Top 10 Commercials That Left Us SPEECHLESS
#10: Baby
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PlayStation 3 Okay, so the PlayStation baby isn’t Chucky. But as far as the creepy factor goes, it’s not that many rungs down from the horror movie icon himself. When the robot baby doll opens its eyes and starts to coo, we’re confused but not creeped out. However, when the baby reaches out for the PlayStation 3 across the room and his cute giggles turn into adult male laughter - now things are getting weird. Then there are the tears. And what does any of this have to do with the PlayStation 3?
#9: “A Certain Gooey Thing”
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Jammie Dodgers For those outside of the United Kingdom, Jammie Dodgers are a very popular British cookie composed of two shortcake biscuits with either a raspberry or strawberry jam in between. And just to be clear, neither flavor of jam is made with monkeys. We feel the need to say that because of this commercial featuring a monkey with his head surrounded by a cookie and his face poking out of the middle - where the jam would be exposed on the actual biscuit. And honestly, this wonderfully strange commercial mascot alone would be enough to leave us speechless. But the commercial takes things a step farther by having this monkey with the cookie head play piano and sing a song called “A Certain Gooey Thing.”
#8: Polar Bear
Nissan Leaf When you get an electric car, yes, you will save lots of money on gas - but you’ll also be helping to save the planet. At least that’s the angle Nissan took back in 2010 with this awesome commercial featuring a polar bear. After witnessing the melting of his surroundings the polar bear in the ad leaves his home and makes the long, solitary journey into the city. It is there that he finds a man about to get into his Nissan Leaf and, well let’s just say that if you’ve never gotten choked up during a commercial before - get ready for that to change.
#7: “Never Say No to Panda”
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Panda Cheese In 2010 the Arab Dairy company in Egypt released a series of commercials for their product, Panda Cheese. The ads featured a large, menacing panda who would, shall we say - not take kindly to people saying no to eating Panda Cheese. The panda didn’t talk, but instead used his aggressive actions to make his point, leaving the people in the scene speechless. And the ads did the same to us - although in more of a shocking and humorous way - as opposed to the fear-based speechlessness of the folks in the commercials.
#6: Banana Man
Dole Banana Man is a guy with bananas for fingers, bananas sticking out of his ears and nose and a couple bananas on his head. It sounds like something created during a fever dream - and you know what? Maybe it is. But it’s also the main character of this Japanese commercial for Dole bananas. Oh, and let’s not forget about the fact that he has a banana spidey-sense that lets him know when someone is sad, and an ability to cheer them up by shooting bananas out of his nose and into their lap.
#5: "This Is a Special Time"
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Little Baby’s Ice Cream Little Baby’s Ice Cream was a Philadelphia-based ice cream company that shut down operations in 2019. However, prior to going out of business they had been known just as much for their very different commercials as for their different specialty flavors. The most viral of these commercials was their 2012 ad in which a man covered in ice cream spoons it off his head and eats it while his voiceover recounts the virtues of said ice cream. Also, start watching and you’ll notice that the man has his eyes wide open and doesn’t blink - drawing you into some creepy, unexpected staring contest. We dare you to look away.
#4: Teddy Bear
Duracell Even if you’ve never seen this commercial before, knowing that it’s called “Teddy Bear” probably has you expecting some sentimentality. And you sure aren’t wrong in that assumption. A father in the military sends a teddy bear home for his little girl. Crying yet? He recorded his voice saying “I love you baby girl” whenever the girl squeezes the bear. How about now? Well, if the tears haven’t been jerked from your eyes yet, just you wait. Even the predictability of the ending didn’t stop the flow of our sentimental waterworks. And that was even before we knew that the ad was based on a true story.
#3: Lemmings
Apple Seeing Apple on this list you’re probably trying to think about which one of their great commercials we’re going to talk about. From their classic iPod ads to the iconic “1984” Super Bowl commercial, Apple has hit more advertising high notes than almost any other company out there. Which makes their 1985 "Macintosh Office" Super Bowl ad, “Lemmings,” that much more shocking. We get what they were trying to say. But turns out, calling your potential customers blind lemmings mindlessly following the herd off of a cliff is just a tad insulting and doesn’t get people psyched to buy what you’re selling.
#2: Unsung Hero
Thai Life Insurance We all want to hate insurance companies for the high fees, problems getting paid out for claims, etc. But as much as we want to, it’s almost impossible to hate the Thai Life Insurance company after watching this commercial. This one clocks in at three minutes in length. And while the first couple are heartwarming and sweet, there’s an unexpectedly moving moment at the 2 minute mark that begins the emotional crescendo of the ad. It’s a moment that leaves the people in the scene speechless and did the same for us for the final 60 or so seconds of the commercial.
#1: Lamp
Ikea At least with the teddy bear commercial we could somewhat expect a tugging of our heart strings. But this Ikea ad is about a lamp. How could a lamp make us feel the warm and fuzzies? Is it because we’re crazy? Well, that’s what the guy with the swedish accent tells us at the end of this 60 seconds - after we’ve been getting all choked up about the lamp alone on the curb. This awesome commercial leaves us speechless twice. First as we sit there actually feeling bad for a lamp, and then as we’re hysterically called out on said feelings by the commercial itself.
