The Superbowl Ads
February 4, 2008 by Sandy Renshaw
Filed under Fun Finds, Guest Writer: Lindberg, James G.
This year’s Superbowl lived up to the expectation of an entertaining contest. In many years it does not, but everyone looks forward to the ads. This year a few ads were entertaining, many were ho-hum, some were strangely gory and bizarre, and I felt that the two that employed Asian accents for humor were racist. At $2.7 million for 30 seconds I am glad I saved my money for something else.
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Guest Writer: James G. Lindberg (Jim) is the Purple Wren’s sweetie and is a visiting chemistry professor at Grinnell College and retired from Drake University.
Sandy Renshaw is Sandy Renshaw is a self-employed communications consultant. You will also find her blogging at Purple Wren.
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The commercials this year were just so, so. I kept waiting and waiting for that one commercial that was going to be truly amazing but it just did not happen. I thought the one with Justin Timberlake (PEPSI) commercial was rather clever, but that was about it.
I agree about spending the money. How many ads do you actually remember? The majority of Americans have a few beers in them during the Superbowl which makes remembering them that much more difficult. Not worth it.
I thought the spot about online trading, with the baby who used his money to buy a clown but “under-estimated the creepiness factor” - was really good. Other than that, Bridgestone amused me with their tire commercials (the driver swerved to avoid Alice Cooper but drove right toward Richard Simmons), but like you I was waiting for that one stand-out that never really came. *sigh* Maybe next year! ~ Janet