Super Bowl Ads Hits & Misses

"Free Doritos" Ad Was A Fan Favorite, According To A "USA Today" Consumer Opinion Poll

(CBS)  A lot of people tuned into the Super Bowl last night just to see the commercials. A Doritos commercial was the hands-down fan favorite, according to a "USA Today" consumer opinion poll.

But what about the others? Which ones were the hits and misses?

The fan fave, "Free Doritos," was created by a couple of non-advertising people, who entered a contest called Doritos "Crash The Super Bowl" program.

The co-creators of "Free Doritos," Joe Herbert of Batesville, Ind. (a finalist in the annual program two years ago) and his brother, Dave Herbert, were one of the top five finalists in the Doritos contest, in which each contestant won $25,000.

The brothers' "Free Doritos," commercial ended up beating out all the other Super Bowl ads in the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter (a 10-year-old consumer opinion poll), giving them the grand prize of $1 million.

Their day in the sun won't end just there.

Ad executive and co-chairman/founder of Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners, Richard Kirshenbaum, gave a rundown of the commercial hits and misses and agreed with USA Today's top pick.

"I thought it was a perfect Super Bowl guy spot. Funny, a little bit sophomoric and perfect for the Super Bowl because of that," Kirshenbaum told Early Show co-anchors Harry Smith, Julie Chen and Maggie Rodriguez.

According to Kirshenbaum, these guys have a future in advertising and will get a lot of job offers out of this.

"Absolutely. They're going to do very well. Absolutely," he said.

Personally, Kirshenbaum favorite was the Pepsi spot that featured Bob Dylan and Will.i.am.

"The whole idea "forever young" is Pepsi's whole equity. And I think they did a fantastic job. And it was very uplifting for Americans. Americans needed to see something uplifting this year," Kirshenbaum said.

According to Kirshenbaum, one of the misses was Careerbuilder.com's ad.

"I think it missed because people today are crying about not having a job, not crying about the job they have. I think they missed an opportunity and I think they could have really told the American public, 'You know, we can help you get a job.' I think that's really important," Kirshenbaum said.

Kirshenbaum also took a look the contemporary spin on great Super Bowl ads of years past.

[tucson23]

Yes, foxxgurl, by all means we should censor and ban any media message that conservatives think will be bad for society. Next we''ll have a good, old-fashioned book burning. Let''s start with Darwin, of course, but Shakespeare is a must as well--we can''t have stories about *** and murder offending our delicate sensibilities. When that''s all done, I''ll throw your high-horse on the fire too.

[foxxgurl]

FANTASTIC JOB??? SOMEBODY GOT TO PULL THE WOOL OFF THESE IGNORANT PEOPLE''S EYES, HOW IS THIS UPLIFTING FOR AMERICANS? THIS IS GOING TO BE A MONKEY SEE MONKEY-DO EFFECT, PROMOTING UNNECESSARY VANDALISM. CAN''T ANYONE SEE THE LIGHT/THIS AD SHOULD STOP BEING HAILED QUICKLY AND BE COMPLETELY BANNED FROM TELEVISION AND ALL MEDIA - GIVES A VERY VERY BAD PRECEDENT TO OUR YOUTH AND ALL SOCIETY. - MS. APPLEGATE

[foxxgurl]

I THINK THIS COMMERCIAL IS GOING TO SPAWN ALOT OF UNNECESSARY VANDALISM ~ WHY DOESN''T OUR SOCIETY AWARD GREATNESS ANYMORE, WHY ARE THEY SO BLIND AND PRAISE WRONG-DOING?

[c-mo6]

My fav was the Conan OBrien Budweiser ad.

And Frito-Lay was good, too.


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Posted by hober_mallow at 03:10 PM : Feb 02, 2009
I agree I thought the conan ad was hilarious.

[hober_mallow]

My fav was the Conan OBrien Budweiser ad.

And Frito-Lay was good, too.

[mswolfestock]

I''m an animal lover so my favorite had to be the Budweiser clydesdale rescuing his filly from the circus . . . . . .

Sort of like An Officer And A Gentleman with animals.

[jkl77]

i thought the funniest spot aired in the pre-game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhgsz5DH7Mo

we DIED when we saw it and then couldn''t believe we didn''t see it again during the game.

YOU DON''T KNOW ME!

[rushlimpdrug]

That pepsi commercial was stupid.

It had ZERO creativity.

It belonged in a museum (one that would be going
out of business).