Here's the E*Trade baby commercial that aired last night on the superbowl. I'm going to ignore the second spot (the one with Peppers the cat) because I didn't think it was funny. But I think the one below was pretty good. I give it a rating of: CUTE. "Cute" is way above "not funny" but falls just shy of "hilarious". Mazzy gives it a rating of "I will keep screaming the word BABY until you agree the play it on a continuous loop".
Of course, my husband was a big fan of the Career Builders ad since according to him, a monkey could be crying over the loss of his mother and still be funny.
Somehow USA TODAY's Ad Meter has the Bud Light "Dog Sitting" spot ranked first.
My verdict: The E*Trade baby will concede defeat to the monkeys, but no way in hell is he gonna lie down for a bunch of dog butlers and a lame "dogs playing poker" joke.
I also liked Carmax "Kid In A Candy Store" and VW's "Black Beetle". What about you guys?
the commercials were disappointing. maybe bc commercials in general have stepped up so super bowl ones aren’t special anymore, not sure. the guy licking his coworker’s dorito fingers made me chuckle.
Yeah, I was gonna say the only ad I even remember from yesterday was the disturbing Doritos ad where the guy licks the other guy’s finger and then sniffs his pants. We were laughing and “WTF”-ing at the same time.
I was hoping for a new Allstate commercial, but oh well. The commercials during superbowl seem to be getting less and less special every year.
Needless to say, the monkees were hands down the best. That commercial, for whatever it was for, just popped and got everybodys attention as soon as the monkeys appeared. Bravo.
I think it’s the target audience. Big lugs. Broad. Base lowbrow humor. The better advertising is way more intelligent.
Mayhem would have totally stolen the Superbowl. Although it’s doing so well, they probably don’t need to spend a bazillion ad dollars to get people to watch it.
I can fully picture you standing and clapping after the monkey spot. Mentally having a moment with Mike in your head.
Darth Vader and the new VW was hands down the favorite!!!! I thought it was WAY better than the beetle one.