Product: CareerBuilder.com
Commercial: The office is a jungle?
Impact: Bleh. You hate your job, use CareerBuilder.
Information: A little. If you have this AWESOME audience, why not name a flipping PRICE!!!
Will I buy? Nope
Would I remember this commercial? Nope
Was this commercial a waste of money? Yep
Overall Commercial Grade: D

Product: Doritos
Commercial: Customer and clerk fall in love?
Impact: Kinda funny. I guess.
Information: Nah
Will I buy? Nope
Would I remember this commercial? Not really.
Was this commercial a waste of money? Yep
Overall Commercial Grade: C-

Product: Chevy HHR
Commercial: Pretty funny commercial with rap music and a bunch of guys taking their shirts and pants off.
Impact: Haha.. yeah, that was funny… yeah.. that… was.. fun…
Information: I have no idea what an HHR is.
Will I buy? Nope
Would I remember this commercial? Maybe. It was funny, but not funny, funny.
Was this commercial a waste of money? Probably.
Overall Commercial Grade: C

Product: Bud Light
Commercial: Fist bump replaced by slapping.
Impact: Mildly amusing.
Information: Seriously, do ONLY idiots drink Bud Light? If I were a Bud Light drinker, this would make me change beers.
Will I buy? No, and neither should any self-respecting human being.
Would I remember this commercial? Yes, but only for its sheer stupidity.
Was this commercial a waste of money? Yes
Overall Commercial Grade: C-

Product: King Pharmaceuticals
Commercial: A “heart” is attacked by various diseases.
Impact: Pretty good commercial!
Information: Good commercial, but I’ve already forgotten the website address that was given.
Will I buy? Nah
Would I remember this commercial? The visual, but the company name and website were only shown briefly.
Was this commercial a waste of money? Yes, but just barely. They should have had the info on the screen longer!
Overall Commercial Grade: C+ (Would have been a B if they’d actually shown the product!)
Product: General Motors
Commercial: Robot gets fired? AND commits “suicide”?
Impact: I don’t think Detroit should be making commercials like this, considering the fact that many REAL employees have been fired and face real emotional problems. Quite frankly, a bit disturbing.
Information: GM’s employees are worried about quality?
Will I buy? No
Would I remember this commercial? Yes, but only because it bummed me out.
Was this commercial a waste of money? Hmmm..
Overall Commercial Grade: C

Product: Coca Cola
Commercial: Coca Cola Celebrates Black History.
Impact:
Information:
Will I buy?
Would I remember this commercial?
Was this commercial a waste of money?
Overall Commercial Grade: I will not grade a “non-commercial” commercial.

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Product: Godaddy.com
Commercial: The girl in the white shirt and the guys in suits… plus the dudes from O.C. Choppers
Impact: Not even funny this year.
Information: You can get a domain for $1.99. Big-ups to all the nerds watching the Super Bowl.
Will I buy? Nope.
Would I remember this commercial? No. It wasn’t even funny like the last 2 years.
Was this commercial a waste of money? Yep
Overall Commercial Grade: D-

Product: Coca Cola
Commercial: Take off on those violent video games with a twist.
Impact: Pretty cool commercial.
Information: None, but kinda inspirational.
Will I buy? I already drink diet coke. No new reason TO drink, or NOT to drink.
Would I remember this commercial? Nah
Was this commercial a waste of money? Hmm…
Overall Commercial Grade: B

Product: Budweiser
Commercial: Hungry dog, scared, sees other dogs doing well… pretends to be dalmatian to get love.
Impact: Ehh…
Information: None.
Will I buy? Nope
Would I remember this commercial? Nope. It went for the “heart”… but it’s a beer commercial.
Was this commercial a waste of money? Yes
Overall Commercial Grade: C-

Product: Garmin GPS
Commercial: GPS super hero vs. evil map!
Impact: Pretty awesome commercial!
Information: Best commercial so far. Funny, and I feel like Garmin = GOOD GUYS!
Will I buy? I’d love a GPS, and Garmin is the GPS name I’m familiar with. This made them look “big time”.
Would I remember this commercial? Probably.
Was this commercial a waste of money? No!
Overall Commercial Grade: B+

The game is getting better, but still so sloppy. I cannot BELIEVE that they let Hester return that kick. The weather looks yucky, but is it THAT bad? I’m mid-way through the second quarter.

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Product: Snickers
Commercial: Two guys “kiss” as they eat a Snickers.
Impact: Nothing
Information: I did not learn anything about Snickers, or their candy bar.
Will I buy? I like Snickers, but this commercial was silly.
Would I remember this commercial? Nope
Was this commercial a waste of money? Yep
Overall Commercial Grade: C-

Product: Schick Quattro Titanium
Commercial: You’ve seen it already. Nothing new.
Impact: None.
Information: It has multiple blades and it shaves close.
Will I buy? Not b/c of this commercial
Would I remember this commercial? Nope
Was this commercial a waste of money? Yep
Overall Commercial Grade: C

Product: Chevrolet
Commercial: Various people sing songs about Chevrolet
Impact: Pretty cool commercial.
Information: Not much, but a lot of cool cars.
Will I buy? Again, no new cars, but they sure did make the cars look nice.
Would I remember this commercial? Yes
Was this commercial a waste of money? Not really. A well-made commercial that came off classy.
Overall Commercial Grade: B

Product: Bud-Light
Commercial: Carlos Mencia teaches comedy to people who do not speak English.
Impact: Racist? Yes Funny? Almost..
Information: None
Will I buy? Nope
Would I remember this commercial? Nope
Was this commercial a waste of money? Nope
Overall Commercial Grade: C

Product: Late Show with Letterman
Commercial: Funny, with Dave and Oprah snuggled on the couch.
Impact: Funny, if you know their history together. Oprah, Uma. Uma, Oprah.
Information: None, but funny.
Will I buy? Maybe
Would I remember this commercial? Yep
Was this commercial a waste of money? I don’t know. People watch what they watch, right?
Overall Commercial Grade: B

The game is getting a little better. Sloppy, but with big plays.

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Product: Toyota Tundra
Commercial: Great commercial! Visually stimulating and informative, with a twist at the end.
Impact: Powerful! You see the speed, and then see the safety of the breaks.
Information: Pretty decent. Even non-truck people could see the impact of better breaks.
Will I buy? No, but if I were going to buy a new truck, I’d look into a Toyota, partly b/c of the information from this commercial.
Would I remember this commercial? Maybe
Was this commercial a waste of money? No
Overall Commercial Grade: B
Product: FedEx
Commercial: People on the moon need to ship packages.
Impact: Blah
Information: None
Will I buy? Not b/c of this commercial
Would I remember this commercial? Nope
Was this commercial a waste of money? Yep
Overall Commercial Grade: C-

Product: Bud Light
Commercial: Auctioneer officiating wedding.
Impact: None
Information: Idiots drink beer and make fun of sacred events?
Will I buy? Nope
Would I remember this commercial? Nope
Was this commercial a waste of money? Yep
Overall Commercial Grade: D- (Marriage is an important event, and making fun of it to sell beer is pretty lame.)

Seriously, these are the worst commercials ever. Maybe they’ll get better after halftime? We’ll see. The game’s not that great either.

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Product: Salesgenie.Com
Commercial: Cocky guy and dumb blonde?
Impact: Negative. I will never use this product.
Information: Get sales leads? I have no idea what this means.
Will I buy? NO!
Would I remember this commercial? Yes, but only b/c it is so stupid.
Was this commercial a waste of money? I hope so.
Overall Commercial Grade: F- (This is the worst commercial in television history, period.)

Product: Sierra Mist
Commercial: Pretend karate Class
Impact: Kinda funny.
Information: Sierra Mist is good?
Will I buy? Probably not.
Would I remember this commercial? No
Was this commercial a waste of money? Maybe
Overall Commercial Grade: C-

So far, these commercials are VERY, VERY boring, and I might stop doing these reviews!

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