Daily Doings at the Line of Death Bar & Grill

Found a funny commercial online this past week. It's for the English dairy Cravendale.

Why do cats stare when you're pouring milk?
http://www.milkmatters.co.uk/cats
Or at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6CcxJQq1x8

I missed the first half of the game, dropping off M and chatting with R. I watched the second half at my favorite sports bar, which was nearly barren.

Here's MSN/Fox Sports' ranking of the 10 best commercials, along with links to quarter-by-quarter ad lists. (And if you can watch streaming video, links to the commercials.)

My favorites? Coke (with the parade balloons), cars.com (Witch Doctor), Audi R8.

[Updated 12:20] USA Today has their ad meter and Flash versions of the commercials here.

....the time the companies roll out their holiday commercials. You've seen them -- the Lexus in the driveway with a big bow on top, the one where the yellow and red M&Ms meet Santa, etc.

Are there any favorite commercials? Are there any ones you hate?

On the hate list: There's one depicting a party. Someone trips over a power cord and the lights go off. Then the sprinklers go off. And a couple hides under a piano. I don't even know what the ad is for. I hate that one even more than the incessant car and jewelry commercials.

On the like list: The ones for Texas Pete hot sauce, waking up people dressed up as food, and the guy in the bottle sounding like a drill sergeant.

I miss Santa zipping around in the snow on his Noelco (sic) razor. That was a classic.

In my never-ending quest for the perfect TV commercial, I've come across Staples' "Deptartment of Unexpected Gifts" set of commercials. A panel of 6 employees -- including entertainer Engerbert Humperdinck and a reindeer -- pick out gifts for stumped shoppers. Featured gifts in the various spots include a digital camera and a shredder that can shred credit cards and CDs. (This I gotta see -- does it make tiny plastic bits out of CDs or carve a pattern into them to render them unreadable?)

My favorite of the lot: The one where the guy is looking for something for his wife, and the reindeer picks out a laptop. When the guy questions the selection, the Taste Maker -- a cross between the Fab Five and Dr. Evil -- retorts, "Never question Mr. Nibbles!"

Check 'em all out. (Requires Flash.)