Category: Commercials

William Shatner Promises Margarine Will Lower Your Cholesterol

Margarine is a spread used for flavoring, baking, and cooking. It is most often used as a substitute for butter.

Becel is a brand of margarine produced by Dutch company Flora Food Group. In France, it is sold as Fruit D’or, and in the United States as Promise. The name Becel originates from the initials BCL (Blood Cholesterol-Lowering).

Cholesterol is the principal sterol of all animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. Elevated levels of cholesterol in the blood, especially when bound to low-density lipoprotein (LDL, often referred to as “bad cholesterol”), may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

William Shatner OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. He appeared as Captain Kirk in all the episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, 21 of the 22 episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series, and the first seven Star Trek movies. Advertising agencies also played a part in helping Shatner through his post-Kirk doldrums.

A New Hope of Cerveza Cristal

Cerveza Cristal (lit. Cristal Beer) is a Chilean brand of pilsner beer, introduced in 1977 and sold by Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas (CCU).

Star Wars (later retitled as Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. Often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films of all time, Star Wars quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, launching an industry of tie-in products, including novels, comics, video games, amusement park attractions and merchandise such as toys, games, and clothing.

The Force is with Cristal Beer (Spanish: La Fuerza está con Cerveza Cristal) is a series of television commercials made for Cerveza Cristal (owned by Compañía de las Cervecerías Unidas (CCU)), broadcast in Chile in December 2003 during broadcasts of the original Star Wars trilogy films on Canal 13. The commercials, which were separated from the broadcast of the film by only a black frame, were inserted in such a way that they appeared to be continuations of scenes from the film. For example, in a scene from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi gets up from his seat to open a chest, which is followed by the commercial where a hand (dressed similar to Obi-Wan’s) opens an ice chest containing bottles of Cristal beer.

Ad Age noted that the campaign, which blurred the line between television content and commercials, probably could not be aired in the United States “without invoking the fury of George Lucas”.

Product placement, also known as embedded marketing, is a marketing technique where references to specific brands or products are incorporated into another work, such as a film or television program, with specific promotional intent. Many argue that product placement is ethically questionable, because it manipulates people against their will.

How can I communicate better with my AI mom?

Claude is a series of large language models developed by Anthropic. The first model was released in March 2023, and the latest, Claude Opus 4.6, in February 2026.

Anthropic PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company headquartered in San Francisco.

A generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) is a type of large language model (LLM) that is widely used in generative AI chatbots. GPTs are based on a deep learning architecture called the transformer. They are pre-trained on large datasets of unlabeled content, and able to generate novel content.

Super Bowl LX is the upcoming championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2025 season. It will be played between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots.

Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to present a product or service in terms of utility, advantages, and qualities of interest to consumers. It is typically used to promote a specific good or service, but there are a wide range of uses, a common form being commercial advertisement.

Cougar is a slang term for a woman who seeks romantic or sexual relationships with significantly younger men.

Say, Do You Like The McDLT?

The first sandwich in this line of products was the McDLT, launched in 1984. It was sold in a novel form of packaging where the meat and bottom bun was prepared separately from the lettuce, tomato, cheese, pickles, sauces, and top bun and both were then packaged into a specially designed two-sided container. The consumer was then expected to finalize preparation of it by combining the “hot” and “cool” sides just before eating. The company discontinued it by January 1991 to appear more environmentally friendly as it moved away from polystyrene packaging which was integral to the McDLT “experience”.

The McBarge, officially named the Seaborne II (formerly the Friendship 500), was a former McDonald’s restaurant, built on a 187-foot-long (57 m) barge for Expo ’86 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Apart from brief use by its original owner, McDonald’s, in 1986, the McBarge has never actively been used for anything and was drifting from owner to owner for thirty-four years. By the end of March 2025, the McBarge had partially sunk into the Fraser River.

The 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply Expo 86, was a world’s fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from May 2 until October 13, 1986.

Very Beautiful Ace, But What About the Dunkin’ Donuts?

Paul Daniel “Ace” Frehley (April 27, 1951 – October 16, 2025) was an American musician who was the original lead guitarist, occasional vocalist, and a founding member of the rock band Kiss. Frehley was noted for his aggressive, atmospheric, and melodic guitar playing, and for the use of many “special effects” guitars, including a Gibson Les Paul guitar that emitted smoke from its neck humbucker pickup and produced spinning pyrotechnics and a custom Les Paul that emitted light based on the tempo of a song.

A doughnut (also spelled donut) is a type of pastry made from leavened fried dough. It is popular in many countries and is prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty vendors.

Latte or caffè latte, also known as caffè e latte, caffellatte or caffelatte, is a coffee drink of Italian origin made with espresso and steamed milk, traditionally served in a glass.

DD IP Holder LLC, doing business as Dunkin’, and originally Dunkin’ Donuts, is an American multinational coffee and doughnut company, as well as a quick service restaurant. With approximately 14,000 locations in 39 countries, Dunkin’ is one of the largest coffee shop and doughnut shop chains in the world. It was founded by Bill Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1950.

Hill Holliday (HH) is a marketing and communications agency based in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in New York City and Greenville, South Carolina.It is the 17th largest advertising agency in the U.S. Hill Holliday was founded in Boston in 1968 as Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc. by partners Jack Connors, Jay Hill, Steve Cosmopulos and Alan Holliday.

It’s Meister Brau Beer, Mr. Wendt

The Peter Hand Brewing Company was an American brewery established in 1891 by Prussian immigrant and American Civil War veteran Peter Hand in Chicago, Illinois. The company is notable for popularizing the light beer recipe it would later sell to Miller Brewing, which thereafter rebranded it “Light Beer from Miller”, and, ultimately, Miller Lite. Peter Hand developed and marketed a large number of brands. In addition to their flagships Meister Brau and Meister Brau Lite, they also produced beers under the brands Old Chicago Lager, Peter Hand Reserve, Old Crown Ale, Old German, Alps Brau, Peter Hand Extra Light, Van Merritt, Braumeister, Burgemeister, Peter Hand Export, and Holiday Beer.

George Robert Wendt Jr. (October 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025) was an American actor. He played Norm Peterson on the NBC sitcom Cheers from 1982 to 1993, which earned him six consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Hilary Norman Peterson is a regular fictional character on the American television show Cheers. The character was portrayed by actor George Wendt and is named Hilary after his paternal grandfather. Norm’s entrance into the bar is a running gag on Cheers, typically beginning with a greeting by Norm, usually “Afternoon (or Evening), everybody!”.

Cheers is an American television sitcom, created by Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows, that aired on NBC for eleven seasons from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993.

A dinner party is a social gathering at which people eat dinner together, usually in the host’s home. At the most formal dinner parties, the dinner is served on a dining table with place settings.

Nouvelle cuisine is an approach to cooking and food presentation in French cuisine. In contrast to cuisine classique, an older form of haute cuisine, nouvelle cuisine is characterized by lighter, more delicate dishes and an increased emphasis on presentation.