Do you know of any TV commercials in your country that reference another commercial, not necessarily from the same company?
Here are some examples from Italy:
- This liquor ad starring famous host Mike Bongiorno was parodiated by this candy ad. The child is even named Michele (the Italian for Mike) and shouts Mike's "Allegria!" catchphrase.
- 80s commercial with an Indiana Jones-like man having problem with a tuna-stealing parrot. In a later commercial, he's still chasing the parrot (at 0:18, if you missed it)
- There was a long series of Telecom commercials with actor Massimo Lopez facing with a Légion étrangère firing squad. Another famous ads series featured actor Tullio Solenghi (the two actors are part of the same comedy group), bringing coffee to Heaven. When the coffee brand hired a new actor, Solenghi saves Lopez in the final commercial of the Telecom series.
- The most recent example: in this early 2000 car ad, a woman decides to go out with the first guy he meets, and runs into who became known as the "Good eeeevening Guy". In 2024 the same man gets "Good eeeevening'ed" by former porn actor Rocco Siffredi.