Who's your best/favorite commercial athlete of all time?

[nickagneta]

Okay, so I just finished watching LeBron James' ESPN commercial with the switch chair/throne and thought this would be a pretty good question to pose. Who's your favorite athlete who appears in commercials all-time either past or present? I put up some that I thought was pretty obvious but I know going back there are tons.

The Miller Lite commercials back in the day "Tastes great/Less Filling" had a ton of athletes along with announcers like John Madden, Bob Uecker, and our very own Tommy Heinsohn and there's the old Mean Joe Greene commercial as well as the  Larry and MJ off the backboard and in commercials. Lots and lots of guys have appeared in commercials so harken back to some of your favorites and let's hear them.

If I see a guy getting mentioned a couple times I'll add him in or if a mod could that would be cool.

[makaveli]

I like Gilbert "zero to hero" best
I like Kobe "jumping" over a car...
I like L-Train's "you want to be better than me"

[RebusRankin]

Larry and MJ in the McDonald's commercials. The Little Penny commercials back in the day were good too.

[BrickJames]

Grandmama

[WayneKreklow]

Might be showing my age here, but my favorites were:

Bo Knows -- all the Bo Jackson Nike Ads

Followed by the Miller Lite Ads from the 70's, with all the older athletes from different sports

[Redz]

No one could pitch it like Larry!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_dU1gFWGY

[dark_lord]

jordan, hands down for me.

in general, nike always has the best commercials

[Big Ticket]

Who can forget?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oTMosZ76b8

And...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnDiy8I_rPo

And my personal favorite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meVTld5GvbM

[crownsy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajvFvOD7nGY&feature=related




and



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unXlz_4Ugv8



and


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVFq-BYOgO0&feature=related



and my personal favorite, though time has caught up with him now.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVullWp4WPI

[greg683x]

The Larry Bird and MJ commercial, which eventually featured Charles Barkley also, I always liked.

But Bo Jacksons commercials I always loved.  When theyre showing all the sports Bo knows and then you just see Wayne Gretzky skate up and look at the camera and go, "No."  That'll always get a laugh out of me.

[KG_ended_Bias]

How can one create a poll with no mention of Primetime Neon Deion Sanders! His Nike commercials were awesome also. Especially the 1 with Jerry Jones saying if he had 11 DEIONS on the field at once he could rule the world. How could Sanders be left out?

[Chief]

Lil Penny was my favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MGX0h7eNhU&feature=related

[indeedproceed]

I like how the new ones feature a lot more humor..not that lil penny wasn't funny. Peyton gets it for me, the funniest one is the one where he's a fan of the grocery guy..the mailman...etc..thats hilarious.

[Mean Gerald Green]

I like how the new ones feature a lot more humor..not that lil penny wasn't funny. Peyton gets it for me, the funniest one is the one where he's a fan of the grocery guy..the mailman...etc..thats hilarious.

My favorite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6mfDJ02VCY

[indeedproceed]

That one is pretty sweet.

Since we didn't stipulate "professional" athletes in the thread title...my favorite is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzToNo7A-94

Lester 'The Mighty Rasta' Speight

You know better than to bring that weak stuff up in this humpty bumpty! You kill the joe, you make some MO'! WHOOOO!