Superbowl-Favorite Commercials

jbmagic · 02-06-2005, 11:45 AM

what is your all time favorite commercial during the superbowl?

and favorite Superbowl commerical that happen today Feb 6, 2005.

Suicane75 · 02-06-2005, 11:48 AM

Ya know, I can't remember too many. I did like the "road less traveled" spots that first aired a few years back. I also like the truck in the tree, those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Oh, and the Cindy Crawford Pepsi on was nice too.

Logan · 02-06-2005, 12:14 PM

Security camera catching Pepsi delivery guy snagging a Coke, and then all the cans tumbling over to draw attention to it.

Maple Leafs · 02-06-2005, 12:19 PM

Not sure if it's on my own list of favorites, but I have never seen a reaction like a year or two ago when they ran the Budweiser commercial with the little donkey auditioning to be a Clydesdale. I think most guys saw it as a pretty clever spot, but the women in the room when it aired lost it. They thought it was the greatest thing they'd ever seen, and they were cheering when they show that he made it at the end.

I swear, if we'd had a case of Bud in the room the women would have been shot-gunning it, even the pregnant ones.

Bearcat729 · 02-06-2005, 12:32 PM

I still like the Cat herding commerical from a few years ago. I think it was for ETrade or Ameritrade.

gottimd · 02-06-2005, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat729

I still like the Cat herding commerical from a few years ago. I think it was for ETrade or Ameritrade.

Etrade has some good ones a few years ago. I liked the one where the 2 guys were in the garage, and there was a monkey dancing on the table between them, and it was something like "We just wasted a million dollars".

I wonder if Terry Tate Office Linebacker is going to have some commercial time this superbowl.

gottimd · 02-06-2005, 12:40 PM

To preview some of this years ads for the superbowl go here.

JonInMiddleGA · 02-06-2005, 12:40 PM

"Herding Cats" is easily the best creative work I've seen in a SB spot.

I make that distinction, "best creative", because I can't recall exactly who the spot was for or what it was supposed to sell me (something about computer networks IIRC) so from that standpoint it deserves some downgrading.

ISiddiqui · 02-06-2005, 01:02 PM

I loved the one a few years back for Monster.com where you had all these kids saying that they were striving to be a brownnoser and middle managment! LOL!

And I miss the Bud Bowl...

Joe · 02-06-2005, 01:11 PM

mean joe greene

korme · 02-06-2005, 01:13 PM

Agreed, everyone remembers the cat herding commercial..........does anyone remember what is was for? Still a great spot.

I'm a fan of that one Doritios commercial with the chick who eats them as they fly out of the dryer...that was a great commercial.

I also like the 2 horses playing football and a zebra is staring into a replay box.

Guy 1: This referee is a jackass.
Guy 2: Nope, I believe it's a zebra.

Ragone · 02-06-2005, 01:47 PM

Some of the original bud bowl commercials were great..

And i've already seen most for this years game.. the one with a washed up rapper was the best that i saw.. I believe it was a pepsi commercial

BigJohn&TheLions · 02-06-2005, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by George W Bush

mean joe greene

Hey kid...

Surtt · 02-06-2005, 02:28 PM

Ozzy wakes up married to Florence Henderson.

flere-imsaho · 02-06-2005, 02:41 PM

Cat Herding: EDS. Of course, if you don't have a need for enterprise software (and crappy enterprise software at that), you won't remember them.

My all-time favorite remains Apple's 1984.

VPI97 · 02-06-2005, 02:43 PM

Bud Bowl was the best

CamEdwards · 02-06-2005, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Cat Herding: EDS. Of course, if you don't have a need for enterprise software (and crappy enterprise software at that), you won't remember them.

My all-time favorite remains Apple's 1984.

Loved the cat-herding spot. A couple of years after it aired my wife ended up working for EDS.

She was a programmer. I've informed her of your opinion. Expect an angry pregnant woman on your doorstep in a few weeks.

Radii · 02-06-2005, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Shorty3281

Agreed, everyone remembers the cat herding commercial..........does anyone remember what is was for? Still a great spot.

I am pretty sure it was for EDS. I only remember that b/c one of my company's large customers at the time had their data center managed by EDS consultants.

The we just wasted a million dollars e-trade is one of my favorites, terry tate, cat herding are all up there too for me.

kingfc22 · 02-06-2005, 03:42 PM

So what's the over/under on "24" commercials??

Flasch186 · 02-06-2005, 03:49 PM

release the hownds!!

JonInMiddleGA · 02-06-2005, 03:59 PM

Given how we make our living, it's no surprise that this was an easy topic for conversation around my house this afternoon. My wife immediately name "Cat Herders"
(actually the correct name of the EDS spot AFAIK) as her all-time favorite. The spot is apparently available at www.fallon.com (check their "our work" section, or something like that), as is the follow-up spot "The Running of the Squirrels". Unfortunately, I never could get the spot to actually d'load & run on either Mozilla or IE, maybe you'll have better luck.

Barkeep49 · 02-06-2005, 04:09 PM

I liked the Cat Herding one, the Bud Bowl is a classic, but Terry Tate would have to be my favorite Super Bowl commericial that I can remember.

flere-imsaho · 02-06-2005, 04:27 PM

Actually, to be honest, my beef isn't with EDS' software, per se, but with their consulting services, which are the typical "over-promise, under-deliver, screw you once you've spent so much that you can't back out" type of thing. Much like Oracle.

gottimd · 02-06-2005, 04:52 PM

There is a commercial for FOF featuring a guy in patriotic undies

SnowMan · 02-06-2005, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingfc22

So what's the over/under on "24" commercials??

Heh, they're already mocking themselves with the 24 commercials...that's great.

Chubby · 02-06-2005, 05:31 PM

Terry Tate, Office Linebacker

Axxon · 02-06-2005, 06:25 PM

Another vote for Mean Joe.

SirFozzie · 02-06-2005, 06:36 PM

Rugby commercial. Gotta love it.. even if it did have Gladys Knight

BigJohn&TheLions · 02-06-2005, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SirFozzie

... even if it did have Gladys Knight

Gladys could make a man weak...

until about 1993.

Tasan · 02-06-2005, 07:22 PM

Parachuting Budweiser so far for me, and just like last year, NFL channel has a funny "Tomorrow" one that is up there. I honestly don't remember many from year to year though.

Flasch186 · 02-06-2005, 07:29 PM

i thought the gladys one was the wasted $ of the commercials so far.

SunDancer · 02-06-2005, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flasch186

i thought the gladys one was the wasted $ of the commercials so far.

I think Pepsi wastes alot of money. They really don't innovative in the commericals expect try to be cool. The Diet Pepsi truck commerical I though was kinda dumb, and I can't imagine all the money the spent on the "star" power alone in that.

JeeberD · 02-06-2005, 07:33 PM

So far this year Bud Light has by far had the best commercials,,,

Ragone · 02-06-2005, 07:43 PM

hey! you can't touch this

Cringer · 02-06-2005, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeeberD

So far this year Bud Light has by far had the best commercials,,,

I liked the Fed-Ex commercial because it has made a joke out of every commercial since it was aired. Every song I hear, kid I see, or animal that talks I think how they just finished saying that is supposed to be what makes a good SB commercial.

Julio Riddols · 02-06-2005, 08:03 PM

The pilot jumping out of the plane without a chute for the 6 pack of bud light was impressive.

Julio Riddols · 02-06-2005, 08:05 PM

And now I NEED to see War Of The Worlds.

kingfc22 · 02-06-2005, 09:35 PM

There wasn't a single commercial that jumped out at me this year. Pretty much all crap.

gstelmack · 02-06-2005, 09:38 PM

"The Running of the Squirrels"

This year, the ad where the guy ends up holding a knife and a cat covered in tomato sauce with the sauce all over the ground when his girlfriend/wife walks in was the only one that had me roaring out loud.

Second place to the Bud Light pilot jumping out of the airplane.

cuervo72 · 02-06-2005, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kingfc22

There wasn't a single commercial that jumped out at me this year. Pretty much all crap.

The Tobasco commercial caught my eye.

At least as much as it could without drawing too much attention from the wife...

JeeberD · 02-06-2005, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gstelmack

This year, the ad where the guy ends up holding a knife and a cat covered in tomato sauce with the sauce all over the ground when his girlfriend/wife walks in was the only one that had me roaring out loud.

Second place to the Bud Light pilot jumping out of the airplane.

Yup, those were two of my favorites this year...

TLK · 02-06-2005, 09:55 PM

The Tabasco Sauce and the NFL Network were the winners tonight....

CamEdwards · 02-06-2005, 10:29 PM

the cat in tomato sauce (although I've already forgotten who it was for) was the real winner.

Wonder how much it cost to put Brad Pitt in a Heinieken commercial. That was the oddest one.

vex · 02-06-2005, 10:35 PM

Bud Light Skydivers
Diet Pepsi Crusin' Trucks(P Diddy)
Cat in Tomato Sauce

Maple Leafs · 02-06-2005, 10:39 PM

Cat/sauce was the undisputed winner at our gathering.

cthomer5000 · 02-06-2005, 10:43 PM

I thought the best commercial aired in the last hour of pre-game coverage. It was a henieken commercial where a bar/liquor store employee drops a case of Heineken. You see it breaking in slow motion, then they cut to various scenes of guys becoming suddenly sad in the midst of otherwise happy moments.

clintl · 02-06-2005, 10:45 PM

There wasn't a single commercial I saw that would have been considered even above average a few years ago. For the last few years, I've thought they were starting to try too hard. This year, it seemed like they didn't even bother trying at all. 2005 may be remembered as the year Super Bowl commercials stopped being a big deal.

MacroGuru · 02-06-2005, 10:49 PM

I liked the GoDaddy commercial for eye appeal.....

but the Bud Light one this year was by far my favorite, followed by the Cat in Tomato Sauce.

EagleFan · 02-06-2005, 10:53 PM

I loved the cat/sauce one. I also liked the sky diving one by Bud Light.

The Tobasco Sauce one caught my eye, though wasn;t much more than a hot chick so I can't say the overall commercial was what did it.

Fonzie · 02-06-2005, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Cat/sauce was the undisputed winner at our gathering.

Ditto.

02-06-2005, 12:19 PM	#4
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Not sure if it's on my own list of favorites, but I have never seen a reaction like a year or two ago when they ran the Budweiser commercial with the little donkey auditioning to be a Clydesdale. I think most guys saw it as a pretty clever spot, but the women in the room when it aired lost it. They thought it was the greatest thing they'd ever seen, and they were cheering when they show that he made it at the end. I swear, if we'd had a case of Bud in the room the women would have been shot-gunning it, even the pregnant ones. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

02-06-2005, 12:32 PM	#5
Bearcat729 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio	I still like the Cat herding commerical from a few years ago. I think it was for ETrade or Ameritrade. __________________ Bearcat729 on XBox Live and PSN

02-06-2005, 12:40 PM	#7
gottimd Dearly Missed (9/25/77-12/23/08) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: DC Suburbs	To preview some of this years ads for the superbowl go here. __________________ NAFL New Orleans Saints GM/Co-Commish MP Career Record: 114-85 NAFL Super Bowl XI Champs In memory of Gavin Anthony: 7/22/08-7/26/08

02-06-2005, 12:40 PM	#8
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	"Herding Cats" is easily the best creative work I've seen in a SB spot. I make that distinction, "best creative", because I can't recall exactly who the spot was for or what it was supposed to sell me (something about computer networks IIRC) so from that standpoint it deserves some downgrading. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

02-06-2005, 01:02 PM	#9
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	I loved the one a few years back for Monster.com where you had all these kids saying that they were striving to be a brownnoser and middle managment! LOL! And I miss the Bud Bowl... __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

02-06-2005, 11:48 AM	#2
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Ya know, I can't remember too many. I did like the "road less traveled" spots that first aired a few years back. I also like the truck in the tree, those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. Oh, and the Cindy Crawford Pepsi on was nice too.

02-06-2005, 12:14 PM	#3
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Security camera catching Pepsi delivery guy snagging a Coke, and then all the cans tumbling over to draw attention to it.

02-06-2005, 01:11 PM	#10
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	mean joe greene

02-06-2005, 01:13 PM	#11
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Agreed, everyone remembers the cat herding commercial..........does anyone remember what is was for? Still a great spot. I'm a fan of that one Doritios commercial with the chick who eats them as they fly out of the dryer...that was a great commercial. I also like the 2 horses playing football and a zebra is staring into a replay box. Guy 1: This referee is a jackass. Guy 2: Nope, I believe it's a zebra.

02-06-2005, 01:47 PM	#12
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Some of the original bud bowl commercials were great.. And i've already seen most for this years game.. the one with a washed up rapper was the best that i saw.. I believe it was a pepsi commercial

02-06-2005, 02:28 PM	#14
Surtt College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2003	Ozzy wakes up married to Florence Henderson.

02-06-2005, 02:41 PM	#15
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	Cat Herding: EDS. Of course, if you don't have a need for enterprise software (and crappy enterprise software at that), you won't remember them. My all-time favorite remains Apple's 1984.

02-06-2005, 02:43 PM	#16
VPI97 Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Kennesaw, GA	Bud Bowl was the best __________________ CT & Jivin - "Surprisingly Entertaining"

02-06-2005, 03:42 PM	#19
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	So what's the over/under on "24" commercials?? __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

02-06-2005, 03:49 PM	#20
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	release the hownds!! __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

02-06-2005, 03:59 PM	#21
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Given how we make our living, it's no surprise that this was an easy topic for conversation around my house this afternoon. My wife immediately name "Cat Herders" (actually the correct name of the EDS spot AFAIK) as her all-time favorite. The spot is apparently available at www.fallon.com (check their "our work" section, or something like that), as is the follow-up spot "The Running of the Squirrels". Unfortunately, I never could get the spot to actually d'load & run on either Mozilla or IE, maybe you'll have better luck. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

02-06-2005, 04:09 PM	#22
Barkeep49 Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Not too far away	I liked the Cat Herding one, the Bud Bowl is a classic, but Terry Tate would have to be my favorite Super Bowl commericial that I can remember.

02-06-2005, 04:27 PM	#23
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	Actually, to be honest, my beef isn't with EDS' software, per se, but with their consulting services, which are the typical "over-promise, under-deliver, screw you once you've spent so much that you can't back out" type of thing. Much like Oracle.

02-06-2005, 04:52 PM	#24
gottimd Dearly Missed (9/25/77-12/23/08) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: DC Suburbs	There is a commercial for FOF featuring a guy in patriotic undies __________________ NAFL New Orleans Saints GM/Co-Commish MP Career Record: 114-85 NAFL Super Bowl XI Champs In memory of Gavin Anthony: 7/22/08-7/26/08

02-06-2005, 05:31 PM	#26
Chubby Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Syracuse, NY	Terry Tate, Office Linebacker

02-06-2005, 06:25 PM	#27
Axxon Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ	Another vote for Mean Joe. __________________ There are no houris, alas, in our heaven.

02-06-2005, 06:36 PM	#28
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Rugby commercial. Gotta love it.. even if it did have Gladys Knight __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

02-06-2005, 07:22 PM	#30
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	Parachuting Budweiser so far for me, and just like last year, NFL channel has a funny "Tomorrow" one that is up there. I honestly don't remember many from year to year though. __________________ 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

02-06-2005, 07:29 PM	#31
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	i thought the gladys one was the wasted $ of the commercials so far. __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

02-06-2005, 07:33 PM	#33
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	So far this year Bud Light has by far had the best commercials,,, __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

02-06-2005, 07:43 PM	#34
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	hey! you can't touch this

02-06-2005, 08:03 PM	#36
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	The pilot jumping out of the plane without a chute for the 6 pack of bud light was impressive. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA

02-06-2005, 08:05 PM	#37
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	And now I NEED to see War Of The Worlds. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA

02-06-2005, 09:35 PM	#38
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	There wasn't a single commercial that jumped out at me this year. Pretty much all crap. __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

02-06-2005, 09:38 PM	#39
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	"The Running of the Squirrels" This year, the ad where the guy ends up holding a knife and a cat covered in tomato sauce with the sauce all over the ground when his girlfriend/wife walks in was the only one that had me roaring out loud. Second place to the Bud Light pilot jumping out of the airplane. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

02-06-2005, 09:55 PM	#42
TLK Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Allen Park, MI	The Tabasco Sauce and the NFL Network were the winners tonight.... Last edited by TLK : 02-06-2005 at 09:56 PM.

02-06-2005, 10:29 PM	#43
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	the cat in tomato sauce (although I've already forgotten who it was for) was the real winner. Wonder how much it cost to put Brad Pitt in a Heinieken commercial. That was the oddest one. __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

02-06-2005, 10:35 PM	#44
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Bud Light Skydivers Diet Pepsi Crusin' Trucks(P Diddy) Cat in Tomato Sauce

02-06-2005, 10:39 PM	#45
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Cat/sauce was the undisputed winner at our gathering. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

02-06-2005, 10:45 PM	#47
clintl College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Davis, CA	There wasn't a single commercial I saw that would have been considered even above average a few years ago. For the last few years, I've thought they were starting to try too hard. This year, it seemed like they didn't even bother trying at all. 2005 may be remembered as the year Super Bowl commercials stopped being a big deal.