Super Bowl AD thread!

[crispini]

I didn't think there were very many memorable ones this year, although the FedEx caveman made me LOL. Oh, and can I poke my eyes out if I have to see another Burger King commercial? Burger King = eeeeeeeeeeeevil.

What else was there? I don't remember. Any favorites that I missed?

[zone]

1. I like the S & M airplane scene

[RevCheesehead]

2. Hi, Crispi!

I missed the whole thing. Am I unAmerican?

Were there any BayAir commercials?

[crispini]

4. There WAS!

There was a beer commercial where a guy was being chased by a Bay Air and then he gave the bear a beer and the bear was all happy and was going to leave him alone and then his obnoxious hiker buddy zoomed in and ran away with the beer and left his friend there to face the wrath of the bear.

It was a big fuzzy Bay Air--- I thought of ya'll! :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

9. Probably Botany and Bleever.

Sparky would NEVER do such a thing! :7

I added a photo of a Bay-Air on my homepage. Just seeing it reminds me of all the KOEB love. :loveya:

[ralps]

14. Your Homepage Rev???? Pretty please post a link to it!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[RevCheesehead]

15. LOL

No, it's my "start-up" page. My computer calls it the Home page. I don't know why - I sure as hell don't live there!

[zann725]

6. I NEVER watch Superbowls, hate sports, but I DID watch this one...

and cheered all the way...for a hometown team (whose town...AND team) had a recent rough 20 years. I watched not because I care about sports, but because I care about underdogs, and the pasion of winning against odds...which is part of what being a Dem is (I thought) all about.

And much as I like Seattle, this game was more than a sports game....but a "match" of yuppies vs. street smarts...and good times vs. "bad" for a VERY long time. And the desire to win. to "make up" for all else that is failing in immediate neighborhoods and worlds.

The Steelers (from a town that produces little steel any more) playing in a Stadium named "Ford", in a town poverty and ghetto-ridden...no longer the car-making capital of the world. Yet producing a stunning, "winning" Superbowl for the underdogs...an American dream come true.

Sorry to all of you, to whom it was just a half-time blimp, or a tongue-shaped stage show. For FORTUNATELY it was FAR much more.

[RevCheesehead]

11. Hey, I'm glad it was good for you.

I missed the whole thing, because I've had to drive 3 hours to get to my parents. Mom has a doctor's appointment tomorrow, and since I'm the only kid living in the state, that means I get to do it.

I was not dissing on the SB, or anyone who watched. I just don't know why you chose to respond to MY post. :shrug:

[Bozita]

21. That post deserves its own thread ... in GD

And if it appears there, I'll be recommending it.

Thanks.

[crispini]

27. You seem to be conflating the teams with the cities.

You wrote a nice romantic post, but let's look at reality for a second. The "match" was not one of yuppies vs. street smarts but of high paid players from all over the nation vs. high paid players from all over the nation. I find it ironic when people contine to "buy in" to the myth of the "local" team. These days with free agency, players are usually a recent transplant to their new hometown and have very few local roots. The ownership of the Steelers is more local than most, true, but that certainly doesn't make the players a hapless gang of down and out locals who were any way affected by the loss of the steel industry.

And as far as underdogs go, you should have been rooting for Seattle, if you wanted the underdog to win. A five time superbowl winning championship team against a team with their first time IN the superbowl? A team that hadn't even WON a playoff game in 21 years verrus a team who has won TEN playoff games in that time? The "underdog" was certainly not the Steelers.

[Broken_Hero]

28. True true....:)....n/t

[fishwax]

3. I liked the Magic Fridge commercial

I thought that one was the best, by far. Overall, it seemed like a down year to me ...

[crispini]

5. Dang, I missed that one,

either that or I don't remember it. and I thought I watched the commercials!

[fishwax]

7. It was a Bud Light commercial

involving a revolving wall (don't want to spoil it completely ... I'm sure they'll show it again :))

[unsavedtrash]

8. I liked the baby clydesdale pulling the wagon

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

12. Yeah, that was the only commercial tonight that resonated with

me too. I thought it was rather sweet.

[lpbk2713]

10. I identified withe the monster.com commercial.

The one where the cube rat was working with a bunch of chimps.

[democracyindanger]

13. A shocking lack of talking animal spots.

I'm sorely disappointed.

[pdxbecca]

16. There was Kermit the frog

He was singing about "being green". It was an ad for a hybrid SUV.

[crispini]

23. Oh yes, I liked that one too! nt

[Broken_Hero]

17. the FedEx one was good!...n/t

[Broken_Hero]

18. The sheep streaker...

My wife just reminded me of the Sheep streaker, during the cyldesdales football game...it was a shaved sheep, and the two cowboys said, there is one of them every year, or something like that, it was funny.

On Edit: It was a budweiser commerical, if the Cyldesdales weren't a big enough hint...:)

[crispini]

24. "I didn't need to see that!"

Yeah that one was funny.

[American liberal]

19. I liked the FedEx caveman one too, but

what were the Hummer ad execs thinking?! That "Little Monster" ad was just... bizarre! A giant C3PO? A pregnant Godzillarina?! I sat there thinking, "People actually get paid to come up with this crap?!" Too weird for me...

[petronius]

20. I really liked the Hummer ad

except for the product, of course...

[crispini]

25. I liked that one, but I did think it was weird.

[Sabien]

22. Toyota ads way off the mark

I thought that 2 ads that ran during the superbowl were just plain dumb

The first one was with the dad and his son riding in the car and the kid asked his dad why they bought a hybrid vehicle and the dad said because it is better for your future, and the kid then asked his dad (who had some sort of random accent) why did he learn english and the dad said that it's better for your future. This ad seems about 40 or 50 years too late...and is especially wierd coming from a Japanese car company. I think that it would have been more appropriate in Chinese or Spanish.

The other ad that I think was just plain wrong was the shot of the Toyota truck being tossed around by huge waves, banging on rocks, and then later being driven away. Hello...anybody remember Katrina?, anybody remember Rita?, anybody remember the huge Tsumani in Asia?

I walk away scratching my head...

[crispini]

26. You know, that's funny, I didn't even make that connection,

about the truck, that is. :shrug: