# Super Bowl Commercials 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390 "2014-02-03T01:45:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 3, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/41 "2014-02-03T16:54:25Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The Doritos cowboy commercial annoyed me, because the kids never did help Mom unload the car, and just snagged the Doritos anyway. Rotten bastards. Amen to that, plus the kid’s hog-tying his brother and the mom just stands there clapping and cheering? Not to mention he needed a real haircut … (get off my lawn, hippies!). I thought that was one of the worst of the five submitted Doritos ads. I was very surprised to see it actually make the broadcast. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/42 "2014-02-03T17:09:24Z")
I didn’t see any of the ads, because I watched the Puppy Bowl instead. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/43 "2014-02-03T17:18:11Z")
I have to admit I got a kick out of the Jaguar ad, just for the sheer chutzpah of it. “It’s good to be bad.” Well, you’re half-right. Jaguars _are_ bad cars. I suppose your mechanic might consider that a good thing, but I doubt your customers will 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/44 "2014-02-03T17:25:06Z")
I have questions about the Volkswagen “an engineer gets his/her/their wings” ad. Am I remembering correctly that every engineer who sprouted wings was a man? If so, does that strike anyone else as being weird? I don’t think of myself as being particularly sensitive to stuff like this and it really stuck out to me. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/45 "2014-02-03T17:32:05Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Uh, just because you are singing a song in your native language doesn’t mean you don’t use English at the dry cleaner’s. I’m just telling you why some people didn’t like it. Feel free to disagree. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/46 "2014-02-03T17:33:52Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Did anybody else see the Scientology commercial (which apparently only aired regionally)? > > Maybe we got that here in the Bay Area instead of RadioShack. I got the scientology commercial and the Radio Shack commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/47 "2014-02-03T17:34:06Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I’m just telling you why some people didn’t like it. Feel free to disagree. You also told us why you didn’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/48 "2014-02-03T17:39:15Z")
What a bunch of lousy commercials this year! Wow. The car and beer commercials in particular were terrible. The only decent one in the bunch was the Bruce Willis/Fred Armisen one for Honda, which you have to pay fairly careful attention to in order to realize it is actually a car commercial rather than for the next buddy movie. Not going to sell cars with that one. The Johnny Galecki one was particularly bizarre. Who thought he would be a good person to have in turbo-charged-explosions-chasing-the-girl ad? Was Nathan Lane busy? And to have Richard Lewis in the back seat. Man, he looked awful. Throwing in Lewis in an ad 20 years ago might have been cool. 2014? Why? The Radio Shack one: Bizarre. Had to pause, rewind, etc. to catch all the people (and other beings). Who was the woman with the slanted hair supposed to be? But what was the point? Driving home the message that RS is dying and no one cares anymore? (I’m a computer/electronics geek who repairs things. I don’t go there.) Focus on what you sell now, folks. Not on what you sold then. Sheesh. Even GoDaddy’s ads were bland. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/49 "2014-02-03T17:50:34Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > You also told us why you didn’t like it. No, I gave my take on the argument about learning the language. I had no problem with the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/50 "2014-02-03T18:04:24Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Did anybody else see the Scientology commercial (which apparently only aired regionally)? Heh, that’s one of my agency’s clients so one of my co-workers would have placed that spot locally. ---
**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 3, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/51 "2014-02-03T18:08:22Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The Johnny Galecki one was particularly bizarre. Who thought he would be a good person to have in turbo-charged-explosions-chasing-the-girl ad? Was Nathan Lane busy? And to have Richard Lewis in the back seat. Man, he looked awful. Throwing in Lewis in an ad 20 years ago might have been cool. 2014? Why? Wow yeah I forgot about that one. That ad was AWFUL!! I couldn’t even imagine thinking it’d be good as a non-super-expensive regular-run ad. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/52 "2014-02-03T18:20:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > My favorite was the Radio Shack ad, but really, I _do_ miss the '80s Radio Shack… > > Oh, and the Doritos ads were both good, but the time machine was definitely the better of the two. I loved the Radio Shack ad and the Doritos ads! Those were the only ads I thought were funny. All in all, both the game & the commercials were pretty disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/53 "2014-02-03T18:27:20Z")
The quality of SB ads seems to have fallen ever since Bud & Miller decided that outdoing each other with funny ads wasn’t selling people beer. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/54 "2014-02-03T19:06:42Z")
Unfortunately, only Savannah residents saw this jaw dropping Super Bowl commercial. [Casino’s Law.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr2gdPY-88w) ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/55 "2014-02-03T19:56:41Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Unfortunately, only Savannah residents saw this jaw dropping Super Bowl commercial. > [Casino’s Law.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr2gdPY-88w) Holy fuck. Thank you for that. It was like a 90s USA cable show Sterling Archer half-remembers as he’s passing out face first into a raided mini-bar. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/56 "2014-02-03T20:07:45Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Wow yeah I forgot about that one. That ad was AWFUL!! I couldn’t even imagine thinking it’d be good as a non-super-expensive regular-run ad. Other than the Jaguar one, I can’t tell you which car commercial was for which car. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/57 "2014-02-03T20:21:50Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Oh, I called that before it was even over. To be honest, when I first heard the language change, I sort of felt the same way that the “xenophobes” did - then I heard the remaining lines being sung in different languages. My only problem with songs like “America, the Beautiful” in languages other than English is, it reminds me too much of the time there was a call for to make a particular Spanish version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” an “official” National Anthem (the way the French version of “O Canada” translates to nothing like the English version). > [@jsc1953](#): > > Did anybody else see the Scientology commercial (which apparently only aired regionally)? > > Maybe we got that here in the Bay Area instead of RadioShack. I watched the game on KTVU, and saw both the Radio Shack and Scientology ads. Maybe you saw the RS ad but didin’t realize it; it was the one with Hulk Hogan, Mary Lou Retton, ALF, and other 1980s celebrities. One commercial I haven’t seen much mention of was the Intuit commercial for GoldieBox (apparently, it’s a company that specializes in toys for girls). If nobody remembers the ad, it kind of defeats the purpose of making it, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/58 "2014-02-03T21:16:19Z")
When I first spotted the Maserati trident, I blurted, **“What?!”** Maserati sells, what, 150 cars a year in the US? Maserati is a well-respected small-volume marque, but why would they shell out $3 million to tell Americans they still exist? ---
**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 3, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/59 "2014-02-03T21:38:08Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Other than the Jaguar one, I can’t tell you which car commercial was for which car. No, you remember the Maserati ad too. Because when their logo came up on the screen after their heartfelt vignette about being small and working hard and keeping your head down, you were all “What? Maserati?!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390/60 "2014-02-03T21:48:47Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > No, you remember the Maserati ad too. Because when their logo came up on the screen after their heartfelt vignette about being small and working hard and keeping your head down, you were all “What? Maserati?!” I will admit that I had that reaction at the time, but can honestly add that – had you asked me even one hour later which car it was for – I would’ve said, _Um. Might have been Ferrari? No, wait: Porsche. Or maybe it was Lamborghini. I agree with ZipperJJ that it was something that made no sense._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials-2014/680390.md?page=4)