Best Super Bowl ad of 2008?
Submitted by Mets82 on Mon, 02/04/2008 - 19:09.
Edit by Dabitch was: "What did you think was the best ad last night?" - generic subject makes for lost thread.
I just wanted to ask you guys what you thought was the best spot last night. I agreed with the USA Today Ad Meter which said that the Budweiser, I think it was Budweiser, ad which was dalmation helping the horse train like the Rocky movie. I thought that was the best ad. I didn't think the ads were particularly good this year. I thought the Justin Timberlake ad was good but a lot were bad. They were too disjointed and all over the place. What about those Salesgenie.com ads? Those were horrible. What do you think about the ads overall?
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Tide stain remover.
Ditto for Tide.
I'm so shocked that Mets82 picked a Bud ad as the best. :-)
Bud Light - Jackie Moon / Semi-pro / Will Ferrell (2008) 0:30 (USA)
All other bud/bud light spots sucked.
I'll pick Coca-Cola Parade Baloons, which makes me even more predictable than Mets82. :-)
I thought the Bud Light ad was funny. I can't help it if Bud Light puts out funny ads that I like.
It's all in good fun Mets82. No harm intended. :-)
Bridgestone - Squirrel - (2008) :60 (USA) was the best I think.
I really liked Bridgestone as well. :)
I read somewhere (In Resumé actually) that the "team" Budweiser ad was voted best somewhere, and the Will Ferrel was loved and hated, and that the careerbuilding was "gross".
Compare other peoples "best of the bowl" lists to Adland's list sorted by voting points is always interesting. Adland doesn't hate the 1985 lemmings (on top here 1985 super bowl XIX commercials) for example, Adland loves it.
and in 2008 pepsi is on top and Bud is way down on page four.
Adland loved the following, which are getting barely a mention in other tradepress.
Pepsi Stuff - Magnetic Attraction feat. Justin Timberlake (2008) :30 (USA)
Audi R8 - Godfather - (2008) :60 (USA)
Dell XPS One - "Out with the Old" / Explosions - (2008) :60 (USA)
Bud Light - Jackie Moon / Semi-pro / Will Ferrell (2008) 0:30 (USA)
Comcast - "More, More, More" / Kitchen - (2008) :30 (USA)
Bridgestone - Squirrel - (2008) :60 (USA)
Sobe - Naked Tease - Call from parents - (2008) 3:15 (USA)
Pepsi - Bob's House - (2008) :30 (USA)
Tide to Go Stainpen - Interview (2007) 0:30 (USA)
NFL Super Ad - Chester Pitts Oboe - (2008) :60 (USA)
Career builder - Queen of hearts - (2008) :30 (USA)
Fedex - Carrier Pigeons - (2008) :30 (USA)
Bridgestone - Unexpected Obstacles (2008) 0:30 (USA)
etc and so on. The Clydesdale / Dalmation team ad doesn't even show up until way down in the rankings of between two and three hearts. The Adland community consistently picks other bowl ads as their favorite every year. So consumers laugh at Bud ads, but are they really good ads? That Tide ad is brilliant.
(obvious: If you don't agree with the rankings, vote.)
The "best" list is changing since everyone is still voting. I thought that the Doritos Mouse Trap was really good. Doesn't seem like a non ad pro made that at all.