# The Super Bowl Commercial Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-commercial-thread/227105 "2004-02-01T23:41:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-commercial-thread/227105/61 "2004-02-03T06:49:55Z")
> [@Algernon](#): > > Well, _my_ favorite was the stoic referee getting lambasted by a spittle spewing coach. Voiceover asks “how is he able to remain calm?” And then it cuts to him at home getting lambasted by a spittle spewing spouse. > > Hmmm. I forgot what they were advertising though. I had just the opposite reaction - imagine it with the genders reversed…it never would have made it on air. Luckily, I also don’t remember what was being advertised, 'cause spousal abuse is not a good way to get me to buy the product. Favorites: Staples mafia, NFL Network (great ad) Lipstick The soap commercial BTW, is it just me, or does anyone else find the Linux kid incredibly creepy? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-commercial-thread/227105/62 "2004-02-03T14:13:12Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > BTW, is it just me, or does anyone else find the Linux kid incredibly creepy? My best friend’s immediate reaction upon seeing that kid was “Aauugggh! _Village of the Damned! Village of the DAMNED!!!_” So no, it wasn’t just you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-commercial-thread/227105/63 "2004-02-03T14:53:49Z")
I have to give it up for the FedEx alien. Especially the delayed pay-off in the camera work and the punch lines. You’ve got alien’s-eye view, then a front view (kind of silly), then a _side view_ of a giant carnivorous alien wearing a cardboard mask (hysterical). Add well-timed dialogue, and this one gets two thumbs up. As an engineer, I watched the roof of that convertible Chevy and immediately thought, “is that _revolutionary and amazingly futuristic_ mechanism still going to be working (and not leaking) ten years from now?” And then I thought, “Oh yeah - Chevies don’t _last_ ten years.” And, as a pesky aside, I would love to kick Robert Plant (or is it Jimmy Page?) in the kneecap. He holds out for years, insisting Led Zeppelin’s music is too good to be used in movie soundtracks, let alone television commercials… and then, after making a very well-thought-out exception for Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous,” lets _Cadillac_ get in line second? I love “Rock and Roll” as much as anyone, but that is not a song I would ever associate with the Cadillac brand. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-commercial-thread/227105/64 "2004-02-03T15:31:29Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > BTW, is it just me, or does anyone else find the Linux kid incredibly creepy? He reminds me of a young Eminem. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-commercial-thread/227105/65 "2004-02-03T17:50:28Z")
I liked the farting horse the best. Those iTunes commercials, however, left me cold. It felt like I was watching an anti-drug ad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-super-bowl-commercial-thread/227105.md?page=3)