E-trade: “Baby Trader”
Stick a baby in a Super Bowl commercial and make it talk and you’re guaranteed to have the nation talking about it the next morning.
Stick a baby in a Super Bowl commercial and make it talk and puke? You’ve probably still got a winning combination on your hand even though it’s absolutely disgusting watching anything puke.I was actually pretty impressed with how realistic the lip movement looked on this baby. Gone are the days when mouth-overs on babies and animals looks like one of the Canadian characters talking on an episode of South Park.
It wasn’t the funniest commercial on tonight, but it was completely serviceable and I guarantee it will be one of the favorites when it’s all said and done.
Bridgestone: “Headlights”
This was the funniest commercial I’ve sen all night. There wasn’t quite as long of a buildup as the squirrel commercial earlier in the night, but it was equal to if not funnier.
It started out innocently enough. The driver did a great job avoiding the innocent little deer chilling haphazardly in the street.
Then it got interesting. I couldn’t quite tell what I was looking at, then imagine my surprise when Alice Cooper was in crouching in the middle of the road holding a snake. Okay, that was a little random, but I guess that’s pretty funny…what could possibly be next?Of course the climax came when we saw Richard Simmons doing exercise in the middle of the street. My first instinct was to scream the exact action the driver took. “Punch It!
This commercial would have been glorious if Richard Simmon’s little scream had occurred while his body tumbled through the air like a video game character in a game that employed rag doll physics.
No such luck. We still got a scream, but Richard Simmons survived the experience. I think it was a great commercial nonetheless.