Super Bowl Commericals

Oddly, there has been a serious lack of chatter on the Super Bowl commercials today. It wasn’t the worst year for commercials, and it wasn’t the best. It was sort of the equivalent of having Tom Petty do the half-time show—just alright. I’d give them an overall grade of C+.

Anheuser-Busch – Stole the show with seven fresh and humorous ads. A couple of theirs were dumb, but the Wheel/Bottle Opener, Cheese Run, Ability to Fly and Breathe of Fire ads were great fun.

Audi – Their new car was very intriguing. The ad seemed a little overdone though.

Bridgestone Tires – Almost there. The screaming squirrel was the best part of those.

Cars.com – Made me smile, but didn’t blow me away.

Careerbuilder.com – Unimpressed

Coke – Shaq on a horse was funny. The rest not so much.

eTrade – The talking baby thing has been done before, but this baby was a little more tech savy and came across as fresh.

FedEx – Really?

GoDaddy –  Their Superbowl ads are making me want to do business elsewhere.

Pepsi – Their Superbowl ads make me glad I’m a Coke man. Although hearing Thriller again was a welcome surprise!

Salesgenie.com – Mostly annoying.

If it weren’t for beer commercials, the world of TV advertising would be a boring place. Watch all of the Super Bowl spots here or here.

Filed under: Advertising, Commercials, Football, Super Bowl, Television

Comcast vs. Dish

It had to happen eventually.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I now have half of the cable channels I did only 24 hours ago. To get the good ones back I’ll have to pay more money. So now I have to make the choice… do I now switch to the Dish Network?

Comcast Cable or Dish Network?

Either way I’m going to score a DVR out of this (I’ve been beating the snot out of my VCR lately), but I’m just so nervous about making a switch. I’m bad for brand loyalty.

Any pros or cons?

Filed under: Cable, Comcast, Dish Network, Entertainment, Satellite, Television, TV