Best / most talked about TV ads – 2008/2009 (worldwide)


BEST MOST TALKED ABOUT

By E. Mahony – spotlightideas.co.uk

Included some of the places where these ads have been talked about, online (blog posts, blog comments, forums, articles, and more).

  • Heineken – Walking Fridge (Netherlands)
    - builder confuses ‘walk-in’ [fridge] with ‘walking’ [fridge]
    Agency: TBWA\Neboko
    Released: April 2009
    Talked about: Viral Blog
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Heineken – Walk-in-Fridge (Netherlands)
    - group of women get excited by walk-in clothes room as do a group of men by a walk-in fridge

    Agency: TBWA\Neboko
    Released: January 2009
    Talked about: AdRants Ads of The World
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Robinson’s – Bird House (UK)
    -
    whistling bird in a bird house with TV,  fridge and cuckoo clock

    Agency: BBH
    Released: May 2009
    Talked about: Motiongrapher
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Evian – Roller Babies (France)
    -
    breakdancing babies on roller blades
    Agency: BETC Euro RSCG, France
    Released: 2009
    Talked about: The Guardian The Inspiration Room Ads of the World
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Audi Q5: Bicycle (Japan)
    -
    great views from a bike (on top of a car)

    Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Japan
    Released: May 2009
    Talked about: AdRants Ads of The World
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • House of Cards – Shelter (UK)
    - urban views with collapsing-cards motif; music by Radiohead
    Agency: Leo Burnett London
    Released: February 2009
    Talked about: Independent AdRants
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Starburst – Llama (USA)
    - llama and man share a packet of Starburst

    Agency: Latinworks
    Released: June 2009
    Talked about: Search Engine Land
    Watch at: YouTube
    .
  • James Boag’s Draught – Pure Waters (Australia)
    - various waterside scenes narrated by laid-back, guitar-playing, man

    Agency: Publicis Mojo
    Released: February 2009
    Talked about: Campaign Brief
    Talked about: YouTube

  • Qwest – Birthing Room (USA)
    - Guy joins birthing training session to use their Wi-Fi

    Agency: Draftfcb, Chicago, USA
    Released: May 2009
    Talked about: Adweek
    Watch on: Ads of the World
    .
  • Coca Cola – Heist (USA)
    - Insects steal a bottle of coke and hawl it down a river and through undergrowth

    Agency: Wieden + Kennedy
    Released: January 2009
    Talked about: Ads Of The World Culture Buzz
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Pepsi Max: I’m good (USA)
    - Scenes of men being brave and now they no longer have to be brave about the taste of diet cola
    Agency: TBWA
    Released: January 2009
    Talked about: Business Week Ads of the World
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Skittles – Tailor (USA)
    - Skittles cause an unsual reflection in the mirror as a man tries on a suit

    Agency: TBWAChiatDay New York
    Released: 2009
    Talked about: AdRants AdFreak
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Pizza Pops – Monkeys (Canada)
    - Monkeyes go crazy in the kitchen with Pizza Pops
    Agency: Cossette Communications
    Released: January 2009
    Talked about: Ads of The World
    Watch on: YouTube

    .
  • Pizza Pops – Robot Friend (Canada)
    - Everything goes wrong for a robot with Pizza Pops

    Agency: Cossette Communications
    Released: January 2009
    Talked about: Ads of The World
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Britvic – Brains (UK)
    - Thunderbird character dances around to ‘Rythm is a Dancer’

    Agency: CHI & Partners
    Released: December 2008
    Talked about: Guardian
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • PG Tips – Breakfast (UK)
    - Johnny Vegas and monkey make, and have, breakfast together.
    Agency: Mother
    Released: 2008
    Talked about: Marketing Magazine
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • PG Tips – The Queen (UK)
    - Monkey gives Christmas message, gets drunk, and it all goes wrong

    Agency: Akqa
    Released: 2008
    Talked about: The Independent
    Watch on: YouTube
    ..
  • Honda – Honda Live (UK)
    -
    Skydivers coming together to form each of the letters in ‘Honda’ in a live stunt
    Agency: Weiden + Kennedy
    Released: May 2008
    Talked about: Guardian New York Times Sun Liberate Media Three Minds
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Audi Q5: Unbox The Box Tv Ad (UK)
    -
    Part stop-motion animation of a cardboard figure creating a car out of itself.

    Agency: BBH London
    Released: December 2008
    Talked about: Media Week Digital Box Common Sense
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Barclay Card – Waterslide (UK)
    -
    Man goes down giant water slide in the middle of a city
    Agency: BBH London
    Released: October 2008
    Talked about: UTalk Marketing
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Audi – Hands (UK)
    -
    various images of hands gripping objects

    Agency: BBH London
    Released: September 2008
    Talked about: AdWeek
    Watch on: YouTube
    ..
  • Volkswagen – Enjoy Everyday (UK)
    -
    Lots of different short scenes reflecting different types of weather, car onversations, and more.

    Agency: DDB London
    Released: April 2008
    Talked about: AdGoodness
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Transport for London – Awareness Test (UK)
    -
    See if you pass the awareness test or not
    Agency: The Engine Group
    Released: November 2008
    Talked about: The Guardian
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Orange TV: Rewind City (France)
    -
    Woman in India is crying on road; ends, happily after the scene is rewound

    Agency: Publicis Conseil
    Released: May 2008
    Talked about: Ads of The World
    Watch on: YouTube
    ..
  • John West – Row (UK)
    - Short stills played together of fisherman rowing, surreally, through town to bring fresh fish to a shop.

    Agency: CheethamBell JWT
    Released: June 2008
    Talked about: Ads of The World
    Watch on: Ads Of The World
    ..
  • Carlton Mid Strength Beer – Woman Whisperer (Australia)
    - Woman whisperer persuades a woman to let her husband stay in the bar for a beer

    Agency: Clemenger BBDO
    Released: September 2008
    Talked about: Campaign Brief Adverblog
    Watch on: YouTube
    ..
  • Sony – Foam City (UK)
    - city streets + lots of foam

    Agency: Fallon
    Released: April 2008
    Talked about: Creative Review Sun
    Watch on: YouTube
  • Toshiba – Time Sculpture (UK)
    -
    visual mashup (with 200 camcorders used in the  making of the ad)
    Agency: Grey London

    Released: 2008
    Talked about: The Inspiration Room
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • Channel 4 – Stanley Kubrick Season (UK)
    -
    recreation of the crew and cast of Kubrick’s The Shining

    Released: June 2008
    Talked about: Guardian
    Watch on: YouTube
    .
  • DARE iced coffee: Boss (Australia)
    -
    Mother-in-law is coming to stay, partner announces she is pregnant, and a video of her without any clothes on has gone viral: why not go for a ‘Dare iced coffee’

    Agency: BMF
    Released: December 2008
    Talked about: Creative Brief Ads Of The World
    Watch on: YouTube
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