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’ IdeasLike 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 OffThe real main event.

By Jason P. Frank

clam-ity Feb. 13, 2023

Maya Rudolph Out, M&M’s InThe world isn’t ready for candy clams.

By Jason P. Frank

dunkies Jan. 10, 2023

Ben Affleck Gets a Job at Dunkin’ Donuts, Fulfills DreamAnd 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 BootyThe 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 CommercialHeartbreak 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 AdYou 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 ThoughtBingeing, but with breaks.

By Eric Vilas-Boas

buffering Mar. 10, 2022

Why Commercials Are Coming to the Biggest StreamersHigher 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 CommercialsPete 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’ NarrativeSo was it an op all along, or what?

By Bethy Squires

commercials July 27, 2021

At Last, an Adam Driver You Can Truly RideIn 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 SpokespersonThis 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 SeriouslyA 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 NutDon’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 WeekHe’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 BowlGet 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 CommercialSo 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 AwardOnly 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 CommercialA 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 SpokesmanPaul 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 WatchingSome 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 DeservesThe 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 CommercialPyod 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 SeasonNBC 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 KidMean 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 WhiskyFor 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 CommercialBB-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 CommercialsThe Netflix revolution?

By E. Alex Jung

Nov. 7, 2015

When You Wish Upon a Death StarBritish 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