1st Half Superbowl Commercial Analysis February 3, 2008
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Bud Light - The fire breathing guy was a remarkably
stupid way to start off. It had potential with the guy blowing the
candles but after he ignited 60% of the dining room it jumped the
shark.
Audi R8 - Half guy, half wolf, half grillplate? What the
hell?
Pepsi Max - Had potential until everyone started acting
like bobble head dolls. The image of Joe Buck attempting to dance
to the soothing voice of Troy Aikman will haunt me forever. Chris
Kattan and the reference to the SNL sketch was funny, but too
little too late.
SalesGenie - Stupid cartoon. What a waste of $2.7 mil.
Bud Light - The hidden Bud Light commercial was okay.
Clever stuff from a beer commercial. What else is new?
Under Armor - Unless Jeremy Bloom is catching passes while
the really jacked guy yells “we must protect this
house” I probably won’t be entertained by an Under
Armor commercial. The Matrix-esque scene led me to believe that
football is HUGE in Zion
– end 1st quarter –
Bridgestone - The wild animals screaming wasn’t
that funny. The lady in the passenger seat screaming was just plain
ol’ scary.
Doritos - Kina Grannis played a song that will now become
huge on the iTunes music store. I’ve never heard of her and I
don’t think she’s ever been on American Idol.
Nissan Murano - I thought Superbowl commercials were
supposed to be good.
Wanted trailer - That looks like a good movie. Something
tells me you’ll hear it on Aaron’s Box Office Pick of
the Week when it is released
G2 - Derek Jeter has a baseball field follow him around the
city as he drinks a new Gatorade drink. I don’t know if the
drink will make the Yankees get back to the World Series but it is
funny anytime Peyton Manning puts his two cents in.
Godaddy.com - Does Danica Patrick really expose herself in a
video? Screw Tom Petty I just found my own halftime show.
DELL - Is it just me or did that make NO sense
whatsoever?
FedEx - The carrier pigeons were kind of funny although
it’s nothing like the guy who can’t find China on the
map. I’m sure we’ll see that one for months to
come.
cars.com - Just because of that commercial I will use
autotrader.com when I move out of the city and look to buy a
car.
Tide To Go - talking stain
Anheuser-Busch - I hope that was a national commercial.
Finally Philly gets some love in the Superbowl
Ironman Trailer - I’ll see it.
Toyota Corolla - Ferocious ferretts
Leatherheads Trailer - I wonder if John Krasinsk’s
screen credits will actually read “Jim from The
Office”
Garmin - I don’t get how the war re-enactment makes
sense. These 30-second ads are getting way too deep.
careerbuilder.com - I quit heart
Sobe Lifewater - Before the lizards started doing Thriller
they were bouncing their heads like they just drank Pepsi Max. That
confused me. Good product though. What do you think Sobe?
ADD’s first endorsement deal?
Anti-Drug - Apparently pharmacists are putting drug dealers
out of business.
Yukon Hybrid GMC - I thought I was going to get
inspirational financial advice
Bud Light - Carlos Mencia is still not funny. The guy that
wanted to be the meat in the girl sandwich was though.
Narnia trailer - Wasn’t one of these enough?
Planters - This was probably the funniest so far
unfortunately. A bunch of guys fall down over the girl with the
unibrow from Dodgeball.
T-Mobile - Dwayne Wade is finally in Charles Barkley’s
five and now he can’t get rid of him. “You like
popsicles?” That is my new favorite commercial. If the best
commercial was about a woman who smelled like cashews I would have
been really worried.
United Way - I already have to look at Tom Brady for the
duration of this game. Do I really have to hear his voice too?
Pepsi - Anytime Justin timberlake gets thrown out of a
glass window its funny. After seeing it through though I would
rather have seen Romo get continuously hit in the groin.
Doritos - Call me old fashioned but the guy in the mouse
suit wailing on the proper guy with the slick back hair was
funny.
Let’s hope the second half is better. Now I’m heading over to GoDaddy.com.
Good comments. I agree that the Unibrow commercial from Planters was the funniest so far. I dug the SoBe commercial too. It was just fun. Audi’s R8 was stupid.
My picks and pans at http://www.nbaroto.com
If the Budweiser commercial with the “Rocky” skit is what you are talking about..yes it got national coverage.
My favorite out of these has to go to either the carrier pigeons or D-Wade/Barkley skit.
oh and the Audi R8 commercial is just a Godfather spoof, if youve seen it, it should make sense.
I thought the baby throwing up was by far the best commercial.