While the popularity and fame of TV advertisements may have decreased in recent years because of streaming platforms, there are still a lot of commercials that hold a special place in many people’s hearts. These ads have left a major dent in television history and many people still haven’t forgotten them.
However, many people still have the curiosity of what the old commercials must have been like that their generation missed out on.
Commercials have been released on a variety of companies and topics from food products to poker. Speaking of poker, if you too are looking for reliable sites where you can safely gamble in without any worry you can click here to do so. If you too are feeling nostalgic about the best ads on TV that were released a few years ago, don’t worry because we have you covered.
In this article, we will be listing several top TV commercials that impacted the advertisement industry one way or the other and each time set a new golden standard for ads to achieve. Read the article till the end so that you don’t miss out on crucial details.
1. Old Spice – The man your man could smile like
Old Spice, just like its name, is one of the oldest and most reputed perfume brands in the industry today. However, it wasn’t always like this. Back in 2010, the brand was struggling once to achieve market relevancy and had a hard problem establishing its business presence. That’s why the company decided to ‘spice’ things up with their marketing (pun intended).
They released their most successful TV ad in 2010 which was an instant hit not only on TV but across the entire internet. The ad is effective, weirdly funny, and straightforward – a handsome man tells the ladies watching the advertisement that he is a significantly better man than their spouses because he smells better because of Old Spice.
The entire ad is short but still manages to capture the attention of the audience every time. Not only that, the day the ad was released, Old Spice saw a whooping 11% increase in their sales and solidified their company as one of the leading perfume companies in the market.
2. Paddy Power – Takeaway
Paddy power is known to make controversial ads all the time. Their commercials always touch on one controversial issue or another and are known to offend a lot of people which then leads to the commercials getting banned. The perfect example of this is Takeaway, an ad that permanently got banned on TV after only a few days it was aired.
Despite that, it is still one of their most popular and watched TV commercials out there and nothing has come close to the commercial buzz the ad created back in the day. The advertisement focuses on four handicapped individuals in wheelchairs that are eating at a restaurant.
After they finish, instead of paying, they bolt out of the restaurant as fast as they can on their wheelchairs. The manager goes after them shouting curses but fails to catch them. After he gets back in, a guy in a suit gets up and awards him 100$ as a compensation saying ‘You might lose money, but Paddy Power has got you covered with their moneyback guarantee’. The portrayal of handicapped people shown like this triggered a lot of people which ended up with the ad’s ban.
3. Apple – 1984
This is, by far, the most thought-provoking, creative and brave advertisement of not only 1984, but perhaps the entire history of TV commercials. Apple created this commercial to gain some publicity for their Macintosh computers and weren’t really expecting it to blow up as much as it did. The commercial only aired one time but in that one time it managed to gather sales of over $155 million for Apple.
The environment in it was based on the book 1984 by George Orwell which displays a totalitarian society in the year of 1984. Apple showed that the reality shown in the book won’t happen in real life because of their computers. This was exemplified in action in the ad by a woman who throws a hammer at a large TV screen that is responsible for controlling everyone.
The entire thing was extremely well thought-out and produced. The ad was very controversial at the time but that didn’t stop it from becoming one of the best ones TV history has seen.
4. Wendy’s – Where’s the beef?
Only a few adverts in the world have ever become so relevant that their tagline has not only become famous in the world of TV culture but has transcended it to become an actual literary reference and phrase in everyday life. Wendy’s ‘Where’s the beef?’ tagline from their 1984 advertisement is one of them.
The reference is still used in today’s date as a phrase for basically asking ‘where is the real thing?’. This ad was so successful that the company got a net profit of about $76.2 million even when they were on the verge of going bankrupt. No other ad has achieved this status of cultural relevancy and many think that no ad ever will.
5. Coca Cola – Meet Joe Greene
Coca Cola is known for their wholesome and feel-good videos and the trend started way back in 1979 because of the ‘Meet Joe Greene’ ad. The ad is simple – a young boy offers Joe Greene, a professional NFL player, his coca cola drink so the player can recover some of his energy for future matches.
His offer touched Joe right in the feels and the player decides to give his own jersey. Both of them end up widely smiling and then the Coca Cola tagline of ‘Have a Coke and smile’ comes at the end screen. The ad is extremely simple yet it still managed to capture the hearts of the beverage lovers in the entire country.
Conclusion
There have been several Top TV commercials in history and we only managed to include a few of them in this list. We hope this article was helpful for you in satiating your nostalgia and if it was, please consider following our website for regular updates as it will help us out immensely.
