Television Commercials in the Yahoo! Directory

:30 Second Candidate, The
Enter the world of political advertisements and trace the history of significant political ads, follow the controversial process of creating an ad, and explore the techniques of ad makers.
www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate
'Boards
Magazine covering the international business of commercial production. Features articles, screening room, and more.
www.boardsmag.com
ad-awards.com
International advertising awards, selecting the best on a monthly basis.
www.ad-awards.com
AdCritic
Archive of commercial spots. Paid subscription required.
www.adcritic.com
AdLand
Commercial-laden delirium of heaven and hell for advertising addicts 'round the world.
www.ad-rag.com
Adtunes.com [read review]
Blog provides information on music from TV ads, film trailers, and more.
www.adtunes.com
advertsongs
Search for songs, lyrics, or products and find out what song was used in what advertisement.
www.advertsongs.co.uk
AdViews
Archive of thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s created or collected by the ad agency Benton & Bowles or its successor, D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles.
library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adviews
Apple Computer (15)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Commercials/Apple_Computer
BasemenTV.com
Presents an archive of funny, controversial, and sexy television commercials and advertisements for cars, beer, liquor, soda, food, real estate, and more.
www.basementv.com
Bastardvision
Mocking old television commercials that most of the world has hopefully forgetten about.
eighty.six-something.org
Best Ads on TV
Funny, clever, and weird ads from around the world.
www.bestadsontv.com
Budweiser (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Commercials/Budweiser
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
Taking a stand against the escalation of corporate marketing directed at children and the exploitation of children as a consumer group. Formerly Stop Commercial Exploitation of Children.
www.commercialexploitation.com
Cigarette Advertising on TV
Includes clips from classic television programs showing how they were sponsored by tobacco companies.
www.tvparty.com/vaultcomcig.html
Classic and Cheesy Adverts From the Late 80s and Early '90s
Video clips of some of the classic and cheesiest commercials broadcast in the U.K. during the 1980s and 1990s.
www.completeshite.com/davethewave-adverts
Classic Car Spots [read review]
Highlights video clips of classic automobile commercials. From TV Party.
www.tvparty.com/vaultcomm.html
CNN: The Power of CNN Under Your Command
Offers commercial parodies featuring CNN personalities.
www.cnn.com/yourcommand
Coca-Cola Television Advertisements [read review]
Presents a variety of television advertisements, never-broadcast outtakes, and experimental footage reflecting the historical development of television advertising for a major commercial product.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/colahome.html
Commercial Archive
Television advertising, past and present, in both streaming and downloadable video formats.
www.commercial-archive.com
Commercial Breaks and Beats
U.K. TV advert music database searchable by artist, company, song title, or campaign.
www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk
Commercial Closet
Features worldwide commercials with lesbian and gay themes, including same-sex kisses. Learn about related corporate marketing an advertising efforts.
www.commercialcloset.org
Commercials I Hate
Nathan Alexander reviews television ads that perplex, annoy, and enrage. Message board lets commercial haters vent their frustrations.
www.commercialsihate.com
Crash The Super Bowl
Official site of the Crash The Super Bowl contest. Contestants create and submit their own Doritos or Pepsi Max TV commercials. The winning commericial is shown during the Super Bowl. Includes a video gallery of all the commercials.
www.crashthesuperbowl.com
Errol Morris Commercials [read review]
Video clips of advertisements by documentarian Errol Morris. From his official site.
www.errolmorris.com/commercials.html
Honda's New Accord Advertisement, Cog
U.K. commercial featuring a chain reaction of car parts leading to Honda's new car.
www.muppetclan.com/honda.html
Japander.com [read review]
Celebrates western stars who use their fame to make large sums of money in a short time by advertising products in Japan that they would probably never use.
www.japander.com
Living Room Candidate, The [read review]
From the American Museum of the Moving Image. A history of presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2000.
livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us
Mentos (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Commercials/Mentos
Mint Brothers
Home to the '80s brothers featured in a Best Buy commercial.
www.mintbrothers.com
Music from TV Commercials [read review]
Provides song titles and band names for a variety of commercials.
www.songtitle.info
New Commercials
Offers new commercials released world-wide each month.
www.newcommercials.tv
Pepsi
dir.yahoo.com/.../Commercials/Pepsi
RoadOde
Offers rare video clips of American television shows and commercials from the '40s through the '70s.
www.roadode.com
Somebody Else's Phone - Nokia Supernova
A director, fashion designer, and model have lost their Supernova phones and you have access. Peek inside to see the drama unfold. Brought to you by Nokia.
www.somebodyelsesphone.com
Song of the Salesman
Guide to music used in TV adverts in the U.K.
www.songofthesalesman.co.uk
Sony Bravia
Includes extended QuickTime videos of the colorful bouncing balls and paint splashing commercials for Sony's Bravia flat screen LCD monitors.
www.bravia-advert.com
Source Maythenyi
Maintains viewable online database of commercials information. Credits and content of advertisements, including ad agencies, directors, editors, reps, production companies, and composers.
www.sourcetv.com
Spec Spot, The
Spot library and grass roots news portal for the commercial production community.
www.thespecspot.com
Terry Tate: Office Linebacker
It's Terry's World, you just work there, baby!
www.terrytate.reebok.com
This is SportsCenter [read review]
Archives of SportsCenter video highlights.
espn.go.com/thisissportscenter
Three Amigos, The
Series of 20 public service announcements (PSAs) in the form of short comedic sketches, featuring three animated, talking condoms.
www.thethreeamigos.org
TVCommercialsNow
New and classic commercials.
www.tvcommercialsnow.com
USA TV Ads
Includes an archive of new and vintage commercials.
www.usatvads.com
Very Funny Ads
Companion site to the TBS Very Funny ad campaign, showing TV commercials ranked among the world's funniest.
www.veryfunnyads.com
Videomercials
Find TV commercials from the '70s, '80s, and '90s. Ads are available on VHS and DVD and can also be downloaded in a WAV format.
www.80scommercials.com
Washington Mutual's Trapped Bankers
Interact with the banker's pen by asking questions and hearing what the bankers have to say.
www.trappedbanker.com
X-Entertainment's 1980s Commercials
Free downloads from the bygone days of Gen-X.
www.x-entertainment.com/downloads