Monday, February 04, 2008
Great Super Bowl Ads
My friend Jerry forwarded on this link to the 10 Most Memorable Super Bowl Ads. Good list--although I would kill off the annoying GoDaddy ad and put in maybe the herding cats commercial or one of the Budweiser lizard ads. Leading of with the Apple 1984 ad is almost a cliche at this point, but it would be hard to deny the spot’s narrative power.
My personal favorite might be the Monster.com ad that comes right after Apple’s, though. I swear, I almost hurt myself laughing the first time I heard one of those kids say “I want to be forced into early retirement.” That put yesterday’s Careerbuilder.com ad--"follow your heart"--to absolute shame.
Anyway, check it out. For the younger folks out there, it might be the first time you’ve seen the Xerox ad from 1977. An inspired choice.
Comments & Trackbacks
Keep in mind that these are the most memorable tech ads, which is why there is no Budweiser. From the article: “The following nine ads, while perhaps not as iconic, are all fascinating in how they seek to make the mysteries of tech compelling to the masses.”
Keep in mind that these are the most memorable <i>tech ads...</i>
Which would have been obvious if I had bothered to actually think for more than a moment. My mistake.
I still don’t like the GoDaddy ad, though. I seem to be sort of anti-GoDaddy, though, when it comes to their ads.
As long as we are talking about funny things that we found online, You Suck at Photoshop: http://www.mydamnchannel.com/channel.aspx?episode=349