Thank God for Beer Commercials

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By admin | Monday, February 6, 2006 | 11:05 am | 36 Comments

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As some of you know, Super Bowl XL was played last night and the Pittsburgh Steelers prevailed 21-10 over the Seattle Seahawks in a game that was close, but fairly sloppy. Overall, I would rate the game a “C” because it just wasn’t that exciting, but at least the game was close enough that you didn’t know who was going to win until the fourth quarter. There are many Hines Ward fans in the TVgasm offices, so we are particularly excited about his MVP award. Because so many people watch the game, the Super Bowl has become the place for companies to air new ad spots, and last night was no different. And even if you missed the game, the NFL network will be playing the commercials back to back as part of its post-Super Bowl programming schedule (check local listings) so you can see what you missed, or get another glimpse at some of your favorites. The commercials weren’t exactly, as the kids would say, off the hook, but we highlight some of the better ones after the jump.

Update: Reader jgray informs me that you can watch all of the ads online at AOL.com as well.I know there are a lot of people who don’t watch the Super Bowl. One reader, BG, said she was hosting a party with plenty of strippers. Unfortunately, after the strippers were gone, she was left with the horror of eight hours of Yes, Dear on TBS, and not much else. I can confidently say the game was better than that, but let’s all wish BG the best of luck as she recovers.

Best Commercials

Anheuser Busch

There weren’t really a slew of memorable commercials this year, but Anheuser Busch came through with a number of solid commercials, including what will probably go down as the best commercial of the year, “Secret Fridge.” They have done commercials before with people hiding things in a fridge or getting beer from a fridge in another apartment, but this ad was simple, effective, and funny. They also did a good job with their first commercial, featuring a guy who hid Bud Light around the office in order to boost morale. Finally, they gave us a great Michelob Ultra commercial starring a guy who takes his touch football very seriously. Unfortunately, we always get legal action if we post Bud Light commercials, so head to BudLight.com to catch them all.

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Ameriquest

Bud Light was the best, but Ameriquest wasn’t far behind with their “don’t judge too quickly” theme. And the second half commercial in the airplane was especially good. We have the video of both for you:


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Ford

OK, there was nothing particularly great about this Ford commercial, but it did feature Kermit, and who can resist a Muppet?


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Worst Commercials

Most Unsavory Product Slogan

Diet Pepsi. OK, who the hell came up with the slogan “Brown and Bubbly”? I am not sure about you, but brown and bubbly is not the way I would like to describe any of my food. I am not sure if Diet Pepsi realized their mistake because they didn’t use the slogan after their first commercial. As B-Side said, it’s like coming up with a new candy bar called “Hershey Squirts”

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Most Hype, Least Delivery

I am not sure that many people remember, but Dove had been saying that they were going to have a revolutionary ad. I guess it is unfair to judge how revolutionary this ad was, and you don’t want to make fun of a bunch of eight year-old girls with bad self esteem, but announcing that you are going to have a self-esteem fund in between a bunch of beer commercials, seems, I don’t know, slightly counterproductive.

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Mascot Getting A Little Too Creepy For His Own Good

I sort of like the creepy mask the King in the Burger Kingcommercials has, and last year the commercial featuring Hootie and that girl with nice ass from FHM was hilarious. This year, the Whopperettes were downright distrubing. It was strange enough seeing all of the women dressed up as parts of the Whopper, dancing around, but then they started jumping on top of each other to form an actual Whopper topped by Brooke Burke was really just strange. And there was the Burger King smiling like Hugh Hefner in some sort of flame-broiled grotto. Oy.

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Most Overplayed

Although there were a lot of bad commercials, at least we didn’t have to deal with them over AND over AND OVER again like the Blockbuster DVD rental commercial. I guess they got their point across, but by the end of the game, you wanted to figure out who their spokesperson was and choke him to death. Just in case you didn’t get a good look at him the first fifty times, here the commercial is again.


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What were your favorite commercials? Your least favorite?

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36 Comments

  1. 1
    cruella_deville
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 11:15 am

    How can you leave out the streaking sheep and MacGyver? Also, I liked the quickly aging Fabio!! God, I got sick of him year’s ago (still laugh about him getting smacked in the face by a bird on a roller coaster) so seeing him go instantly from psuedo-hottie to grandpa was great!

  2. 2
    J Unit
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 11:21 am

    I refuse to acknowledge any Mastercard commercial because the priceless campaign is so beyond stale.

  3. 3
    jgray
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 11:21 am

    Also, you missed the best commercial of the night, the sadistic Sprint commercial, with “crime deterrent” (he throws the phone at the other guy’s face). Here is a link to All the superbowl ads this year. http://sports.aol.com/nfl/superbowlads

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    eighme
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 11:45 am

    I personally loved the Dove commercial. In they eyes of the American public and what we believe as beautiful, it was revolutionary for Dove to openly challenge the belief, esp during the SB.

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    hazasaem
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 11:46 am

    Fed Ex – funny
    Anheuser Busch – the guys on the roof funniest, followed by the revolving refrigerator.
    Burger King – creepy
    Diet Pepsi – yawn (someone got paid to come up with “brown and bubbly?” WTF??)
    Hummer where the robot and the creature get it on to breed a Hummer….ewwww. That one was the worst. I mean, what in the name of Sam Hill???
    And, our family owns two car dealerships, so let me be frank in saying, the Escalade on the runway was stupid, my husband said “2.5 million dollars for that and people wonder why GM is going under???” Also, we have Toyota and the one with the boy and his dad in the Camry…omg, check my pulse. BO-RING.
    Jessica Simpson and Pizza Hut….just go away please.

    The commercials were very underwhelming this year. So sad,

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    Kathryn
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 11:47 am

    I didn’t really watch much of the Super Bowl… but the officiating was horrible. I don’t even like sports, but that was annoying.

    I didn’t see any of those commercials except for the magic beer fridge, which was funny.

  7. 7
    RealityTV4Me
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 11:49 am

    Most Heartwarming Ad: Baby clydesdale pulling the wagon.

    Funniest Ad: Streaking sheep.

    Stupidest Ad: Anything with kermit.

    Best Costumes in an Ad: The Whopperettes (those things were very detailed).

    Most Disturbing Ad: Anything with Jessica Simpleton.

    Best Slogan: “Let Your Man Out” Go on guys. Shout that one loud and proud. I dare ya!

    You can view most of the ads at http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5305580.

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    bluesmith
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 11:50 am

    Don’t know why, but i liked the “druid under the stairs” commercial. It was so weird.

  9. 9
    EdHill
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 12:12 pm

    The Jessica Simpson ad to me was just her announcing “I’m for sale�. She’ll whore out for anything, even adding the name of the product to her songs. Her and Diddy should date, they have so much in common.

    Brown and bubbly? So are my shits but I don’t drink them. Not after what happened last time.

    The Clydesdales playing sports thing is a 3 year old joke. Move on already. Same thing with Fabio. This isn’t 1995. Next we’ll have a commercial making fun of Judge Ito.

    Ever since Janet Jackson’s titty destroyed civilization all the ads are neutered and lack any edge at all. And no T & A.

    The only commercial I liked was for the taco bell Crunchwrap, cuz it looked freaking delicious.

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    stacyrocks
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 12:12 pm

    I really liked the Magic fridge commercial, too bad they only played it once (that I saw). And I think Pepsi fucked up, because they hyped the ‘brownandbubbly.com’ site before even playing the actual commercial with Diddy and the song explaining the thinking. I heard the announcer say ‘Brrrrown and Bubbbbbly!’ and I had images of explosive brown diarrhea in my mind which is not what I wanna think about when I’m eating delicious pizza. But the commercial was a nice play on Diddy and Making The Band and hip hop videos which some random fat black man repeating 1 line, over and over and over again :)

  11. 11
    RealityTV4Me
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 12:27 pm

    EdHill – “Brown and bubbly? So are my shits but I don’t drink them. Not after what happened last time.” I think that’s the first time your writing made me bust out in laughter..right here at work! Now I am being called into the inner sanctum to explain my outburst. Darn you EdHill!!

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    Laurie
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 12:32 pm

    The Budweiser commerical with the colt pulling the wagon actually brought a tear to my husband’s eye. And that’s impressive.

    I thought the streaker sheep at the Clydesdale football game was pretty funny as well. And working with Jackasses? That describes my office to a T. But we have to have some screen shots of that horror that was the Rolling Stones halftime show. Seriously, I think I got a little sick to my stomach with that one.

    Our neighbour’s only comment on the Jessica Simpson commercial “That’s what you get when you don’t sign a pre-nup honey”

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    Bauer's Sweetheart
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 12:35 pm

    The makers of the Hummer commercial did a good job of illustrating why a Hummer is destructive and evil, and needs to be eradicated for the future existence of our planet.

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    D-Hoffs
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 12:38 pm

    yeh im sad the streaking naky lamb wasnt mentioned…that was my fave … also the hummer commercial … I was watching good morning america last week …and they had a segment on the super bowl commercials .. .the so called “commercial expert” they had on said that the diet pepsi commercial was effective and good b/c you actually remember what product the commercial is advertising after it ends….but i definatelly disagree….brown and bubbly is not a great slogan for anything going in or around my mouth

  15. 15
    Leah3t
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 12:39 pm

    First off, YAAAAAY STEELERS! May not have been as thrilling or joyful as the butt kicking they gave Denver a few weeks ago with some inspired playes, but I was still glad to see the black and gold on top again.

    I liked the bud light ad where the guy was trying to fend off a bear and then some other dude ran past and stole it.

    Also loved them practicing “I’m going to Disneyworld!”. Bettis is the cutest man on earth. (And so are his parents).

    But please, no more photos of both teams touching the trophy! bad luck and bad form before you win. i know this isn’t hockey with the stanely cup lore, but still.

    was also a fan of all the cute steeler toddlers in their pint sized jerseys.

    and i have to go tim gunn on the seahawks jerseys. lime green piping on an aqua uniform?! hell to the no!

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    Laurie
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 12:41 pm

    Oh yea, and the Harrison Ford with Dr. Seuss thing at the begining of the game? Weird and awful. I can’t the Suess estate let them butcher that. Someone has to have some video/screen captures of that somewhere.

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    hazasaem
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 12:44 pm

    Laurie – your husband is a softie!
    My husband’s most frequent editorial comment was “that sucked”. Then again, he can hardly be expected for a well thought out review for each commercial offering what with the energy exerted in scratching ones balls and drinking beer simultaneously.

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    J Unit
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 1:02 pm

    Like EdHill said, they Clydesdales playing football thing is also an old concept. I will admit that the young clydesdale being helped by the two older horses was nice, but not that memorable.

    The Hummer commercial is not new, and so didn’t qualify for my list, although it certainly is disturbing. The pregnant monster was just not what anybody needed to see.

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    D-Hoffs
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 1:11 pm

    lol, fair enough

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    Tiffany
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 1:18 pm

    I personally liked: The horse pulling the carriage, the wave with the budlight, the revolving fridge and…the streaking sheep. That was cute!!

  21. 21
    EdHill
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 1:21 pm

    If only Aretha Franklins tit popped out…

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    copygodd
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 1:32 pm

    the smallish clydesdale was actually a donkey (or maybe a mule), which is what made the spot work so well.

    far and away the best ad was the fedex caveman spot. especially when he kicked the little dinosaur at the end. nothing says “use our product” like blatant animal abuse.

  23. 23
    nocable
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 1:43 pm

    Go Steelers!

    Personally I thought the heart paddles and the fly were the best, although the magic fridge was really funny too. Interestingly I was at a bar in Manhattan watching the game with a bunch of men and at the end of the clydesdale pony spot there was a huge collective “awwww”.

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    sg-dub
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 3:32 pm

    True story:

    A good friend of mine works for Gillette up in Boston. At his great party this past summer at his father’s phat house on Lake Winnepasaukee, my UCONN crew and I cornered him and interrogated him. “So, Schick has the new 4 blade razor… what’s up? When is Gillette gonna trump them with a 5 blader?”

    he sheepishly laughed and looked genuinely scared and said, “Just you wait.” We totally thought he was joking and laughed at the concept.

    But lo, behold the Gillette Fusion – 5 Freaking Blades to drag across your face.

    Awesome. Just awesome. I anticipate the required poorly done SNL parody commercial next new show – and they’ll do it with like 11 blades or something lame. And have a weak rap to go along with it.

  25. 25
    KatieKat
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 4:01 pm

    Great picks! My favorite SB moment had to be during one “NFL: Fans” commercial– when I saw a friend of mine that I hadn’t seen in years… I screamed– “Holy $hit!!! I know that guy!”. He was part of the “Biker gang” they showed… Way to trippy….

  26. 26
    Vasha
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 4:07 pm

    “Brown and Bubbly”
    “Hershey Squirts”
    Nasty.
    Ed you are so right Janets tits ruined everything.
    But those ameriquest and magic fridge commercials were pretty funny.
    J-Unit was also right about the game being sloppy. Actually It was boring and sloppy.

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    ATCmurph
    Posted February 6, 2006 at 5:51 pm

    sg-dub…I have seen a commercial parody, I think on Mad TV where the razor had 20 blades, each one shaving closer, until each layer of skin was being painfully shaved off. I found it pretty damn funny.

    I also liked the little horse being helped to pull the wagon, the sheep streaker, the magic fridge, and the paddles killing the fly in the hospital. Not keen AT ALL on Pepsi’s ads…just horrible. Also hated that weird monster Hummer commercial. Rather disturbing.

  28. 28
    EdHill
    Posted February 7, 2006 at 6:22 am

    “Fuck Everything, We’re Going to Five Blades”

    http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930

    Parody and reality coem crashing together.

  29. 29
    BrugaCMH
    Posted February 7, 2006 at 7:38 am

    EdHill….your comments made me laugh

    Will you be my baby daddy?

  30. 30
    m_ruv
    Posted February 7, 2006 at 9:22 am

    Haha, yeah the streaking sheep was funny as hell. Can you post a clip of that thing on here?

  31. 31
    EdHill
    Posted February 7, 2006 at 9:25 am

    BrugaCMH, Of course.

    Just name the motel and a time. And bring lots of quarters for the vibrating bed. ANd make sure it gets free HBO.

  32. 32
    BrugaCMH
    Posted February 7, 2006 at 4:07 pm

    I have some quarters in my pocket waiting for you EdHill. Dollar wide and a buck fifty (fitty) long. hmmmm……Thats like twenty five bucks right? ….all I ask is that you Hold me….daddy :) :)

  33. 33
    zoobabe
    Posted February 7, 2006 at 4:45 pm

    “The Jessica Simpson ad to me was just her announcing “I’m for saleâ€?. She’ll whore out for anything, ”

    wow Ed- who’s the whore now?

    LOL- gotcha!

  34. 34
    EdHill
    Posted February 7, 2006 at 6:24 pm

    zoobabe, I only whore out to TvGasm readers, whereas Jessica Simpson would whore out to anyone, including TWOP readers. And those people are fat.

  35. 35
    zoobabe
    Posted February 7, 2006 at 8:01 pm

    Fair enough Ed. Keep it “up”!

    btw- WAY TO GO STEELERS!!!

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    KateMcV
    Posted February 7, 2006 at 8:35 pm

    My least favorite was the Toyota Hybrid “driving a hybrid is just like being bilingual” spot. I only speak english, so I guess I don’t get why hybrids are so good for our future!

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