jtherkal: If you like Coke that much, keep some at your camp, jackass. Don’t go steal it from some poor African. This didn’t really live up to the level that Coke has set for itself recently. Plus, that song was from an old-time porno I had as a kid, so whenever I hear it, that’s all I can think of. C.
sjbooher: Ha, I love: “If you like Coke that much, keep some at your camp, jackass”. Also, Coke joined the male pantsless club, with this one, if that counts. About halfway through, I thought “What’s the product? I’m no longer watching, let’s go buy some Ambien.” F.
sjbooher: FloTV? TruTV? What? Who? Huh? Troy Polamalu = Steeler = Pittsburgh = Worst = F. And really, is his Q rating that high that he deserves the 2nd (I’m guessing he’s at least in the top 5 right now) most commercials of any NFL player?
jtherkal: I’m confused. I liked the Polamalu shampoo commercials. And sometimes commercials where people are miniature are funny, but I’m just not feeling this one. It did a good job communicating the message, at a time when people are starting to realize we’ll be without football for six months, that they can get more football on Tru TV (which used to be Court TV, I believe, and then maybe Crime TV, they can’t pick a winning formula). And if you’re going to do a Puxatony Phil joke, why not use Phil Rivers? C.
sjbooher: They should just run the OJ trial on a loop… that was the only time that network was relevant.
sjbooher: And there’s some creepy manvertising going on that I didn’t even catch (although I did subliminally, I guess… as I remember thinking, “Damn, I wish the Losties had ignored Jack. Then someone else could have been the main character!”). D. From manvertised.com:
“This Bud Light ad, though, is by far the most disturbing. The woman, attempting to take charge of the group of survivors, demonstrating a technical aptitude and leadership skills, is immediately drowned out by a prototyptical manvertising character, the dumb guy who only cares about beer. Her efforts are thwarted, twice, by his unwillingness to let her spoil the fun. Here, the woman’s voice is an disruptive annoyance.”
sjbooher: What’s the best way to get away with racial stereotypes and misogyny? A cute kid slapping someone! Awful. And the kid is not as good as the role models kid, and they gave the man a effed up haircut (see: Ridiculous Black Men). D… only because I know the ignant masses probably love it.
jtherkal: Keep your hands off my Doritos and keep your hands off my momma. User created, average. America will vote for anything with a slap or a nut kick. I think this whole series of “user generated” garbage will get a C.
sjbooher: America loves dogs. And this was the first Doritos commercial so I didn’t want to lose my mind over them, yet. B-.
jtherkal: These Dorito’s ads were all made as contest entries, and I believe one winner got up to $650,000. I don’t know what the runners up got, but either way, I can’t get behind this. First, it’s no longer about Joe Average making an ad, these are higher production quality. A kid with a Flip doesn’t really have a shot, as much as they’d like you to believe it. Also, I hate seeing Super Bowl commercials before the Super Bowl. These were posted online and publicized. C.
jtherkal: It took this Heineken commercial to bring about a disagreement strong enough between myself and sjb to get us posting again. Me? I love it. It makes me laugh every time. The gag might not be that brilliant, but something about this just cracks me up. Something about the way the guys scream, and the way that one guy dances. And I’ll have to pay more attention to what’s on TV here, but I can’t find any versions of this on YouTube where the girl at the beginning is speaking English. Has this always been in German or whatever language that is? This doesn’t do anything to make me actually want to drink Heineken, but I remember it and I like it. A-.
sjbooher: I hate the way those guys act so much that it puts me in a bad mood and I don’t like talking about it. On the other hand, these guys do make me laugh:
It would be an F, but since it inspired LeBron to do good work, C.
sjbooher: Nothing all that interesting here, although I guess it succeeds in getting the “plant a seed” idea across, and it’s an overall “feel good” moment. Things that are too sugary sweet (ha, no pun intended) bother me, and I do feel that way about this one. C.
jtherkal: Awww how nice. And boring. And wasteful. How about instead of wasting 3 million dollars on a Super Bowl ad, you use that money to build some fields, you selfish dicks. Oh, we want you to vote where we build them. Shut up. F.
sjbooher: I defer. I’ll go C. I hate this type of ad. How cute. Ugh.
jtherkal: I’ve been a big fan of some of the GE ads in the last few years. This is not one of them. I even read some post or article about how GE thought this was going to be a great Super Bowl ad. It wasn’t. D.