I realize I'm a couple days late, but I'm going to do this anyway. I'm the kind of guy that watches the Super Bowl for the actual game usually, but I would like to highlight a few of the commercials I found particularly amusing, and a couple I just found to be stupid. Videos to the specific commercials will be provided, and superbowlads.fanhouse.com has all of the commercials from Sunday's game on demand at their site.
Betty White takes time to poke fun of herself and her old age. Funny premise, well executed by Snickers. I've liked them ever since their "Patrick Chewing" schtick.
Leno, Letterman, and Oprah make fun of the recent ridiculousness of the late night drama. Its funny to see them together, and just an odd pairing with Oprah there, but its all good. I guess Conah was contacted to partake, but declined. Letterman mocking Leno is funny.
It probably has something to do with my odd obsession with Brett Favre, but this might have been my favorite. A reoccurring theme of the ones I've listed is the famous people in them making fun of themselves, and Favre does it great here. The funniest thing is though, I really wouldn't be surprised if he really wins the NFL MVP in 2020 at 50 years old. He's crazy enough to do it. That's why it works.
This is just funny, and almost all guys get the motivation for it. I literally laughed out loud when I heard the dude say "How about lavender?". Jim Nantz delivers it all well too. Funny stuff.
Charles Barkley does his best Dr. Suess impression, and I love it. I find most things Barkley does funny, so this isn't a stretch. The guy with dreadlocks is funny too.
Now, as for some of the ads, I didn't like... I won't post them, because that would defeat the purpose of not liking them. I mean, I'm not gonna show you the commercials I don't like. That's dumb.
I think its ridiculous how Danica Patrick decides to dumb herself down for those godaddy commercials. I understand she is a pretty lady, but she doesn't need to sell it so hard. She should do more respectful commercials for herself, she's talented enough at what she does that it should be enough.
The Budweiser body bridge commercial was dumb. Having all those people create a human bridge for the Budweiser truck... really? How desperate can you get? I didn't really find it funny.
And then there's Megan Fox. The commercial (for Motorola) would work if Megan Fox was actually that attractive, and if the commercial didn't get vulgar with the mother beating on the door (I figured out where that was going). Overrated Megan Fox and overrated Motorola make for a deadly combination, and its one that I'm not particularly fond of.
I also wanted to talk about the halftime show, since its entertainment related. I'll be completely honest. I didn't watch the halftime show. I know who The Who are, and know a few of their songs but would hardly consider myself a fan. I have a small problem with the NFL using them as the halftime show, most of it lying in the fact no one under the age of 30 really finds The Who very relevant, and that they're a British band, playing at the largest American sporting event there is. I don't mean to disrespect them, but do they really understand the weight of the Super Bowl, here in America? I kind of doubt it. It would be nice for the NFL to pick a halftime show made for someone under the age of 40 some time in the near future, but I doubt its gonna happen. Timberlake and Janet Jackson screwed us over on that one. Until then, I'll probably just continue to ignore the halftime show, its not really where any of the true action lies anyway. My favorite take on the whole scenario comes from Jim Rome and his radio show though, yesterday he said people under the age of 25 were all saying "Who are these 60 year old guys with guitars? And why are they playing the CSI song?" I found that humorous.
Any thoughts on anything touched on are welcome. For now, I'm out.
-Hype
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