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Has there ever been a commercial that became a movie

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10:12p, 4/3/22
Recently, I saw the two guys from the sonic commercials in a movie ( I think it was stranger than fiction)..
it got me wondering if there had been a movie based on a commercial

Can anyone help?
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10:16p, 4/3/22
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Can't think of a movie offhand, but the GEICO cavemen were turned into a television show.
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10:17p, 4/3/22
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A couple have become TV shows. Gieco caveman and Ted Lasso come to mind.
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10:17p, 4/3/22
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Can't think of a commercial into a movie, but can think of a movie that was a commercial:


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10:19p, 4/3/22
Space jam I think.
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Definitely Not A Cop
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10:25p, 4/3/22
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Do you count MacGruber?
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10:28p, 4/3/22
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The Ernest movies started with Jim Varney doing the character in commercials.

Uncle Drew
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10:28p, 4/3/22
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I can think of a commercial that became a tv show: The Simpsons
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The Porkchop Express
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10:28p, 4/3/22
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In reply to JYDog90 • 10:33p, 4/3/22
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Willy Wonka said:
I can think of a commercial that became a tv show: The Simpsons


When was it a commercial? Thought it started as shorts on the Tracy Ullman Show.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 10:47p, 4/3/22
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
Willy Wonka said:
I can think of a commercial that became a tv show: The Simpsons


When was it a commercial? Thought it started as shorts on the Tracy Ullman Show.


This. They were bumpers between skits on Tracy Ullman and the only reason i would watch that show as a kid.
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11:03p, 4/3/22
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As previously posted, Ernest P. Worrell
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11:05p, 4/3/22
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I think Max Headroom started as a character in Coke commercials.
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In reply to Francis Macomber • 7:47a, 4/4/22
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bangobango said:
Can't think of a commercial into a movie, but can think of a movie that was a commercial:



Also the Intership with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Pretty much a google commercial.
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In reply to Quad Dog • 9:02a, 4/4/22
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Quad Dog said:
The Ernest movies started with Jim Varney doing the character in commercials.

Uncle Drew


Varney played the Ernest character in commercials for Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy stores in Oklahoma in the late '80s.
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9:10a, 4/4/22
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Best Ernest movie is Ernest Saves Christmas.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 9:25a, 4/4/22
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
Best Ernest movie is Ernest Saves Christmas Goes to Camp.
FIFY
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9:34a, 4/4/22
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After reading this thread I'm surprised they haven't made a movie out of the m&m commercials and the various characters they've developed throughout the years.
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In reply to Red Five • 9:35a, 4/4/22
Red Five said:
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Best Ernest movie is Ernest Saves Christmas Goes to Camp.
FIFY


Best is a relative term
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In reply to jokershady • 9:55a, 4/4/22
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jokershady said:
After reading this thread I'm surprised they haven't made a movie out of the m&m commercials and the various characters they've developed throughout the years.
After the last few years we'd just see gay M&M's butt****ing each other
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In reply to Decay • 9:57a, 4/4/22
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So... fudgepacker M&Ms?
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In reply to Wicked Good Ag • 10:03a, 4/4/22
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Wicked Good Ag said:
Red Five said:
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Best Ernest movie is Ernest Saves Christmas Goes to Camp.
FIFY


Best is a relative term
By definition, yes.
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In reply to Decay • 10:04a, 4/4/22
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Decay said:
jokershady said:
After reading this thread I'm surprised they haven't made a movie out of the m&m commercials and the various characters they've developed throughout the years.
After the last few years we'd just see gay M&M's butt****ing each other
but are they wearing the sexy heels
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10:36a, 4/4/22
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Ted Lasso went from NBC commercial to series
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In reply to Shoe97 • 10:45a, 4/4/22
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Shoe97 said:
Quad Dog said:
The Ernest movies started with Jim Varney doing the character in commercials.

Uncle Drew


Varney played the Ernest character in commercials for Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy stores in Oklahoma in the late '80s.


He did local commercials all over the country. In Houston, he did spots for channel 2. I remember my brother delivering the news that he had seen Ernest doing a different local spot in a different city.
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10:47a, 4/4/22
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Angry Birds went from a casual puzzle game to a crappy movie.
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In reply to Wicked Good Ag • 10:58a, 4/4/22
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Wicked Good Ag said:
Red Five said:
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Best Ernest movie is Ernest Saves Christmas Goes to Camp.
FIFY


Best is a relative term


Well when I say Best Ernest movie, that kind of limits it quite a bit, I would think.
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 11:12a, 4/4/22
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Unrelated to the exact topic here...but can anyone tell me where to find "Earnest Goes to Camp" so I can show it to my kids. I watched it 100 times in the 80s and I swear it has disappeared from the internet...can't find it on netflix, hulu, hbo, even prime (which usually has movies you can pay to rent, even if they aren't included in prime membership).

Funny thing is that is the only Earnest movie I remember, but I have found 5 or 6 other earnest movies online...but not that one. Its crazy or Im crazy or both.
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In reply to Decay • 11:17a, 4/4/22
Decay said:
jokershady said:
After reading this thread I'm surprised they haven't made a movie out of the m&m commercials and the various characters they've developed throughout the years.
After the last few years we'd just see gay M&M's butt****ing each other


Tucker? That you?
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In reply to Duncan Idaho • 11:21a, 4/4/22
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Duncan Idaho said:
Decay said:
jokershady said:
After reading this thread I'm surprised they haven't made a movie out of the m&m commercials and the various characters they've developed throughout the years.
After the last few years we'd just see gay M&M's butt****ing each other


Tucker? That you?
Stupid sexy chocolate balls!
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In reply to ttaggie • 11:53a, 4/4/22
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ttaggie said:
Unrelated to the exact topic here...but can anyone tell me where to find "Earnest Goes to Camp" so I can show it to my kids. I watched it 100 times in the 80s and I swear it has disappeared from the internet...can't find it on netflix, hulu, hbo, even prime (which usually has movies you can pay to rent, even if they aren't included in prime membership).

Funny thing is that is the only Earnest movie I remember, but I have found 5 or 6 other earnest movies online...but not that one. Its crazy or Im crazy or both.
The plot involves a corporation tricking an indian chief who doesn't speak english into signing away his tribal land, and the chief teaches a group of campers about ancient indian warrior rituals before blessing them and sending them into battle against the corporation. This movie definitely got memory-holed.
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11:57a, 4/4/22
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Ernest scared stupid was legitimately one of the scariest movies I saw as a kid. This was back in the day when TNT, TBS, and about a dozen other channels played horror movies at night all weekend.

We rewatched it last October. Still terrifying.
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In reply to ttaggie • 12:03p, 4/4/22
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I think I have it on DVD. My wife got me the complete Ernest DVD set as a semi-gag gift
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12:33p, 4/4/22
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I want to believe this to be true




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12:37p, 4/4/22
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Do Machete/Hobo With a Shotgun count?
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