Superbowl weekend I was not only disappointed by the winner of The Super Bowl, but also the caliber of commercials. In past years I have anxiously awaited The Super Bowl the way a little kid awaits Christmas. Each commercial break is like unwrapping a new present and the wait kills me. This year I felt like the kid who got coal in his stocking as I was extremely with each present unwrapped.
There were a few gems among the clutter. So without further ado, here are my five favorite (or the only five I can remember) commercials of this year’s Super Bowl.
Taco Bell has always had a way of mixing quirky images and broken Spanish that makes me fall in amo. This year I was not let down by their Live Mas campaign.
There are few things I crave more after a good night on the town then a Cheesy Gordita Crunch. I can relate to quirky elders of this commercial who raged hard and were craving some (as I affectionately call it) T-Bell after. The music in the background and the ridiculous situations just added to why this commercial is so memorable to me.
For anyone who has ever wondered what won't Meatloaf do for love, M&Ms attempted to answer that question. This isn't the first commercial to employ this tactic. My favorite of the "what I won't do for love" series was the Dr Pepper commercial of the early 2000's.
The red M&M starts out doing similar things like cuddling on the couch watching chick flicks. When the commercial takes a turn for worst the women is trying to eat "Mr Red" by icing him, baking him into a cake, and other various methods of "enhancing" chocolate.
I really enjoyed the Audi commercial where this poor boy doesn't have a date to prom so his dad lends him his Audi. The kid, I'm assuming because the Audi made him feel like such a BAMF, walks into the prom no fear and does every teen boy's fantasy, kisses the prom queen. The next scene shows the boy driving away with a black eye and a smile on his face.
Any car that can make you forget you got punched in the eye is a winner in my book. Live out your dreams kids, live out your dreams.
I know it may depend on who you ask, but Gangnam Style is not overplayed and it still makes me smile. That being said, I've always been a fan of the Pistachio commercials. I love how they inject their bright green color into every character they use i.e everyone know Charlie Brown's shirt is yellow with the zig-zag strip, and because his shirt is so iconic turning it bright green while keeping the strip did not take away from the Charlie Brown image. I enjoyed the pistachios doing the gangnam dance too.
What I thought to be the cleverest of the commercial came from an unlikely. While Budlight usual goes the route of man drinks beer man gets girl this year they went a different route. Throughout the course of the 2012 football season, they have shown us some weird superstitions people believe helps their team win. I've been a fan of these series of commercials the whole season, and was not disappointed by their finale in the Super Bowl. During (almost) every commercial break a new either a Ravens or a 49ers fan would pop into Stevie Wonder the king of superstition himself's lair and wish for the opposing team to loose.
Amy Pohler and Best Buy. Mainly because Parks and Recreation is my favorite TV show and instead of seeing Amy Pohler I saw Leslie Knope being her typical ridiculous self.
My opinions are very different from the pro's and maybe what I like is very different from what you like too, so here are some other evaluations from some real columnists .
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