Are you ready for some Football?!? (NFL)

[DaveMage]

(Disclosure: I work in advertising, and one of our ads (the Taco Bell "talking lions") was on during the game.)

The ones that stood out to me:
- Bud Light: the axe-murderer, the "rock-paper-scissors", and the Carlos Mencia "English" spots (though the latter felt like a rip-off of "Stripes")
- Snickers (the "man-kiss")
- Career Builder (though I think they were probably like "Dilbert" -- funny if you work in an office, not too funny otherwise)
- Blockbuster ("clicking the mouse")

The one for the sales-lead web site, if they weren't *trying* to be tongue-in-cheek (and I couldn't tell), was just awful.

And, Robert Goulet for Emerald Nuts was just plain weird.

The snickers one stood out, but I didn't like it.

The Career Builder ads seemed like a waste of time.

THe blockbuster one was cute, but didn't hold my attention (although it did hold the attention of my 3 and 5 year olds).

I remember seeing the Taco Bell one, but don't remember anything else about it. (Sorry!)

I do look forward to seeing Robert Goulet at my desk this afternoon, though...

 

[kenobi65]

I remember seeing the Taco Bell one, but don't remember anything else about it. (Sorry!)

Hey; don't worry...you're probably too old to be our target, anyway.

 

[John Crichton]

Hey; don't worry...you're probably too old to be our target, anyway.

That was the lions talking, right?

And I was just remembered by my assistant about the Kevin Federline commercial - that was hilarious at the time.

 

[DaveMage]

Hey; don't worry...you're probably too old to be our target, anyway.

Dang kids!

*shakes fist*

 

[jonathan swift]

I loved the Fed-Ex Ground one about how just because it's name was ground, it wasn't slow.

 

[kenobi65]

That was the lions talking, right?

Yup.

Though, when I talked this morning to the guy who heads up the account here, he said his teenaged kids and their friends (who *are* the target) didn't know who Ricardo Montalban was, and so, some of the humor was lost on them.

 

[kenobi65]

I loved the Fed-Ex Ground one about how just because it's name was ground, it wasn't slow.

Yeah, that one wasn't bad. I don't think it's got much repeat value, but the first time was pretty funny.

 

[John Crichton]

I loved the Fed-Ex Ground one about how just because it's name was ground, it wasn't slow.

Agreed, that wasn't bad but the one where the guy doesn't know where China is was better.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

You missed one of the best half time shows in a while then. I'm not much of a Prince fan, but he certainly rocked last night.

Certainly much better than the Raise-Dead activated Rolling Stones.....

 

[Seonaid]

[T]he one where the guy doesn't know where China is was better.

Definitely makes me laugh every single time.

As for the lions, I thought it was cute, but I know who Ricardo Montalban is. Out of curiosity, why are teenagers the target?