Monday, February 08, 2016

Superbowl Commercials 2016

Maybe watching Superbowl ads all at once following the big game is not as fun as watching them during the game. I wasn’t too impressed with the commercials this year. I hope they improve for next year, when we, in Canada, are finally able to see the American spots. In any case, here are some of my favourites but aso the ones that made me go ‘huh?’

FUNNIEST COMMERCIALS
Avacados from Mexico – Aliens
Strange but at least mocks Scott Baio.

Doritos – Ultrasound
Need to get past why these two are married.

FUN USE OF CELEBRITIES
Bud Light – The Bud Light Party
Seth Rogen & Amy Schumer go over the line, but still fun.

TurboTax – Actoring
Nice to see Anthony Hopkins getting work

BEST USE OF A SONG
Marmot – Love the Outside
The use of Flight of the Conchords made this work for me.

INSPIRING COMMERICAL
Pantene – Dad-Do: Strong is Beautiful
Very cute watching football players try do their daughter’s hair

GREAT PSA COMMERCIALS
Colgate – #EveryDropCounts
A great reminder.

Budweiser – #GiveADamn
Helen Mirren is so ‘polite’ calling out the drunk drivers of the world

NOT SURE ABOUT  COMMERCIALS
Heinz Ketchup – Weiner Stampede
The dogs are cute but the family of ketchups kind of deflates it

NFL – Superbowl Babies
Funny but weird to sing about your parents. It was hard to understand all the lyrics in the beginning. This ad also went on way too long.

BIZARRE HEALTH  COMMERCIALS
OIC is Different – Envy
Have constipation? Talk to a doctor. What? No pill or remedy being promoted?

Xifixan – IBS
Who came up with this mascot?

Jublia – Toenail Fungus
It was odd last year, and now they have NFL celebrities helping out. Huh?

TERRIBLE MESSAGE COMMERCIAL
QuickenLoans – What We Were Thinking
Are they trying to create another financial crisis?

MISGUIDED USE OF CELEBRITY COMMERCIALS
Skittles – The Portrait
Steven Tyler is not relevant anymore. Also tired of Dream On.

T-Mobile – Drop the Balls
Very timely with Steve Harvey but just not funny at all.
Also thought the Apartments.com ad was pretty cheesy with Weezy.

“WHAT?”  COMMERCIALS
PayPal – New Money in Town
Glad they showed Canadian bills but how new is PayPal?

Mountain Dew – Kickstart
Puppymonkeybaby. What am I watching?

Anyway, that’s my assessment of the ads this year. Here’s hoping for better next year.

UPCOMING REVIEWS: Deadpool; Zoolander 2


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