Super Bowl XLIV may be over, but evaluating this year's commercials isn't. Over the past few years, the advertisments seemed somewhat wayning leaving behind the glory days when such memorable ads as the Budweiser frogs appeared.
There seemed to be a resurgance in cute, clever, and humorous ads this year. The DC Sports Page ranked its most and least favorite commercials:
Top 5 Super Bowl XLIV Commercials:
1. Snickers: How could anyone not like a commercial with Betty White and Fish...Tessio aka Abe Vigoda. Yes, Abe is still alive and kicking. Conan released him from a cage in the final Late Night show months ago. The only question here is whether Abe should have turned to the camera after being tackled and said, can I have a snickers too for old times sake?
2. Letterman, Oprah, and Leno at a Super Bowl party. Three people most wouldn't expect to be in a commercial together let alone an ad for Late Show With David Letterman.
3. A Sports Freak Pick - The cute and fun Simpsons commercial for Coke! Things always go better with Coke so why not add the already good Simpsons.
4. Hyundai's use of Brett Favre showed that Brett can even poke fun at himself as he waffles in the commercial set ten years in the future debating about his potential retirement.
5. A Big Money Tony Pick - Doritos - Hands off my mama...hands off my Doritos (quick and to the point!)
Honorable Mentions - Dodge Charger & Coke's sleepwalker,
Worst 5 Super Bowl XLIV Commercials:
1. E-Trade commercials with talking babies. It wasn't funny the first time.
2 & 3. The next two spots will not even be mentioned as they employed the tactic of bucking the trend and human nature in an attempt at failed humor by going with pantless men. Not only was the first advertisement not funny, but a similar ad ran right after it. If Sex sells these brands didn't get the memo.
4. All the movie ads. Did you almost get the feeling when you saw the Patriot that you've seen this before...like Braveheart? Will fans of Russel Crowe say the same when they see Robin Hood?
5. Dr. Pepper - another tired stale ad involving the music group KISS. So many other opportunities present themselves for using such a group and this is what was settled on to air at the Super Bowl.
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Dishonorable Mention should be the Boost Mobile ad with the Bears and Super Bowl Shuffle redo. All were wearing #50, and didn't appear to be wearing official Bears uniform either from then or now. add the dark, smoky looking background, it looked like an example of "How to blow Millions of Dollars in 30 Seconds".
I thought the commercial was so-so when I saw it, but then realized it was bad. Terrible in fact.