Are you ready for some FOOTBALL! - Hot Stove Edition

[Imran Siddiqui]

My commerical ranking:

1) Ameriquest (1st better than the 2nd, but both great)
2) Budweiser Horses ("streaker" and the baby horse)
3) FedEx Caveman
4) Mastercard McGuyver
5) Magic Fridge

[Winston]

Wouldn't it be better for all if they ran the commercials for the entire duration, except for some much anticipated short breaks of top notch football, which everyone would then talk about and give grades to the next day?

[Imran Siddiqui]

No you heathen . I watch for the football and the commerical are just amusing breaks in the action.

Besides, that way how could they charge $2.5 million+ per commerical?

[Asher]

Superbowl commercials:

http://video.google.com/superbowl.html

[Winston]

Edit: Aw, schucks.

nm

[-Jrabbit]

d/p

[-Jrabbit]

I hate Hummers, but had to LOVE the Hummer Movie Monsters Spot.

I also thought the MacGyver - MasterCard spot was brilliant.

Ameriquest Mortgage "that killed him" spot -- very good.

Magic Fridge -- excellent, esp. compared to the other Bud Light spots.

Diet Pepsi spots -- both sucked.

Fedex "caveman gets fired" -- tired idea, poorly done.

Burger King Busby Berkeley musical number -- I applaud the big production effort. Now let's hope that it was a "Super Bowl Only" spot.

[Ming]

Nice double post

Here is how the were ranked by the USA Today Poll:

Company Description Score

10 most popular
Bud Light A secret fridge stocks Bud Light. 8.39
Budweiser Young Clydesdale dreams big. 8.18
FedEx Cave man uses prehistoric overnight delivery. 7.95
Sierra Mist Sierra Mist can't clear airport security. 7.86
Bud Light Men pretend to work on rooftops, but relax instead. 7.82
Budweiser Sheep streaks at big game. 7.81
Ameriquest Patient's family walks in on medical misunderstanding. 7.80
Bud Light Office manager motivates employees with hidden bottles. 7.69
Ameriquest Plane turbulence creates awkward situation. 7.67
Budweiser Stadium crowd turns a wave into a Bud promotion. 7.65

The rest
Bud Light Man saves himself from scary bear. 7.64
CareerBuilder Chimps celebrate strong sales quarter. 7.55
CareerBuilder Employees commiserate about workplace animals. 7.43
Sprint Man downloads music for burning couch from Sprint phone. 7.22
Michelob Ultra Amber Touch football gets ugly. 7.03
Dove Dove promotes self-esteem fund for young girls. 6.96
Sharpie Pirate mascot uses retractable Sharpie to sign autographs. 6.82
Nationwide Insurance Life moves fast for romance novel cover star Fabio. 6.73
MasterCard MacGyver buys lifesaving gadgets with MasterCard. 6.59
Walt Disney Promo for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. 6.54
Honda Ad for Ridgeline pickup brings trucking icons to life. 6.53
Ford Motor Kermit says green is good when he sees Escape hybrid. 6.40
GM Hummer Monsters marry and have a Hummer baby. 6.37
Degree for Men People living on the edge in Stunt City. 6.28
Burger King Whopperettes sing and dance. 6.24
Walt Disney Theme park celebrates 50 years. 6.22
NFL Mobile Fan checks scores at checkout line. 6.21
Toyota Tacoma pickup rides out the incoming tide. 6.16
Diet Pepsi Jackie Chan appears in an action film. 6.15
Aleve Leonard Nimoy's hand pain gets in way of an appearance. 5.95
Here's to Beer.com Drinkers toast to beer in different languages. 5.91
GoDaddy GoDaddy woman returns in steamy ad. 5.88
Warner Bros. Promo for Poseidon. 5.87
Magnolia Pictures Promo for The World's Fastest Indian. 5.85
Toyota Boy compares bilingual father to hybrid vehicle. 5.80
Walt Disney Promo for Cars. 5.78
Outback Steakhouse Devoted fan makes like a boomerang. 5.77
Fidelity Paul McCartney as role model. 5.72
Paramount Ads promote Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible III. 5.71
GoDaddy GoDaddy woman sends man for oxygen again. 5.68
Major League Baseball Players promote World Baseball Classic tournament. 5.68
Motorola Meteoric explosion helps create new Pebl phone. 5.54
Taco Bell Love blossoms at stoplight. 5.49
Emerald of California Machete men love Emerald Nuts. 5.36
ESPN Mobile (60 sec.) Fan is in sports heaven when he uses ESPN's mobile phone. 5.34
Walt Disney Chris Berman calls play-by-play on The Shaggy Dog. 5.30
Gillette Five-blade razor is a top secret until now. 5.27
Diet Pepsi Diet Pepsi sings with Diddy. 5.22
PS Cleaning Products Some people avoid germs by living in green suits. 5.20
Warner Bros. Promo for V for Vendetta. 5.14
Westin Hotels Breathe and relax in smoke-free hotels. 5.06
New Line Cinema Ad for new action movie Running Scared. 5.05
Warner Bros. Promo for 16 Blocks. 5.04

5 least popular
ESPN Mobile (30 sec.) Fan is in sports heaven when he uses ESPN's mobile phone. 5.04
GM Cadillac New Escalade truck poses on the catwalk as fashion model. 4.96
Overstock.com O as part of life. 4.91
Slim-Fast Four-hour hunger control. 4.28
Gillette Razor brand unveils 5-blade system. 4.05

[Ming]

I think Bud getting 7 of the top 11 places just crazy.

I liked the under rated MasterCard MacGyver and Nationwide Insurance Life Fabio spots.

But overall... a poor showing by the ad community this year. Nothing really stood out. A few were worth a chuckle, but no award winners. Most people seemed to play it safe this year.

[-Jrabbit]

I forgot about the Sierra Mist airport security spot with the fake beep-beep when the wand passes near the bottle. I busted a gut when the guard looks knowingly at the passenger and brandishes his latex glove.

Advertisers allegedly pledged to step away from raunchy frat-boy humor in the post-Janet Jackson era. I find it amusing (and sad) that the most sophomoric spots (read: Bud Light) tended to be the most popular.

Just shows how little creativity there is out there.

[Flubber]

My simple game recap


Seattle was the better team on all but 3 Pittsburgh big plays and had penalties simply kill any and all momentum. I believe 5 of their biggest plays were called back on penalties. I make no comment on how deserved the penalties were but it just struck me as being one-sided in the result.

Seattle also showed lousy clock managment skills-- I mean SCREEN PASSES ??? stupid to throw them and in the circumstances it would be better for the receiver to drop them.


So overall the geme reminded me of a hockey game where one team gets 40 shots on net, gets one goal and hits the post 3 times while the other team gets 12 shots on net but scores 3 times when their opponent has TWO men in the penalty box

[Japher]

I think the refs determined that game and not the teams

that's a real shame

still, even if Seattle got some calls going their way I think they didn't play well, and was disappointed with their play calling. the result probably wouldn't of been any different. they really played to the Steeler's strenghts.

so,

bad refs, bad seahwaks

I did like Randel El's TD pass

I love that guy (in a totally nonsexual/gay way of course)

[Kidlicious]

The ads were pretty bad. My 7 year old didn't even laugh. I guess they were mostly adult humor, but they were too stupid for adults at the same time.

[Guynemer]

Seattle could not manage the clock at all; some of the calls they got hosed on, but they definitely did not deserve to win.

And, I guess I'm in the minority here, but I thought the Stones were great. Not as good as U2 a few years ago, but they still tore it up. However, whenever I see sweet, grandfatherly Charlie Watts on the drums, all I can think is: "One of these things is not like the other, one of these things does not belong."

Ads? MacGuyver was terrific. I also really enjoyed the big Burger King production. The magic fridge was amusing. The Ameriquest and Nationwide ads were clever. If I never see another Diet Pepsi ad for the rest of my life, I might die a happy man. And I absolutely loved the new Emerald Nuts ad. The movie trailers that got me interested were 16 Blocks, V For Vendetta, and Pirates 2.

[duke o' york]

I can finally post in this thread again!

Because I didn't take today off work then I've had to watch the lot on video this evening. It wasn't a great game - Alexander was particularly disappointing, but the 75 yard rush was wonderful, and I thought that Heinz Ward also played really well.
I'm glad that the Steelers won, if only because I hate them slightly less than the Seahawks, but what the hell were the officials playing at? There were so many atrocious calls it was mindboggling.
Oh, and I FF'd through the half-time show.
I thought it was unlikely they'd play Paint it Black so I didn't bother watching.