WOW...although I'm a BEARS fan, I did root for Green Bay, as we have friends who are huge Green Bay fans, and rather than argue the point, we root for whomever is on top at the time. The game itself was interesting, and entertaining, with a few nail biting moments.
Soup to nuts though, the ads, on the other hand...lacked the quality of previous years, IMHO (in my humble opinion.) I really enjoyed the Audi ad, at the beginning, but it may have been a bit too high brow for most people. It was a take-off on a jail break, at a rather upscale jail. When the jailer saw what was going on, and said "Send the hounds..." to get the escapees, the hounds proved to be Afghan Hounds. Not exactly the dobermans we probably thought were coming! I did get the gist of the ad though, and knew it was touting the Audi automobile. Maybe because my brother owns one.
I also enjoyed Joan Rivers coming out as the next Go Daddy "spokesgirl" opposite Danica Patrick and Jillian Michaels and thought we might see more of that commercial, or different versions, perhaps like installments on Joan's progress.
That being said, the absolute best ad I saw, never made it to TV. It seems Pepsi and Frito Lay had a contest for amateurs to come up with a Super Bowl ad. The ad selected concerned a church asking its congregation to come for free chips and pepsi. These were handed in at a "communion-type" setting. The church was generic, and the servers were generic...no particular religion was indicated. From all the comments I read, on the interenet, this was a very popular ad, but it did not air during the Super Bowl because the powers that be thought it might offend some people.
I did read, I believe, that the "winner" got their fair share of the prize money that should have/would have gone to this ad.
But the losers, are the millions of fans, who were held to mediocre ads, and probably would have loved to see this ad. We can always good a good laugh, and this would have provided one. And maybe garnered a few more liturgical fans who are always looking for ways to increase their flock!
Besides the game, we were all looking forward to seeing really meaty, tasty, full-menu gournet ads, but instead we got soup, plain old soup, watered down soup, to be sure...on Day 82!
Soup to nuts though, the ads, on the other hand...lacked the quality of previous years, IMHO (in my humble opinion.) I really enjoyed the Audi ad, at the beginning, but it may have been a bit too high brow for most people. It was a take-off on a jail break, at a rather upscale jail. When the jailer saw what was going on, and said "Send the hounds..." to get the escapees, the hounds proved to be Afghan Hounds. Not exactly the dobermans we probably thought were coming! I did get the gist of the ad though, and knew it was touting the Audi automobile. Maybe because my brother owns one.
I also enjoyed Joan Rivers coming out as the next Go Daddy "spokesgirl" opposite Danica Patrick and Jillian Michaels and thought we might see more of that commercial, or different versions, perhaps like installments on Joan's progress.
That being said, the absolute best ad I saw, never made it to TV. It seems Pepsi and Frito Lay had a contest for amateurs to come up with a Super Bowl ad. The ad selected concerned a church asking its congregation to come for free chips and pepsi. These were handed in at a "communion-type" setting. The church was generic, and the servers were generic...no particular religion was indicated. From all the comments I read, on the interenet, this was a very popular ad, but it did not air during the Super Bowl because the powers that be thought it might offend some people.
I did read, I believe, that the "winner" got their fair share of the prize money that should have/would have gone to this ad.
But the losers, are the millions of fans, who were held to mediocre ads, and probably would have loved to see this ad. We can always good a good laugh, and this would have provided one. And maybe garnered a few more liturgical fans who are always looking for ways to increase their flock!
Besides the game, we were all looking forward to seeing really meaty, tasty, full-menu gournet ads, but instead we got soup, plain old soup, watered down soup, to be sure...on Day 82!
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