look at one interesting story or oddity from YouTube. You ever go down a YouTube rabbit hole and suddenly you’ve […]
By
Eddie Brawley
Apr. 25, 2016
‘SNL’ Will Have Fewer Commercials But More Branded Content Next Season
NBC is mixing up its advertising strategy for Saturday Night Live next season, and with that comes some good news and some bad news. According […]
By
Megh Wright
reunited and it feels so good
Jan. 29, 2016
‘Mean’ Joe Greene Reunites With 1980 Coke Ad Kid
Mean Joe Greene? More like Extremely Nice Mean Joe Greene!
By
Halle Kiefer
milk
Jan. 9, 2016
Lemmy’s Finnish Milk Ad Is a Touching Tribute
“I don’t drink milk. And I never will. You asshole.”
By
Greg Cwik
Dec. 2, 2015
Spend 45 Soothing Minutes of Silence with Nick Offerman and Some Whisky
For this holiday season, respected drinker and fatty meat lover Nick Offerman teamed up with Lagavulin for a very long but soothing commercial […]
By
Megh Wright
star wars
Nov. 21, 2015
C-3PO, R2-D2, and BB-8 Are BFFs in This New
Force Awakens
Commercial
BB-8 is so adorable, you may forget you’re watching an advertisement for a communications company.
By
Greg Cwik
the industry
Nov. 12, 2015
Old TV Will Start Resembling New TV by Airing Fewer Commercials
The Netflix revolution?
By
E. Alex Jung
Nov. 7, 2015
When You Wish Upon a Death Star
British retailer John Lewis’s weepy-eyed “Man on the Moon” commercial gets a special
Star Wars
send-up.
By
Greg Cwik
Oct. 21, 2015
Watch Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd Reunite to Celebrate ‘Back to […]
At long last it’s October 21, 2015, AKA Back to the Future Day, and to celebrate, Toyota put together a fun commercial reuniting Michael J. Fox […]
By
Megh Wright
the industry
Sept. 13, 2015
The Terrible World of Casting Notices
“Prisoner who looks like a real prisoner.”
By
Jenny Jaffe
streaming tv
July 17, 2015
Hulu Might Soon Let You Watch Its Shows Without Commercials
File this under “It’s about damn time.”
By
Joe Adalian
weird commercials
May 4, 2015
Justin Timberlake Plays a Lime in This Very Strange Tequila Commercial
With a Noo Yawk accent.
By
Nate Jones
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