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ur version of the 10 best and 10 worst commercials of Super Bowl XLII. Here are the 10 best...
Pepsi: Diet Pepsi Max
Zack Faigen: You're laughing before you even know what the pay-off is going to be. Characters from every walk of life are falling asleep at the wheel (literally in one case), highlighted by the guy at the diner losing his hair piece when he leans back, and the dad getting jacked in the face by the kid he's pushing on the swing. Then the Pepsi comes in, bringing life to our actors and the return of the classic "A Night at the Roxbury" theme. Props to FOX's own Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. Question: Is Joe Buck now a bigger commercial star than Peyton Manning?
Budweiser: Training hard
Jim McCurdie: As depraved as it may sound, we don't truly get into the holiday spirit until the Clydesdales go plopping through the snow with jingle bells jangling. So we have a soft spot for the big lugs, and this ad played right into it. A Dalmatian takes a big horse under his wing and trains him to make the A-team, with the Rocky theme in the background? Beautiful! Did you see the expression in those eyes? That horse was more than ready for his close-up. Nice work by the pooch, too. A winner.
Sobe Life Water: Super Model Dance
Zack Pierce: A model walks into a stark white room with a tiny CGI lizard at her feet. As she pops the cap off a new bottle of Sobe Life Water — a staple of every model's diet — the lizard jumps up and takes a sip. This instantly transforms him and his band of lizard buddies into a traveling dance troupe, gyrating to Michael Jackson's Thriller. ... Hey, why not?
Audi: The Godfather Redux
ZF: Audi's first Super Bowl commercial in two decades was worth the wait. With a nod to the horse's head scene from "The Godfather," I'm scared not to buy that car. Scare the customer? Works for me!
E-Trade: Infant Investing Part I | Part II
JM: What happens when a wide-eyed Gerber baby tries his hand at investing online? The stock purchase goes right through (so easy a baby can do it). The little darling then spits up a little of his lunch, and we end with a tight shot on him saying "Whoa" at his, um, creation. Good execution here. You can't help but listen intently to what the voice is saying.
In the encore version, our little brown-eyed friend follows up his earlier appearance with one in which he rents a clown with the "extra coin" we presume he made with that great return rate on his savings account. "I really underestimated the creepiness" of the clown, the voice tells us. The "webcam" look is realistic. This format is working.
FedEx: Pigeon Service
ZF: A humorous ad in which an enterprising young worker thinks he's found the solution to his company's shipping problems. Only issue? The unreliability of over-sized, genetically-enhanced carrier pigeons. Somewhere Charles Darwin is saying, "And people think my theory is out there?"
Cars.com: Death Match | Witch Doctor
ZP: Puzzling yet hilarious offering from Cars.com. A man shopping for cars is glad the Web site is so easy to use or else the salesman would have had to fight tattooed, screaming Glondor (spelling uncertain) inside a ring of fire. "You should probably step out of the ring," he tells the salesman.
ZF: Cars.com hits again, this time with the customer threatening to use a witch doctor on the salesman to shrink his head. The kicker? The mechanic's question: "Can I take off? I have a tiny head." If that's not a good reason to go home early, I don't know what is.
Toyota Corolla: Beware of Badgers
ZF: What an inventive way to show how quiet the inside of the new Corolla is. But the best part of the commercial? Putting all those people who refuse to put their phones on vibrate in their place. Why must I be subjected to that Paris Hilton song every time your phone rings?
Planters: Unibrow
ZP: A substantially unattractive woman, complete with unibrow and mole, is causing all sorts of men to swoon. One guy crashes through a glass door while in the midst of gawking, another rides his bike smack into a taxi. It's possible that the sun revolves around the Earth in this parallel universe. Then we find out the rub (literally) — the woman is using Planters cashew residue as a perfume. I think it would take more than a legume for me to overlook the face.
Doritos: Mousetrap
JM: One good measure of a Super ad's success is the ability to make viewers laugh out loud. If the newsroom crowd here is any indication, this one had to be a hit at most Super Bowl parties. A Doritos chip in a mousetrap lures a giant mouse out of the woodwork with a fury, and the hunted proceeds to kick the butt of the high and mighty hunter. Sweet irony on top of twisted humor. Nice.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7755438/Super-Bowl-commercials:-10-best?GT1=10937
ur version of the 10 best and 10 worst commercials of Super Bowl XLII. Here are the 10 best...
Pepsi: Diet Pepsi Max
Zack Faigen: You're laughing before you even know what the pay-off is going to be. Characters from every walk of life are falling asleep at the wheel (literally in one case), highlighted by the guy at the diner losing his hair piece when he leans back, and the dad getting jacked in the face by the kid he's pushing on the swing. Then the Pepsi comes in, bringing life to our actors and the return of the classic "A Night at the Roxbury" theme. Props to FOX's own Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. Question: Is Joe Buck now a bigger commercial star than Peyton Manning?
Budweiser: Training hard
Jim McCurdie: As depraved as it may sound, we don't truly get into the holiday spirit until the Clydesdales go plopping through the snow with jingle bells jangling. So we have a soft spot for the big lugs, and this ad played right into it. A Dalmatian takes a big horse under his wing and trains him to make the A-team, with the Rocky theme in the background? Beautiful! Did you see the expression in those eyes? That horse was more than ready for his close-up. Nice work by the pooch, too. A winner.
Sobe Life Water: Super Model Dance
Zack Pierce: A model walks into a stark white room with a tiny CGI lizard at her feet. As she pops the cap off a new bottle of Sobe Life Water — a staple of every model's diet — the lizard jumps up and takes a sip. This instantly transforms him and his band of lizard buddies into a traveling dance troupe, gyrating to Michael Jackson's Thriller. ... Hey, why not?
Audi: The Godfather Redux
ZF: Audi's first Super Bowl commercial in two decades was worth the wait. With a nod to the horse's head scene from "The Godfather," I'm scared not to buy that car. Scare the customer? Works for me!
E-Trade: Infant Investing Part I | Part II
JM: What happens when a wide-eyed Gerber baby tries his hand at investing online? The stock purchase goes right through (so easy a baby can do it). The little darling then spits up a little of his lunch, and we end with a tight shot on him saying "Whoa" at his, um, creation. Good execution here. You can't help but listen intently to what the voice is saying.
In the encore version, our little brown-eyed friend follows up his earlier appearance with one in which he rents a clown with the "extra coin" we presume he made with that great return rate on his savings account. "I really underestimated the creepiness" of the clown, the voice tells us. The "webcam" look is realistic. This format is working.
FedEx: Pigeon Service
ZF: A humorous ad in which an enterprising young worker thinks he's found the solution to his company's shipping problems. Only issue? The unreliability of over-sized, genetically-enhanced carrier pigeons. Somewhere Charles Darwin is saying, "And people think my theory is out there?"
Cars.com: Death Match | Witch Doctor
ZP: Puzzling yet hilarious offering from Cars.com. A man shopping for cars is glad the Web site is so easy to use or else the salesman would have had to fight tattooed, screaming Glondor (spelling uncertain) inside a ring of fire. "You should probably step out of the ring," he tells the salesman.
ZF: Cars.com hits again, this time with the customer threatening to use a witch doctor on the salesman to shrink his head. The kicker? The mechanic's question: "Can I take off? I have a tiny head." If that's not a good reason to go home early, I don't know what is.
Toyota Corolla: Beware of Badgers
ZF: What an inventive way to show how quiet the inside of the new Corolla is. But the best part of the commercial? Putting all those people who refuse to put their phones on vibrate in their place. Why must I be subjected to that Paris Hilton song every time your phone rings?
Planters: Unibrow
ZP: A substantially unattractive woman, complete with unibrow and mole, is causing all sorts of men to swoon. One guy crashes through a glass door while in the midst of gawking, another rides his bike smack into a taxi. It's possible that the sun revolves around the Earth in this parallel universe. Then we find out the rub (literally) — the woman is using Planters cashew residue as a perfume. I think it would take more than a legume for me to overlook the face.
Doritos: Mousetrap
JM: One good measure of a Super ad's success is the ability to make viewers laugh out loud. If the newsroom crowd here is any indication, this one had to be a hit at most Super Bowl parties. A Doritos chip in a mousetrap lures a giant mouse out of the woodwork with a fury, and the hunted proceeds to kick the butt of the high and mighty hunter. Sweet irony on top of twisted humor. Nice.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7755438/Super-Bowl-commercials:-10-best?GT1=10937
