# Super Bowl Commercials 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895 "2012-02-05T21:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/161 "2012-02-06T04:25:12Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Anybody see the Jack in the Box commercial with the lack of sound? Occurred in 2nd quarter, then they replayed it (correctly) about an hour later. Jack in the Box would have been a local/regional commercial… they don’t have them everywhere. > [@](#): > > Given the punchline in the Acura Seinfeld/leno commercial, they should have replaced Seinfeld with Conan O’Brian. People seem to be missing the point… Seinfeld is a well known car collector (Conan is not). Leno is a well known car collector… who has been known to swipe things away from his competitors at the last minute. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/162 "2012-02-06T04:58:12Z")
Sorry if I’m out of the loop, but who does the narration at the end of the Chevy end-of-the-world commercial? It sounds like Clooney, but it’s too short to tell. Anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/163 "2012-02-06T06:16:12Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > People seem to be missing the point… Seinfeld is a well known car collector (Conan is not). Leno is a well known car collector… who has been known to swipe things away from his competitors at the last minute. Meh. Too subtle. The spot would have been much better with Newman scooping Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/164 "2012-02-06T06:28:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Anybody see the Jack in the Box commercial with the lack of sound? Occurred in 2nd quarter… Yep. I think it was meant to pre-empt a national ad. The station probably meant to mute the national ad, but messed up and muted everything. The ad following the JitB ad was at normal sound volume, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/165 "2012-02-06T06:50:19Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Meh. Too subtle. The spot would have been much better with Newman scooping Jerry. Not if you are a car guy, and car guys are the target market for the new NSX. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/166 "2012-02-06T06:54:38Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Not if you are a car guy, and car guys are the target market for the new NSX. The way they did it…maybe 1 out of 10\* people know or care that Leno and Seinfeld are “car guys”. My way, maybe 7 out of 10\* people know the Seinfeld/Newman rivalry, and remember the commercial fondly. \*numbers invented for illustrative purposes only. ---
**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 6, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/167 "2012-02-06T07:13:56Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Great game, but the ad’s were boring mostly. I have to admit, I was watching the game with my wife and a friend, and none of us saw a single ad that was remotely interesting or remarkable. That Detroit ad (was it Dodge?) was the only one that even pinged our radar. This is perhaps the worst batch of Super Bowl commercials in recent memory. Weird list of celebrities they were digging up. Apollo Ono? Seinfeld? The Darkness? What year are we in? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/168 "2012-02-06T07:37:22Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > you mean the same GOP that seemed like they’d have been perfectly happy to see GM and Chrysler fold up? You’d also think they’d give some credit to the government that saved them. In any case, this is a rare case where Eminem (who did the Detroit commercial last year) did a better job than Clint Eastwood. Last year was great, this one was a mess. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/169 "2012-02-06T08:08:15Z")
Interesting seeing some old classic cartoon characters in the MetLife “Everyone” ad - Besides the _Peanuts_ gang, I spotted Scooby and the gang, Richie Rich, Mr Magoo, Elroy Jetson, Speedy Gomzalez, Pepi LePew, Atom Ant, Penelope Pitstop, The Slag Brothers and The Gruesome Twosome (all from _Wacky Races_), He-Man, one of the Transformers (Optimus Prime? Don’t know the characters well enough), Sherman and Peabody, Underdog, Grape Ape, Magilla Gorilla, Quick Draw McGraw… there were a lot of classic characters in there! Squarely aimed at a Boomer demographic, beyond a doubt. ---
**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 6, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/170 "2012-02-06T08:10:06Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > Interesting seeing some old classic cartoon characters in the MetLife “Everyone” ad - Besides the _Peanuts_ gang, I spotted Scooby and the gang, Richie Rich, Mr Magoo, Elroy Jetson, Speedy Gomzalez, Pepi LePew, Atom Ant, Penelope Pitstop, The Slag Brothers and The Gruesome Twosome (all from _Wacky Races_), He-Man, one of the Transformers (Optimus Prime? Don’t know the characters well enough), Sherman and Peabody, Underdog, Grape Ape, Magilla Gorilla, Quick Draw McGraw… there were a lot of classic characters in there! The one that surprised me was Voltron. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/171 "2012-02-06T08:14:35Z")
Went to the MetLife facebook page, where they list all the characters - NOT a transformer - Voltron. Which on edit I see that **pulykamell** already noted ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/172 "2012-02-06T11:05:17Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Sorry if I’m out of the loop, but who does the narration at the end of the Chevy end-of-the-world commercial? It sounds like Clooney, but it’s too short to tell. Anyone know? I think Tim Allen is the voiceover guy for all Chevy commercials. Sort of a doppelganger for that guy that does Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/173 "2012-02-06T11:12:02Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > You’d also think they’d give some credit to the government that saved them. In any case, this is a rare case where Eminem (who did the Detroit commercial last year) did a better job than Clint Eastwood. Last year was great, this one was a mess. I think it’s odd that they keep going with the rebuilding America theme when they are the only Detroit manufacturer that’s owned by a foreign corporation. Last year’s Eminem commercial was stronger at getting the message across and less talky. It was also very successful and Chrysler was lazy to try and recycle it. One more point. It would have been more effective to just put up the tag line at the end instead of then posting the logos for the various brands. “Imported from Detroit” It strengthens the tag, and those who weren’t aware of it previously would seek out the name, prolonging the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/174 "2012-02-06T14:49:47Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > I think Tim Allen is the voiceover guy for all Chevy commercials. Sort of a doppelganger for that guy that does Ford. Yep, and he also does the Campbells Soup ads. I do think he sounds a lot like Clooney, so much so that I told my wife some time back that Clooney was doing the Campbells Soup commercials. I was wrong, and I’m not too small to admit it. 😃 (When _Toy Story_ first came out, and the first previews were airing for it, I was pretty sure it was Clooney’s voice saying, “To infinity, and beyond!” So I’ve had this Clooney/Allen voice mixup going on for a long time, folks.) ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/175 "2012-02-06T15:15:06Z")
Did none of you guys see the Budweiser commercial where they flash-mobbed a Rec League hockey game up in Port Credit (Ontario) with fans? It was awesome. The teams had no idea what was happening and the looks on their faces are priceless. (It looks like it was only aired in Canada - too bad, you Americans missed out.) PS: [www.youtube.com/BudweiserCanada](http://www.youtube.com/BudweiserCanada) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/176 "2012-02-06T15:27:03Z")
Budweiser in … _Canada_? ---
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/177 "2012-02-06T15:35:29Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Meh. Too subtle. The spot would have been much better with Newman scooping Jerry. That’s exactly what I thought until I remembered they were both car collectors. I STILL would have preferred Newman. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/178 "2012-02-06T15:59:24Z")
I think the Weego beer commercial was the best of the lot. There were several dog commercials last night, but that commercial was especially rich in doggy cuteness. I give points to the Chevy end-of-the-world commercial solely for using a Barry Manilow song. If you listen to the words, it wasn’t really an appropriate choice, but I’m the only one who listens to the words anyway. I’m always up for a new E-trade baby commercial, that was good. Other than that, really a weak year. Oh, and Clint, if you’re still working and not dancing on the edge of the grave as I previously thought, you need to get started doing those Dark Tower movies. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/179 "2012-02-06T16:14:40Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Great game, but the ad’s were boring mostly. This year’s Super Bowl commercials were ten pounds of suck in a five pound bag… …of suck. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895/180 "2012-02-06T16:39:01Z")
I don’t remember which ones I liked, but I know whioch one I hated the most…Clint Eastwood. Give me a break. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2012/611895.md?page=10)