As a psychiatrist, I am fascinated by the subtle manipulation marketers use in commercials to get their target clients to buy their products. In this article I would like to explain what makes 11 of the best commercials I have ever seen so catchy.

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There are twenty basic moves in parkour, and while in homemade parkour videos we don’t often see them performed in combos of two or greater (out of sheer complexity!), through the magic of editing, an entire sequence of moves can be cut together to look like one non-stop stunt sequence, often to breathtaking effect.

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At first I didn’t feel like this clip was particularly creative but as I watched it more, I realized that aside from the juxtaposition of similar beats/events/lines here, there’s a rhythm to the way these moments are edited together…and I like it.

See the list -> Neatorama

Michel Gondry, the French-born director of acclaimed offbeat movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, has also directed numerous groundbreaking videos for the likes of Björk and the White Stripes. He offers his picks of the best videos of the last 25 years, in no particular order.

See the list -> EW

So in honor of the embarrassing and often painful ad campaigns over the past few years, we present this look into the top ten worst PlayStation brand ads ever. We’re sure Sony won’t be too happy about us digging up old skeletons, but this is history and an interesting one at that.

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They can’t all be the Lex Luthor or the Joker. Heck, sometimes they can’t even be Bruce Banner’s dad from Hulk. These 7 Supervillains didn’t just fail at defeating their nemesis, they failed at entertaining audiences.

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Women always say they like a guy with a sense of humor—well, the door swings the other way, too, ladies. We put it to a vote, and these are the 10 comediannes who most stroke our users’ funny bones.

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In order to be a great athlete, you have to have a great sense of humor. Let’s take Gheorghe Muresan, for example. Gheorghe’s comedic timing in My Giant was absolutely breathtaking. Brian Bosworth reminded many in Hollywood of a young Lenny Bruce in Stone Cold.

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We garnered inspiration from this snotty nose bear and found animals of all shapes and sizes sneezing their little hearts out — from 1 to 20 times, all in one sitting. Who had the longest sneeze streak? It wasn’t our panda friend from last week!

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