Super Bowl Commericals (Third Quarter)

Ok second half. I'm expecting improvements from both the ads and the Cardinals. And from dinner. I can't believe I'm actually going to start making food while the game's going rather than during a commercial...

Coca Cola - not sure how to describe it: Boring. Next.

Bridgestone - Spacemen "Jump Around": After the Mr. and Mrs. Potato head, I expected more. Really didn't see the connection to tires...but maybe I'm just getting tired.

Denny's - Mobsters: Not bad until the end. Start with the mobsters talking about putting a hit out on someone but keeps getting interrupted by whipped cream being sprayed on the pancakes. Ends promising a gland slam breakfast to everyone in America. Sweet. I will be trying to find where the closest Denny's is.

Monster.com - Moose Body: Slightly better than average. Gets the point across but is rather boring. Knowing the potential for job sites - especially given the large newly unemployed target audience - I expected more.

Budweiser - Irish Clydesdale: This is going to be sweet. As soon as I heard the Irish accent and saw the horse, I got excited. Great fake jobs - the racehorse especially. Even an appeal to patriotism. But still, not quite sure how horses equate to buying beer.

Race to Witch Mountain: Not on my list to see.

The Office: Three guest stars - doesn't really amuse me. White guy yelling "Barack is president!" to try to revive a black guy - slightly amusing.

Finally going to put food in the microwave...

Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen: I'm biased because I really liked the first one. Otherwise I would have thought it was just a special effects show with absolutely no plot. When special effects were truly groundbreaking, you could sell a movie with just special effects - I can't tell you the plot of Independence Day, but I can tell you a lot of buildings looked really cool blowing up. Not anymore. If I don't see a better trailer with some semblance of a plot it's off my list. And they better have a plausible explanation for

I didn't notice who the ad was for - If you hate going to work, it may be time: I was about to completely blast this ad until the koala got punched. That was kind of cute. Otherwise, how many people are seriously thinking about leaving their job right now? And the repetition was just annoying.

Coca-Cola - Animals Stealing Bottle: Better than the earlier attempts, bright colors, kinda cute computer generated animals...can you tell I'm stretching to complement here?

Frosted Flakes - New baseball field: Did anyone mention to Kellog that the Super Bowl is a football game? Not a baseball game?

Usama Young - Snow Cone Vendor: Haha. Actually was amusing. Especially the end about being in the super bowl.

Unnamed security company (I refuse to give you more publicity than you deserve) did you seriously waste a SECOND ad slot with the guy getting stuck in the door? This is one company that obviously doesn't need a bailout.

Hangintherejack.com: Umm...at least that other not to be named website thought they could attract views by an attractive woman potentially naked in the shower. As bad as that is, it's probably going to get a lot more traffic than some egghead mascot who just got hit by a bus.

I think that was the third local newscast commercial I've seen tonight. NBC must be really desperate. If this can't get the Republicans and Democrats together to pass a stimulus bill I don't know what will.

Chuck in 1-D: Another dumb waste of a repeat.

Speaking of wastes, that security company just ran the SAME BAD AD a THIRD TIME! And now the fee pig is back! These two companies should be financing a bailout because the obviously have too much free money. Or perhaps they should spend some of it on a better marketing department.

And a FOURTH local news ad. I knew they were having a little trouble with ads, but this is nuts.