Look, we all know this isn’t really “Steve” or “Sarah.” And we know this isn’t how they really act over getting a tax refund. Or how they act… ever. So if you’re going to try and entertain us with a fake story about fake actors doing ridiculously fake things, it better be funny.

This isn’t.


No Daddy.

23Jan12

I recently moved all my domain registrations from GoDaddy due to their support of SOPA and PIPA as well as their CEO’s penchant for shooting elephants. But not much farther down the list is their horrible advertising like this.


Hey Dog & Pony Show readers, just a quick note to let you know I’m back from vacation and ready to start posting again. Thanks for reading.


When my wife pauses the National Championship Game to say “God that is just a terrible commercial” you know it’s really bad.


Now this is really clever. It’s shot in an interesting way. The weird actions of the thief grab and keep your attention. And then the payoff at the end is a good laugh coupled with the product benefit. This is my favorite spot so far in 2012.


I love everything about this ESPN spot. They’ve been running this campaign for years and it’s great to see how continually fresh they can make it. It just goes to show that if you have a great idea, you can do executions forever. I saw this spot about 50 times during the college bowl season and it made me laugh every time.


So true. This is one that’s played out.


For several years now, Doritos “Crash the Super Bowl” has been letting the public submit their own commercial efforts. And as a whole, they’ve been utterly terrible. Now some of this year’s crop are showing up on YouTube. This one below, while better, is still horrible.

If this is what we have to look forward to during the Super Bowl, I’ll be skipping the commercials and actually watching the game instead.


By today’s standards, this Lego ad from 1981 is considered long copy. And it’d probably get knocked for not being exciting enough or some such ridiculousness.


While I watched my Ducks win an amazing victory over the Wisconsin Badgers in this year’s Rose Bowl, I wondered how many high school football players are watching the game and thinking, “DAMN those uniforms are cool! I want to go THERE!” Even if it sways one or two players a year, that’s an advantage I’ll take. GO DUCKS!




Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.