Super Bowl commercials are not to be missed - especially if you want to know what people
are talking about at work on Monday morning.
Just like the game itself, there are winners and losers; let's go to the replay for a look
at the best and worst commercials of Super Bowl LIV.
Thanks to the massive hit that is "Old Town Road," 2019 was totally the year of Lil Nas
X.
And with a stellar Grammys performance and now a Super Bowl commercial under his belt,
2020 isn't shaping up to be too shabby either.
In the spot for Doritos, Lil Nas is joined by superstar movie cowboy Sam Elliot.
The two show up on a dude ranch called the "Cool Ranch" and battle it out for some Cool
Ranch Doritos - as if we expected anything less.
The two engage in a dancing duel, and despite the fact that Elliot puts up a pretty good
fight, Lil Nas ultimately wins, riding off into the sunset with a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos.
Add in a Billy Ray Cyrus cameo and this Super Bowl ad is definitely the epic showdown that
we never knew we needed.
For its Super Bowl commercial, Hyundai snagged actors Chris Evans, John Krasinski, and Rachel
Dratch.
While the choice in celebrities might seem a bit random, all three actually share one
common connection: They were all born in or near Boston.
So what, right?
Well, the commercial basically has them adopting exaggerated accents so they can discuss the
car's "Smart Park" feature in hilarious fashion.
There's also an extended section just listing towns near Boston, which we're pretty sure
they lifted from Seth Meyers.
"I can meet you in an hour in Worcester"
"How about Medford?"
"How about Dorchester?"
"How about Gloucester?"
And then legendary Red Sox player David "Big Papi" Ortiz shows up like he's a guest on
Laugh-In, making this random collection of celebrities feel even more totally random.
Not sure what they were going for?
Well, you're not alone.
"There's gonna be 100 million people watching this?
Wow, that's a lot."
If you've ever been in a position where someone asks you to do something you really don't
want to do, Cheetos has now crafted the perfect excuse to get out of just about anything.
Just get some of that annoying orange dust all over your hands, and suddenly you can't
touch anything.
Honestly, that's almost a little too real.
Who among us hasn't faced this exact issue at some point in our lives?
Add in the surprise appearance of an occasionally disturbing MC Hammer singing his hit song
"U Can't Touch This," and suddenly you have a fun commercial that other snack companies
just can't touch.
Now if only Hammer had a dance off with Lil Nas X!
Coca-Cola's 1971 "Hilltop" spot - which Don Draper famously created in the epic and historically
inaccurate series finale for the hit show Mad Men - is undoubtedly one of the most iconic
commercials in history.
The Snickers 2020 knock-off version?
Not so much.
The commercial, which features singing throughout, muses on the so-called "pitfalls" of the modern
world, including lewd text messages, babies named after produce, and inaccurate, demented
autocorrect features.
Snickers' solution to fixing these problems?
Well, a Snickers bar, of course, deposited by helicopter into the snack hole of the world.
"It looks like a mirac - It's in the hole!"
Yes, millions gather around a huge hole in the middle of a Coca-Cola commercial-esque
hillside to watch a helicopter drop a giant Snickers bar inside the crater.
At one point in the spot, a young boy asks if the Snickers bar will really fix everything,
to which an adult responds with a non-committal shoulder shrug.
Hey, we feel you, dude.
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are a somewhat polarizing couple - you either love them or
hate them.
Part of the reason some people can't stand Teigen is the fact that she's always a little
shady - especially when it comes to her husband.
However, in their Super Bowl spot for Genesis - the car company, not the band with Phil
Collins - they capitalize on Chrissy Teigen being, well, Chrissy Teigen.
The commercial opens with Teigen asking Legend why he brought her to a mansion party, to
which the Grammy-winner replies,
"I think it's time we throw old luxury a going away party."
Once inside the party, Teigen proceeds to call out various people at the event - as
only she can - before bidding adieu to old luxury and raising a toast to new luxury.
Enter Legend, driving the new luxury Genesis SUV and basking in his new title as People's
Sexiest Man Alive.
Did you even know there was a car company called Genesis?
Doesn't matter!
Basically, the commercial is Teigen's Instagram and Twitter energy brought to the silver screen.
If you love that as much as we do, you'll love this ad too.
Leading up to the Super Bowl, Planters crafted a wildly successful viral campaign around
their Super Bowl spot, which saw their beloved mascot Mr. Peanut die in a fiery car crash.
It looked like the company was in line for a major PR win.
After the tragic passing of NBA legend Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash the week before
the game, though, Planters announced they were suspending their social media campaign
around the commercial out of respect.
They did, however, say that their plans for the game remained unchanged, leading many
to speculate about just what they had in store.
Well, now we know, and the answer was both tremendously weird and extremely creepy, two
adjectives you don't usually associate with salted nut snacks.
At a funeral for Mr. Peanut, the Kool Aid Man shows up and showers the grave with his
sugary tears.
Suddenly, a new baby peanut sprouts, and for some reason he... sounds like a dolphin?
[dolphin sounds]
Social media, of course, immediately went crazy, comparing Baby Nut to Baby Yoda, with
some also calling for the little peanut's immediate execution.
Maybe they should have just let this ad rest in peace after all.
Rocket Mortgage decided to break out the big guns, specifically the bulging biceps of Jason
Momoa - who then proceeded to "disarm" in comically alarming fashion.
The idea is that when he's at home, he feels free to be his true self - which is a hilariously
bald beanpole of a man.
It's extremely funny, but also acts as the perfect metaphor for taking out a mortgage:
you're pretending to own a home that's just as much yours as Momoa's foam rubber biceps.
As reported by AdAge, the mobile video streaming service Quibi made its Super Bowl debut with
this ad about a bank heist that gets delayed by the getaway driver, leaving the crooks
to chill in front of the bank for "a Quibi."
The driver helpfully explains that a "Quibi" is a duration of less than 10 minutes, which
is an eternity in a scenario where there's no time to waste.
And that's strangely fitting, because this ad felt like it went on for an eternity - and
was a total waste of time.
No wonder they showed a clip from Punk'd!
As remakes of the classic Jack Nicholson film The Shining go, this commercial for Mountain
Dew Zero Sugar hit the sweet spot with Bryan Cranston assuming the role of your favorite
axe-swinging maniac in a recreation of one of the film's most iconic scenes.
It was certainly more satisfying than watching Stephen Weber ineffectively wield a croquet
mallet in the 1997 Shining miniseries and probably more satisfying than the taste of
actual Mountain Dew - something they have highlighted in previous commercials.
"Mountain dew?"
"I don't want it!"
"It's ice cold!"
"I DON'T WANT IT!"
The commercial seems to agree, as Cranston has to demolish a door with his axe just to
get Tracee Ellis Ross to accept the soda.
In another scene, the green fluid takes the place of blood flooding a hallway of the hotel.
But if you overlook the grim implication, Mountain Dew Zero Sugar comes out looking
pretty cool.
"Zero sugar…"
Leave it to Google to try and convince you that a dreary, bleak scenario of technological
takeover is actually heartwarming and good.
The tech giant's commercial, documenting the fading memories of a man who has clearly lost
the love of his life, makes Google Assistant out to be a modern-day Notebook.
The spot uses blatant emotional manipulation to try and justify profiting off of using
your personal data to display targeted ads.
Loretta's favorite flowers were tulips?
Then why not buy tickets to the tulip museum in Amsterdam!
Give it a rest, Google.
Maybe stick to assisting us with directions and searching images, and leave our most precious
memories to us.
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