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Back in April I subjected you what at the time was an early candidate for the worst commercial of the World Cup. I still haven’t come across a worse advertisement, but I have noticed that a lot of people are quite fond of that Pepsi ad. I have no explanation for how it climbed as high as 11th in Google’s video rankings and how it is currently ranked 18th. In fairness, the last time I showed it to you it was in Thai. This time it is in English. Maybe you’ll like it better now.


  • Mesto

    Nope, that commercial is painful in any language. I wonder how much they paid those players to subject themselves to that.

  • Cajun Nick

    Well, Bob, I still stand by what I originally commented about the commercial:

    This ad was great. Let me illustrate why:

    Will it make you buy Pepsi? Probably not.

    Will it make NOT buy Pepsi? Again, probably not.

    Will you remember it, and the Pepsi brand? Definitely YES.

    Let me just add: If you’re flipping through the channels, and you hear “Da, da, da”, will you stop to watch and hum along? Probably

    Mission: Accomplished.

  • David Porter

    The ad loses it effectiveness after you gouge out your eyes and ear drums while watching it.

  • Cajun Nick

    David Porter,

    LOL!

    I have to say, Bob used the best screen shot possible to entice people to give the ad a gander. Go ahead, scroll up and take a look again.

    Let me explain: There’s no Pepsi to be seen. Long live Dr. Pepper!

    What did you think I meant?

  • http://ecuador.worldcupblog.org/ Trent

    Roberto Carlos is a mac!

  • http://incadenza.typepad.com/soccer_thoughts/ Evan

    I feel dumber after watching that.

  • rogi32

    this is dadaism at its best :)

  • http://www.worldcup2006news.net/ Knut Karnapp

    I was referring to this piece of crap as well. Every seems to be thinking Germany is all about “Lederhosen” and “Oktoberfest”. Oh my goodness.

  • rogi32

    knut, go and eat your bratwurst ;)

  • Mahdi

    Dear God, that was horrible. I think the best World Cup commercial were the “Football-itis” commercials that ADIDAS had. Good times.

    The worst commercial I’ve seen was the “Seperate but United” commercial for the US MNT which featured Landon Donovan and Pablo Mastroeni. That one just sucked.

  • QStel

    Am I the only one who finds this funny?

    Da Da Da is a great song when played by a Bavarian hoompah band and I like it when Roberto Carlos starts looking for a nice girl when the Germans start playing.

  • Futahaguro

    I’m with you QStel. For whatever reason I find the oompa-loompa band playing da-da-da quite amusing:)

  • Josh

    I find myself very amused by it. I would not say it inspires me to play football or drink pepsi, but it’s fun to watch. And a great vidcap to go with it.

  • Bo

    There is nothing funny about this stupid video. I dont see anything humorous about it and i dont know why you guys think its funny. But it does make you remember the brand PEPSI, so it may be affective in a sense. I still hate it though. Ronaldinho is AWESOME.

  • dkok

    I’m on the same page as Cajun Nick & it is a light hearted commercial aimed at fun. So lighten up folks & have fun, the biggest event in the world is coming!!
    da da da ….

  • http://www.indekakker.be/?p=279 indekakker.be When the shit hits the fan! » Blog Archive » WorldCup

    [...] This is one from a Belgium Channel (kanaal2) : commercial , others: commercial2 , commercial3 , commercial4 , commercial5 [...]

  • Lorry Tirchett

    Great!!!!!
    After seeing on Tv, I think it is far better seeing it on this website because it is shown in full.

  • effie

    I actually enjoyed that…da da da…hehe!

    Albeit if it was to be a repetitive thing…I may just go and gauge my eyeballz also!

  • http://www.oman4ever.com/vb omani

    well
    i like the song da da da
    n i think it really rockzz

  • OMANII BOY

    HEY ANY BODY NOWS HOW CAN I DOWNLOAD THIS COMMERCIAL ??

  • donkey kong

    Bah, VW already made a classic commercial using the “Da Da Da” song for the Golf in 1997.

  • Allyson

    Oh man! lmao

  • Sam

    Ok on the art network does anyone know what song is playing not the dadada song this is the song where the show all the teams on the feild i think its the art add for the fifa world cup 2006

  • zft

    best song ever which also makes this commercial amazing……
    end of discussion

  • Chris V

    carlos did the same thing against france!!! i guess we now know what he was looking at during the freekick..:)

  • emilio

    who cares if it doesnt make u drink pepsi its wicked !!!

  • sami

    It is funny ad and nice too
    i dont care what others say

  • http://funny-ad.blogspot.com cheiro

    ha ha i watch this one before. but this ad is not quite make me to buy that things.
    They should make things like this, http://funny-ad.blogspot.com/2006/12/be-kind-with-your-stomach.html

  • gary lineker

    i thought the ad was great you gotta have a bit of da da da, Lampard is a tit though completely out of his league and its good to know Beckham has decided to retire to the states

  • Yahya

    I think it is a great ad, all my kids loved it and they always will associate the world cup 2006 with this ad.

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