Funny international TV ads

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Funny International TV ads

Funny, hilarious or clever TV ads and TV commercials from the 4 corners of the world.
You can add your favorite too if you wish, at the bottom of this page. What makes a TV ad funny is sometimes personal of course, and the choice is mine, but I am sure you'll enjoy at least a few in the list. International TV ads can be obscure if you don't have the key to it, so whenever necessary I'll provided some background.

Mikado cookies TV ad 

Why you should always wear underwears at work.
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Movies are made to be seen 

This TV ad is my all time favorite. The original title of the french movie "March of the Penguin is "La marche de l' Empereur" (March of the Emperor). And in France when you think Emperor you think Napoleon Bonaparte...this TV ad for a movie channel is an amazingly fun hijacking of that movie.
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Cars and Beer TV ads 

Exequo among the most boring ads on TV, worldwide, are cars and beer commercials.
Beer TV ads are most of the time following pretty much the same pattern: a group of alpha men drinks beer surrounded by bimbos, with various local, regional or holidays variants.
The targeted audience must have drank too much of the product anyway to care or understand anything else I guess.

As for car commercials, they are probably among the most difficult to do because they need to focus on performance and look. So they usually end up in just showing a beautiful car, on a empty road, driven by successful people. Then the ad points out a few technical aspect of the car, on music performed by the most promising Indie group.

I want to share with you a few different beer and car ads: original, fun, intelligent.
Hope you enjoy!

 

The Smart

One great car ad. They want you to remember one single point: the Smart is so small, it doesn't even have backseats.....and to make sure you understand why backseats are bad, they provides you with some classic movie scenes.....
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The Peugeot 206

The Peugeot 206 is hotter than an Bollywood star, and not having one just plain suck. But fear not, that indian guy is full of resources.....
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Warning!! shocking beer ad!

You have been warned! This beer ad doesn't have any sexy girls in it!!
To the very basic beer drinker, this may cause dizziness and various other sickness.
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Who said libraries are boring? 

The Alberta (Canada) public libraries sure have a sens of humor.
This is my favorite from the many they have done.
I just can't stop laughing at this one.
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What not to wear 

It was too difficult for me to pick a favorite so I am showing you all of them in this 3 minutes video (thanks to youtube user LynxJet25).

I call this "what not to wear"
Reitmans calls it "designed for real life"
The 2 fashion critiques call it "Reitmans 1, Haute Couture 0"

For those wanting to know, the 2 critiques are Canadian actors: Martin Fortier and Russell Yuen.

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Please vote on Reitmans ads 

I love the pigeons, the Park and the Airport...but if I had to make a choice I'd go with
the park one.

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Berlitz 

Berlitz

This guy failed is English class...he should have paid more attention, or enroll in a Berlitz class.....
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One classic IKEA TV ad 

It's because you're crazy!
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If it existed we'd have it 

Here's 5 "If it existed we'd have it" ads from Reno-Depot. Reno-Depot is a hardware store in Canada (Quebec). These ads are parodies of the cheap commercials you have on those home shopping channels.

Réno-Dépôt - Flavor Jet ENG 0 points

Réno-Dépôt - Magic Plug ENG 0 points

Réno-Dépôt - Fit Pack ENG 0 points

Réno-Dépôt - Tan Fan ENG 0 points

Réno-Dépôt - The Mirror Paint ENG 0 points

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Have a favorite TV ad you want to share (part one) 

Feel free to add your favorite funny international TV ad here (your ad must be available on you tube). I will have to approve them first, so they won't appear instantly. (note that I will be away all of july, so I'll approve any submission done during that time when I'm back).

I started the first list by adding this french TV ad. this is another one for Canal Plus, this time they are playing on the Brokeback Mountain movie.

Pulled 2004 Dodge Durango Commercial 1 point

Canal Plus / Brokeback Mountain 0 points

Have a favorite TV ad you want to share? (part 2) 

I started this second list by adding this asian TV ad. it really sucks......I mean really!

Electrolux - It really sucks 0 points

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    poddys poddys Jun 30, 2009 @ 5:51 am
    Very funny lens, and some great ads. I remember lots growing up from Heineken and Fosters Lager, as well as plenty of others. Great idea for a lens. 5*****. Thanks for adding my lens "The Daily Joke Index" as a featured lens. I have added yours to mine.
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    papawu papawu Jun 29, 2009 @ 12:31 pm
    Had a blast! I love funny ads and commercials. Always found them almost more entertaining than the programs they come between.
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    Sadheeskumar Sadheeskumar Jun 28, 2009 @ 11:55 am
    This is a very good lens for having some fun by watching video files.I am giving Five stars for your work. Also thanks for adding my lens here
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    debnet debnet Jun 20, 2009 @ 2:45 pm
    I love the Peugot ad. We had it here in the uk two or three years ago and I still enjoy it :)
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    JustBon-Crochet-Designs JustBon-Crochet-Designs Jun 17, 2009 @ 9:53 pm
    These are hilarious! Great choices. 5*s
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