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Superbowl XLVI: The Commercials

     Well, I just couldn't resist.  The biggest game of the year, and often the funniest commercials of the year.  I just had to write a review about them.
     If you missed the big game, you missed one hell of a show.  But I don't want to tell the score, because chances are, you probably heard about it already.
     So enough with the blah blah blah.
     As with every year, there are some commercials that make us laugh, and make us wonder.  Of course Doritos was back in action with their cheap commercials that seem to always be the best.  But I was honestly a little let down with them.  There were only two Doritos commercials this year, and they weren't like the Doritos ninja from last year.  They weren't all that funny, and really stupid (as Doritos commercials seem to always be).  I see no reason to buy Doritos because of those commercials (fortunately I still like those chips).  And I definitely wouldn't want to slingshot a baby into someone so I could get some chips, and I wouldn't accept a bribe from a dog.  I think those were the strangest commercials of the day.
      Bud Light's commercial of the dog named "we go" was very good and quite funny.  Whenever someone calls the dog by saying "here, we go" (the Bud Light slogan), the dog comes back with a Bud Light bottle.  Throughout the season, Bud Light has had an excellent campaign this season by becoming the official beer of NFL fans.  However, this commercial was one of my favorite commercials of the entire superbowl.
      Gentlemen beware.  I can promise you that you will forget about just about everything as soon as the Teleflora commercial comes on.  If that commercial comes on in front of your girlfriends, expect to get slapped as you will be quite distracted.  But if you want redemption, I suggest doing what the commercial tells you to do.  Enough said.
      It seems that it would no longer be the superbowl if the E-Trade babies didn't show up somewhere.  I've never been a big fan of their current campaign that uses these babies, but all I can say is that since their debut a few years ago, they have been quite funny commercials the first time you see them.  THIS IS THE BEST AND FUNNIEST E-TRADE BABIES COMMERCIAL EVER!!!!!!  It's their only commercial this year, but it's their funniest ever.
      Now for my favorite.  The Kia Optima has a really freaking awesome commercial.  It will make guys almost as happy as the Teleflora commercial, and it features the Motley Crue; yes the actual band is in the commercial.  It's kind of hard to describe the awesomeness of it, so basically, just see it yourself.
     Overall, I didn't think this year's superbowl commercials were as good as last year's or the year before's.  I wasn't too impressed and I certainly am not prepared to buy any of these company's products because of these commercials.  Yes, they're entertaining, but I'd rather watch last year's commercials again.
You can watch them all here

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