Your favorite Super Bowl ads?

[justaguy]

This year's crop didn't have a lot of big hits for me. I'm still missing the Budweiser frogs and the dog training the horse for the clydesdale team.

 

My favorites this year were the Doritos ads. The "missing" cat and the grandma with the sling shot baby both made me laugh.

[Guest verymarried]

Easy for me - I liked the Fiat ad where the Italian woman whispers in the guy's ear and he leans over to lick her breast and there is a Fiat instead.

[EZEtoGRU]

For me, nothing really grabbed me with the ads. The doritos and fiat ads were cute, but we won't be talking about them for years. Was the clip of Jay Leno and madonna in an elevator an ad? It was cute.

 

Disclaimer: I only watched the first half and Madonna and then tuned out. If there were clever ads in the second half, I missed them.

[down_to_business]

I thought the Doritos ad was clever. I liked the M&M's ad too. But I agree no one ad was earth-shaking this year. My favorite was ad was actually a promo for the Voice with the 4 judges 'battling' for suprise guest Betty White.

[Michael Wayne]

no doubt it was the ugly dog named , "Here we go," that fetched the beer. Hilarious! Congrats to Giants fans everywhere. Maybe now ELI (a hot NOLA boy) will finally get the respect he deserves. Perhaps Mr. Brady needs some consolation. I am sure there are 2 or 3 hundred rentboys that would love to provide him some pro bono service!!! (lol)

[EZEtoGRU]

Did anyone see the two minute Chrysler ad with Clint Eastwood? If so, what was your opinion of it? I ask because it seems to be getting allot of attention on-line today and some feel it was the best ad of the day. I missed it.

[ErieBear]

I am sure there are 2 or 3 hundred rentboys that would love to provide him some pro bono service!!! (lol)

 

Well, maybe some pro boner service!

[down_to_business]

If you missed any of the superbowl commercials and really want to watch them, I think you can find them from this link.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/lists/Top-Super-Bowl-commercials-of-2012#photo-title=Chevy,%20%E2%80%9CThe%20End%20of%20the%20World%E2%80%9D&photo=30638882

[+ Charlie]

I found it strange. I thought at first it was a political ad, but I wasn't sure for which party, though Obama could probably use it. Chrysler was never named during the ad, although Detroit was, and one occasionally saw a piece of a Chrysler product (e.g., a Jeep Wrangler fender on a passing car), but the only acknowledgment of the sponsor was the name of the four Chrysler divisions shown briefly at the end.

[EZEtoGRU]

I found it strange. I thought at first it was a political ad, but I wasn't sure for which party, though Obama could probably use it. Chrysler was never named during the ad, although Detroit was, and one occasionally saw a piece of a Chrysler product (e.g., a Jeep Wrangler fender on a passing car), but the only acknowledgment of the sponsor was the name of the four Chrysler divisions shown briefly at the end.

I have now seen it on Youtube and I love it. Very clever and quite political I believe. I am going to start a thread on it in the Politics forum so we can discuss the politics of the ad,

[maxwellissmart]

I have now seen it on Youtube and I love it. Very clever and quite political I believe. I am going to start a thread on it in the Politics forum so we can discuss the politics of the ad,

 

I wish they'd get a European sensibility on some of the ads next time and try some intelligence and wit rather than something that would appeal to the average shopper at Walmart. That's one of the reasons I thought the Amy Sedaris ad was really pretty funny.

 

One of the best ads I've ever seen has a father putting up with his tantrum-throwing child in a market, and ends up being a condom ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixkY3Vygbos&feature=fvst

[ErieBear]

One of the best ads I've ever seen has a father putting up with his tantrum-throwing child in a market, and ends up being a condom ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixkY3Vygbos&feature=fvst

 

That's really funny.

[leigh.bess.toad]

I think I'm with Mikey on this one. The Here WeGo ad was fun. The two doritos ads were also very good. And anything with Betty White is a winner.

 

And maybe just because I don 't play on that team, but am I the only one who thinks the ads for Go Daddy are really stupid?

[ErieBear]

And anything with Betty White is a winner.

 

And maybe just because I don 't play on that team, but am I the only one who thinks the ads for Go Daddy are really stupid?

 

Very true on Betty White. She's hysterical!

 

The GoDaddy commercials USED to be great. Especially the first impressions commercial with Jillian Michaels. (

) But, they've gotten worse, and worse over the last couple of years. They're trying to throw in erotic and sex and it's just not working.

[+ deej]

The Here WeGo ad was fun.

 

Was that the one that started with Ricky Gervaise running from an explosion? What product was that for?

[leigh.bess.toad]

Was that the one that started with Ricky Gervaise running from an explosion? What product was that for?

 

WeGo was the name of the dog in the Bud Light ad. Everytime someone called "Here WeGo", he'd go fetch them a Bud Light. As the groups calling him got bigger, he brought bigger containers out, until a large group showed up and he barrel rolled a keg out for them.

[maxwellissmart]

I think I'm with Mikey on this one. The Here WeGo ad was fun. The two doritos ads were also very good. And anything with Betty White is a winner.

 

And maybe just because I don 't play on that team, but am I the only one who thinks the ads for Go Daddy are really stupid?

 

No, you're not the only one.

[down_to_business]

Oh I forgot to mention the Elton John Pepsi ad was kind of cute too.

[Bosguy]

My favorite ad of all-time was from the 1979 Super Bowl. It was for Coca Cola and featured Mean Joe Greene of the Pittsburg Steelers leaving the field heading to the locker room with his game jersey over his shoulder and a young boy offered him a Coke and he drank it and tossed his jersey to the young boy.

Not the techno marvels we see currently, but a heartwarming commercial.

 

If you google Joe Greene Super Bowl ad you can see the video. (wish I knew how to provide it for you)

 

Boston Bill

[+ purplekow]

Nothing special on the ad but the GM ad with Clint Eastwood did have a very patriotic feel to it. And Clint's monologue and his resounding voice was very sexily done. Many of the commercials seemed to try to put as much in as they could, throw everything at us and hope something sticks, in most cases, for me, nothing stuck. The monkey ads are always fun but the series is quite old so even a new one does not have the impact as the original ones did.

[leigh.bess.toad]

Nothing special on the ad but the GM ad with Clint Eastwood did have a very patriotic feel to it. And Clint's monologue and his resounding voice was very sexily done. Many of the commercials seemed to try to put as much in as they could, throw everything at us and hope something sticks, in most cases, for me, nothing stuck. The monkey ads are always fun but the series is quite old so even a new one does not have the impact as the original ones did.

 

I guess maybe the ad was a miss after all. The Eastwood ad was an ad for Chrysler. If people can't remember who the ad was for, that's not good.

[leigh.bess.toad]

If you google Joe Greene Super Bowl ad you can see the video. (wish I knew how to provide it for you)

 

Well fortunately, I do know how. Here's the Mean Joe ad, one of the all time great ads ever.

 

[video=youtube;xffOCZYX6F8]

 

 

HOWEVER, for me, there is only 1 ad that should be considered as the single greatest ad in Super Bowl history. The classic, iconic Ridley Scott directed Apple Macintosh ad from 1984. It was aired only 1 time, during the Super Bowl. But most polls of advertising execs I have ever seen consider it the greatest single ad ever.

 

[video=youtube;HhsWzJo2sN4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhsWzJo2sN4

 

It's incredible to realize that it has been 28 years now since the Macintosh was first introduced. How far have we come in computer technology since then?

[+ purplekow]

You know I put Chrysler and then changed it to GM. I was not paying attention to the screen at the moment and the product was never mentioned, I was listening and doing something else at that moment. In fact, I looked up and could not see the product symbols at the end and I initially thought all the car companies got together to do the ad.

[leigh.bess.toad]

I initially thought all the car companies got together to do the ad.

 

As the logos were being displayed, that is what I thought they were doing. Now THAT would have been something. But the arguments over whose logo went first, last, etc. would have taken the world's longest rock, paper scissors game.

[+ FreshFluff]

One of my favorites from years past:

 

[video=youtube;Pk7yqlTMvp8]