# Really? No Super Bowl LII thread? What about the commercials??!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 30, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814 "2018-01-30T16:07:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/141 "2018-02-05T01:39:32Z")
The “Meta” ads are not as clever as the agency people think. The one for The Voice just drove that home… ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/142 "2018-02-05T01:40:38Z")
Wow, what a game so far! I’m watching tape delayed and it’s halftime, Eagles leading 22-12. And I’m not reading the thread until the game is over. Wow, who could’ve predicted this? As Al and Chris just said. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/143 "2018-02-05T01:42:08Z")
To change the subject, the Tide commercials were rather innovative, but is anyone else _sick to death_ of the Bud Light “Dilly-Dilly” commercials yet? As for the game, we’ll see; you have to beat the Pats for 60 minutes, a fact Atlanta learned to their discomfort a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/144 "2018-02-05T01:43:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > There’s a piece of trivia nobody cares about…the first SB to go into the half with the score 22-12. First touchdown reception by a QB in the SB? > [@Leaffan](#): > > I do not know one single Justin Timberlake song. > > In fact, he could be sitting on a bar stool beside me and I wouldn’t have a clue who he was. In “The Voice” commercial, Adam Levine, Alicia Keys, and Kelly Clarkson announced themselves like they didn’t expect anyone to know what they looked like. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/145 "2018-02-05T01:44:17Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > but is anyone else _sick to death_ of the Bud Light “Dilly-Dilly” commercials yet? Yes. My wife turned to me and asked “it this something that men are supposed to like or something?” and I replied “I have no clue.” None of them made any sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/146 "2018-02-05T01:44:42Z")
My favorite commercial so far is, somewhat ironically, that other cleaner that I can’t remember the name of where the guy at the ends says “What was in those brownies!?” ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/147 "2018-02-05T01:49:14Z")
I haven’t stopped pacing for three days. I might spontaneously combust, the way I feel now. G O E A G L E S !!! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/148 "2018-02-05T01:49:18Z")
There you go… the Gronk awakens And Lexus/Black Panther tie-in, now that was fun. Had already seen the Anheuser-Busch “water” ad (missed the USVI, though…) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/149 "2018-02-05T01:50:17Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > To change the subject, the Tide commercials were rather innovative, but is anyone else _sick to death_ of the Bud Light “Dilly-Dilly” commercials yet? Yes. Why does Budweiser hate the US Virgin Islands? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/150 "2018-02-05T01:51:55Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > There you go… the Gronk awakens > > And Lexus/Black Panther tie-in, now that was fun. > > Had already seen the Anheuser-Busch “water” ad (missed the USVI, though…) I am quite sure that I remember Miller running a near-identical non-superbowl ad years (like, 20) ago… Maybe after Andrew? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/151 "2018-02-05T01:53:33Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Whatever fever dreams gets you through the night, I guess. Yeah, right. If you think you’ve been treating me like everybody else, you’re either lying or deluded. Irrelevant, anyway. You’ve been warned. > [@](#): > > I’m willing to listen to any actual evidence you have. > > I didnt watch past halftime. It was pretty much over by that point. Then you didn’t miss the phantom OPI call against Decker…or the phantom false start against the Titans…or the false start they called against the Pats that they _reversed_ into an offsides against Tennessee. How many times have you ever seen that last? For me, exactly once, and I’ve watched football for near on a half-century. And you didn’t miss how penalties just ‘happened’ to kill three drives in a row for the Titans. And that was just the first half. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/152 "2018-02-05T01:57:07Z")
Doing a bit of research, I found [this piece,](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/fancy-stats/wp/2018/01/29/the-patriots-are-getting-the-calls-and-that-shouldnt-stop-in-super-bowl-lii/) and [this one](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theringer.com/platform/amp/nfl-playoffs/2018/1/29/16943670/new-england-patriots-penalties-edge) which make interesting points about the benefits the Pats seem to get from officials. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/153 "2018-02-05T01:58:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > You’ve been warned. Ooooooooooo. > [@](#): > > Then you didn’t miss the phantom OPI call against Decker…or the phantom false start against the Titans…or the false start they called against the Pats that they _reversed_ into an offsides against Tennessee. How many times have you ever seen that last? For me, exactly once, and I’ve watched football for near on a half-century. > > And you didn’t miss how penalties just ‘happened’ to kill three drives in a row for the Titans. > > And that was just the first half. Maybe you’re onto something. Check out the articles I posted earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/154 "2018-02-05T01:59:43Z")
No TD, dammit… Wow, really? Clement didn’t have control before he stepped out. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/155 "2018-02-05T01:59:50Z")
Im not sure thats a catch. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/156 "2018-02-05T02:02:18Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I do not know one single Justin Timberlake song. > > In fact, he could be sitting on a bar stool beside me and I wouldn’t have a clue who he was. _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/157 "2018-02-05T02:03:49Z")
Well its a TD. Really close call though. Do not envy the refs their jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/158 "2018-02-05T02:04:03Z")
Not 100% sure his left foot was in bounds, but not sure he didn’t nick the endzone either. No problem with them leaving that as a TD. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/159 "2018-02-05T02:04:22Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Im not sure thats a catch. Calls always go in the Pats favor my ass. Still, I fully expect the Pats to win this. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814/160 "2018-02-05T02:05:06Z")
The Tide commercial with David Harbour (Stranger Things) was pretty funny. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-no-super-bowl-lii-thread-what-about-the-commercials/807814.md?page=9)