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Superbowl Ad Thread
Super Bowl | 2/8/2010 | Me

Posted on 02/08/2010 10:31:51 AM PST by catnipman

Well, I guess I'm finally forced to admit it. I'm officially "over the hill". I simply didn't "get" most of the Super Bowl ads. Most simply didn't make any sense what so ever to me. When I did figure a couple out, I couldn't figure out what they were advertising. And when I figured out what they were advertising, I didn't know what it was, what it did, why I needed one, and what I would do with it if I got one.

And then there seemed to be lots of ads with guys taking their clothes off for no particular reason. And not cheesecake guys, either. Just guy guys. Plain ol' office worker type guys half-naked. Also, some of the half-naked office worker guys seemed to be cavorting in hay fields for unfathomable reasons.

On the other hand, the guys that did have clothes on all seemed to be young clueless wimpy guys doing strange clueless wimpy things, and presumably if they would only buy some kind of wimpy male product like Dove something or other, then they they would be less wimpy, maybe.

Also, there were lots of guys doing really odd things to get beer. Everything except going to the store to buy some. Me? I always get my beer by getting in the car, driving to the store, and paying money to the beer store guy. I mean, that's the way my daddy taught me to get beer. Who knows? Maybe Pop was all wrong about how to get beer, and I'm crippled for life with faulty beer-getting skills.

At any rate, I was wondering if it was really just me, or did most of the Super Bowl ads seem mostly pointless, stupid and/or unfathomable?

(Disclaimer: I’m the kind of guy who thinks a real man owns a pickup truck, a 24 foot extension ladder, a chain saw, and an air compressor, though also owning at least one legal machine gun doesn’t hurt.)


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: ads; nfl; sports; superbowl; superbowlads
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1 posted on 02/08/2010 10:31:52 AM PST by catnipman
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I’m with you. I thought most of the ads were dumb. The ones that showed people without clothes were disgusting and showed how our culture has been denigrated by progressives.


2 posted on 02/08/2010 10:35:05 AM PST by notaliberal
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To: catnipman

doing odd things to get beer?

hmmmm, I missed that one.

In fact, I missed almost all of them as I was watching and posting away on the SB thread ‘til I hit the beer wall.


3 posted on 02/08/2010 10:35:49 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: catnipman

I was sick & tired of the Dennys “Screaming Chickens” ads after seeing 4-5 of them.


4 posted on 02/08/2010 10:36:12 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: catnipman
The top commercial for Doritos was the dog anti-bark collar one. The guy who produced it won a cash prize from them and was hosted at a suite in the stadium. He is just a young college age kid with aspirations of becoming a producer. He said he and approx. 11 friends made the commercial on a budget between $200 and $400..........

Pretty cool.......

5 posted on 02/08/2010 10:36:21 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want a hoochie-mama for Christmas, only a hoochie-mama will do............)
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To: catnipman

The only good commercials were the Tebow, Doritos dog collar, house made from Bud Light, Clydesdales and Screaming Chicken.

The rest were either men-as-wimps, boring, or pointless (animals freeze reacting to Car ads?, Danica Patrick doing 1/4 of a commercial for a commercial?)

Worst Superbowl ads since the height of the dot com boom.


6 posted on 02/08/2010 10:37:53 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: catnipman

Most of the Ads were dumb and a couple made no sense what so ever. Couldn’t figure what they were selling.

You are not old, just perceptive.


7 posted on 02/08/2010 10:38:25 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: catnipman; Clemenza; stanz; StarFan; NautiNurse; Bigg Red; RaceBannon; GOPsterinMA
Overall my husband and I thought it was the worst crop of Super Bowl ads we've seen in YEARS. We must be officially "over the hill" as well, or else Madison Avenue saved tons of $$$$ by hiring bottom-of-the-barrel ad writers this year...

We liked the Tim Tebow ad, the Audi "Green Police" ad (found it funny and disturbing, though), the one Doritos ad with the little kid telling the boyfriend: "Keep your hands off my momma, and keep your hands off my Doritos!". We always love the e-Trade baby ads. I also thought the Budweiser Clydesdale horse ad with the steer was "cute", but not overly memorable.

8 posted on 02/08/2010 10:38:54 AM PST by nutmeg (Rush Limbaugh & Sarah Palin agree: NO third parties! Take back the GOP)
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I only saw a few ads, but I think I know what you’re talking abuout anyway.

Who wouldn’t?

Is there really any other kind of ad today? Aren’t all white males (and even black ones too sometimes) just a bunch foolish goobers? Isn’t it always the wife / girlfriend, or even the children who know everything?

There’s a pretty serious message about society in there.

To wit: men are fools who are only useful for income and distasteful chores.


9 posted on 02/08/2010 10:40:23 AM PST by Pessimist (u)
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To: freedumb2003; Hot Tabasco

Darn, I was distracted and didn’t see the entire Doritos dog collar ad. We liked the one with the little kid telling the boyfriend: “Keep your hands off my momma, and keep your hands off my Doritos!” LOL


10 posted on 02/08/2010 10:40:32 AM PST by nutmeg (Rush Limbaugh & Sarah Palin agree: NO third parties! Take back the GOP)
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To: catnipman
The only one I like was the Snickers commercial with Betty White and Abe Vigoda playing football.

Even the E-trade commercials, which are usually the best, fell flat. All in all, bad crop all around.

11 posted on 02/08/2010 10:41:28 AM PST by tsmith130
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To: notaliberal

I actually thought the sans clothes ads did a great service. They reminded us why we don’t want to see most people partially clothed.
But I agree, I didn’t think the ads, overall were that good. And many I just didn’t get. If that means I’m old, then thank goodness I am.


12 posted on 02/08/2010 10:41:50 AM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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I only watched the last half of the Superbowl, but just within that space I noticed that there were a few ads with the theme of the spineless wimp guy who lets his woman run his life. One was advertising a car, another a portable TV, and another whose product I can’t remember. The really sad part is that there is a lot of truth to that theme, from what I’ve seen. I wonder how many guys will (correctly) see themselves in those commercials?


13 posted on 02/08/2010 10:42:38 AM PST by fr_freak
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To: martin_fierro

Am I the only one who noticed that the “chickens” who were panicked over having to lay more eggs all had combs on their heads?

Anyone? Bueller?


14 posted on 02/08/2010 10:43:46 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Freepmail me to get on the Bourbon ping list.)
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To: tsmith130

Was that Abe Vigoda?? Wow, he’s gotten really old! I didn’t recognize him, I wondered why they used just an unknown old man!


15 posted on 02/08/2010 10:44:30 AM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: notaliberal

I didn’t see one ad that persuaded me to purchase a product I wouldn’t already purchase.

A few cute ones. (ETrade Babies) A lot of idiots (Bud people bridge). A profound waste of money by the companies who hired the ad agencies.

Not one Boulevard Beer Commercial. which I was drinking with no frills satisfaction.


16 posted on 02/08/2010 10:44:39 AM PST by o_zarkman44 (Obama is the ultimate LIE!)
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To: catnipman

I like a good brew sometimes myself, but there’s an unpleasant point about much of alcohol advertising. The biggest market for alcohol is with alcoholics. If you can get alcoholics to prefer your brand, you will do well.

Thus, it makes sense to make ads to appeal to alcoholics. Alcoholics will do almost anything to get another drink. The images of people letting trucks drive over them or whatever are intended to get a sympathetic response from alocholics.


17 posted on 02/08/2010 10:45:24 AM PST by Our man in washington
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To: nutmeg

I didn’t care for that one. I think the idea of a hild slapping an adult under any circumstance isn’t funny.


18 posted on 02/08/2010 10:45:37 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: catnipman

You my friend, are not alone. The only 2 comme3rcials that I thought were even mildly amusing were the Doritos commercial with the little boy and his mother’s date and the Betty White commercial. The rest were either over my head or too stupid to mention.


19 posted on 02/08/2010 10:45:40 AM PST by pgkdan (I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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To: o_zarkman44

I do admit that I have the March song from Stripes stuck in my head today....


20 posted on 02/08/2010 10:45:52 AM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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