Gay Commercials: Good, Bad, And Weird

[W_L]

Let me start off with this one that overtly referenced a guy coming out to sell "Infiniti" Brand Cars:

 

https://youtu.be/uzzMJuFskUQ

 

This is weird and sort of made me uncertain if it was a PSA or a car ad, a big fail for me, but I don't drive

[Timothy M.]

Lars von Trier made this commercial back in 1993 and it created quite a bit of furore. The two guys were a couple in real life too.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f_v7Gs3y9M

 

don't read the spoiler until after you have seen the ad.

 

 

 

The Danish newspaper Politiken was deliberately trying to provoke the audience but also show how progressive they were.

 

 

Edited May 31, 2016 by Timothy M.

[W_L]

Seems very progressive for the US still

 

Now if you want to go further into futuristic fantasy:

 

Gay Cat:

 

 

Not sure if it is because I am starting to like cats or if I am developing a Furry fetish, but the cat is sort of cute in a weird manly genetically engineered way.

Edited May 31, 2016 by W_L

[Puppilull]

I liked the car ad. It was clever. And Tim, those 90s clothes... LOL

 

Here's an ad from Sweden. The guys in bed are two soccer players. One gay, one not. The ad is for an organisation for health care companies, wanting to battle a proposed law meaning the state should have much more say in how they provide care to their customers. The inspector shows up to make sure they 'do it' right. I think it's from 2014.

 

It's Swedish, so proceed with caution... LOL

 

Edited May 31, 2016 by Puppilull

[Aditus]

Well, here's something from last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dff5dqRpu8k

 

 

It's German, so: Achtung, Baby!

 

I always liked this one. It's a little kitschy, though. But man, am I happy for the dad I have.

 

[clochette]

McDonald's around 2010 if my memory is correct

Edited May 31, 2016 by clochette

[Cynus]

This is one of the first ones which really made me smile. 

 

[Timothy M.]

Awesome, I'll have to go through them all later. If you know the years the ads featured, could you add it to your posts?

 

great idea with this topic, W_L

[Cynus]

This is another one I remember, which was made by NOM (National Organization for Marriage). It ran somewhere between 2008 and 2009, though I'm not sure when.

Not long after that, however, some of the brilliant parodies were released. This first one is my favorite.

And I discovered this one for the first time today.

[C. When]

This Ikea ad I saw the other day isn't so weird. 2015-2016. I like how it portrays a lesbian couple the same way as other families.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdQXnmL-xVw

 

This is the couple separate. 

[Cynus]

This is the last one I'll add for today. This is actually the first one I ever saw, but I have no idea when it came out other than "prior to February 2006".

 

[clochette]

A parody of the McDonald's add I post earlier

 

[Dark]

Let me start off with this one that overtly referenced a guy coming out to sell "Infiniti" Brand Cars:

 

 

This is weird and sort of made me uncertain if it was a PSA or a car ad, a big fail for me, but I don't drive

 

I never saw this ad as a "coming out" ad.  Did you notice that in the pics with his dad, they're standing by BMW cars?  That's what I saw with this ad, that the son was confessing he'd bought an infinity instead of a BMW.  It's sort of like my Dad's side of the family always drove Fords while on my mom's side it was chevy.  When I bought a Honda, they were all "whaaaa?"  

[Dark]

I think the soup commercial is my favorite of the recent stuff.

 

https://youtu.be/7rZOMY2sOnE

[sandrewn]

It was supposed to be a Smarties commercial? I don't think it originated from this side of the pond. I never saw it aired, pity it was I think a good one. You have wait to the end to see the connection to here (or fast forward).

 

 

 

(I eat the red ones last)

Sandrewn

[Aditus]

This is brand new:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j80tCzDZgU

[clochette]

This is brand new:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j80tCzDZgU

This one is cute. I like the background song, any idea what the title is?

[Aditus]

This one is cute. I like the background song, any idea what the title is?

Simon Glöde – Follow You

[Robert Rex]

This ad, from 2012 perhaps, is kinda fun...featuring rugby players....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNmGmfLdcr8

 

(Sorry...don't know how to embed the video!  So just copy/paste.)

[glitteryantlers]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8uJQoo9eg8

It's unthinkable to see a gay themed ad in Hungarian TV, pro equality maybe, but it's not considered of marketing value.

Edited June 8, 2016 by glitteryantlers

[W_L]

A parody of the McDonald's add I post earlier

 

 

This is so cute and family oriented

[Never Surrender]

at first i thought i found this advert uncomfortable because im english, and awkward is what we do. ive changed my mind. its just terrible.

 

unfortunately i can also confirm that this advert is 100% legitimate, because i have a connection to this company.

 

 

 

can also add this one from Lloyds bank. not a 'gay advert' as such, but very very surprising at the time because of the feature of the gay proposal scene at 00:17 and the implied acceptance at 00:48, after some unpopularity in making gay marriage legal in the UK

 

Edited June 15, 2016 by Never Surrender

[northie]

at first i thought i found this advert uncomfortable because im english, and awkward is what we do. ive changed my mind. its just terrible.

 

unfortunately i can also confirm that this advert is 100% legitimate, because i have a connection to this company.

 

Terrible is a polite way of describing it It was squirmingly awful! I think it looked even worse when compared with the Lloyd's advert which put across essentially the same message.

[Puppilull]

You know, as cringeworthy as the Dyas ad is, I find it kind of endearing. It feels like real employees and customers speaking and in the slightly ridiculous way of dividing people into different slots when all they want is a pot (or a minion...) shows how ridiculous it is to make this difference in other aspects of life. To me, it's much more powerful than the slick and polished bank commercial, which struck me as using the 'gay' as embellishment. And I really like horses...

[Never Surrender]

You know, as cringeworthy as the Dyas ad is, I find it kind of endearing. It feels like real employees and customers speaking and in the slightly ridiculous way of dividing people into different slots when all they want is a pot (or a minion...) shows how ridiculous it is to make this difference in other aspects of life. To me, it's much more powerful than the slick and polished bank commercial, which struck me as using the 'gay' as embellishment. And I really like horses...

I can reassure you that we got utterly lynched by customers for it

 

And I like horses too