Super Bowl 51
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Super Bowl LI Commercials: The Good, the Bad, and the Near Misses
You want the commercials. You want to cheer for the good ones, boo at the terrible ones, and cringe when one goes for the Hail Mary but bobbles it just before the end zone. We’re here for you with a roundup of the standouts from Super Bowl LI (that’s 51, not an homage to martial arts great Jet Li), from the cutting edge to the classics — like Coca-Cola bringing back the “It’s Beautiful” ad from 2014. Melissa McCarthy is one of the best comedic actresses in the game today.
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#FlashbackFriday to the Beer Ads That Time Forgot
Super Bowl Sunday is synonymous with a few things: football (duh), nachos (yum), and flashy commercials — specifically, flashy beer commercials. The real star of the campaign is Survivor frontman Dave Bickler, who salutes each “real man of genius” with vocal conviction. Related: ‘Mean Joe’ Greene Drank How Many Cokes for That Super Bowl Commercial?!
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‘Mean Joe’ Greene Drank How Many Cokes for That Super Bowl Commercial?!
You can imagine that, while filming a TV commercial for a soda company, you would imbibe a refreshing sugary beverage or two, right? The clip, in which an injured Mean Joe is so touched by a young fan offering up his own soda to the tired, limping player that Mean Joe tosses the kid (billed officially as “The Kid” and played by 12-year-old actor Tommy Okun) his Steelers jersey.
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The Inside Story of Wendy’s ‘Where’s the Beef?’ Ad
Thirty-three years ago, Wendy’s debuted their now-iconic “Where’s the Beef?” commercial, starring Clara Peller as an old lady demanding more meat from her fast-food hamburger. While the other two women admired the “big, fluffy bun,” Peller wasn’t satisfied, croaking the immortal query, “Where’s the beef?” (Interestingly, Wendy’s first tried a version with a bald man uttering the line, but it failed to catch on.) The catchphrase was a sharp jab at competitors Burger King and McDonald’s, allowing
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Apple’s ‘1984’ Super Bowl Ad (Like How It Almost Didn’t Air)
Super Bowl LI and those much-anticipated Super Bowl ads are just a few days away, but people still talk about the ad that many have called the greatest Super Bowl commercial of all time: Apple’s “1984” commercial, the one that launched the Macintosh. The 60-second ad — directed by Ridley Scott, a future Oscar nominee, who had just directed Blade Runner — aired during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII in 1984, just two days before Apple would change the world with the introduction of the Mac
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Tom Brady on Friendship With Donald Trump: ‘Why Such a Big Deal?’
One day after winning the AFC championship for the seventh time, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady appeared on “The Kirk & Callahan Show” on Boston’s WEEI radio and revealed new insights about his relationship with President Trump. Brady said, “I have called him, yes, in the past. During the presidential campaign, Brady was criticized for his friendship with Trump and was asked by his wife, Gisele Bündchen, not to publicly discuss politics or the Donald.
