Spanish Commercials: Football, Monsters, Musicals, and the Battle of the Sexes

It may seem like a tontería to be posting about Spanish TV ads, but you know what, not everyone gets to see them. Particularly most of the people who are reading this blog… because you don’t live in Spain. So, want a taste of what we see in between shows on TV – that is, in the 20-minute breaks between shows on TV? Here are four of the better ones. I also promise it’ll be amusing…

First up, there’s a new Pepsi (Pesi?) commercial starring Fernando “El Niño” Torres, footballer for Liverpool:

Next, here’s an Amstel ad (the Spanish love their light beers) about the, um, long-running battle of the sexes:

Para los que no hablan español… It’s a list of things guys like that women don’t really get, ending with, “But what we really like – really, really like – is YOU GIRLS!!”

This next one is the extended version of Dan’s favorite car commercial. Yeah, there’s a European car company called Seat. I know. But they make good commercials!

One thing I don’t really understand about Spanish commercials is why they like to sing and dance so much. For the last one, here’s a musical number about bananas: