Fun On Friday #163: What's cooler than Spock in an advert?

...Two Spocks in an advert.

I would apologise for featuring two Star Trek related Fun on Friday's in a row but this advert was too good to put off for another week.

Fun On Friday #107: I'm A Star

Just over a year ago, I featured an advertising video which incorporated a user uploaded photograph (see Fun on Friday #62: Swedish Advert). Unfortunately, the video no longer works but the same people have produced a new tool that creates a video with sound and moving images recorded through your webcam.

The verbal instructions are in Swedish (I assume) but the lyrics are in English, so it is fairly obvious what you have to do to produce something like this:

As far as I can see, there's no way to embed the video but you should be able to see it by clicking on the graphic. I am impressed by the technology behind this although it is slightly embarrassing to have to sing "I'm a star" best in the world etc. What do you think?

Oh... and you can create your own version, and if you do, share the link here!

Fun on Friday #82: Time for a commercial break

I usually try to avoid advertising on this blog... but these amused me and I couldn't resist sharing.

First up an old one that my daughters couldn't believe I'd only just discovered the Old Spice advert:

Then this advert from a well known fizzy drinks company:

Which adverts amuse you?

Fun on Friday #61: Windows 7

Those who know how much I love my MacBook might be surprised by the title of this post. They may be even more surprised when I say this post features an advert for Windows 7.

Before I go any further though, just to put your mind at rest, I should say that I absolutely hate the current crop of Windows adverts. The "I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea." tag line really gets up my nose. To me, it comes across as both smug and naff.

That's why I was pleased to see that a group called College Humor have produced a spoof of the Windows advert. (Note: It includes a slightly risqué bit.):

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

I saw this on the Mashable site (Windows 7 Commercial Gets the Perfect Parody) where they also embed the original advert.

{In the interest of balance, I don't like the "I'm a Mac. I'm a PC" adverts either. It seems to me that the PC has all the funniest lines which makes me want to buy a PC - I guess that wasn't the intended effect!}

What is your least favourite advert at the moment? What advert would you like to see spoofed?