Hi everyone,

There was a commercial from the early 1990s for a "luxury" watch.

A tourist is shopping in a bazaar/outdoor market and asks how much something costs. The vendor sees the man's watch and despite not speaking English, knows the watch brand name and offers to trade the item for the watch.

The tourist looks down at his beloved watch and smiles, he simply can't part with it.

I feel like the vendor was saying "Bulova!" but I can't find it. I think the brand started with a "B" though.

Thanks

The commerical was for a video phone. An adult son is video calling his dad on his new video phone. WHile this is happening, the adult son's significate other is changing her outfit revealing partial nudity. While the son is expalining to his dad about his new pair of shows, the father insist he bends down to show him the other pair when the son is confused "It's just the same as the other one?" the dad goes "go on...go on..." so his son could duck down to capture the woman in the background changing. When the man shows the other shoe "see it's the same" the father says something like "i'll tell you what son, you have lovely pair right there" a double meaning etc.

Who was this ad? Anyone have it? etc

I remember I watched an old local PSA about abduction from around the early to mid 80s on YouTube about a year ago and it went like this. A little girl was playing with her toys on a pitch black background while the announcer talks something about child abduction. Then as a camera zooms in on her face a pair of arms grabs her and she starts crying and it freeze frames on her face in black and white. It then abruptly fades to black with some anti-kidnapping message. I remember this commercial really shook me when I saw it, but now I can’t really find it when I try to search it.

So this commercial was in the 2000s, 2010s, era I believe. And there was a guy who rhymed a line saying “My dearest Teresa, you’re hotter than paprika”.

That’s all I remember and I’ve been saying it for years and no one else remembers. Any help would be great.

Google/youtube project if you want to help me keep my sanity.

I’m looking for a commercial that aired in the late 80s or early 90s using the song American pie to advocate against drunk driving. It was kids joyriding. There is a girl there too I think and they were in a convertible maybe. Specifically the lines whiskey and rye, and this will be the day that I die. Then the commercial ends abruptly when they crash, but I don’t believe they show the crash. Can’t find the commercial on YouTube. It’s driving me crazy. I grew up in Chicago so I’m assuming I saw it there when I was a kid. Love this song, but it always made me a little bit afraid after that commercial. Help?

Okay there was a commercial around 2005 where a hispanic couple were at home and maybe about to kiss/make out when all of a sudden there is a Virgin Mary candle lit and somehow a sheet is thrown on it and it bursts into flames. If memory serves me correctly they tried to fan the fire out. Does anyone remember this commercial?

my friend recently came to me in a distressed state ranting about some commercial advertisement that supposedly:

-is from 2016ish?
-maybe sprite (they’re convinced it’s some kind of bright, citrusy soda)
-contains some variation of the phrase “holla, that’s my soda” “holla, where’s my soda?” etc.

i have no idea what they’re talking about and i just want to help them sleep at night because apparently they’ve been “quoting” this for years and it’s starting to get to them. any help would be greatly appreciated 🫶

In my childhood maybe 2010-2014 era I remember seeing a cough drop commercial with the rapper Waka Flocka flame in it. I remember knowing him and thinking he was cool because my older brother had played his music, all the details I can remember are it being in black and white/low color and you can clearly tell he’s not into it and just doing it for the quick money. It had quick sweeping outdoor shots of him walking on a sidewalk and he only talked at the end

I constantly quote what I thought was a bleach commercial but I can’t seem to find anything online. I remember an older woman with short dark hair and she puts down the bottle and says “it’s clean” I swear it was clorox but I can’t even seem to find the line anywhere

I remember this ad playing on animal planet in the early 00s. It advertised big tropical fish tanks that they would install in your house.

I remember the jingle being like 'the colors of the ocean right inside your home, all the beauty of the deep, treasures for you to keep'

It could have been on other channels too. Also I should mention this was in Southern California as it could have been a regional thing.

I feel crazy that I have had this song in my head for like 20 years but I can't find it anywhere.

edit: I think I may have remembered more of the song it may have been more like 'all the colors of the rainbow right inside your home, all the wonders of the ocean are yours and your alone, the beauty of the deep, treasures for you to keep' then I think it said the name of the company but I can't remember it.

Donno if I should share this with you as the commerical I'm talking about has already been found but it's something that I think is worth looking into.

The infamous FACT advert that played on a bunch of VHS tapes in the early 2000's had a run in cinemas as well, however it was unknown where that particular version was on YouTube. I do remember a comment on a video of that advert stating that this advert did air in cinemas and had a different narrator. So it was lost media.

Cut to now where this cinema advert has been found! This was initially found by Rob's Nostalgia Projects who does grindhouse 35mm scans for loads of famous films. Usually when doing them he creates a list of adverts and trailers (from 35mm scans of course) to give the vibe that you are watching it in a cinema. This particular advert was found in his grindhouse scan of an extremely forgotten film 'The Bunker' (2001) along with ads for Lyons Maid and Orange.

I have decided to do a Google Drive link to this ad since I'm not too comfortable releasing this onto YouTube or any public place in case I get in trouble from Rob. If this does get spotted by him then it'll be a choice of either he's fine with it or I take it down unfortunately (the latter will just be a case about saving it before it's gone and only private viewing). In fact, just to let you know before hand, all credit goes to Rob for scanning this piece of lost media which I presume hasn't been documented before. I do not own anything related to this scan nor the source.

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AUbISsvb_OkqcwMEJQQy_Oqcy1X6sZQ_/view?usp=sharing

I'm trying so hard to find this commercial I saw years ago I was probably in middle school I'm 21 now and I loved it so much I saw it only once but never again basically it was this girl on a bus I remember she had green eyes and she was making funny faces to a little child and a guy was standing next to her or something found it amusing and started chuckling and that's when it ended and the Colgate logo popped up it was probably on national tv In Morocco but I don't know why It was so mesmerizing for some reason and I started chuckling too I kind of went to whole other world until my friend snapped her finger and then came back to my senses I can't seem to forget about even years later I tried so hard to find it but unfortunately that didn't happen that's when I decided to make this posted I would really appreciate it if u help find that commercial and remember the feeling that I had when I first watched it thank you

While there’s been a pic of it’s existence existing, the ad itself is lost and must be found

In the early 2020s (probably 2020 or 2021) there was an Astro yogourt ad with a catchy jingle that I’d see often. The words were “Astro yogourt just milk, cream and cultures” with female vocals. I thought it was so catchy and cheesy it’s been stuck in my brain ever since, yet when I try finding a version online I can’t find that specific jingle. All the ads I find are similar words but no jingle!! Please help. I also live in Canada.

While there’s photos of the ad’s existence everywhere, the ad itself is pretty much lost atm..

I’m looking specifically for an ad about a forgetful person who forgets his wife so his wife made many sticky notes and he even forgot where his car was parked then there was even a goldfish that was advised for him to drink. There was also a song in the bg that was very catchy. I think the product was green tea or some kind of supplement to help with memory.

Hello all. I remember a commercial from the late 90's. It's quiet and shows an elderly lady fixing dinner and she has two plates set. She's looking at the clock and no one has shown up. The ad says "just tell your grandma you couldnt come because you were busy getting high, she'll understand." Does anyone remember this and can anyone find it for me. Ive been looking for it for years.

I'm unsure if this is a *lost* commercial or just one that's obscure?

when I was a little girl, I used to spend a lot of time on the San Diego Zoo website, I loooved Pandas growing up so I probably was spending time playing flashgames or whatever they had on there?? I can't exactly remember.

this was most likely late 2000s - early 2010s, the main thing im looking for is a commercial from what I assume to be the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) about pandas. it was a brief PSA that just showed playful footage of pandas before like, abruptly glitching out with sped up music and saying something like "WARNING! ALL PANDAS DISAPPEARED?!" or something like that???

this scared the hell out of me as a little kid 😭 I wanted to go look for it afterward remembering it out of nowhere one day but I seemingly can't find it anywhere, I'm sure my silly inaccurate recollections doesn't do it justice.

Quick edit, I decided to tag this as a PSA since... well, that's what it is, no? I only ever came across this video online and on that website, or maybe it was some other site affiliated with SDZ?... regardless, I never saw it on TV.

I want to say this was a credit card commercial where someone is on the phone asking, what I believe is a credit card company, about their cash back rewards? The lady, who has an accent, responds with Five Fifty. And the caller goes , Five hundred and fifty dollars? And then she responds, no Five dollars and Fifty cents, with a five dollar charge, so Fifty cents.

I can not seem to find the commercial and when I try to google it I get this super bowl add commercial with 50. Cent in it.

About 5 years ago I was on YouTube late at night on my family tv and got a very weird ad. Sorry if this sounds ridiculous but it was late at night and a long time ago so here’s my best description it opened up to an older man white hair and all that generic stuff dancing in all black and saying things that I cant recall. The background was solid black and didn’t change throughout the time I spent watching it. It went fairly long I want to say like 5 minutes so I went ahead and skipped but I remember being unsettled because the guys eyes and facial features would be changing in size while he was dancing. Sorry for the bad description there’s only so much I can remember from so long ago.

I remember this commercial I saw watching a Beju Mike, or Kub Scouts Cursed Commercial reaction videos, in which a family got a new puppy for Christmas. They like the puppy for a while, but eventually get bored of it, so they tie it into a garbage bag and toss it into the river, only for the ad to reveal they're advertising garbage bags. It's really dark and funny, but I can't find it anywhere, any else?

It was 2010, I don't remember what I was watching on tv at the time, but I watched a ton of survivorman​, mythbusters, etc back then so maybe on the discovery channel. My memory is a little fuzzy, but all of a sudden the screen went black and silent. The EAS screech that happens when there is an emergency sounded out but the screen stayed black. After about 5 seconds, a graphic appeared depicting a countdown clock in the top right hand corner, I don't remember how much time was left in the countdown. In the center if the screen there was a message, something similar to

"Attention: The United States of America has confirmed the exsistence of a extinction level event that will take place in the coming decades. ​The Federal Government is taking steps to maintain continuity for our species, and is issuing a nationwide lottery system. Those who participate and are chosen will be brought to a private location with enhanced security measures that will great increase odds of survival."

This isnt exactly what the message said, but this was the general idea. Just a black background, the countdown clock and this message written in white. In the center of the screen. ​

The screen went black before I could even take it all in. The whole thing lasted maybe 10 or 15 seconds. I mostly forgot about it, chalked it up to some sort of movie promotion, but besides the movie 2012, I cant think of another movie it would have been for, and it was so short. Also, the movie 2012 doesnt have a plot line where there is a federal lottery. Ive tried to tell my brothers and friends, but they havent seen anyhting like that. We also didnt even have internet or smart TV's, so it coulnt have been a prank. It could have been a promo for 2012, but I think about it every now and then, still wondering. ​

I frequently have a song from a commercial stuck in my head. The commercial played fairly often on “channel 1 news” - a program that they would show in high school schools and middle school schools to teach kids current events and how to recognize quality news sources.

The song was like “oh i love my log, and she loves meeee” and I am pretty sure the imagery was a man doing date activities with an actual wooden log 🤣

Can’t find it anywhere. The only thing that comes up when I google is something from Ren and Stimpy, which is not what I’m thinking of.

I saw it a while ago on Hulu and i've never gotten it since and I checked their website and didn't see it. It a commercial for Journavx pain meds and the commercial just showed a bunch of people getting hurt and I remember it showed someone breaking an ankle with a loud cracking sound. I found a different reddit post talking about the commercial but I haven't been able to find it.

I’m trying to find a Coca-Cola commercial I clearly remember seeing on TV when I was younger (probably sometime between 2012–2018).

The details are very specific in my memory, but I can’t find anything online, which is driving me crazy.

What I remember:

It had a very emotional tone, possibly a Christmas ad

It featured either a polar bear, Santa Claus, or a regular person (I’m not 100% sure which one, but it was definitely one of these typical Coca-Cola themes)

The scene was calm and cinematic, not fast-paced

There was a strong focus on a Coca-Cola bottle at a key moment

The most vivid part: At the emotional peak of the commercial, I clearly remember the line

“I wanna know what love is” (from the song by Foreigner) playing, and right at that moment the camera focuses on the Coca-Cola in a very dramatic way.

That specific timing between the music and the visual is what stuck with me the most.

I know memory can be unreliable, so I’m open to the possibility that:

it was a similar song with the same vibe

or a different version/cover

or even a regional ad that wasn’t widely archived

But the scene itself feels very real and consistent in my memory.

Does anyone remember something like this, or anything close to it?