Comments on: What TV commercial is this?

Question: What TV commercial is this?

thejimp — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:39:19 -0800

AdFilter: Can anyone identify this TV ad that ran a few years back? A young man is packing up his car for college and his father is there saying goodbye. Very emotional. The mother is noticeably absent. The father goes inside to find the mother--not sad as expected--excitedly measuring up the son's room for a new hot tub that she's going to install. Can anyone tell me the company and/or a place where I could download the ad? Thanks.

By: Mckoan1

Mckoan1 — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:48:36 -0800

I maybe wrong, but I thought the ad had something to do with a Disneyland Vacation. Once the child was off to college the parents could now play!

By: Darke

Darke — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:04:30 -0800

It was an ad for Staples, an office supply firm. They had a series of similar advertisements following the same formula: child goes off to college, parents act depressed until child leaves frame, parents start celebrating. I don't know where to download ads though.

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:27:44 -0800

Yep, Staples. I remember that ad too.

By: Brian James

Brian James — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:09:28 -0800

Try adcritic.com to see if they have it. Most of their stuff is pretty recent, though.

By: tomble

tomble — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:06:57 -0800

There was an ad like this in Australia as well, though the father was wandering around the room, talking to his kid.

Dad - `End of an era'
Kid - `Yeah'
Dad - `Sad to see you go' (slyly tape measures a wall while the kid isn't looking'.

It's always nice to know that all the ads in Australia have been copied from ads shown elsewhere.

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 01:45:12 -0800

Heh.... If anyone can find a link, I would like to send it to my son who just started his freshman year.... heheheh.

By: MeetMegan

MeetMegan — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:52:38 -0800

There was one for some carpeting company on last night - parents took over their child's room as the child left for college, turned it into a music studio, a bird-watching room, and a bunch of other things, before moving all the kid's original furniture back in and saying "oh, just in case". Very cute.