Superbowl Commercials
February 1, 2014 9:31 AM Subscribe
Some of you will be watching football, some of you will be watching the commercials (I suppose some of you will be watching both, and, let me acknowledge that some of you will not watch a damn thing and get that out of the way..)..
For you commercial fans...here's a preview of many of the 2014 Superbowl Commercials...
And, going back, here's HuffPo's list of the 50 best all time Superbowl Commercials.
Warning PepsiEverythingBlue
That's what I said, Superbowl.
posted by HuronBob at 10:27 AM on February 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by HuronBob at 10:27 AM on February 1, 2014 [3 favorites]
Watching TV for the commercials is like buying a dog for the ticks.
posted by Legomancer at 10:30 AM on February 1, 2014 [7 favorites]
posted by Legomancer at 10:30 AM on February 1, 2014 [7 favorites]
Then I wouldn't suggest clicking on those links....because they are, like, all about commercials....And, I suspect you won't care to watch them....
posted by HuronBob at 10:36 AM on February 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by HuronBob at 10:36 AM on February 1, 2014 [2 favorites]
I've can't find any reference to it online, but I'm pretty sure I remember an article about the worst SB commercials which included one from a would-be upstart running shoe company in which an African long distance runner is jogging along in the countryside, a truck full of white soldier-type guys pull up beside him, shoot him with what turns out to be a tranquilizer dart and steal his shoes (BECAUSE THEY'RE THAT GOOD). When he comes to, he chases after the truck "comically" shaking his fist at them. Viewer reaction was...not good. Anyone else remember this?
posted by The Card Cheat at 10:37 AM on February 1, 2014
posted by The Card Cheat at 10:37 AM on February 1, 2014
Guess I'll just leave this 2004 clip from the Daily Show about Super Bowl commercials here. That said, going to be excited to see 'em tomorrow.
posted by Going To Maine at 10:44 AM on February 1, 2014 [4 favorites]
posted by Going To Maine at 10:44 AM on February 1, 2014 [4 favorites]
Well the 2004 ad is certainly a wonderful depiction of the Bud experience while this year's ghastly, cloying effort involving a puppy would make your teeth fall out.
posted by epo at 11:40 AM on February 1, 2014
posted by epo at 11:40 AM on February 1, 2014
I just wonder what Goldiblox are going to be ripping off in order to guilt parents into buying their awful "engineering" toys.
I hope it has a narrative. Because like young girls, I only understand and enjoy things if they come with a soporific and badly written narrative.
posted by zoo at 12:57 PM on February 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
I hope it has a narrative. Because like young girls, I only understand and enjoy things if they come with a soporific and badly written narrative.
posted by zoo at 12:57 PM on February 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
The Card Cheat - I think this might have been the ad you remembered?
posted by sysinfo at 1:44 PM on February 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by sysinfo at 1:44 PM on February 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
That's gotta be it, sysinfo...not as bad as the description I remembered, but still pretty lousy. "We'll force our customers to use our product, and they'll hate it!"
posted by The Card Cheat at 1:57 PM on February 1, 2014
posted by The Card Cheat at 1:57 PM on February 1, 2014
But...if these companies show us their ad ahead of time, then we might not bother watching it tomorrow and we wouldn't see...their ad we already saw. And we might miss one of their competitor's ads. And the Super Bowl might get lower ratings which would mean they'd pay less for a Super Bowl ad next year...surely this is a big mistake?
posted by straight at 2:36 PM on February 1, 2014
posted by straight at 2:36 PM on February 1, 2014
surely this is a big mistake?
The way you describe it, straight, it sounds like a smarter strategy than any Advertising/Marketing people I've ever known are capable of...
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:27 PM on February 1, 2014
The way you describe it, straight, it sounds like a smarter strategy than any Advertising/Marketing people I've ever known are capable of...
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:27 PM on February 1, 2014
The Card Cheat, I remember it. It was Just for feet Kenya Mission. It's embedded here too (scroll down a bit), if my site crashes again, because super bowl commercials traffic. Gaah.
posted by dabitch at 8:19 PM on February 1, 2014
posted by dabitch at 8:19 PM on February 1, 2014
If this Seinfeld reunion is an elaborate Super Bowl ad, I will be happy to watch it, probably online after the fact. I was briefly annoyed at the idea of a Seinfeld reunion as a commercial for some meaningless brand, but then I remembered the characters in Seinfeld are amoral monsters.
posted by kenlayne at 9:40 PM on February 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by kenlayne at 9:40 PM on February 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
Well the 2004 ad is certainly a wonderful depiction of the Bud experience while this year's ghastly, cloying effort involving a puppy would make your teeth fall out.
Yeah, but the "puppy" ad will also make thousands of idiotic racists go GRAAAARR with impotent rage at the fact that they are being left behind by the rest of the country, so there's that.
posted by lunasol at 5:15 AM on February 2, 2014
Yeah, but the "puppy" ad will also make thousands of idiotic racists go GRAAAARR with impotent rage at the fact that they are being left behind by the rest of the country, so there's that.
posted by lunasol at 5:15 AM on February 2, 2014
Why the hell am I watching Bill O'Reilly parrot right wing talking points while I'm trying to watch the Super Bowl + ads? What is this crap?
posted by Justinian at 1:39 PM on February 2, 2014
posted by Justinian at 1:39 PM on February 2, 2014
The way Denver is playing I'm kinda nostalgic for the Bill O'Reilly segment.
posted by Justinian at 4:16 PM on February 2, 2014
posted by Justinian at 4:16 PM on February 2, 2014
Conservative outrage over the multi-language Coke ad.
posted by octothorpe at 6:40 AM on February 3, 2014
posted by octothorpe at 6:40 AM on February 3, 2014
Georgia Lawyer's Local Super Bowl Ad Is Batshit Amazing
posted by tonycpsu at 7:55 AM on February 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by tonycpsu at 7:55 AM on February 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
octothorpe: "Conservative outrage over the multi-language Coke ad."
If speaking American was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me.
posted by double block and bleed at 9:23 AM on February 3, 2014 [3 favorites]
If speaking American was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me.
posted by double block and bleed at 9:23 AM on February 3, 2014 [3 favorites]
octothorpe: "Conservative outrage over the multi-language Coke ad."
Atlanta anchor’s 2-minute rant destroys ‘Christianity-believing’ Coca-Cola ad haters
posted by tonycpsu at 10:52 AM on February 4, 2014
Atlanta anchor’s 2-minute rant destroys ‘Christianity-believing’ Coca-Cola ad haters
posted by tonycpsu at 10:52 AM on February 4, 2014
Why One Ad With Female Engineers Flopped, While Another Is Succeeding
posted by homunculus at 6:41 PM on February 12, 2014
posted by homunculus at 6:41 PM on February 12, 2014
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