History Will be Made. Commercial Countdown.

Going back a bit, eguarino posted a low five on advertising. Even yesterday I posted about how most car ads are extremely outrageous and wasteful. But today? The advertising industry gets some lovin'. Cue the Marvin Gaye.

Ohhhhh yeah. Are you feelin' that?

The NHL playoffs are about to get going, and in honor of some of my favorite ads I'll post some of their best efforts. And what truly great commercials they are. It's incredible how such a simple formula can work (take note auto industry). Insert a classic clip - a brief moment in time that has the ability to give you the chills, combine that with excited announcers and epic slow music, then top everything off with a tagline that brings it all together.

These ads are so easy to make that there are literally thousands of YouTube vids people have made themselves. And the NHL completely embraces this. Knowing it would be almost impossible to stop these parodies, and also to encourage people to create their own ode to a classic moment, the league provides music on their own website! If you can't beat 'em join 'em (once again another industry can take a cue from this - ahem record labels). More vids after the jump. And some Bruins clips.