February 3rd, 2019 at 7:39 PM ^
Not many yet. Sorely disappointed the last few years.
February 3rd, 2019 at 7:43 PM ^
That bud light/ game of thrones commercial had me roaring. I did not see that coming and it was perfect. Way to shake up expectations.
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:00 PM ^
Got my vote so far too
February 3rd, 2019 at 9:00 PM ^
The corn syrup one was odd, though. Does anybody really care about corn syrup?
February 3rd, 2019 at 9:08 PM ^
People should care.
If you were to graph the rise of diabetes in this country with when the FDA approved HFCS, and overlay the trend lines, they match.
HFCS is evil stuff. It's refined with hydrocarbons. Your body processes it like alcohol.
February 3rd, 2019 at 9:21 PM ^
Ok but in this instance, it is alcohol. Sooooo
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:16 PM ^
Sooooo... getting cirrhosis of the liver from HFCS is okay then?
February 4th, 2019 at 12:07 AM ^
Except I'm not even sure yeast can digest HFCS vs. sucrose in regular corn syrup. Don't conflate the 2. Besides, if the yeast DOES indeed digest it, who cares if that's the source when the end product is ethanol, CO2 and, water. Just like when the source is any other type of CHO.
February 4th, 2019 at 2:33 AM ^
Lighten up my dude. Just struck me as funny, the alcohol comparison. Maybe it was only funny to me.
Going forward, I am to understand that Bud Light is better for me than Miller Light or Coors Lifht? That’s the main takeaway, yes?
February 4th, 2019 at 7:43 AM ^
If someone wants to drink to the point that they develop cirrhosis of the liver, it was their choice.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:43 PM ^
Links? Data? Proof?
It's converted with an enzyme. It's a carbohydrate, not a petroleum derivative. Sugar is sucrose and fructose. Fructose isn't killing people. Ingesting 12000 calories a day of packaged junk food is killing them. As far as making it into alcohol, the point is that the sugar is gone. And yes, being an alcoholic will give you cirrhosis and kill you.
Did you also know water can kill you if you drink too much? Oxygen can kill you if you breath too much of it. It can make babies blind. Overdoing things can kill you.
February 3rd, 2019 at 11:04 PM ^
Sigh... doing other people's research for them gets old... assuming you can type g-o-o-g-l-e just as easily as anyone else on the web that is.
https://www.pulsus.com/scholarly-articles/high-fructose-corn-syrup-hfcs-plays-a-dominant-role-in-the-pathogenesis-of-nafldassociated-cirrhosis-3889.html
If the words in the previous link are too big for you, maybe this is more your speed:
https://drhyman.com/blog/2011/05/13/5-reasons-high-fructose-corn-syrup-will-kill-you/
https://jenniferskitchen.com/health-information/how-is-high-fructose-corn-syrup-made
February 4th, 2019 at 12:08 AM ^
Though I didn't neg you, it's not at all difficult to provide actual clickable links.
At the top left corner of the comment box, you'll see a small icon that looks like a chain link.
Try it next time.
February 4th, 2019 at 12:41 AM ^
Oh come on. This study is far from conclusive. Just look at the abstract's results:
When mice were fed with excessive trans fat, they developed NASH, however cirrhosis formation was not observed. When the mice were fed a combination of trans fat and HFCS, cirrhosis formation was completed.
You cannot concluded anything on this study alone. It is about mouse, many many experiments on mouse do not lead to anything when it is transposed on humans. This goes double in experiments like this where doses are overwhelming.
This is the kind of study you should read and say "oh, that's interesting' and ignore it until a similar experiments are done with humans, with actual realistic ingestion amounts.
You can ignore almost every diet-related studies out there. Dietary studies with actual reliable results are far and few in between.
February 4th, 2019 at 12:57 AM ^
Can you try not being so condescending with your super awesome research skills if you're going to cite a single article in a dubious publication that's been labeled as predatory, a blog post from a physician who practices "functional medicine" quackery, and "Jennifer's Kitchen" as your iron-clad scientific evidence? There are plenty of recent articles in PubMed on this topic, including several meta-analyses that do not draw the definitive conclusions that you state with such certainty. HFCS is not good for you, but neither is any other kind of excess sugar.
February 4th, 2019 at 9:35 AM ^
Yes. I care about Corn Syrup. I have a food reaction anytime I ingest it. It can be pretty severe. I used to drink Miller Lite before they put it in. They didn't tell anyone they added it obviously and I had a pretty severe reaction.
A small % of the population has reactions to it like mine
Then all of the other stuff that was already posted.
Funny thing, Bud Light used to have it. I knew, because I'd have a reaction. They must've stopped recently.
February 3rd, 2019 at 7:43 PM ^
I think Super Bowl ads were a little bit of a fad that has died out. At the end of the day they are just commercials, they can only be so good.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:16 PM ^
Sometimes so good that they are persuaded to stop using them. The Budweiser frog commercials for instance. In any case I think the best ads, which are usually the most humorous, have faded with the culture having become so intolerant of humor.
February 3rd, 2019 at 7:50 PM ^
These all too woke for me.
February 3rd, 2019 at 7:53 PM ^
The Dude, and there it was. We knew this would be the best one before the game even started. Can’t be living in the past, man.
February 3rd, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
yep. No contest
February 3rd, 2019 at 7:56 PM ^
It was the best simply for the wonderful outfit Sara Jessica Parker was wearing. Still smoking hot.
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:00 PM ^
SJP smoking hot? Gotta disagree here man...wouldn't look once
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:01 PM ^
It's ok, sure she wouldn't look your way either.
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:01 PM ^
i think if you see that helmet close up in all its detail, whoever neg'd umproud would come around to agree with him.
February 3rd, 2019 at 9:54 PM ^
I know it was mostly lighting, but she looked really, really good for 53.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:17 PM ^
UMProud, pretty sure you never had a chance with her on your best day with a million cash in your pocket there chump. That even means when she is ten years older from this current day. Most men with any testosterone yet still find her sexy. You obviously have nothing down there. She's still hot and you probably fancy the same sex. Maybe you are a woman though? I don't know.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:53 PM ^
Bizarrely aggressive.
February 4th, 2019 at 7:43 AM ^
With an over-seasoning of homophobia....geez.
February 4th, 2019 at 9:03 AM ^
She wasn’t hot 20 years ago when Sex in the City was a thing. Good God, in Footloose 35 years ago she was the ugly friend to Lori Singer
February 4th, 2019 at 10:44 AM ^
True, but in Sex and the City, she made up for it by being a shallow, self-centered, whiny shrew. What man could resist her?
February 4th, 2019 at 3:20 PM ^
To quote Brian Griffin of "Family Guy", circa 2006, while watching "Sex in the City" for the first time: "So, wait, it's a show about three hookers and their mom?"
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:53 PM ^
Me either.
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:12 PM ^
She resembles a horse!
February 4th, 2019 at 5:13 AM ^
Not true!
Horses are beautiful animals.
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:15 PM ^
Pass, hard pass, on Brad Marchand’s doppelgänger....
but that was definitely the best commercial.
Also, how many musical acts had to say “No”, before the NFL made it to Maroon 5?
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:21 PM ^
that face could make an onion cry. . . .
February 3rd, 2019 at 7:59 PM ^
The Audi one was best, though I also liked the golden retriever in the pet food one.
February 3rd, 2019 at 11:26 PM ^
It was good, but changing opera to whatever the hell that was went too far.
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:00 PM ^
I liked the Jason Bateman one.
February 3rd, 2019 at 9:18 PM ^
Yes that one was clever. “Hold on captain colon.”
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:24 PM ^
Beetloaf!!
February 4th, 2019 at 8:23 AM ^
The Hyundai ad with Bateman was right up there. With each descending floor, I could personally relate to the trauma that was about to be inflicted on the unwitting victim. I vote that a tie with "The Dude Abides" as top ads of the evening. Even SJP couldn't ruin The Dude Abides ad for "Stella Artose."
Worst ad was easily the Verizon ad with the soppy "First Responders" tribute. I am sick of corporations using fake empathy to sell their products. And, I wonder how many "takes" it took to get this "reality" story just right, tears and all. Disgusting. Yes -- First Responders are heroes. Companies that seek to take advantage of that for profit are not.
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:01 PM ^
SkullShaver? WTF!
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:05 PM ^
Every single year: "the commercials used to be great but now they suck!!!"
February 3rd, 2019 at 9:14 PM ^
it seems to track with a lot of people saying "if we weren't such a PC/SJW culture, they'd be great!" Because apparently "look at these two women wrestle in a fountain arguing over Miller Light" was pure art.
They're ads. Some of them are good. Some are bad. People expecting a masterpiece from a company trying to sell you corn chips or a KIA are probably barking up the wrong tree.
February 3rd, 2019 at 9:58 PM ^
I was an advertising copywriter in the 90's. I worked on Bud Light when they had the best SB ads, year after year. I was in a group of about 8 really talented teams, and we all competed to get our SB spots produced. There was no guarantee it would air, even if you produced a spot. August Busch was the decider. It was HIGH pressure stuff. The agency's reputation depended on the USA Today poll, and the client expected top tens every year. I got one in around 1996, and it was fantastic seeing it on the SB. But if I had to endure all that pressure today, no way I could do it. I wasn't married yet; my whole life was my career. Finding the elusive sweet spot -- that balance between entertainment and selling -- was so challenging, I thought about it 24 hours a day. And I burned out.
February 4th, 2019 at 11:40 AM ^
This is actually a cool story bro.
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:08 PM ^
Omg NFL commercial wins...TB pwns
February 3rd, 2019 at 8:08 PM ^
Agreed!