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ADismalScience
02/02/09

In reply to Bill Keller: Print is Not Dead!
The whole MacGruber bit, in my mind, is the biggest story of TV advertising right now. Keep in mind this character was originally created to reflect recession pain and the descent into penniless depression. Now, he's being whored out simultaneously as comedy on a flagship TV show AND Super Bowl commercial. It was so jarring to me that there was literally no difference between content on SNL and a Super Bowl advert - this is, to me, much more sinister than the Geico cavemen getting their own spot.

Sadly, I laughed at it. Maybe Baldwin's Hulu ad was right.
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Pope John Peeps II
02/02/09

@ADismalScience: Keep in mind this character was originally created to reflect recession pain and the descent into penniless depression.

wasn't he originally created to reflect MacGyver?

Don't you remember MacGyver?
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ADismalScience
02/02/09

@Pope John Peeps II:

I was referring to MacGruber 6, which - in my limited SNL viewing - I took as the first in the series. Wiki set me straight.

[en.wikipedia.org]
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DennyCrane
02/02/09

In reply to Bill Keller: Print is Not Dead!
You know who can save the New York Times? PEPSUBER, that's who.
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oopsidoo
02/02/09

In reply to Bill Keller: Print is Not Dead!
well, it's not like any of these editorial Q&As are printed without the PR dept going through them. And as for their cashflow issues - i guess it all depends on what kind of cashflow you're talking about. Cash flow from your business? you're fucked. Cash flow from Mexican billionaire overlords? ding, ding, ding!
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truejellybean
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
I swore I saw Pepsuber (or something extremely similar) during last year's Super Bowl. Wasn't funny then, either.
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PrincessKashmir
02/02/09

@truejellybean: It aired as a sketch on SNL this weekend. It was really disconcerting seeing it again during the game.
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PrincessKashmir
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
I think the best was actually the Super NFL ad with Usama Young and his dad. So cute.

Usama: "I always dreamed I'd be playing in the NFL."

Dad: "And now you are. It's a dream come true."

Usama: "I decided if I worked hard enough, one day it would happen. And now I'm in the Super Bowl!"

Dad: (pause) "It's just a commercial, son. Now get me a sno-cone."

[www.hulu.com]
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Cheap Shot
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
Bullshit, the CareerBuilder.com ad had everyone in stitches.
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DennyCrane
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
I think my problem with the PepSuber ads is that MacGyver was largely wasted. Why the hell is he there?
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AndYourLittleDogToo
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
When I tried to watch the Alec Baldwin ad, I got an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Anyone else?
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nellicat
02/02/09

@AndYourLittleDogToo: Yeah! I saw the time clock on it and thought "a 30 minute commercial? I can't watch that - I'm at work!" Then I remembered that I've never let work interfere with my youtube viewing, but still.
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MrInBetween
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
The Dylan/will.i.am Pepsi collaboration was, by far, the best.
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MrInBetween
02/02/09

@MrInBetween: Oh, and here it is:
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FormerEnglishMajor
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
No comments on the updated "Mean Joe Greene" ad? I thought they could have done that one 1,000x better. When it started, I was like - GREAT IDEA. Clever!

When it ended, I remembered why I chose not to go into advertising.
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Cocotte
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
Ironically, as a Canadian the Hulu ad just shows me text saying I can't watch Hulu.
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bytememehard
02/02/09

@Cocotte: Gotcha, ferriner!
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mmstk101
02/02/09

@Cocotte: Sigh. Me too : (
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eXo
02/02/09

@Cocotte: As an American working for a Canadian company who routes all their IP through the central office, I get the pleasure of sitting in Texas and being told I am Canadian, and therefor I can not watch hulu. now THAT is Embarrassing.
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bytememehard
02/02/09

@exo: Ewwww! People mistake you for a Canadian? How have you not killed yourself yet?!
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pointandlaugh
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
I wish the koala would have ducked the punch the 2nd time. THAT would have been hysterical. Then for the third punch, maybe the Koala has a headband, a leather vest and some shades, and he's packing a .357, and blows the guys fist off.
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SybilDisobedience
02/02/09

@pointandlaugh: I must be in the minority, because the sheer weirdness of that ad (to say nothing of its repetitiveness) pleased me to no end. Although, in my defense, I WAS rip-roaring drunk.
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saythatscool
02/02/09

@SybilDisobedience: Agreed it was a funny ad. Ryan's wrong on this one.
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Master Billy
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
The Go Daddy.com ads made me sort of sad to be a human being. Was that their goal? Are they selling booze, or perhaps antidepressants?
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skahammer
02/02/09

@Master Billy: I ask you to reflect for a moment: In this time of rapid asset depreciation, what holds its value better than a really nice pair of gazongas?
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DrGirlfriend
02/02/09

@Master Billy: All of their ads are so inappropriate, it's hard to believe that they are a real company.
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Dr. Spaceman, Esq.
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
No love for Cheetos?
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saythatscool
02/02/09

@Dr. Spaceman, Esq.: I found Chester a little bit off putting. The whole falconer motif reminded me of German bondage porn. On the upside, the whole falconer motif reminded me of German bondage porn.
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iplaudius
02/02/09

In reply to Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
I hate the Doritos ad because they basically cast someone to rip off Jack McBrayer’s Kenneth schtick from 30 Rock. Everything from the weak chin to the squealing voice to the wild-eyed expressions—everything, that is, but the funny. What’s the matter, Frito Lay, can’t afford the real thing? Fail.
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