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My 2011 Superbowl Commercial Picks

Sean — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:57:16 +0000

I know it took a week to post my favs, but here they are … my Top 10 Superbowl Commercial picks for 2011. Commercial’s you do not see here I don’t feel I need to post, so you can make up your own order on them.

Agree / Disagree? Let me know in comments.

Volkswagen Commercial – The Force

Doritos – Grandpa “House sitting”

Bridgestone – Reply All

Volkswagen – Black Beetle

Coca-Cola – Border

Mercedes-Benz – Welcome

NFL – Best Fans Ever

Bridgestone – Carma

CarMax – Kid In A Candy Store

Cars.com – Go First

Honorable Mentions

Verizon iPhone – Can you hear me now?

2011 Hyundai Elantra: Hypnotize

CarMax “Are you trying to steal my engine?”

You can find them all here.

Allstate Mayhem – GPS

Sean — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:32:33 +0000

And yet another good TV commercial from Allstate. This one features Mayhem as a GPS unit giving not-so-great-directions.

“You never update me. So now, I just have to wing it!” LOL – Hilarious!!!!!

“Recalculating!”

Allstate Mayhem – Snow

Sean — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:32:12 +0000

Another very good TV commercial from Allstate featuring Mayhem as “snow”.

I love this line … “and while your pants struggle to support? the heavier you…” so funny.

Then he blows the little bit of snow off the tree limb and down he goes …

Volkswagen Jetta – Split Second

Sean — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:14:47 +0000

An impressive ad by Volkswagen for the new 2011 Jetta called Split Second. This commercial really makes me think (briefly) about buying the new Jetta for these safety reasons alone; plus it seems priced right. I like the sentence at the end ” … Great. For the price of good.”

I think the only thing they sort-of “hid” nicely was the airbag-(not)-in-the-face. I haven’t been in an accident where the airbag was deployed, but I’ve heard stories of how people’s noses have been broken and faces bruised from them. Obviously, the fact that they were otherwise not injured (or dead) means the airbag did what it was designed to do … save lives. But, in this ad the airbag safely misses the actors face thereby avoiding the awkwardness of the aftereffects (hey, most people probably wouldn’t even think of it anyway). Still … a very good ad!

Kevin Bacon Fan Commercial for Logitech Revue & Google TV

Sean — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:12:25 +0000

I remember seeing this commercial last month and wanted to post it, but then forgot about it until I saw it again last night. So I made sure I emailed myself from my iPad to remember this time to post it here . So here it is … it’s a pretty funny commercial.

I sorta-kinda always had this like-hate viewing relationship with Kevin Bacon over the years … he always played the villain really well and that’s why I’m sure. I also saw him live in concert right around the corner from my home (small town) when he was touring with his band about 8-9 years ago. They were surprisingly good.

UPDATE: Ok so I just did a search for “Kevin Bacon Band” and I see that “The Bacon Brothers” are live and well and still touring. Huh. I did not know that!

Windows Phone Commercial

Sean — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:33:26 +0000

Just saw this commercial while watching the Phillies – Giants Playoff Game.

First time I’ve seen it … was wondering who it was for and thinking “WOW! That really does seem like the way “we” are going with our cell phones. Always connected. Sheesh!”

Then I saw Windows Phone come on the screen. Na! Not for me. I’m sticking with my non-crashing, non-virus, all-apped-up, iPhone! Nice try Microsoft (good commercial, but you ain’t gettin’ me).

Kidzilla – Nissan Altima Commercial

Sean — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:32:05 +0000

I like the new Nissan Altima commercial dubbed “Kidzilla”. I think it’s kinda creative and funny … reminds me of when I was a kid destroying my Matchbox and Hotwheel cars and loving it. Good job Nissan on this one.

Allstate Insurance – Mayhem is Coming Tree Branch

Sean — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:05:25 +0000

AllState’s commercials featuring “Mayhem” are great. Very creative and pretty funny. The actor’s facial expressions are hilarious – he really does a great job at playing “Mayhem”. In this short (only 15 seconds), he’s a “random wind storm”…

“Shaky … Shaky, Shaky, Shaky!” … I love it. Enjoy:

I’ll be posting the other ones here for your enjoyment as well …

FreeCreditReport.com – The Credit Enforcer

Sean — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:24:24 +0000

Yeah I know this has been out for a while, but I kept forgetting to post it. Then I saw it again today and decided to look it up. I found this original long version:

509 is my favorite. Which one is yours?

Old Spice Commercial – “Swan Dive”

Sean — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:21:52 +0000

“Hello ladies. How are you? Fantastic.” This is a very creative and very funny TV commercial.

Once you watch it, you’ll understand why I subtitled it “Swan Dive”

By the way, I DO USE Old Spice deodorant – great stuff. Makes me smell like this guy.