# Super Bowl Commercials! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079 "2010-02-07T23:44:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/81 "2010-02-08T01:46:58Z")
Interesting riff on the movie _Alegro Non Troppo_. Didn’t know Coca Cola knew about that film and the Bolero episode. :eek: ---
**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 8, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/82 "2010-02-08T01:48:36Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Yeah, I was going to post something about it; but I didn’t quite know what. I liked the hyena (or was it a jackal?) at the end. Hyena. I tribute to Rudolph Valentino. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/83 "2010-02-08T01:49:28Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > I don’t know what the hell that Coke man-walking-across-the-savannah thing was about, but I liked it. 🙂 In the film _Alegro Non Troppo_, which was a modern (1978) take off on _Fantasia_, there is an episode done to Bolero where cola in the bottom of a bottle of cola thrown from a spaceship onto a planet manages to get out of the bottle and eventually evolve into ever more advanced life forms marching across the face of the planet, until at the end, there is a surprise ending. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/84 "2010-02-08T01:50:08Z")
VW: any company that has a kid punching a man in the nuts has lost any potential for my business. Are you targeting the America’s Funniest Videos crowd? ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/85 "2010-02-08T01:51:34Z")
Awwww Google love story:) ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/86 "2010-02-08T01:53:52Z")
But, ummm, does Google even need to advertise? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/87 "2010-02-08T01:54:04Z")
Women in hot tubs are a real theme this year. That’s the third commercial I’ve seen with that going on somewhere during the commercial. ---
**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 8, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/88 "2010-02-08T01:54:15Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > In the film _Alegro Non Troppo_, which was a modern (1978) take off on _Fantasia_, there is an episode done to Bolero where cola in the bottom of a bottle of cola thrown from a spaceship onto a planet manages to get out of the bottle and eventually evolve into ever more advanced life forms marching across the face of the planet, until at the end, there is a surprise ending. Shows how much I know… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/89 "2010-02-08T01:55:22Z")
Nice, Google - very nice. Maybe my favorite of the night so far. Is that their first commercial? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/90 "2010-02-08T01:56:55Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > Nice, Google - very nice. Maybe my favorite of the night so far. Is that their first commercial? First Super Bowl spot, I think, although it’s aired outside of the Super Bowl. They have a couple in that style. One is about Batman. ---
**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 8, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/91 "2010-02-08T01:57:10Z")
I thought the KGB ad was good, but come on guys. KGB? ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/92 "2010-02-08T01:58:44Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > In the film _Alegro Non Troppo_, which was a modern (1978) take off on _Fantasia_, there is an episode done to Bolero where cola in the bottom of a bottle of cola thrown from a spaceship onto a planet manages to get out of the bottle and eventually evolve into ever more advanced life forms marching across the face of the planet, until at the end, there is a surprise ending. Ah, how cool - thanks! I think [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PLlsjyhbLU) is it on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/93 "2010-02-08T01:59:32Z")
KGB? What did I miss? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/94 "2010-02-08T02:00:23Z")
We are down to the ads that aren’t so good now. Pretty soon, I expect repeats. Dud year. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/95 "2010-02-08T02:01:03Z")
The Air Force one has been on three times already. ---
**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 8, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/96 "2010-02-08T02:02:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > KGB? What did I miss? [youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRcDOTo1Nds) ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/97 "2010-02-08T02:04:09Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The Air Force one has been on three times already. What Air Force one? Haven’t seen it. Are you sure it isn’t a “local” ad? @ Rodgers01: Yes, that’s the episode. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/98 "2010-02-08T02:07:48Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > What Air Force one? Haven’t seen it. Are you sure it isn’t a “local” ad? A bunch of sports – snowboarding, sail-surfing, etc. – with a ‘Catch some air’ theme. Air Force, or Air Force Reserve. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/99 "2010-02-08T02:07:53Z")
Emerald Nuts: stupid. But then, they’ve been known for stupid for some time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079/100 "2010-02-08T02:09:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > A bunch of sports – snowboarding, sail-surfing, etc. – with a ‘Catch some air’ theme. Air Force, or Air Force Reserve. Not showing here, in Charlotte. Must be local purchase. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-commercials/528079.md?page=6)