With DVR, downloads, online movies and Netflix, people aren’t watching commercials like they used to. But something tells us that if all commercials were more like this one, the fast forward button might last a little longer.
When you stay up late, you tend to see some really bizarre and awful commercials on TV. Low production value. Crappy jingles. Bad actors. They all add up for a truly painful experience. The latest commercial to catch our attention is CougarLife.com. It’s not often we’re caught slack-jawed, but this one made us question our very existence. It also got us thinking of all the other commercials we’ve seen for online dating sites, both good and bad. See the videos after the post!
It seems like SportsCenter commercials haven’t changed at all since they began advertising. The “This is SportsCenter” ads that we’ve become so familiar with always take place somewhere in the ESPN studios, involve an athlete and/or mascot, one of the anchors, and have a perfect air of sarcasm that only true sports fans can understand. I’ve dug into the archives (aka Youtube) and compiled a list of the 7 best Sportscenter commercials ever.
While Super Bowl XLII was a helluva game in every respect, the commercials during each break (of which there were billions) either left something to be desired, or, to put it bluntly, sucked. This was easily one of the worst years for Super Bowl ads. I mean, how can one spend a cool $2.7 million and still get the quality and creativity displayed in the majority of… Click to read more
