Advertising loves to exaggerate, especially when it comes to snacks that are trying to stand out in a crowded market. Over the years, some snack commercials went beyond clever marketing and straight into the world of fiction.
Here's a list of 12 commercials that played so often they felt unavoidable, cementing themselves in pop culture through sheer repetition.
These 18 commercials from the 1980s reveal how advertising once embraced sexism, cultural insensitivity, risky behavior, and controversial figures — messages that would never make it to air today.
These commercials caused so much backlash that they were pulled from the air almost as soon as they debuted.
Certain ads were never meant to be taken seriously, but even the earnest ones didn’t escape parody. These commercials were repeated so many times by so many voices that they became something entirely different in the public eye.
Some toy commercials were as talked about as the toys themselves, but not always for the right reasons. Whether they crossed lines or simply caused confusion, these ads sparked debates among parents, critics, and even kids.