Super Bowl Stunner: The Commercials
NFL, Television, Video February 4th. 2008, 12:23pm
We’ve already prattled on enough about the game – time for some else to chime in on the commercials. Enter commenter Ron Dean, who has his own blog. His three best and worst commercials (initially we wanted five, but that’s too many, so we pared them down a bit) from last night are after the jump. We don’t necessarily agree with Ron – anything Shakira wants to do, ever, is fine with us – but perhaps you might. If you want to revisit a breast leaping out of a women’s sweater, you can view that commercial, and all the rest of them, all here. Not really related: Did Terry Bradshaw drop an F-bomb in the pregame festivities? There’s video that is fairly conclusive.
Best 3
- Bud Light (Breathe Fire) – The best part of this is that he pretends he is sorry. If I could breathe fire, the FIRST thing I’d do is roast my girls’ cat.
- Bud Light (Wine and Cheese Party) – If you are gonna drop almost three mil on a commercial, why not spring for it and get Favre to roll to the party with a giant cheesehead as the beer cover? The man does endorse Wrangler.
- Pepsi (Justin Timberlake) – Justin Timberlake getting beat down – I endorse that message. I can’t believe Tony Romo slammed on his brakes. Another guy right in front of him that he couldn’t hit.
Worst 3
- Sunsilk (Chroma) – Whoever decided that you could lump Shakira in with Marilyn Monroe and Madonna needs to be fired. They should also be given an iPod with Shakira’s “singing” as a parting gift.
- E-Trade (Baby) – Certainly better than the creepy guy in their pre-superbowl spot that is geeked to be buying stocks at 3 in the morning. That spit up, though, was a bit nasty.
- Amp (Jumpstart) – 1) Who has a jumpsuit with the nipple area cut out? 2) What’s with the unnecessary, repetitive closeups of the nipples? After seeing this, I’d have been grateful for a commercial with the Gatorade dog drinking the E-trade baby’s spit-up.
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February 4th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
No love for the Doritos commercial with the mouse plowing through the wall?? I also disagree about the E-Trade baby commercials. The spit up was kind of nasty (but funny), but the one with the clown was hilarious.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Yes, he definately dropped an F-Bomb…had to go back thrice on the Tivo to confirm.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I thought the worst were the blatantly racist SalesGenie.com ads (especially the second one with the pandas). I’m white, and I was offended.
I did surprisingly enjoy the Bud Light commercial with Will Ferrell in character from his new movie. Bud Light – Suck One.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
could wanted rip off the matrix a bit more? black guy with a deep narrating voice talking about choosing realities. tons of super slow mo. people dodging bullets, bullets dodging people.
lame
February 4th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
I thought it was a heart that ripped through her chest but what do I know?
Under Armour takes themselves wayyyyyyyyyy toooooo seriously.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Rocky Clydesdale spoof anyone? I loved that, although I hoped he would have run up the steps and jumped or gotten caught with HGH while shipping the Budweiser.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
i MAY have teared up a bit at the rocky budweiser one
February 4th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Good ones – The Diet Pepsi Max commercial w/ the Roxbury deal was better than the Timberlake one (and I hated that Roxbury crap back in the day). The Fire Breather one was okay, but it wasn’t new (the teleportation commercial has been around for a little bit) so it loses points. The Doritos one with the Mouse jumping out of the wall was easily top 3 material. The Bridgestone one w/ Gene and Richard Simmons was great as well. Either of those would have been better than the fire breather.
Bad ones – Sunsilk commercial stunk, but it wasn’t top 3 bad. That GMC Yukon commercial with the sketch of the guy pushing the boulder up a hill was MUCH worse. The Cars.com commercials were lame as hell.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
As Dana Carvey as John McLaughlin would say: “WRONG!”
My top 5:
1. Doritos – Mouse
2. Coke – Balloons (Charlie Brown finally wins!)
3. FedEx – Pigeons
4. Coke – Carville & Frist (because they went to a Wizards game)
5. NFL – Super Story
The worst
1&2. Salesgenie.com (Most racist commercials I have ever seen)
February 4th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Loved the Audi “Godfather” ad, the Doritos mouse ad, and the Coke ad—I worship at the feet of all that is Charlie Brown…my hero. The Angelina Jolie movie looks fab–plus Ironman; that will hopefully ease the sadness of watching the Batman flick this summer.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Is this the same guy who writes TBL’s movie reviews?
Any mention of the worst without the racist SalesGenie commercials can’t be taken seriously right?
February 4th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Best — Baby & clown
Worst — Salesgenie.com
February 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
The Giants carting out bananas was not exactly a ringing endorsement for Gatorade in this one.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
PFT says that Bradshaw said “bucket head.”
February 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
What ving said.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
That tralier for that absolutely absurd Angelina movie tells me that digital editing in Hollywood is out of control. I guess action movies that have actual realistic car chase scenes are just too boring now.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
No love for the red head with the unibrow Planters commercial ?
Definitly numero uno.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Dorito mouse, Etrade baby with the clown and Charlie Brown with Stewie & Underdog were the best.
The Bridgestone bit with Richard Simmons $ Alice Cooper deserves a nod.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
ive gotta adblock that picture, looks like a clown is staring through my soul
February 4th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
I couldn’t believe the Panda Salesgenie. My wife and I had to rewind it to see if what we heard was real. Amazing.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
first, isnt salesgenie a pyramid scheme? second, asians use pandas for their shitty shitty restaurant names all the time, im not too offended. just an incredible stupid ass commercial
February 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Planters Commercial:
http://www.planters.com/manstincts/tv.aspx
short and extended versions.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I assume you’re joking about putting Favre in the Bud Light commercial since it’s illegal to have active athletes doing beer commercials. Although I’d love to see them try and then deal with the consequences.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
*incredibly
February 4th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Oh yeah, that one was hilarious too. Gotta love a freak w/ a giant bushy unibrow!
February 4th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
? dale earnhardt junior did budweiser commercials all the time when they were his sponsor
February 4th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
@ Moleman:
Race Car Drivers = Not athletes
February 4th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Loved the coke commercials and the NFL super story. Am I the only one that’s a fan of those D-Wade T-mobile commercials?
February 4th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
i agree gonzo but i doubt theres a law that says ‘nascar drivers aside, dont do this’
February 4th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
The racist SalesGenie ad was one of the more inexplicable things I’ve ever seen on television.
I thought the NFL Network ad was pretty awesome. And I’m not a huge fan of the NFL.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
No mention of Sobe? That was LOL funny….I actually liked the Hyundai Genesis commercial…To the point, simple and effective.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I guess that’s why they only showed Shockey that one time.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Shara, yes, yes you are.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Tide talking stain.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
The guy reviewing the ads must not have kids. That wasn’t spit up, it was only a wet burp. Projectile vomitting is spit up.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I like the Doritos mouse commercial, but it isn’t new. The sales genie commercial with the Pandas definitely seemed racist to me too.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I liked the Garman GPS Napoloeon ad. What happened to the Pepsi spot with the deaf guys? I thought that was supposed to be a Super Bowl ad.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Oh the Garmin ad with Napoleon….Cars.com circle of fire.
I thought this year was much better than last.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
@ Moleman:
I’m sure it’s not a LAW, but just in the contracts of the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL that their players cannot promote liquor and/or tobacco.
now, nascar was built on ads, so i’m sure they have an exception.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
@ Shara:
I loved that Tmobile ad. but that MUST be the last commercial for Barkley and Wade. that’s the perfect ending.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
knock on wood!
February 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
thats a big ass difference from illegal, but yes that would make sense
February 4th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
@Cabbage – Agreed on your definition on spit-up
February 4th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
No love for the Cars.com “Plan B” commercials? The battle to the death via the ring of fire and the witch doctor were pretty cool in my book…
February 4th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
See, I’m not the only one cbh49er! Gonzo, I do agree that would be the perfect ending!
February 4th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
My apologies Shara.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
maybe it was just me but the lizards dancing to thriller was just stupid, where did they all come from? only the one drank sobe life. which they barely showed at all. overall i thought a lot of very good commercials, best in a while. i didnt pay attention to salesgenie panda one, but the other one was pretty bad.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I thought the T-Mobile one was great. Then again, the Chuckster is always good for a laugh in my book.
I’m still trying to figure out how Will Leitch got into a Dell ad.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Note to Under Armour: You make spandex. Quit overcompensating.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
@ Wildcat, I never thought of it that way. Might as well have Richard Simmons doing their ads.
“Crunkin to the Oldies”
February 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I would like to have seen the Clydesdale go into ‘roid rage at the end and eat the Dalmatian.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
@ Gonzo,
Or Troy Akman.
February 4th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Franklin, you’re right on the money. The Sales Genie spots were as racist as it gets. Most of the ads sucked last night. And um that was a heart jumping out not a breast.
February 4th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Wow thank god you guys agree about the Under Armour ads…
I feel like I’m about to get yelled at whenever their commercials come on. The Under Armour marketing department has more mood swings than Chris Benoit…
February 4th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I’m pretty sure Bradshaw said “Buckethead” after listening a few times. It makes enough sense.
February 4th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Sorry, but the Amped commercial was the only one that I laughed at. Sure, it really dumb, but the ridiculousness of it is what got to me.
February 4th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Apology accepted