Pretty funny. Anyone seen the lady watering the flowers commercial? Pretty good. Haven't really seen a Yahoo tv spot in a while.
Yea, they are at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYrEYDpno2A and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDFYrYe928s
I think that is a very effective commercial; it illustrates how a search engine can bring you very useful information. And that bit with the dog coming back to life, that was funny. In my opinion, Yahoo scored big on that marketing venture.
People Advertise so they can have a bigger share of the market. When you are on top you don't need to advertise much. Most people who don't use Google are the geeks who know its not realyl the bets, or have a personal reason for not using it, and they are not going to be convinced by a commercial to switch.