Every year I discuss the best of the Superbowl Commercials. Every year I am disapointed in the quality, the commercials aren't as good as I expect they are going to be.
Pepsi was funny this year - both with their first commercial that had where everybody was falling asleep and 'What is Love' was playing the background (hilarious!) and you can't beat Chris Kattan saying 'Stop IT' to everybody doing the head bop. Their second commercial with Justin Timberlake being pulled towards some teenage girls for Pepsi Rewards - really you can't beat seeing him get hit the crotch with a mailbox three times. Also another SNL shout out with an Andy Sanberg cameo.
The Tide To Go ad with the nonsensical stain yelling over the job interviewee was pretty hilarious and it sold the product as well. Will Ferrell selling Bud Light by saying inappropriate phrases was clever (Bud Light - suck one).
Interesting to have a Cargill and Frist commercial for Coke. I thought it was an interesting commentary... but didn't really think it capture the whole point of 'selling stuff'.
Honorable mentions: the Budweiser Horse training a la Rocky was pretty good, the Bridgestone screaming commercials were both funny, ETrade with their barfing baby was amusing up until the baby barfed - that just grossed me out, and Shaq as a jockey for Vitamen Water.
Worst commercial: Doritos mouse trap commercial, they might have saved it if the guy in the mouse costume had run away with the Doritos instead of punching the guy with the Doritos in the face repeatedly.
I was hoping the Giants would win and they DID in a nail biter of an ending!!
Posted by 10lees at February 3, 2008 07:10 PMI LOVED the game! It was so SWEET to see the Patriots humbled - man that was ONE UNHAPPY TEAM at the end. Ah - well they're from N.E. - what do we expect???
Go Giants!! The underdog always wins! - well sometimes.
I loved the clydesdale commercial - it is a connundrom - when you want to see the game - but also the commercials - when can you take a break??? :)
Love, M
You didn't like the doritos one? A giant mouse... beating up the guy that was trying to hurt the mouse. Giant animal costumes are always hilarious.
Who else liked tom petty? I watched the game in a mini-theater and everyone in there was singing along. It was great.
Posted by: jeff at February 4, 2008 12:26 PMI liked Tom Petty - I just didn't know the songs - but they were cool! :)
Posted by: bevy at February 4, 2008 09:24 PMi loved the blockbuster "click a mouse" one! prolly b/c i loved the stupid noises the mouse was making as they were clicking it... :o)
Posted by: dr gonzo at February 5, 2008 07:46 AMjeff - I guess I thought it would've been funnier for the mouse to knock the guy over and run away with the Doritos. But punching him repeatedly wasn't funny to me - but I think we are different demographics :-)
sadly I fell asleep during the half time show, but I recognized the first two songs.
mom you take a break during the GAME, of course :-)
dr g. I don't think I saw that one, I'll have to recheck the commercials online.
Posted by: 10lees at February 5, 2008 08:11 AMah come on T - he wasn't REALLY hitting him - it was just pretend! :) Didn't your Mom ever tell you that? :) Love you, M
Posted by: bevy at February 5, 2008 02:38 PM