Imagine commercials that were so brilliant that not only do we not “skip” them, we’re searching TH-cam 30+ years later and watching them over and over!
As a kid, commercials were a good time to grab a snack. Until I heard Joe Izuzu's voice come on! I had to come over and watch what he was up to! Thanks for the great memories, David!
CLASSIC!!!😂 I loved every one of these ads back then - and LOVED my 1991 Trooper (Hunter Green w/saddle interior, 5-speed, V6) Trooper I bought in 1997❤. Had it 5 yrs, a great lil' SUV.., "Trust me!" 😉😄
I love these commercials, and I was overjoyed when they brought Joe back in the early 2000's! I've never owned an Isuzu, but whenever I see these (and the one for Johnny 5, too!), I start looking for early Troopers, and Impulse turbos on Craigslist...
NEVER forgot these hilarious commercials. Was actually selling em back in 86. We had a staff meeting every morning and would CRACK UP at the latest commercial. . . Trust me LOLOL
OK, so I stream everything and rarely see a commercial anymore yet will watch 20 min of Joe Isuzu commercials and love it! This collection really is art. Thank you for this compilation :)
I saw all these on TV back in the '80s, and loved them! So funny! Whoever conceived this ad campaign was a genius. Mr. Leisure, you were perfect for the part. I can't imagine anyone else doing it as well. BTW, the Joe Isuzu commercials were my first introduction to the Isuzu Trooper, which was the first new car I ever bought. I ended up owning three of them over a period of about 30 years.
The evil genius behind the commercials was Jerry Della Femina. Look him up on Wiki. Originally they wanted Lovitz from SNL but lucky for me he was too expensive.
The Buckingham Palace one was always my fave. "Roomy enough for a king, or a queen if that's all you've got." 😄😆😅🤣😂 I had a 1989 I-Mark. Great little car for a broke college kid. The air conditioner must have been meant for a cargo van, since it would chill the cabin down like a meat locker in seconds. One of my biggest mistakes was getting rid of that thing.
I remember back in this day, when you and friends gathered in school, and all of a sudden someone pipes up "hey, did you see the new 'Joe Isuzu' commercial last night?" Everybody starts to giggle and talk excitedly about it, I be all like "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
HEY!! THANK YOU!! That birthday cake commercial had me on the FLOOR, when I was a kid! Once I woke up at random at like 2:30 AM, while that commercial popped in my head, and I was laughing so hard, that I was wiping TEARS from my eyes!! Tonight I thought of punching it up on youtube, pretty sure that I wouldn't find it, and POW, David Leisure has his own channel!! AWESOME!! I hadn't seen that commercial in like over 30 YEARS!!! Hilarious!!!!
(1:36) This shot was likely done for real, as in, without the benefit of modern day CGI special effects. So, they hauled a car up their with a helicopter, set it up, and then brought the "Mr. Isuzu" up there and shot a roll of film, again, not digital, likely with multiple takes/flybys until they got it right. Then added all the sound and his voice in post. (Not unusual even today, actually.) Still, I'm not 100% sure about all that. Maybe they used some blue/green screen, but if they did it was damn near perfectly done. I'm just saying that because I don't really know for sure. It would be neat to find someone who worked on it...
@@davidleisure8168 And there's confirmation! ;) I just didn't feel comfortable saying it for sure having not actually heard that was how it was done. Although, I'm sure Joe wouldn't have a problem with it. ;) Thanks for the reply! These commercials came on during my late teens and early 20s and my friends and I thought they were hilarious. Hope all is well with you and yours! Take care, sir! :)
@@davidleisure8168 You were my favorite character in Empty Nest. Actually you are the only person from that show I even remember. So good job with that.
Love this! David Leisure it’s been years but but your sense of humor is timeless. I was just a teen when Empty Nest was on but from what I remember you stole the show as the swarmy neighbor. Hope things are well!
Was watching “10 Things I Hate about You” on Disney+. I was thinking about why David Leisure wasn’t a much bigger star. I remember him from my childhood being in a lot more.
Oh dang, at 9:18 is David Allen Grier from In Living Color. Such a talented actor but never got the big break like cast-mate Jim Carry. Love the nostalgia.
Classic! Love Joe Isuzu. His name made its way into my personal slang as a sort of alternative to John Doe - for example, if I can't think of a man's name I might temporarily call him "Joe Isuzu" to myself . . . or on a trip, if I recognize a car on the road as one I've seen earlier, I might think/say to myself, "There's Joe Isuzu again."
David, not sure what it was about the Mt. Everest one, but I LOVED that commercial as a kid! "How'd you get up here?" "In the amazing Isuzu Trooper II." So funny. It got in my head today, and I just had to search for it. I remember seeing you on Empty Nest and was like, "It's the Isuzu guy!"
I was watching an episode of Empty Nest and when David made an appearance I was looking and thinking isn't that Joe Isuzu. had to look it up and sure enough same guy. then had to check youtube to see if they had any of the old commercials, loved these when they first aired.
President Reagan brought me here! Watching his Speech of February 2, 1988 he said: "Now, as the Sandinistas see the vote on aid to the freedom fighters nearing, they are making more promises. Well, forgive my skepticism, but I kind of feel that every time they start making promises -- like that fellow in the Isuzu commercial -- there should be subtitles under them telling the real story." Probably the only time in history that a President has quoted a TV commercial in an Oval Office address to the nation!
LOL going through Empty Nest and David Leisure is hilarious. I can't believe he didn't do more work. These commercials embodies Charley Dietz. Too bad no one dares to make commercials like these anymore otherwise they'd be sued.
Thanks for the memories. These commercials is what made the 80s great. I wonder which commercial took the most “takes” to do. David did you have a hand in the writing or change something up that you wanted to insert?
I don’t remember “most takes” but the one on Mt Everest took 24 straight hours on set and of course the one on the pinnacle in Moab Utah took a week. My job was to make it work, not rewrite.
My mom never let me watch these growing up bc lying is a sin a d shouldn't be considered funny. People forget that we had "cancel culture" for all of history, they just called it censorship back in the 80s and its why horror movies like Santa's slay had old white Christian moms protesting its existence.
3:45 is So Hilarious, because this commercial predicted TH-cam poop lines before mass use of the Internet existed. I really wish these trucks and cars costed only $6.
I don't know. There are some pretty, pretty, pretty funny campaigns out there. Just off the top of my head, two that spoof insurance are Progressive and Liberty Mutual. "Flo", AKA Stephanie Courtney of the Groundlings improve here in LA, has been doing that since 2008. I only ran three years back in the day. And a big shout out to Jim Cashman who plays Jamie. He's very good! Doug of Liberty Mutual's LiMu Emu, is played by David Hoffman. There's going to be one during the next Super Bowl. Check out his George Washington Is Here To Help on TH-cam.
True. What I meant was that people these days are so gullible that you’d never be able to do ads like this because people would actually believe the stuff Joe says.
Hi David, maybe you don’t know but Isuzu cars were not that succesful in most South american countries because of being a small brand and small economies. However, they managed to be very successful in Paraguay, one of the poorest countries of that region.
That Isuzu P'up sure is a sight for sore eyes. Damn North Hollywood thieves stole my '98 GMC THREE times this year. Miraculously came back to me twice, happy to bail her out of impound. Sadly though, this last time, they crashed her. Couldn't afford to bail her out either, not anymore, as detectives kept her needlessly for nearly a week. Man, she was my livelihood, never shoulda stopped hangin' the horse thief. I'm broke, and unemployed without her. SHEESH!
Your wife was a blonde in the earlier commercials and a brunette in the 2000 relaunch. What's up? Did you divorce the first one? She was really cute (and you had two adorable kids with her)!
More like crappy GM parts came in. The 4L30 was never meant for truck applications. Oil problems should have been fixed with the 3.2 and 3.5 engines. Isuzu should have stuck to its own engines and transmissions than let GM use their crappy ones or gave access to their better engines and transmissions.
Imagine commercials that were so brilliant that not only do we not “skip” them, we’re searching TH-cam 30+ years later and watching them over and over!
You, obviously, are a person of quality and taste. 😍
I only searched them for research. Some are funny, most of them are incredibly dated.
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Oh, we loved the ads and David Leisure in everything he ever acted in!!!!
Joe Isuzu is one of the reasons the 80s were great.
You're too kind...and too right.
My dad just showed me this, I've never laughed harder at a commercial in my life. Love the smile and trail off voice when he's lying
Thanks for the laughs!
Watch trunk monkeys
Omg I forgot all about his joe Isuzu character,this bring back some teen memories. The one with mom and lighting is my favorite.
Mom issues? Me too.
As a kid, commercials were a good time to grab a snack. Until I heard Joe Izuzu's voice come on! I had to come over and watch what he was up to! Thanks for the great memories, David!
CLASSIC!!!😂 I loved every one of these ads back then - and LOVED my 1991 Trooper (Hunter Green w/saddle interior, 5-speed, V6) Trooper I bought in 1997❤. Had it 5 yrs, a great lil' SUV.., "Trust me!" 😉😄
I love these commercials, and I was overjoyed when they brought Joe back in the early 2000's! I've never owned an Isuzu, but whenever I see these (and the one for Johnny 5, too!), I start looking for early Troopers, and Impulse turbos on Craigslist...
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NEVER forgot these hilarious commercials. Was actually selling em back in 86. We had a staff meeting every morning and would CRACK UP at the latest commercial. . . Trust me LOLOL
I bought an Impulse Turbo. I loved that car!
Were they actually good cars?
@@DarkAngelEU Yes they were!
@@rogerrose8220 Cool. Guess humor was different back then, cos if I saw a commercial like this today, I'd never buy that car lol
They are not only historical but they were hysterical.
These were the greatest commercials of all time.
They were pretty pretty good.
Remembering my 8 year old self cracking up at "ohhhh...I wouldn't call it luck!😁" 🤣🤣🤣
May Santa bring you everything you wish for!
Classics Mr. Leisure! What a collection! You were awesome in this iconic campaign!
Thanks. Some of those were pretty cool.
These commercials have all aged very well!
Like a fine wine.
OK, so I stream everything and rarely see a commercial anymore yet will watch 20 min of Joe Isuzu commercials and love it! This collection really is art. Thank you for this compilation :)
Art? Well...sure why not. But they were a lot of fun.
So true
His fibbing is what makes the commercials entertaining
And his wicked smile!
I saw all these on TV back in the '80s, and loved them! So funny! Whoever conceived this ad campaign was a genius. Mr. Leisure, you were perfect for the part. I can't imagine anyone else doing it as well.
BTW, the Joe Isuzu commercials were my first introduction to the Isuzu Trooper, which was the first new car I ever bought. I ended up owning three of them over a period of about 30 years.
The evil genius behind the commercials was Jerry Della Femina. Look him up on Wiki. Originally they wanted Lovitz from SNL but lucky for me he was too expensive.
@@davidleisure8168 David has lived the life of Leisure!
Trust me. 😂
The Buckingham Palace one was always my fave. "Roomy enough for a king, or a queen if that's all you've got." 😄😆😅🤣😂 I had a 1989 I-Mark. Great little car for a broke college kid. The air conditioner must have been meant for a cargo van, since it would chill the cabin down like a meat locker in seconds. One of my biggest mistakes was getting rid of that thing.
That’s in my top 5! Great writing.
Only thing that would have made the commercial better is if they'd used a right-hand drive model.
@@HariSeldon913 or a lefthand drive if that's all you have.
I remember back in this day, when you and friends gathered in school, and all of a sudden someone pipes up "hey, did you see the new 'Joe Isuzu' commercial last night?" Everybody starts to giggle and talk excitedly about it, I be all like "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! That's what I said when they ended the campaign.
@@davidleisure8168 Me, too!!!!!!!
Is it just me or does anyone else really really want a blacked out 1986 Isuzu Impulse Turbo. What a badass unique ride
Pretty much just you, lol.
HEY!! THANK YOU!! That birthday cake commercial had me on the FLOOR, when I was a kid! Once I woke up at random at like 2:30 AM, while that commercial popped in my head, and I was laughing so hard, that I was wiping TEARS from my eyes!! Tonight I thought of punching it up on youtube, pretty sure that I wouldn't find it, and POW, David Leisure has his own channel!! AWESOME!! I hadn't seen that commercial in like over 30 YEARS!!! Hilarious!!!!
So cool! Love getting a laugh attack myself.
(1:36) This shot was likely done for real, as in, without the benefit of modern day CGI special effects. So, they hauled a car up their with a helicopter, set it up, and then brought the "Mr. Isuzu" up there and shot a roll of film, again, not digital, likely with multiple takes/flybys until they got it right. Then added all the sound and his voice in post. (Not unusual even today, actually.) Still, I'm not 100% sure about all that. Maybe they used some blue/green screen, but if they did it was damn near perfectly done. I'm just saying that because I don't really know for sure. It would be neat to find someone who worked on it...
it’s all real. Helicoptered up both me and the car. ADR the dialogue in post.
@@davidleisure8168 And there's confirmation! ;) I just didn't feel comfortable saying it for sure having not actually heard that was how it was done. Although, I'm sure Joe wouldn't have a problem with it. ;) Thanks for the reply! These commercials came on during my late teens and early 20s and my friends and I thought they were hilarious. Hope all is well with you and yours! Take care, sir! :)
@@davidleisure8168 "Trust me!" David, you've brought smiles to a large number of people over the years. Thank you!
@@davidleisure8168 You were my favorite character in Empty Nest. Actually you are the only person from that show I even remember. So good job with that.
@@FlyingTigress Thank you!
I forgot those adds, loved them as a kid.
Love this! David Leisure it’s been years but but your sense of humor is timeless. I was just a teen when Empty Nest was on but from what I remember you stole the show as the swarmy neighbor. Hope things are well!
Joe Isuzu, the Old Spice Guy, and Mayhem are three of the greatest commercial creations ever.
Good company.
You forgot The Most Interesting Man In The World. There's literally a photo of him with the Old Spice guy.
Was watching “10 Things I Hate about You” on Disney+. I was thinking about why David Leisure wasn’t a much bigger star. I remember him from my childhood being in a lot more.
same. watched that movie tonight and hadn't seen it since 30(?) years ago. saw "Joe Isuzu" and immediately remembered these commercials :)
Why not a bigger star? I've got about 15 other movies to justify why not! But thanks!
runs adblock, watches isuzu adds
Thank you for posting this “Joe”!!! You are awesome!!! 👍🏻
You’re too kind!
Joe Isuzu (David Leisure) was one of the best spokesman in commercial history.
Oh dang, at 9:18 is David Allen Grier from In Living Color. Such a talented actor but never got the big break like cast-mate Jim Carry. Love the nostalgia.
Another in living color actor that was talented but never got a big break was Tommy Davidson.😔
I miss the 80's
Fun times
I can't believe its been 40+yrs since the 80s were around. I don't want to be 40!
"Roomy enough for a King (or Queen, if that's all you've got,....)"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s one of my favorites!❤
The behind the scenes at pinnacles was awesome
Classic! Love Joe Isuzu. His name made its way into my personal slang as a sort of alternative to John Doe - for example, if I can't think of a man's name I might temporarily call him "Joe Isuzu" to myself . . . or on a trip, if I recognize a car on the road as one I've seen earlier, I might think/say to myself, "There's Joe Isuzu again."
That’s hysterical!
David, not sure what it was about the Mt. Everest one, but I LOVED that commercial as a kid! "How'd you get up here?" "In the amazing Isuzu Trooper II." So funny. It got in my head today, and I just had to search for it. I remember seeing you on Empty Nest and was like, "It's the Isuzu guy!"
Thanks Roger!
Thanks for sharing! I owned two different Isuzus
Two? Hope they were SUVs.
@@davidleisure8168 haha! Nope, one was a Mystic Magenta Geo Storm and the other a 1991 Impulse RS.
@@MattBushey Mystic Magenta Metallic!
My dad had a Chevy LUV back in the early 80s. Isuzu with a Chevy badge. I know a guy that still drives a LUV.
I was watching an episode of Empty Nest and when David made an appearance I was looking and thinking isn't that Joe Isuzu. had to look it up and sure enough same guy. then had to check youtube to see if they had any of the old commercials, loved these when they first aired.
Yep, that’s me.
These ads were hugely popular even if the cars weren't.
The inspiration for George Santos
Hahaha!
Still sounds like every car dealer ever. 😂😂😂
I came here because I remember this @4:02 and still say it to this day haha.
A glass of warm milk and heavy drugs help me sleep. But thanks.
President Reagan brought me here! Watching his Speech of February 2, 1988 he said: "Now, as the Sandinistas see the vote on aid to the freedom fighters nearing, they are making more promises. Well, forgive my skepticism, but I kind of feel that every time they start making promises -- like that fellow in the Isuzu commercial -- there should be subtitles under them telling the real story."
Probably the only time in history that a President has quoted a TV commercial in an Oval Office address to the nation!
The Great Communicator.
Thanks for posting. I had a seventeen minute laughing my pants off experience.... :o)
Hahaha! Glad you enjoyed. Don’t forget to put your pants back on before you go out.
@@davidleisure8168 ...just did.....
damn, they shot the whole bullet in that impulse turbo one!
60% more bullet per bullet!
Chariots chariots!
…err Trooper Trooper!
He played the fish, the bookie, on the TV show ALF in the 80's. Love that show, it's on Tubi.
True that!
Back when advertising still had balls.
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Haven't laughed like that since "Smiling Bob" was selling Enzyte.
LOL going through Empty Nest and David Leisure is hilarious. I can't believe he didn't do more work. These commercials embodies Charley Dietz. Too bad no one dares to make commercials like these anymore otherwise they'd be sued.
So great!!
So true.
The third one has always been my favorite!
Which one is that?
@@davidleisure8168 It's the race car driver on crutches. 😄
I love em!
👍
Thanks for the memories. These commercials is what made the 80s great. I wonder which commercial took the most “takes” to do. David did you have a hand in the writing or change something up that you wanted to insert?
I don’t remember “most takes” but the one on Mt Everest took 24 straight hours on set and of course the one on the pinnacle in Moab Utah took a week. My job was to make it work, not rewrite.
I love them. You gave many of us joy.
My dad was Joe Isuzu. He helped me buy the company. Trust me.
Do me proud kid! I raised you to be a mogul.
My Dad went to Grossmont highschool with David Leisure in San Diego. He said he was just as weird in real life. 😂
Who’s your daddy?
The captions under these lies are sometimes just as funny as he is. Like when "We're generous, not stupid" came on as he proclaimed a BOGOF offer.
My mom never let me watch these growing up bc lying is a sin a d shouldn't be considered funny. People forget that we had "cancel culture" for all of history, they just called it censorship back in the 80s and its why horror movies like Santa's slay had old white Christian moms protesting its existence.
I'm a proud Isuzu oasis owner
Atta kid!
I just watched these with my friends and i can honestly say i laughed at most of them. Youre fantastic! NOTICE ME JOE
I acknowledge you. That’ll be $20.
@@davidleisure8168 can i get a discount since im cool?
I miss fun car commercials.
Try truck monkeys.
Llove these
Tthank yyou.
3:45 is So Hilarious, because this commercial predicted TH-cam poop lines before mass use of the Internet existed. I really wish these trucks and cars costed only $6.
😂👍 ...at 11.33 "Guten morgen" ...faster than a Porsche 🤭👍
I feel like an ad campaign like this would never work nowadays
I don't know. There are some pretty, pretty, pretty funny campaigns out there. Just off the top of my head, two that spoof insurance are Progressive and Liberty Mutual. "Flo", AKA Stephanie Courtney of the Groundlings improve here in LA, has been doing that since 2008. I only ran three years back in the day. And a big shout out to Jim Cashman who plays Jamie. He's very good! Doug of Liberty Mutual's LiMu Emu, is played by David Hoffman. There's going to be one during the next Super Bowl. Check out his George Washington Is Here To Help on TH-cam.
True. What I meant was that people these days are so gullible that you’d never be able to do ads like this because people would actually believe the stuff Joe says.
Love those prices!
This was before companies started raising prices yearly.
Best car commercials ever! And seeing that this is was posted by the actual "Joe Isuzu" makes it even better!
👍
Ive been searching for the
“Does it have s motor in it”? Iold suzu commercial
I want an Impulse turbo!
You’re the only one who does.
Awesome car commercials
If you tell me what DDB means I'll tell you what LSMFT means.
deaf,dumb, blind?
lucky strike means fine tobacco… 🙂
@4:25 Hey it’s Jenny Lewis
Your Capri Sun commercial is really good too.
Where did you see it?
@@davidleisure8168 On Ryan Reynolds youtube channel.
Thanks
Can you put a link to it?
@@davidleisure8168 th-cam.com/video/x7O1wi1-xdM/w-d-xo.html
Such a great ad campaign. DDB?
David Leisure,as Joe Isuzu!
this was really funny
DAVID RULES!!
Thank you my brother!
Hi David, maybe you don’t know but Isuzu cars were not that succesful in most South american countries because of being a small brand and small economies. However, they managed to be very successful in Paraguay, one of the poorest countries of that region.
That figures.
I would love to see a windshield sunshade with 15:51 printed on it. What do you think, David?
05:01 "Опа мать пропала" - Тачки, мем про мать
Exactly!
The owner of this channel is him?
yes…
Jimmy Dore brought me here.
Bahaha. So funny Leez.
pretty sure he just drove my dad trooper into the bank
That Isuzu P'up sure is a sight for sore eyes. Damn North Hollywood thieves stole my '98 GMC THREE times this year. Miraculously came back to me twice, happy to bail her out of impound. Sadly though, this last time, they crashed her. Couldn't afford to bail her out either, not anymore, as detectives kept her needlessly for nearly a week. Man, she was my livelihood, never shoulda stopped hangin' the horse thief. I'm broke, and unemployed without her. SHEESH!
Sorry for your loss.
anyone know if there’s an english version of the commercial at 16:28?
Now Toyota has the last laugh
Can't believe they killed his Mom.
That's OK, kid. I can't say, "Chevoraye".
The Asian actor name in that commercial was Dale something and ironically he was also a bartender across the street from my acting class.
Is it just me, or does the Big Joe jingle sound like the Canyonero jingle?
$13,449 enough said
Isuzu I-Mark = (FF) Gemini mk2
Isuzu Impulse = Piazza
9:24 David Alan Grier
Oh you noticed it too. David is a talent that never got the big break like Jim Carry did.
Is Joe Isuzu related to Jack-In-The-Box?
No, but I knew the guy who played him.
@@davidleisure8168 that an Isuzuism? Lie is a strong word
Your wife was a blonde in the earlier commercials and a brunette in the 2000 relaunch. What's up? Did you divorce the first one? She was really cute (and you had two adorable kids with her)!
That was my Stepford family. Their power cells stopped working.
@11:15 Favorite Joe Isuzu Commercial he's Passing a Porsche 911 Turbo German Back Road in the Rain 😄 I hate Joe Isuzu
These are like watching political commercials...
Can you imagine the snowflake heads that would explode if someone ran an ad campaign like this today? Awesome.
If Joe Biden sold cars :D
It's spelled "Isuzu." It's even phonetically spelled. Did you forget your medication this morning?
Word is that Donald Trump used Joe as his rabbi and mentor to get to the Whitehouse
11:31😅👋
I hate Joe Isuzu!!
That's what the guys in the Porsche said.
Isuzu gone, Mexican come
More like crappy GM parts came in. The 4L30 was never meant for truck applications. Oil problems should have been fixed with the 3.2 and 3.5 engines. Isuzu should have stuck to its own engines and transmissions than let GM use their crappy ones or gave access to their better engines and transmissions.
For some reason these commercials remind me of Donald Trump.
Hahaha!