Bad commercials come in all sorts of different flavors, but tech companies in
particular seem to have a knack for greenlighting truly awful marketing
campaigns and then when the public response is predictably terrible,
backtracking and pretending the whole thing never happened. Fortunately for
us, and unfortunately for them, the internet never forgets. And for today's
video, we're going to be taking you along something we call the bad
commercial cruise. It's going to be so full of cringe that you'll laugh, you'll
cry, and you might even pee a little. But not related to laughing. That's not
a thing that people do.
You Hey, Steve. I think those girls are checking us out.
Yeah, Steve. All right, here they come. Excuse me. My roommate and I just wanted
to say that we love your asses. We've been into asses.
This commercial is horrible. Are you guys into asses?
Okay. Who actually calls it that? Like I don't think I've heard anyone ever
I don't know what they're talking about yet. What? Really? Our asses swivel.
Ass. You ladies are into Asuse.
Oh, ASUS products. Here's a hint for brands. If you want
people to pronounce the name right, then spell it right.
Okay. I want to know who would prove that. Cuz even if you're trying to get people to pronounce it correctly, like
doing a commercial like that is just horrible. I think the idea was that it would go
viral. But they're also just driving. They say the name ASUS so many times.
Yeah. I disagree with this practice generally.
I think that's dangerous. That's why we make the most advanced
personal computers in the world. How is he holding that mouse?
And why soon there will be just two kinds of people. Those who use
computers. Yeah, I'll be home for breakfast.
And those who use apples. He's on the phone when they say those
who use computers because this actor has clearly never touched a computer in his life. Did you
see how he was using the mouse? Wow.
What is that? Amazingly, it's still so apply and that
they spend only 2% of the commercial actually showing the product and the
rest is just lifestyle. You look like a real
How wide is the person you're driving by? So, what you doing?
Well, Muffy Buffy Biff Jr. and I are going on our Sunday drive.
Oh, no you're not. You're going to play pole position.
What is
I actually love this commercial. Oh my god, someone just wrecked your kid is
dead, sir. She trying to take her helmet off. I don't understand the point of this
commercial. It's fun for the whole family.
Oh my goodness. Oh my god. That is awesome. That is like
fodder for parodies 20 years later. Oh, I love it.
When it comes to keeping your gaming gear at peak performance, oh, the games
people play. I'll tell you, this seriously reminds me of your early YouTube videos.
Really? Yeah. Harsh, Bon, that's not nice.
Oh man, just look at all that crap flying out of there. I can't see what
you're talking about. Enough skin fragments to clone yourself.
No, that's good. Mom would be so proud.
No. Now, okay, we have done that before.
Yes. Do not use a vacuum.
Vacuums can cause static discharge and could severely damage your computer.
That is a very good point. Oh my gosh, how long is this? Do they
play this in movie theaters? Like, how am I not gone by now? Is this a
commercial or is this just This seems like an instructional. Yeah.
Falcon Dust Off is totally a thing. I guess they just did a a gamer brand,
like gamer skin on their existing products. No music the whole time. No
background music. Who would watch that? What I want to know is how popular these
videos actually were. As Nintendo begins to take on new forms,
it's important that we can measure how addictive they truly are.
Animal testing. I don't think they would touch that these days.
What? This is a Nintendo commercial.
The new Game Boy Micro. Extremely portable. Extremely stylish.
There was a lot of really edgy gaming commercials. Oh, really?
They actually got that shot of the puppy in the air. That was awesome.
And that shot of the car going by it. I wonder if they did that in two shots or
if there's actually a risk it would have got run over. I'm so glad you made it home because I
just sold you on this website. I built GoDaddy.
Ship them out. Wow.
Again, completely would not fly today. I'm running a puppy mill.
I just don't even have words to describe the feeling for that one.
I am so like I'm angry. I mean, I guess
if the commercial is supposed to make you feel something, mission accomplished.
Yeah. I guess they're what they're going for is you can sell anything.
But they spend the whole buildup of the commercial demonstrating this dog's
loyalty and love just for you to be like, "See you later, buddy." I was
writing paper on the PC and it was like beep and then like half of my paper was
gone. It devoured my paper was really
good paper. What's wrong with her? You just don't have a teenager yet.
Okay, I'm Ellen Feice and I'm a student.
I wonder how Ellen's career is going. This is one of those ads where I feel
like Apple should have been smart enough not to break that cardinal rule. Don't
insult your customers. M if you didn't even know what a switch
was. Like I I don't even know what that commercial is for. They're just saying like switch is like
switch to Apple. The the commercial meant nothing to me. I was just like what is this?
I think Apple counts on you to know Apple.
Okay, I'll tell you guys a little secret. I'm also a hardcore gamer.
I travel a lot and have joined this MSI
competitions in advance. Um,
that was definitely on purpose. You said it, not me.
Woohoo. Yes. There are two types of memory. Long dim
and short dim. A. No, I think you mean dim and so dim. And
B, there's no way that voice came out of that person.
Why did you say of course MSI? Because MSI is just Look, what
percentage of this frame is breast?
It's got to be MSI. Check out the girth on that cable management hole in that dresser over
there. Yeah. What the hell is that? That's a glory hole.
Hey Dan, ready for the game? Are these the same guys? Yeah, those guys look way too similar.
Yeah, the two generic '8s guys. I've got to send something for my mom's
birthday. It's tomorrow. I'll then book plane tickets for our trip next week and
my kids got to go to the library. Ask for real life story, pal.
America Online can do all that. Yeah. How about sending your mom some
nice flowers? All you do is click on marketplace. We place an order.
I can't get flowers that fast today.
I feel like this is the kind of thing your aunt would have signed up for. This commercial would have worked.
You know what? I'm actually noticing that the things that they're doing with it are high wife approval factor things.
I'll be able to buy you flowers and take you on a trip. Can I please have access
to my own bank account? Now we're getting into like the men's stuff.
Fantasy football. Fantasy football
worldwide email. Of course, there's my personal favorite,
live chat. That's how I met my new Oh, hold on. Hold on. Met my new met my
new kayaking buddies. Check that out later to the game.
His desk has a glory hole, too. Probably.
Do you know what a glory hole is? I think so.
I'd like to preface this one by saying that this series was a major inspiration
for me. It showed me that no matter how bad my ideas were, no matter how bad my
production values were, there was definitely a worse waste of money than
booking with Linus Media Group Incorporated. Okay, look at that.
No, I'm going to compare it. Guys, check this out. ASUS has given me
its latest high-tech product.
Chinese food is delicious. You're right.
I just love sushi. You're just jealous. I'm going to get
Patty. It's hard to even begin.
It reminds me of a Morgan Freeman quote. He said, "Acting is reacting. These guys
are not reacting to each other at all. They're all in a vacuum. Now, for no
reason whatsoever, they get curious." Holy Megatron. Big Bang Theory already
was widely criticized for just being utterly tonedeaf in its sort of
profiting off of geek and nerd culture. Like, say nerd word, everyone laugh.
This is really hard to watch. Yeah,
I know that we're in like the Tik Tok generation now with no attention span,
but it's hard to believe things were this boring.
This was particularly boring. Like nothing is happening.
You're going to be the first to see it. I think you're going to be really impressed. It's This is
I want to see it so much. It was like this when we opened the box.
Yeah. You brought back a defective product. Aren't they talking about me?
No. No, of course not.
This is the E-Pad
Transformer. Holy, what a twist. I can't believe it
took that long to finally show what your product does. What's with all the women in these?
That's just how women are. according to tech marketers.
Yeah. Now it gets better. They produced not one but five episodes of that draws.
Six. Sorry. Is that because it worked? No, it's because they invested in a
gigantic set and all these actors and scripts and basically produced the
entire campaign before showing it to anyone. At which time they realized, "Holy crap,
this doesn't work at all and is not funny at all." If they had cut that down
to 30 seconds, it would have been not good, but better.
Now, this guy's competing for your budget. And here's Jake Paul. I actually
love this. What? Yes.
This is like YouTube era. Hey, like what?
Okay. Wait, hold on. How are they doing this? Did they just play it in reverse? No, no, no. This is
fake. It has to be fake. Well, yeah. They're not throwing them at
his ass. I don't know. The first one looked convincing.
Yeah, it's a little too much at this point. We get it.
Catching it the same way every time. And that is Jake Paul. What are they trying
to say about the product? It's thin. That's awesome.
Okay. I love I feel like if this was updated, I would see this on on uh Facebook or Tik Tok.
Yeah. Is it like a little short? There's a modernness to it. Yeah.
I don't know why these guys are all dressed in uniards. Are they wrestlers?
I love it. It doesn't quite get there for me, but it's close. I'm very into it.
Oh, this is like a music video style. Oh, no. Yo, Ms. Wraps.
I feel like this is taking the piss like this is like a parody of itself. I feel
like it's self-aware. We're introducing something new. It's
essential for all the many and the few.
They did a good job rotoing that. I was going to say they've got shadows and
everything. The pattern with all of these is that
they're like 10 minutes long and I just don't know when they were ever screened.
I can't tell who they're pitching. Okay, so they're pitching partners.
So those people waiting to hear the lunch and learn seminar were super
bored, but now they're stoked. Yeah. So it's it's partners.
I've heard of this one.
Are you the one who sings this in the office? No. I've heard people sing in the office.
I've heard Linus sing it, but I don't know about at the office. I don't know if I remember seeing this
or if I remember similar like Gateway ones. I never saw this one. I don't think this
is Gateway. This is a buck a day. Like the the $1 who did the $1 a day
financing. It was a big thing at this time. My friend financed a computer. And
I remember telling him what an idiot he was because by the time he finished
paying for it, he would have paid so much he could have bought two computers. So I was like, but then he could play
Unreal Tournament, so he had the last laugh. This is a first party IBM
commercial. That's like the biggest banger yet. Yeah.
Hell yeah. Okay. Apparently it works.
Here we go. Are you kidding me?
Okay. Is that even the same person?
Ace Rockville M8 with the master of vehicle design. Like what did that have
to do with computers? I mean, it was obviously pure sexy
teacher fashion. Imagine a hot teacher comes in and then like she just rips all her
clothes off and you're like, "Wo, this is really going down." And then she has
a new PC and you're like, "Shut the front door."
The functionality of this gaming beast, including a comment with G Sensor. And
then they had the budget for all these glam shots, but they didn't have the
budget to make sure that the English translation of the script makes any
sense at all. And this is new. This is from like four or five years ago.
No. Yeah. Yay. Yeah. ASRock M8 is not old.
15 2015. Yeah. Like you could find a
voice actor on Fiverr. She's leaning over for absolutely
no reason other than for her to be leaning over.
They could just move the computer closer.
What? Oh, the face that she's making.
Yeah, it's kind of creepy. She looks like someone who will smile with her teeth when she's like genuinely smiling.
There you go. SSDs make her genuinely happy.
Why is she still wearing a bikini? Well, you want her to take that off, too, Ivonne?
Gross. Can I see her clothes get ripped off again? I want to see if it is the same
person. Yeah, sure. Yeah, he's curious. Her hair color
changes. Okay. It's just muted colors right now. So, and then her hair's down and she doesn't
have the glasses. All right. I think the colors just freaked me out. Before I was like, "Wo,
she was a brunette. Now she's a red head." Life isn't all about money.
Easy to say when you have it. I guess what I'm really trying to say is
how much will it cost to keep this from your mother?
Oh, $39.95. That's all you need for these super cool
Nintendo 64 games. That's the second Nintendo commercial where I'm like
really? Yeah. I knew they did some edgy stuff and Sega
did some even edgier stuff like the Sega do what Nintend don't commercials where
they like tried to be even edgier than Nintendo. But there is no way you make
that commercial today. It's like they're trying to say the prices of the games
are so low you can afford them even with a bribe from your crossdressing father.
Yes. I would think that guy is going to give him quite a bit of money.
It just seems like it's fighting itself narratively. You know,
it is the year 2000, but where are the flying cars? I was promised flying cars.
This is definitely a Matrix thing. Flying cars. Why? Why? Why? Because
billions of people all over the world can work together on the web 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week. You don't need flying cars.
We were busy working on the web. Okay. Are we supposed to know who that
is, though?
Oh, I've never I never watched Oh, yeah. Yeah, I recognized him. Definitely a real actor. Well, I like
it. They really hammered home the Where are all the cars?
Creepy. Oh, hey. Yeah. How's it going over there, man?
It's incredible. Oh, I'm so jealous.
You want to see something cool? Yeah, sure. Here, give me your number. Just say it.
Um, tech does not get girls. From the
folding phone to the new sports car, if
I wanted to pick up dudes with facial hair,
attention from women, negligible. Yeah, I think the subtext here is that
the guy on the other side is just so gross. She'll take anything here.
Oh, it keeps going. Oh, no. And he's
taking lots of pictures of her. Hey, I didn't realize you were following me
down the hill taking pictures.
Yeah, this also is only like seven, eight
years ago. That's brutal, man. That should have ended on the trip. I could have just
taken a selfie with it. That's enough. Hey, she was clothed. That could have
been a beach scene. That's true. True. Can I borrow your laptop for a minute?
Sure. What's this? That's my girlfriend. It's porn.
Oh god. Horses. Really?
What? Yes. Do you suffer from OMG IGP or Oh my god,
I'm going to puke. Okay. If you share a computer with this guy,
you might tell him to download Internet Explorer 8.
Really? And you will never be surprised by har.com
again. That commercial's better than the entire browser. Kiss me.
Okay. Um, touch me. Well, that's not subtle.
Oh, they're bunnies.
It's Energizer. Here we go. No, it's not. Nope.
Oh, from the people who brought you The Big Bang Theory. It's E-Pad Story.
Power to charm.
I've seen this one. Yeah. Okay. Hell yeah.
RGB. At least she's got great cooling.
At least she has her hands on the right part of the keyboard. Screwdriver could
use an upgrade. They actually have progressed since last
time. Hey guys, we're going to show you how to build a gaming PC with an MSI.
Yeah, the voiceover is better. This is straight up dubbed. You know,
this has to come from the very top of MSI.
Otherwise, they wouldn't keep doing it.
Like the marketing officer met with the CEO and he's like this is my vision for
our company's brand brand voice and they were like are you sure cuz this is a
really bad move and he goes damn it I'll accept nothing less.
MSI at least has had the good sense to private that video. We had to find it
somewhere else but we did. That video was one of the main inspirations for
this video. Mom, dad, hey, it's me Steve. this year
to avoid any confusion. I'm putting my wish list on video. All I want is a
computer. It's just $849.
And Dell will throw in a free DVD upgrade.
I'm sorry all the Steves. I know how much you love free stuff.
I actually love this. Happy holidays. Your son, Steven.
She had to think about it for a minute. Yeah, Steve became like the quintessential like kind of Chad name.
Wait a second.
Really? Wow. Okay. If I move back from the sun,
that's the Earth. Your kids will use computers to learn.
Oh, this is cute. We're looking out from the inside of the computer. Saturn is
That's pretty cool. I'd buy that for him. He deserves it.
Oh my god. You were hilarious on laughing gas, by
the way. She doesn't remember if
Oh my god. What just happened? Body horror.
Okay. Wait, is this kid growing? Yes. Yes.
Yeah.
He has shame now. Oh. Oh.
How many times has he circled the globe?
Okay. I wish parenting were that easy.
This is an Xbox commercial. Weird. Okay.
I don't want to have a cool theme. Make your phone look special. Follow me.
Shine bright like a diamond. Let me show you some fantastic effect.
Is this like a hobbyist like fan commercial or is this a real commercial?
Official cyanogen mod. You know what?
I'd go out with this guy. He seems pretty cool.
All right. Okay. Hell yeah. He brought that in. I can download CM Launcher 3D now.
It's to the point. I don't feel the need to click away from it.
Oh, wow. Happy birthday. What an awful party. Thanks.
Happy birthday to you.
Feels like if Larry David directed a commercial or something like it's just
really uncomfortable. Whoa. What the is this
sponge cake?
Okay, that's Do you think we needed to see which game
you opened before that or do you think it's better if we don't know until the
end? I think it's better we don't know. I think the party should have been People
were having fun and it was wholesome before though. It looked like
kind of depressing. Yeah. Overall, that's a that's a B+.
Oh, no.
Are we there yet? Yes. Yes, we are here.
Is that your uncle? Did you invite him?
No, he he he must have
it. Look, it it's fine. This is not the worst acting we've seen today, guys. I'm actually pretty
impressed. Al's amazing, by the way. He's not my actual uncle, but I would totally go
camping with him. One misstep in this commercial is the character
the character of Uncle Al was never introduced. We we still haven't been
close to him. The camera never gave him a medium closeup. Yeah. This video shoot was the moment
when I realized what a terrible father I'd been because both of my children,
especially my son, thought that this was camping. You told him you were going camping.
No, I told him we were doing a video shoot and it was, you know, camping and
he thought it was actual camping though cuz he's young. Cuz he hadn't been camping
and he'd never been camping. Oh, so like we've taken them every year since then.
He goes for it. So, that was definitely a little
different. I hope you guys enjoyed this little LTT short with my uncle Roy.
Yeah, that's a concept that didn't continue. We honestly would get as many
conversions just with this part. Big giveaway. You will be taking home
not. Okay. Yeah. Shut up, Lennus. Not the end of it.
It's the end of it. If you guys enjoyed this, maybe check out us reacting to
weird PC builds from China. They're weird.