2008 Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads

2008 Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads

Okay, now that I’ve had a chance to check out most of the spots I missed, I give you my hotly anticipated list of the Best and Worst ads of the 2008 Super Bowl Presented by Depends.Listed in the order in which they aired.The BestAudi R8 – “Godfather...
2008 Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads

Best Use of Charlie Brown

Coke took a break from their outstanding Happiness Factory wackiness last night – last night being the Super Bowl – and busted out some parade balloon fun. Best use of Charlie Brown since “I got a rock.”Later,Fox
2008 Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads

Half a Super Bowl

I’m sitting here in the waiting room outside the NICU at lovely Presbyterian Hospital of Plano. The kiddos are asleep and I thought I could use my Slingbox to catch the second half of the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, the same IT Gestapo that rendered my Mail and iChat...
2008 Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads

Cue Abba and Call Dr. Phil

I don’t know what’s happened to my friend and fellow writer Tony Vinh, but the Joy of Advertising has finally cracked his psyche and probably his buttery-smooth Pan-Asian skin. How else can you explain him showing up on ABC’s Dance Wars: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann vs....
2008 Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads

Using Their Powers For Good

The folks at Brew: A Creative Collaborative in Minneapolis know their stuff. Founders Bruce Bildsten and Michelle Fitzgerald are former Fallon stars (an ECD and Strategist, respectively) who helped produce work you’ve actually heard of and sought out (BMW Films,...
2008 Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads

Procter & Gamble Honors Dick Wilson

Who says multi-national conglomerates can’t class up the joint every now and then? Saw this tribute to Dick “Mr. Whipple” Wilson a couple of nights ago. No one had posted it online, so — thanks to Tivo, Slingbox and iShowU — I managed to...