Update – I had to repost this article again because if my football team isn’t in the Super Bowl, I am really watching to see the newest commercials. It’s interesting this year as I came across a post talking about how this year’s Super Bowl is going to be dominated with automobile commercials from cars to tires and car services which is interesting in light of the current economy. In addition, the author states that it will also be heavily movie focused as well. It will be interesting to see what happens. As for who I am rooting for, as a huge Chicago Bears fan (extremely disappointed in our QB, but that’s another conversation), I want Big Ben and the Steelers to bring down the Packers.
In one week millions of viewers will be glued to their televisions for an event that can almost be considered a national holiday. The Super Bowl is like Thanksgiving but in February. Friends and families get together for a day that is filled with food and watching the game. If you aren’t watching the game, you are probably tuned in to watch a new batch of commercials. Advertisers are banking on this especially with the average cost of a 30 second commercial this year in the range of $2.5 million. This is probably the one day out of the entire year were they know you aren’t recording the game to watch later. I personally like watching the commercials than I do the half-time show especially these last couple of years.
Here are some of my all-time favorite commercials:
- McDonald\’s Showdown: Bird vs. Jordan
- I’m biased because I grew up in Chicago during the Jordan era. I love this commercial not only because it had two of the biggest stars in the NBA at that time but it put an interesting twist on my favorite playground game of HORSE.
- Budweiser Frogs
- How could you not love these adorable frogs? It was different at the time and created a buzz.
- Pepsi Kid In Bottle
- Even though I am not a fan of Pepsi, this is a very cute commercial. The kid is drinking his Pepsi and trying to get the last drop that he ends up getting sucked into the Pepsi bottle. Love at the end of the commercial when his sister says, “Mom, he did it again!”
- Blockbuster\’s Carl and Ray
- I am a sucker for commercials with cute animals. Blockbuster used these two pets, Carl and Ray, who were excited about movies since the Blockbuster was across the street (of course). Loved the Flashdance sequence.
What are some of your favorite Super Bowl commercials?
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