Posts Tagged ‘superbowl ads’

Catch AdAge’s Post-Superbowl Video Show

Monday, February 4th, 2008

AdAge’s Bob Garfield runs through the commercials he didn’t like.

He doesn’t like most of them. But I’m not sure I agree with his reasoning.

My quick thoughts:

Audi R8: Parody of Godfather scene where the director finds the horse head may have been the worst commercial of the Superbowl. Could have been for any product that people are supposed to feel passionately about.

Bridgestone Tires with the animals screaming being afraid of being run over was also funny. As was nearly running over Richard Simmons.

The Careerbuilder campaign was disturbing. That was one bizarre looking heart.

Tide to Go was hysterical with the stain talking. One of the best commercials of the ‘bowl.

Coke ruled the second half of the game with the James Carvillle & Bill Frist commercial. Would have been better with Hillary and Obama, though. But the parody of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with the huge balloon characters chasing a huge balloon of a coke bottle. Good stuff.

ETrade: Did we need to watch a baby spit-up while performing stock trades? The “clown rental” commercial was certainly funnier. “Underestimate the creepiness.” Ha!

Budweiser delivered its usual blend of humor and pumping up the Clydsedales, this time with a Rocky inspired commercial.

And GoDaddy.com? Terrible. Danica has a nice beaver. Good message.

Check ‘em all again on MySpace or any of the other previously mentioned sites.

What worked for you? What didn’t?

Can’t Wait? Catch the Superbowl Commercials Now on Wi-Fi TV

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Wi-FiTV’s Newsblog has the Superbowl ads up and ready for you to catch early, so you can still tivo through the big game later. You can watch them as a consecutive stream or individually by clicking on the On Demand box and selecting the advertisement.

SpikeTV also has a collection of this year’s ads in case you can’t wait until later. Oddly enough, you’ll see :15 second pre-rolls before every other ad you watch. And, to save you the trouble of watching stuttering, broken up streams from GoDaddy during the game, head over there before the rests of the world does to watch the Danica Patrick “Exposure” commercial that will be teased during the game.

For a look at the best ads from years past, instead of hunting around YouTube, head over to www.superbowl-ads.com.