Talk:List of television commercials
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I recommend adding the Orwellian Mac commercial, but I don't know what it should be called. Any ideas? Tokerboy
- Usually it's called the "1984" Commercial or "Apple's "1984" commercial", because of its theme, the fact that that's the year it debuted during the half-time of the Superbowl, and that it concludes with a screen showing 'On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like "1984".' Quicktime video is at [1] (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/1984.html). -- Someone else 03:00 Feb 8, 2003 (UTC) (The spoken dialog, cribbed from the website above, is "Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail! "
If you put a spoiler warning on the Shaq ad, why not remove the spoiler on this page?
~ender 2003-04-19 03:06 MST
The Shaq ad didn't invent "Don't even think about it!" That phrase already existed, and Pepsi used it. I think it should be removed from the list. Kingturtle 10:00 Apr 19, 2003 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'm not getting into that discussion, is this only for completely revolutionary commericals? Or ones that had a wide cultural impact? That's something I don't wanna stick my paddle in. However, I do think that we should be consistent. If we're putting a spoiler warning on the Shaq ad, then we shouldn't include the same spoiler here (or include the spoiler without warning)
- ~ender 2003-04-19 03:15 MST
- Also, if that's the way things go, I think the Cog commercial is to recent to be seen if it's a 'cultural force' or just a 'cool commercial'.
- I was just including it on a list of television commercials. Maybe categories on this page would be better - like winners of the Cleo awards, and culturally significant commericals, versus just 'cool' commercials.
- ~ender 2003-04-19 03:25 MST
Is it allowed to add non-English commercials? BL 01:39, 12 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- Sure, go ahead. There are many commercials outside the USA that we've heard of but never seen, because of the namby-pamby attitudes towards "controversial subjects" held by the networks here. --Modemac 01:44, 12 Oct 2003 (UTC)
America-centric?
I notice a "I am a Canadian" commercial, but non-US ones seem thin on the ground