james carvelle could play lord voldemort without any help from the makeup department.
Taco Bell was born on racism, so it’s not as offensive or jarring as SalesGenie. Of course, if they still used “Run For The Border,” they’d probably be boycotted.
The E*Trade commercials are awesome!
AND I agree, clowns are creepy.
Chalk up another odd subtext, in that Gatorade ad with the drinking dog. I was thinking, “I’ll have whatever that dog is having, 'cause he’s really into it,” but then realized that dogs love to drink out of toilets, too.
was the doggie drinking water or gatorade?
“Run For the Border,” maybe, but “Run For the Bathroom,” definitely. 
Water. The tagline was “man’s best friend”- it’s up to you whether to decide if they mean the dog or Gatorade.
Okay, that Will Ferrell spot for Bud Light was actually funny- I liked “a blend of barley, hops, and delicious alcohol.”
whew, i was a bit concerned.
oy! john johnson with the team since 1948! that is very impressive.
Best. Ad. Ever.
(That’s what my lounge of college guys thought)
yeeeeoch! that had to hurt.
I presume you’re referring to the V.S. ad and not the energy drink in which an ugly fat guy clamps his SUV battery to his nipples? 
According to another message board I’m frequenting, the guy in that Amp ad was the guy who played Donkey Lips on Salute Your Shorts. And now you know!
Uh, yeah.
Does anyone feel like listing the good ones, for those of us who didn’t watch the whole game?
I caught the E-trade baby, and Justin Timberlake, and the dancing lizards.
The Good: Bud Clydesdale, Fed Ex carrier pigeons, the first Bridgestone tire ad (screaming animals), the first Coke ad (Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons)…?
The Bad: most of the rest. Just perfunctory, most of 'em. This category includes every ad for an upcoming film aired during the S.B.
The Ugly: the racist ad with the Chinese pandas, the CareerBuilder.com ad with the eviscerated heart, the Planters ad with the unibrow woman rubbing cashews over herself and attracting men, and the energy drink ad with the man clamping a car battery to his nipples.
I thought the ad for American Idol with Ben Rothlisberger singing the Pina Colada song was hilarious.
I also liked the Thriller lizards, the Justin Timberlake one, the Chris Kattan one, and the one with the balloons chasing the Coke.
My personal favorite was one with the Pittsburgh Steeler’s own Ben Rothlisberger being told to follow his dream before going out on the field. He does indeed follow his dream and bursts into “Escape (the Pina Colada Song)” using a football as a microphone. It was an ad for American Idol, and, trust me, you won’t see Ben in the finals.
The dancing lizards were strange, but not bad. I liked the Clydesdale and the dog and the FedEx one with the carrier pigeons. You can keep the ads for Pepsi Max, and I would have lead a longer and happier life if I hadn’t seen a guy who out-weighs me attach alligator clamps to his nipples and dance to advertise an energy drink. I need to wash that image from my brain.
Maybe Fox had been running this earlier in the season, but by far my biggest laugh was when their jumping football robot got clobbered out of nowhere by a Terminator from the Sarah Connor show.
And in deference to the non-distaff [that is, male] half among us, that Victoria’s Secret come-hither bit definitely deserved inclusion in the “Good” category. A transition from one kind of balling to another, as it were.
Which reminds me: the upcoming Disney Wall-E [sp?] feature had a very ugly ad, featuring something that looked suspiciously like a Shop-Vac giving a robot a blow job. So to speak. (It was still hoses and vents.)