February 04, 2008
Miller High Life Delivery Guy Talks Super Bowl Ads
Talk about timely, funny and well-played - the Miller High Life guy is back and this time he's trying to deliver common sense to Super Bowl advertisers. Well done, Miller. Well done indeed.
February 04, 2008
AC Super Bowl '08 Wrap Now Available
The Super Bowl '08 Wrap
John and Tug get up too early and draw far too many hasty conclusions about what worked and what didn't. Listen and tell us where we got it right and wrong.
Happy Super Monday.
February 03, 2008
Maybe the most relevant super ad we'll see today.
A click leads you here to play a surprisingly engaging and difficult advergame. And yeah, I added Alka-Seltzer to today's shopping list. Well played, Speedy. Well played.
October 05, 2007
Arnold exposes the focus group.
Watch this and remember why you get paid to do what you get paid to do. The opening to the 2007 Hatch Show from Arnold.
Spotted at Ernie's blog.
February 26, 2007
After the all the hoopla, edited GM spot is better.
I missed it on air, but Sethy G. pointed out that The edited version of the GM Robot spot ran last night on the Oscars. Found it, watched it and, it's just one guy's opinion, but this is a better cut. The additional jokes and the new, more conceptual ending make the spot more charming than before.
February 06, 2007
Super Wrap-Up.
Bill G. doesn't claim that this would have been the best spot of Super Bowl XLI only that someone would spend a lavish production budget and $2.6 million to air something worse. He was right.
Science proves that this years spots were a bit lackluster.
And some think the work was a response to the war in Iraq. Boy oh boy.
February 05, 2007
GM Robot vs. Short-Circuit?
AC Reader/Listener Amarena found this clip a little reminiscent of GM's Super Robot taking a dive off a bridge. A possible homage?
February 05, 2007
AC #49 Now Available
The Super Bowl XLI Edition:
Our thoughts and some interesting takes from some AC listeners regarding this year's Super Bowl crop. Fresh from the computer. We don't cover everything. So, if you want to talk about something we missed, leave a comment on this post.
February 04, 2007
Happy Super Bowl Sunday
Well, Peyton Manning, the best actor in football, finally got his ring. We, on the other hand, got the ads you'll find posted below and more. I know it's more than a little bit of overkill to blog all of those individually instead of just linking to the source, but I wanted to give people a chance to have individual discussions on certain spots here at AC. This isn't everything. Just the stuff that sparked the most discussion at the party I was at. There's no particular order. To see every spot we blogged easily, just sort with the Super Bowl Stuff tag. The complete library can be found at iFilm. If I forgot a spot your really want to talk about, you can start a discussion about it on this post.
Remember, any audio comments you send us prior to 6 a.m. Central Monday morning have a shot to be included in AC #49 which will be recorded tomorrow morning. We'll hopefully post that podcast mid-morning.
Cheers.
February 04, 2007
NFL UGC Winner
February 04, 2007
E-Trade One Finger
February 04, 2007
Bud Jay Z and Shula
February 04, 2007
Chevy's UGC Winner
February 04, 2007
Nationwide K-Fed
February 04, 2007
Coke Grand Theft Auto
February 04, 2007
Career Builder Torture
February 04, 2007
Bud Fake Dalmation
February 04, 2007
Doritos UGC Check Out
February 04, 2007
Career Builder Office Jungle
February 04, 2007
Garmin Ultraman
February 04, 2007
E-Trade Bank Robbery
February 04, 2007
Van Heusen Man's Walk
February 04, 2007
Emerald Nuts Goulet
February 04, 2007
Bud Light Slapping
February 04, 2007
Taco Bell Lions
February 04, 2007
Career Builder Jungle Fight
February 04, 2007
Bud Light Gorillas
February 04, 2007
Fed Ex Don't Judge
February 04, 2007
Bud Light Hitcher
February 04, 2007
Bud Light Auctioneer
February 04, 2007
Blockbuster Mouse
February 04, 2007
Toyota Tundra
February 04, 2007
Bud Light Carlos Mencia
February 04, 2007
Chevy: Everybody loves a Chevy
February 04, 2007
Fed Ex in Space
February 04, 2007
Doritos UGC #1
February 04, 2007
GM Robot
February 04, 2007
NFl Network Ocho Partay
February 04, 2007
Sierra Mist Beard Comb Over
February 04, 2007
Bud Light R/P/S
February 04, 2007
Snickers Kiss
February 04, 2007
Dave & Oprah
February 03, 2007
Record your Super Reviews for AC #49.
While Adfreak is live blogging the Super Event, Tug and I will be drinking beer and actually trying to pay attention to the football game. We'll nurse our hangovers early on Monday morning at our favorite breakfast spot and record our annual ad bowl wrap-up podcast. We'd really love to include your takes in the show. Just use our handy MobaTalk comment system over there to the right. It records an MP3 which we can use in the show. Or publish (thanks to BT from Ask a Copywriter for his tips on how to kill time before the big game). Just hit "Testify!" and you're on your way (be patient it can take a minute to load). And yeah, you can start over if you goof. Or, if you prefer, just record an pithy MP3 and email it to us. To have a shot at making the show, have your thoughts recorded and to us by 6 a.m. Central on Monday, February 5th.
February 03, 2007
Bobby fortells tomorrow afternoon.
Garfield sets a nice snack try for tomorrow's afternoon ad feast in a vid for Ad Age. Might help you get in the mood for the big game.
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