Here's a commercial for Duracell from 1992 featuring their dancing automatons who can outlast older duracell batteries by some amount. Some people found these things kinda creepy, but this commercial is more about swing dancing. Are they dancing toys? Or are they living creatures? It's up to you to decide. This commercial features the slogan "you can't top the copper top."
These commercials were meant to compete with the Energizer Bunny, who was beating his drum and marching through commercials with dollar signs for eyes. In 2016 the bunny thing still exists while these abominations are a thing of the past.
