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Reader Laurie nominates these two commercials for a rural dating service. Farming is so lonely. 
—>Know what needs to come back? Great Moments in Commercial History. If you'd like to nominate a commercial for this prestigious weekly award, please send a link to the commercial along with a paragraph explaining what the commercial means to you. Please, please check our archive to make sure that we have not already featured your favorite. Send your email to tips@consumerist.com and put "Great Moments" in the subject. More »
—>Jone's Bigass Truck Rental & Storage will let you store anything you please. He's got a weed-riddled cement lot he bought at auction for $1.00 and some trucks you can toss some shit in. More »
The bustling store in the heart of Silicon Valley usually sells four or five varieties of rice to a clientele largely of Asian immigrants, but only about half a pallet of Indian-grown Basmati rice was left in stock. A 20-pound bag was selling for $15.99.More »
Here's a commercial that demonstrates that even local public access TV has standards that must be met. Fortunately for us, when public access says no, YouTube says "yes." More »
—>The Stay Free! daily blog was watching the telly and nearly spit out its wheatgrass juice when it noticed an ad for a senior care facility in Brooklyn that has blessed its Alzeimer's ward with a delightful moniker. They call it, "Al'z place." That marketing decisions strikes us as, shall we say, unfortunate. What's the message here? "He forgot his name and so did we so we just call him Al." More »
If you'd like to nominate a commercial for our weekly series "Great Moments In Commercial History" send us an email at tips [at] consumerist [dot] com. Be sure to put "Great Moments In Commercial History" in the subject. To see other commercials that have been featured in the series, click here. More »
—> Say No to Crack has posted a list of five of the worst-named products to ever reach the market. Runner up for best worst name is that classic of early 80s television, AYDS diet chews (which we've covered in depth here). Our personal favorite, though, is the Hand Shredder. More »
This badger is our new favorite thing. More »
AdFreak is running a bracket style vote-off to determine the freakiest commercial of 2007. We have a big soft spot for Montgomery Flea Market (featured as an entrant in our "Great Moments In Commercial History" series, but it seems "Orville Deadenbacher" could be slated to sweep the race. [AdFreak] More »
