Catch da taste

Prior to this, I always NBA Jerseys had the image of Lanny McDonald coming out of the penalty box, skating down the wing and scoring in Game 6 of the 1989 Stanley Cup Final. But after seeing this commercial, you will never view Lanny the same way again.

Who can lead the Leafs to the Stanley Cup? Noooooobody!

Sadly, Ben is still probably a better actor than his longtime rival, Carl Lewis. Why Bill Belichick hasn't signed up for a Cheetah ad campaign is beyond me.

Think how much money that son had to fork over in therapy, only to learn that his father really loved him after all and was secretly watching his hockey games from behind a post because showing any emotional attachment to your children's athletic accomplishments is frowned upon in the Asian culture (But apparently it's okay to be outwardly enthusiastic towards your grandchildren on the ice).
It seems Gilmour was unaware that he had the option of having a milk mustache advertisement like every other celebrity in the world. Instead, he opted for the less-popular painted cow legs. And I'm pretty sure the Russian guy in the dressing room is actually a young Nik Antropov while the other guy is Drake Berehowsky.
Even though this was before my time, it has to be the strangest trio of NHLers to ever appear in a commercial together. I understand Gretzky being in the ad. But did the 7-Up executives run out of money in the advertising budget and were forced to use Morris Lukowich and Bunny Larocque? Did anyone else find it strange that Lukowich takes a high stick in the neck during his rush up the ice? Why is Gretzky telling his mom that it tastes great? Why are players drinking soda after the game? Why were athletes so willing to sing advertising jingles in the 1980s? So many questions and not enough answers.
I actually didn't mind this ad campaign on the whole, but unfortunately the worst of the Messier Lays chips commercials is not available on YouTube. I'm sure you remember the one. It's where Messier repeatedly tries to teach his Russian teammate how to say "Always Fresh," but his foreign friend can only say "Always Froosh." I believe this commercial illustrates how Messier's leadership skills deteriorated towards the end of his career. If he couldn't get a teammate to say "Always Fresh," then it's no wonder his teams missed the playoffs for the last seven years of his career.


"Hey Maurice, two minutes for looking so good." It was a catch phrase in the mid 1980s if I recall correctly. But why is Richard playing the role of referee in this ad? Didn't he get suspended for clocking a linesman over the head in 1955? And if he is the referee, why is he getting a two-minute penalty at the end of this commercial? It would have made way more sense to have Richard suit up as a player in one of those generic red-white-and-blue jerseys without the Habs logo on it. Those logo-less jerseys are always the classic sign of a shady commercial.

Only one question from this classic that has haunted me for 20 years: If the guy's first name is Albert, then why is it on the back of his jersey?

It's okay to admit if you sometimes say "Catch Da Taste" in a heavy Dominican accent to your friends. I do it all the time. Alomar is a borderline Hall of Famer, but if the voters ever saw this McCain Fruit Punch commercial from the early 1990s, they would probably ban him from Cooperstown forever. Fortunately for Alomar, despite its massive popularity, this commercial cannot be found anywhere on the Internet. The only thing I could find was the slightly creepy version of three college students with way too much time on their hands.

So if anyone can find the Messier "Always Froosh" advertisement or the Alomar McCain punch commercial, please be sure to post the link. And if you disagree with any of my selections, please feel free to add which ever commercials I might have missed. Just try and avoid anything related to Mats Sundin please.
While trying to innocently watch an NFL football game on our network on Sunday, I was blindsided by a Sundin commercial for PokerStars.Net, in which the (former) NHL star comes onto the ice wearing a generic hockey jersey.
Granted, it's still not as bad as the commercial he did for Chunky Soup a while back. The one where his mom yells, "Mats - did you eat your Chunky Soup?"
It got me thinking: Is the Sundin Chunky Soup ad one of the 10 worst sports commercials in Canadian history? Since I had the weekend off and felt it was more important to research this question than spend time with my family, I have compiled a list of the 10 worst (and therefore most memorable) Canadian sports commercials. And it turns out, this is a Sundin-free zone!