Best Superbowl Ads?

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By Dougie on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 01:10 pm:

    I wasn't impressed. Spending 3-4 million on a 30-second commercial and these were the best they could come up with?

    I thought the best was the chimp going through a ghosttown of defunct dot com storefronts, and then finally he picks up the sock puppet from Pets.com with a tear in his eye, a la that 70's commercial with the Indian and the garbage. I think it was for EDS.

By Cat on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 02:54 pm:

    Hey how was the Australian edition of Survivor? Gimme reports.

    That wasn't the outback by the way, it was shot in the tropical North of the country.

By patrick on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 02:57 pm:

    refuse to watch that stupid shit. the more something advertises the more i refuse to see it. I only saw titanic in the last few months, and I have yet to see Godzilla. But im also jaded in lalaland

By Cat on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 02:58 pm:

    Oh and don't you think it's bizaare that there's so much pre-hype about the Superbowl ads? I mean getting excited because somebody is going to be chucking some goods at you?

By patrick on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 03:10 pm:

    some of them actually are funny.

By semillama on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 03:36 pm:

    VW won for funnietst ads, although the yuppie vesion of the "wassap??" ads was actually pretty funny. Pretty much the whole thing sucked, and I spent most of the time editing my report anyway.

By Dougie on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 03:54 pm:

    I didn't think too much of the VW ad, and although the yuppie version of wazzup was ok, in my opinion Budweiser has run that into the ground. I like their Bud Light radio commercials like "Here's to you, Mr. Foot Long Hot Dog maker" etc. better.

    Re Survivor, never watched the first, and damned if I'll watch the second. I just don't get the appeal of that show. It's so contrived, and there's no way all those annoying, effected, wanna-be people are eating rats and roughing it. You know when the camera goes off, they're at the portable bar drinking mai-tai's and having hors d'oeuvres.

By TBone on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:19 pm:

    Even if it is real, I don't see the entertainment value... Now, if the last one who didn't die was the winner, that'd be different... but voting them out? Pfft.

    I was completely and totally unaware of the SuperBowl. Completely slipped by me. Sneaky little bugger.

By moonit on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:26 pm:

    We're about to be put thru 'Temptation Island'.

    I don't think I'll be watching.

    Don't you think that 'reality' shows have been
    done to death now? How many times do I
    need to see Sherrif John Burnell and his crazy
    road ragin drivers. And don't get me started on
    that creepy trenchcoated guy from America's
    Most Wanted. We get that show here. I know
    that when you guys decide to commit a major
    crime New Zealand is the first place you'll be
    coming.

By semillama on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:30 pm:

    You better believe it is. It's about time you had some decent footage for "Cops."

By Hal on Monday, January 29, 2001 - 10:19 pm:

    I think TBone's right, the last one alive would be way more worth watching... I mean voting people out makes the show way more political then it should be. Put them all on an island with deadly snakes, and spiders, and pit traps with poison spikes and stuff... Then the last one alive, make him run some sort of gauntlet to get a really cool prize... Then it would be worth watching.


    And think of the family value?

By Gee on Tuesday, January 30, 2001 - 02:25 pm:

    you know, just because something is advertised to heck doesn't mean it's crappy.

    I actually really enjoyed "Survivor". I avoided the whole thing while it was in its first run, but I was forced to watch the last episode and it really pulled me in. enough so that I tried to catch all the reruns. but then I like "reality tv"; I can't stop watching "The Real World".

    I didn't watch the new Survivor, though. I was watching "Selena".


    I feel so inarticulate today. I hope that's a real word.

By Nate on Tuesday, January 30, 2001 - 02:28 pm:

    i like to watch dirty chicks in sports bras and bikini tops. viva la survivor!

By patrick on Tuesday, January 30, 2001 - 03:07 pm:

    i didnt say because its advertised heavily its crappy (although the rule of thumb in any kind of media is just that). I mainly do that to spite all the advert money they spent. I wish I had a Neilson box in my house. I'd feel so vindicated.

By semillama on Tuesday, January 30, 2001 - 04:06 pm:

    Man, would I skew the ratings if I had one of those!