This year's crop of commercials remind me of the ones for 2009. What I mean is that the commercials didn't seem to be trying to overshadow The Super Bowl. I don't know, maybe it has something to do with the economy and the reluctance of companies to shell out insane amounts of money for less than a minute of air time. Even with the seemingly scaled back strategy, there were some funny and memorable ads during the game:
The Cars.com commercial where the ultra knowledgeable Timothy Richman replaces the supremely confident David Abernathy from last year's spot.
The Snickers spot with gridiron greats Betty White & Abe Vigoda
The Doritos ad in which a kid smacks his mother's date
My two favorites were:
Teleflora.com commercial featuring the one and only Don Rickles as the talking flowers.
Yipppeee Porter was the icing on the cake. When he ran with the ball so unexpectantly, I just couldn't believe it! Turned out to be a very good game.
I thought all of the ads were really dull. The ones you mention were pretty good, but not spectacular. Very few had any challenge to the imagination and felt like rehashed ads. I think it must be the economy. I thought Jay Leno was cute. Nice touch. The halftime show was very good too. I wasn't super excited about the band but they did great. Their best tv performance for me was the night thy stole the stage for Tribute to Heroes. Last night was not bad though.
I liked the Betty White/Abe Vigoda one, too...Abe was so cool in Barney Miller. That face! I feel asleep seconds before half time, so missed the Who. Ahhhhh, me.
Candy: I was hoping that Peyton Manning would throw an interception that would be returned for a TD. However, because Peyton rarely throws picks, I didn't think there was a chance of it happening.
I'll have to look for the Who performance you mentioned 'cuz I've never seen it.
Janet: Abe V. is one of those people who doesn't seem to age because he looked old 30-plus years ago. I took a nap earlier in the afternoon because I knew if I didn't, I would have been dead tired during the Super Bowl.
Mistress of the D: I was surprised (but happy) that the Saints won. Not only was it a great storyline due to the Saints' history and all that N.O. has gone through, but it was even a sweeter victory because hardly anyone thought they had a chance to beat the Colts.
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Here are my thoughts on this year's extravaganza:
4 comments:
Yipppeee Porter was the icing on the cake. When he ran with the ball so unexpectantly, I just couldn't believe it! Turned out to be a very good game.
I thought all of the ads were really dull. The ones you mention were pretty good, but not spectacular. Very few had any challenge to the imagination and felt like rehashed ads. I think it must be the economy. I thought Jay Leno was cute. Nice touch. The halftime show was very good too. I wasn't super excited about the band but they did great. Their best tv performance for me was the night thy stole the stage for Tribute to Heroes. Last night was not bad though.
I liked the Betty White/Abe Vigoda one, too...Abe was so cool in Barney Miller. That face! I feel asleep seconds before half time, so missed the Who. Ahhhhh, me.
I have my favorite commercials posted on Wenches. Oh and I'm happy with the outcome. Yay Saints!
Candy: I was hoping that Peyton Manning would throw an interception that would be returned for a TD. However, because Peyton rarely throws picks, I didn't think there was a chance of it happening.
I'll have to look for the Who performance you mentioned 'cuz I've never seen it.
Janet: Abe V. is one of those people who doesn't seem to age because he looked old 30-plus years ago. I took a nap earlier in the afternoon because I knew if I didn't, I would have been dead tired during the Super Bowl.
Mistress of the D: I was surprised (but happy) that the Saints won. Not only was it a great storyline due to the Saints' history and all that N.O. has gone through, but it was even a sweeter victory because hardly anyone thought they had a chance to beat the Colts.
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