Like most of America, I watched the Super Bowl. Also like most of America, I watch for the commercials as much as for the game. This oftentimes leads to the common conundrum of “when do I go to the bathroom?” Not this year. This year, the answer was clear: during the commercials.<\/p>\n
Usually the Super Bowl commercials are quite a good time, made up of hilarious future classics with a few heart-wrenchers thrown in for good measure. This broadcast on the other hand was more sentiment than comedy. Clearly somebody missed the memo. Sentiment sticks, but comedy lives forever.<\/p>\n
Sentiment is good for a momentary twang of the heartstrings, but I’m still<\/em> talking about the Sprite commercial with the hard-core urban thugs who turn out to be posers filming an energy drink\u00a0commercial. THAT is advertising with staying power.<\/p>\n One after another, the commercials for the broadcast of Super Bowl XLIX demanded the formation of a lump in your throat and to be viewed through misty eyes. Whether it be about fathers and sons, fathers and daughters, or horses and a dog, these top advertisers desperately wanted you to weep your way through the commercial break. And a solid 80% of these commercials were for automobiles!! What the hell?!?!\u00a0 And don’t get me started about the dead kid in the insurance commercial.<\/p>\n And when did the NFL turn into a giant PSA?! I suppose if they could get their players to stop beating up their wives\u00a0and girlfriends, carrying firearms, arranging dog fights, or participating in\u00a0various other illegal activities, there wouldn’t be a need to fill the most expensive air time of the year with unpaid public service announcements about actually obeying the law.<\/p>\n So to provide a balm to your unfulfilled yearning for advertising hilarity, I present, in no particular order,\u00a0my own personal list of the most memorable and hilarious advertising spots. I salute you advertising geniuses behind these hilarious creations. Please, I beg you, keep fighting the good fight and get that guffaw-inducing spot of yours\u00a0made! I need you.\u00a0 The Super Bowl needs you.\u00a0\u00a0America needs you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Television Advertising at Its Best<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Sprite – What’s My Motivation?
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