Superbowl Commercials I noticed;

I really liked the Osbournes Pepsi twist ad. The mug to the camera from the first one where Halle Berry comes out and the guy sort of smiles was really great, but the Osmonds is a worthy follow-up. Good job.

Holy Christ in Heaven above, the Matrix sequels sure look good. And how nice that they will BOTH be out this year? Still, it was strange and sort of jarring to have two movies advertised in the same commercial. I don’t think I have ever seen that before, but I bet I will see it again, and again, and again…

Three cheers for Willie Nelson for being willing to poke fun at himself like that. And another three cheers for the job he did in it. Very funny!

I FINALLY saw the Jordan vs. Jordan ad. He has always been just as untouchable in the media world as he has on the court. That was part of his gig. After all the Hanes ads, this is the equivalent of those rare nights these days where he goes for 45 points and just destroys a team. A glimpse of the past. The best ad he has done since the Mars Blackman series. Didn’t we all used to just turn on the TV hoping to see a Mars Blackman ad? I know I did. MJ, you are the greatest. Our Ali. Thank you.

I thought the Fed Ex ad was funny, but isn’t it a little late to be poking fun at Castaway? And why not get Tom Hanks to do it? Money?

Visa’s Yao Ming ad was good. As is Yao’s Mac ad, but, getting back to MJ, when is Yao going to do an ad or two where he just goes out and dunks the shit out of the ball? Really, when?

I thought that clumsy little kid in the anti-smoking ad was cute. Cute anti-smoking boy. They should use him more.

There was this strange sequence of ads with animals. Did you notice? With about 9:10 (and hardly any competition) remaining, they went to a commercial break and we saw Sierra Mist with the apes jumping into the water and then smiling for the camera, followed by the Trident gum ad where we found out why the 5th dentist didn’t recommend Trident, followed by the Budweiser ad with the conch shell. They all involved animatronic animals and the second two had them biting people. I don’t know, but if I shelled out the money to produce the ad, and then the money to buy the time during the Superbowl and I got sandwiched around two very similar ads, I’d be pretty upset!

Who the hell likes Martin Lawrence? WHO, GODDAMMIT, WHO? Why does he have a stupid looking film out every other week? And they all get sequels! What the hell is going on here?

Dragnet is back. Cool.

T3 may have taken too long to be released, and the Superbowl intro sellout does nothing to calm my skepticism about it. I hope it is good. Arnold has been on a bit of a losing streak. Remember how crazy everyone went for that when it came out?

AT&T’s mLife ads are much better this year than last years silly and mysterious ones. Come to think of it, that was the only bad thing about last years Superbowl. The mLife ads. What a year.

The new line of Cadillac’s look like cars only Clark Griswold would buy. Hideous.

I loved Terry Tate, Office Linebacker. I look forward to more.

The Halftime show was ok. Shania Twain did the worst, and most blatant job lip-syncing I have ever seen and should be ashamed of herself, but the rest of it was good. Not too crazy, just good folks doing good music. I was really psyched to hear Message In A Bottle rather than that newer tune of Stings where the guy yodels through half of it.

Finally, John Madden. I don’t care how much insight into the game, or experience he has. To me, he sounds like he was maimed in a horrible car accident and he should NOT be on the air, paid to TALK to people. The same goes for you Bill Walton. Both of you, just get out of here will ya?

p.s. John, keep making the games though, ok?