Running SB XLVI commercial, food, half-time, non-football thread

I'm half-surprised someone hasn't made a spoof of a Super Bowl ad (babies, dogs, various odd-pop culture personalities, patriotism, movie references and gratuitous bikini girls) as a Super Bowl ad.

 

A great parody of the Clint ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-j_8qCbHsUA

 

I can't imagine that the NFL wouldn't have Jay-Z as the act for the New York Super Bowl.

 

I've been saying it since the NY/NJ Super Bowl was announced: Jay-Z and Bon Jovi. Book it.

 

Replace Jay Z with "John Mellencamp" (has that phrase ever been used before?) and "New York" with "Indianapolis" and you had the prevailing wisdom this time around. Chances are you'll get Billy Joel doing "New York State of Mind" or something similarly pointless.

Oh, and my friend's Doritos commercial won the USA Today Facebook Ad Meter contest - the team won a $1 million to split with the crew/cast/etc. I'm hoping to get at least a free drink or two out of the deal.

 

Gerry and the Pacemakers.

With real pacemakers, of course.

 

John Mellencamp is very unpopular with the right side of the political aisle -- Dan Quayle infamously walked out of a Mellencamp concert in Tahoe because Mellencamp said something bad about Dubya -- and with the pseudo-military vibe the NFL cultivates, they weren't going to go looking for trouble.

Jay-Z may have some profanity-laden songs, but he can sing three clean ones (including the New York anthem) and he has no political ties to besmirch him. Kanye? No chance.

 

Personally, I thought we retired the WTF? award when they trotted out the Rolling Stones in Motown.

 

Hip-hop generally sucks live (though I guess Jay-Z could lip sync like Madonna did).

 

Book this, right now. In the next three years, you can count on seeing 1.) Nickelback, 2.) Jay Z/Beyonce, 3.) Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga.

 

I would like 90s 1/2-hit rock wonders: The Offspring; Elastica; Veruca Salt; Marcy Playground; Spacehog; The Refreshments