Super Bowl Ads

I think this one was my favorite:



But this one did make me say, "awww...":

But I'm pretty sure that our version had a DL flight search. Regional targeting?

This ad:

made me want all Green candidates to lose elections in perpetuity.

Comments

Test said…
Peder, I respectfully disagree with your comment on the Green Police. That one made me laugh out loud. Maybe its the composting, non-styrofoam using tree-hugger who can laugh at herself in me... dunno.
10:46 AM
Hans said…
I can't figure out if they are mocking the movement or if they are wanting life to be like that. Probably both. It is a nice car, though - for a diesel.
11:22 AM
DD4 said…
My favorites were 1) the one with Betty White and 2) the one with the Budweiser pony and baby bull. That pony wins my heart every time.
7:25 PM
Peder said…
Holly, tell me more, please. I've been trying to figure out the attraction from a more green perspective and I can't get there. The commercial shows an environmental dictatorship where normal freedoms are completely ignored for trivial clean gains. At the end we find out that a clean car can get you out of an obtrusive traffic stop. Where's the appeal?
8:52 PM
Test said…
To Hans' point it is interesting that they are pushing the green initiative but making light of it at the same time. Hmmm...

For me it was self-mockery. Even as someone who tries her hardest to go green I can see where the messaging can get old for people who hear it from others on a regular basis. In a way, I think it was making fun of me and my desire to turn Jordan into a greenie. And it was done in a way that instead of making me angry, made me laugh.

Or maybe it was simply because it wasn't another beer commercial? Just kidding.
3:47 PM
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