(All videos courtesy of Dotbomber95. Thanks for uploading these.)
These are all from a commercial break that ran during The Daily Show:
1. Stella- This was an ad for a new series by Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain (of The State fame). At the time I only knew Black through his stints on VH-1's "I Love the..." series, and despite this show being advertised like mad at the time, I never watched it. From what I heard, it was an absurdist sketch comedy show, and that definitely comes across in this promo, where the three attempt to grow a mustache. It's cute, but nothing that made me want to tune in.
2. Indecision 2004 DVD- The Daily Show spent most of the early '00s building up its reputation beyond being a niche comedy show, but the 2004 election effectively completed it. This was the year they had guest interviews with former President Bill Clinton, then-Democratic candidate John Kerry, a 60 Minutes profile, a memorable showdown between Jon Stewart and the hosts of Crossfire, and the publishing of America (The Book).
2004 was the year I started watching The Daily Show on a regular basis, something I do to this day, and I was happy to see the highlights of their tumultuous campaign coverage on DVD. I rented it on Netflix that summer, and it was fun reliving such moments as their election night coverage, both conventions, the presidential debates, the aforementioned Kerry interview, and other assorted highlights, including commentary tracks where the correspondents just argued with each other. To the best of my knowledge, Comedy Central never did another best-of compilation for The Daily Show, but given they have their own site containing full episodes from as far back as 1999, I don't think they'll need to.
3. Castrol GTX- Oh god, I remember this one: the cars pulling the heavy weights and the wiper pulling back the sludge are both imprinted in my brain. However, I forgot how silly that hick cop laughing and saying "yeah" was.
4. Budweiser- Oh, the days when Budweiser didn't have to worry about craft beers biting into their market share and they could have a jingle proclaiming "This is beer." The ad is just a straightforward sales pitch of what goes into making a Budweiser beer, and they do a good job of making it look better than the watery swill it is.
5. Midol- Oh hey, menstruation pills following an ad for beer. Don't say Comedy Central has a narrow audience. It's funny how even with the use of words like "cramps" and "bloating,"15-year-old me still found this commercial hot. Yes, I was at that age.
6. Baby Ruth- They sure did a nice job of trying to make a candy bar look epic. It's nothing like the smashed candy bars I'm used to seeing.
7. NetZero HiSpeed 3G- I think they called it NetZero because zero people I know used it. "The third generation of Internet access." Yeah, sure...
8. Michigan.org- I don't remember this one. It must have been a local ad from the uploader's area, which I'm guessing was Michigan. By the way, why do states promote their tourism ads in the states being advertised? In California, we get a lot of those "Visit California" ads.
9. Mercedes-Benz- I guess this is a neat ad, showing stock footage of Mercedes-Benz's history while promoting their big summer event. Not much to say about this one.
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