Originally Posted By ecdc Holy crap. <a href="http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/video/?pid=Tcrv4TKx1ma2p8d_K9HorQIURXeYC01d&vs=Default&play=true" target="_blank">http://www.cbs.com/late_night/...lay=true</a>
Originally Posted By Ohana that was a great commercial. Jay and Dave are ready to "do battle" again...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 That's the one everyone's talking about. Which means it was good for both of them. Otherwise it was a rather uninspiring group this year. (Luckily, the game was great.)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I thought that overall the ones this year we better than the last few years. While there was no stand-out best this year, the overall quality was a lot better (where in the recent past there had been a couple great ones and a ton of forgettable or old ones). I saw the Leno/Letterman/Oprah one, but I just didn't think it was all that great. Yah, they were there together, but nothing of any iterest happened. Seemed like much ado about nothing to me. Personally I thought that Doritos was the winner of the night, with a new line of commercials, all of which were pretty good. Everybody else I was watching it with seemed to enjoy the Bud Lite ones, but I didn't think they were all that great. The Google one got all the girl's attention, but the guys thought it was just too rediculous. Most of the car commercials were pretty awful, with something not related to anything, followed by a random plug for a random car. But overall, I'd still say the general quality was up significantly over recent years.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I find the entire smug and sarcastic style of the commercials to be a bit -- out of touch. The stupid guys -- the smart alecky wives -- the animated animals doing weird things (a violin playing beaver -- really?) -- a sports celebrities (Charles Barkley -- really?) -- Talking babies -- girls and their boobs (GoDaddy -- really?) -- the whole 'Super Bowl Commercial' needs a major overhaul.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The only ones I liked were the Google ad (go figure - and the guys at my office liked it too) and the nuts ad with the "human Sea World" for lack of better term. The Doritos ones were too manic for me (the one with the "dorito as ninja star" was okay) - in fact a LOT of the ads were too manic for me. It was like they were trying to shove in too much to get their money's worth and it just ended being a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing. The Dodge charger thing was okay. Bud Lite's been a lot better, the Clydesdale bull didn't work for me, the new e-trade baby is in "diminishing returns" land... and worst of all was the Coke Simpsons ad, considering it was Simpsons.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The Google ad was excellent. Clever, simple and elegant -- it actually showed what the product is and does (surprise).
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Oh my gosh. The GoDaddy one, with Danica Patrick getting a massage. I dare you to go to their website and watch the rest of that pile o' crap. Terrible!
Originally Posted By fkurucz Etrade needs to lose the talking babies. I didn't see the Audi commercial, but heard it was kind of weird.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Not long ago, some mega-budgeted CGI ad would be shown and everyone would be in awe and saying, "How did they DO that?" This year, the CGI stuff was pretty forgettable, felt like it was trying way, way too hard. But it was the simplest ad of all -- Dave, Oprah and Jay, on a sofa with a bowl of chips, that had me exclaiming "How did they DO that?"
Originally Posted By skinnerbox On the other side of the cable spectrum, Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl VI was far more entertaining, once again. (I watched the replay last night.) Subaru had two commercials featuring driving dogs that were far better than the SB commercials. You can see them on Subaru's YouTube page: Parallel Parking: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6vzQCdzHPo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...zQCdzHPo</a> Stolen Parking Space: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5nyEd8BTZA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...yEd8BTZA</a>
Originally Posted By DAR I did like the Bud Light take on Lost thought that was funny. And even though he was making fun of what he put us fans through, the Hyundai Brett Favre retiring yet again was pretty funny.
Originally Posted By DAR Here's an ad you won't see from Disney: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17xQwB7YMY0&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...embedded</a>
Originally Posted By onlyme >>Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl VI was far more entertaining.<< I really didn't see many SB commercials. During the game, each time a break came on, I switched it over to Animal Planet. Those puppies are hilarious. I never tire of watching them. They even had hampsters (or some kind of rodent) high above, riding around in a blimp. Too funny!
Originally Posted By FaMulan I liked the Dockers Commercial. (But then, I know the guy who wrote the song that was sung and the band members who originally performed it)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I just don't get the puppy bowl. We watched it for a total of 4 minutes, which we all decided was about 2 too many. It's just not entertaining. I also liked the Dockers commercial, since it was a very interesting premise. Unfortunately, I didn't win, but it got a bunch of us to give them our email addresses! PS-I don't think I've see you around for a while, FaMulan. Have I just not been observant, or is there a welcome back in order?
