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Tracy Morgan is Mio (un)Fit In Hilarious Super Bowl 2013 Commercial

Sarah Shahzad — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:57:26 +0000

Mio Fit’s Super Bowl commercial features Tracy Morgan advocating the American knack for change, a move that effectively makes the whole situation absurd. Also, we find Tracy to be an interesting choice–since it is in fact a “sports” drink, maybe they should’ve made some kind of nod towards athleticism other than stuffing the former Tracy [...]

Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd Compete In Samsung's 2013 Super Bowl Commercial

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:55:44 +0000

Funnymen Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd will be promoting Samsung in the electronic giant’s 2013 Super Bowl commercial. But when they went to meet with a Samsung executive (played by Bob Odenkirk) to discuss what they are going to say in the ad, the pair learn a harsh reality of pitching products during the Super [...]

Is Oreo Whisper Fight the Funniest Super Bowl 2013 Commercial?

Sarah Shahzad — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:55:51 +0000

Oreo's Super Bowl 2013 commercial features a "whisper fight" in a library that breaks out over whether the cream or the cookie is the best part of the glorious whole that is the Oreo. It's nice to see that even having such strong feelings on the issue, every single person involved is mindful of keeping it down in the library.

E-Trade Babies Are Back (Again) for a 2013 Super Bowl Commercial

Sarah Shahzad — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:13:56 +0000

E-Trade returns to Super Bowl 2013 with the now familiar E-Trade baby, who is apparently trapped in some sort of anomaly in the time continuum that prevents him from aging. The new ad encourages you to be careful with your money (Um, duh baby. Where’d you go to money school, the University of Obvious?), but [...]

Pizza Hut Salutes Quarterbacks for Their 2013 Super Bowl Commercial

Emerald Catron — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:41:10 +0000

We’re having a ‘Usual Suspects’ moment here. The whole time we’ve been hearing quarterbacks yelling “hut,” we thought it was a football thing. Turns out it’s just been one gigantic advertisement for Pizza Hut the whole time. We thought we were sports fans. Turns out we were just marks in your pizza advertising long con. [...]

Hyundai's Super Bowl 2013 Commercial Features an Epic Playdate with The Flaming Lips

Sarah Shahzad — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:42:04 +0000

Hyundai’s Super Bowl ad features a family on a fun-filled excursion made even funner by owning a Hyundai and having The Flaming Lips accompany them with a theme song. While we’re a little bit concerned about the thought that may or may not have gone into the decision to do driving stunts with children aboard [...]

Watch the Taco Bell Ad That Was Banned for Upsetting Vegans

Sarah Shahzad — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:54:28 +0000

Taco Bell was forced to retract its anti-vegetable commercial for promoting its 12-pack of tacos. The ad opens with the narrator deriding vegetables, saying “Veggies on game day is like punting on fourth and one — it’s a cop out.” Taco Bell responded, saying they didn’t mean for the ad to be misinterpreted, but to [...]

'Mayhem' Changes History in Allstate's Super Bowl 2013 Commercial

Sarah Shahzad — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:32:59 +0000

The Allstate insurance company’s Super Bowl offering for 2013 is yet another example of their philosophy of terrifying customers into buying insurance. Dean Winters returns as the embodiment of “Mayhem,” which, we are told, is everywhere. This time around, Mayhem is shown to be responsible for the temptation and banishment of Adam and Eve, the [...]

Gildan's Super Bowl 2013 Commercial Shows How Far a Guy Will Go For a Shirt

Emerald Catron — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:20:54 +0000

New to the Super Bowl commercial game for 2013 is Gildan. You know, the company that makes t-shirts that other people print stuff on. Apparently our estimation of them is a little low, because this guy is willing to do a lot for his favorite shirt, which is obviously a Gildan. We’re personally from the [...]

Kia Introduces Space Babies and 'Babylandia' in Their Super Bowl 2013 Commercial

Emerald Catron — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:14:36 +0000

We wish our parents had been as imaginative as this guy when we were growing up. When we asked where babies come from, we were usually answered with a suspicious look, or, if we were really lucky, an admonishment to eat all of our dinner. Babylandia, though, seems like a great lie to tell your [...]

Volkswagen's Controversial 2013 Super Bowl Commercial Has a Jamaican Flavor

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:55:09 +0000

Volkswagen’s 2013 Super Bowl Commercial takes place in a nondescript office building. Despite the location, the island nation of Jamaica manages to be the star of the spot. In it, we see a bunch of morning-weary workers in an elevator. “I hate Mondays,” one of them says, and the most of the elevator’s other occupants seem to concur. But one [...]

Axe's 2013 Super Bowl Commercial Proves There's Nothing Better Than an Astronaut

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:53:54 +0000

For AXE’s 2013 Super Bowl commercial, the body spray company strays a bit from its typical formula of good-looking women who are inexplicably in hot pursuit of average men. Granted the spot does feature a bikini-clad babe. In this case, she is swimming in the ocean when the ominous dorsal fin of a shark approaches. [...]

Fiat Gets Racy in Funny Super Bowl 2013 Commercial

Emerald Catron — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:35:27 +0000

Fiat has released yet another slew of commercials for Super Bowl 2013, which henceforth shall be known as that time we watched a million Fiat commercials. We’ve gotta admit they tricked us with this one. We assumed the hot model driving the car lost control because *joke* women can’t drive, duh. Turns out she was [...]

Coca Cola's Super Bowl 2013 Commercial Features Bizarre Desert Race

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:55:05 +0000

In the first of Coca Cola’s 2013 Super Bowl commercials we meet a man traveling the desert with a camel. In the distance is a giant bottle of Coke. Is it a mirage? It’s unclear, but as he gets closer he sees that a group of cowboys have also spotted the over-sized beverage. And so have a [...]

M&Ms Get 'Devoured' In Super Bowl 2013 Commercial

Sarah Shahzad — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:39:18 +0000

M&Ms return with their mascot, the much beloved Ms. Brown. Ms. Brown was introduced in M&M’s Super Bowl commercial in 2012 and found instant popularity. In this teaser for the candy’s Super Bowl 2013 commercial, sassy, no-nonsense Ms. Brown uses clever misdirection to distract a chocolate-lover from herself by drawing attention to the goofy red [...]

Kate Upton Gets Soapy in Mercedes' 2013 Super Bowl Commercial Teaser

Sarah Shahzad — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:50:38 +0000

Mercedes Benz has graced us with not one, but four teasers for their Super Bowl production. All we know is to expect something sinister, mysterious and hot enough to break dishes and ruin a little girl's ice cream, all set to the Rolling Stones' 'Sympathy For the Devil.' Oh, and a teaser featuring Kate Upton lets us know she'll be washing a car in slow motion. No explanation needed there, really.

Fiat Introduces Some Friendly Sisters For Their 2013 Super Bowl Commercial

Emerald Catron — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:39:07 +0000

There’s a lot to be learned from this commercial from Fiat slated for the 2013 Super Bowl. For example, Fiats have trunks now. You can drive yourself and four of your friends to a white party, because the car is apparently comfortable enough that you won’t sweat through your outfit. Or possibly the air conditioner [...]

SodaStream Bringing Banned Commercial to Super Bowl 2013

Emerald Catron — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:06:30 +0000

Getting banned in the UK for "denigrating" bottled drinks won't stop SodaStream from bringing their message to the biggest advertising opportunity in the world -- Super Bowl 2013. The advertisement shows people carbonating water with a SodaStream and making the bottles the beverages are contained in instantly disappear. Apparently other soda manufacturers were upset and the ad was pulled from British television.

Fiat Abarth Goes Topless for Super Bowl 2013 Commercial

Emerald Catron — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:31:02 +0000

Fiat decided to fill us all with mixed emotions with this commercial for the 2013 Super Bowl. On the one hand, you have a terrifying, venomous scorpion. On the other hand, boobs. If you can make it through the terrifying scorpion portion of the commercial, you will be rewarded with a woman running topless across [...]

Doritos 2013 'Crash The Superbowl' Commercial Finalists [VIDEO][POLL]

Jeff Easterling — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:45:36 +0000

Doritos has been doing a ‘Crash The Superbowl’ contest for the last seven years giving amateur ad-makers a chance to compete for their 30 second spots for the tortilla chips to be played during the big game. These are the finalists. Each of these ads will be aired during the Super Bowl, but voting on [...]