Silver And Black Pride - Top ten 2014 Super Bowl commercialsCovering all things Las Vegas Raiders footballhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49501/sbp-fav.png2014-02-03T00:20:42-08:00http://www.silverandblackpride.com/rss/stream/51329612014-02-03T00:20:42-08:002014-02-03T00:20:42-08:00Doritos does it again "Time Machine" Super Bowl ad
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<p>Each year Doritos holds a contest for film makers to submit commercials to run during <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/super-bowl">the Super Bowl</a>. And each year we realize sometimes amateur film makers can put together something better than about 95% of ad companies out there while probably spending a lot less to do it.</p>
<p>This year they had a couple great selections that ran during Super Bowl XLVIII. The one featured here is called "Time Machine" in which little Jimmy tricks a dude into thinking his refrigerator box is a time machine that runs on Doritos when really it's the kid with a mega phone kicking the side of the box. Oh, sorry; SPOILER ALERT!</p>
<p>The kid is run out of the yard by an old man and when the dude emerges from the box, he thinks the old man is Jimmy and they are in the future.</p>
<p>I like this one the best out of the two they ran. The other is called "Cowboy kid" and aside from simply playing the "everybody loved kids and dogs" thing, is just kind of alright as far as commercials go.</p>
<p>Kinda feel like I'd have to be high to really like it (not that I'd know what that was like). But here it is anyway:</p>
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<p>The one kid tips the other kid's hat down? Really? That's all you could come up with? Wow, he completely immobilized that kid with such a brilliantly vicious and indefensible move. This one is clearly all about the visual of the kid riding the dog.</p>
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2014/2/3/5373162/doritos-does-it-again-with-time-machine-2014-super-bowl-commercialLevi Damien2014-02-02T23:48:23-08:002014-02-02T23:48:23-08:00Morpheus belts "The truth" in Kia Super Bowl ad
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<p>Lawrence Fishburne reprises his role as Morpheus from the Matrix trilogy in Kia's latest commercial which ran during <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/super-bowl" class="sbn-auto-link">Super Bowl XLVIII</a>. In this he offers a couple the choice of keys to two different vehicles. He offers them a blue key and a red key (see what he did there?). The red key offers the chance to "never look at luxury the same again." The couple chooses the red key and a Kia K900 sedan pulls up.</p>
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<p>The three of them ride off in the car with Morpheus in the back. He says "This is very real. This is what luxury looks like. This is what it feels like. And THIS is what is sounds like." And that's when he really "challenges the luxury you know" by belting a sweeping operatic concerto that sends a rift through the Matrix and turns the whole place on its head. And us into hysterics.</p>
<p>Prepare to have your mind blown. Kaboom.</p>
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2014/2/2/5373130/morpheus-lays-down-the-truth-in-kia-2014-super-bowl-commercialLevi Damien2014-02-02T23:29:26-08:002014-02-02T23:29:26-08:00Colbert goes nuts in Pistachio Super Bowl ad
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<p>This is a compilation of both Stephen Colbert Wonderful Pistachio commercials from <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/super-bowl">Super Bowl XLVIII</a>. In them, Colbert uses his classic character from <em>The Colbert Report</em> along with the help of a pet Bald Eagle. But apparently just having him in the commercial wasn't enough in the first 15 second spot, so he returns for a second time to send it home.</p>
<p>In the second spot, the branding of Wonderful Pistachios is everywhere -- something Colbert loves because he is a big fan of product placement. He himself becomes that product placement and afterward there should be little doubt he will be able to say "The market has spoken." It's capitalism at its finest.</p>
<p>Colbert did a few more spots for the folks at Wonderful Pistachios. Here's another tasty spot for those who can't get enough Stephen Colbert. Here we go behind the scenes with Colbert where, among other things, he gives his Super Bowl prediction. Gotta watch until the end when he gets a knuckle/talon from his co-starring Bald Eagle.</p>
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https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2014/2/2/5373100/stephen-colbert-in-wonderful-pistachio-2014-super-bowl-commercialLevi Damien2014-02-02T22:56:38-08:002014-02-02T22:56:38-08:00Radio Shack awesome "The 80s called" Super Bowl ad
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<p>Sometimes you can see something that is comfort food for the soul. That's what Radio Shack did during Super Bowl XLVIII Sunday. They poked fun at themselves while tossing in the most awesome mixture of '80s pop culture references you'll ever see.</p>
<p>Why, just the other day I heard someone say "That place was emptier than a Radio Shack. How does that place still exist?" Well, they must have been listening because they just kicked their own ass with a righteous riot of radical retro references that may just take the prize as best commercial.</p>
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<p>We start with two pasty Radio Shack employees at the counter of an empty store. One geek answers the phone and says to the other "The '80s called. They want their store back." Then the cowbell of Loverboy's '80s hit "Working for the Weekend" ushers in the likes of Jason Vorhees, Hulk Hogan, Eric Estrada, and Cliff Claven who lead the revolt to dismantle the store.</p>
<p>Mary Lou Retton, Kid-N-Play, Devo, Alf, Teen Wolf, Twisted Sister, Slim Goodbody, and the California Raisins help loot the place while Chucky tears up the carpet. Then they all load up their Delorian and take off. Then Slimer shows up later to the party.</p>
<p>It's an '80s nostalgia-gasm. And who doesn't love that?</p>
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2014/2/2/5373058/radio-shack-the-80s-called-2014-super-bowl-commercial-full-ofLevi Damien2014-02-01T17:42:47-08:002014-02-01T17:42:47-08:00Full House reunion in Dannon Oikos Super Bowl ad
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<p>John Stamos has been doing these Dannon Oikos greek yogurt commercials for a while now. Here is another pretty funny one that starts out looking fairly typical and has an unexpected ending.</p>
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<p>He's back in this latest commercial which has a similar beginning with a twist ending. This time he is joined by his former Full House cast mates Dave Coulier and Bob Saget. Just when "Uncle Jesse" has cream his slacks with Oikos and was about to get the woman to drop his trousers, Coulier and Saget did the honors and left him hanging in his skivvies while they scrub the splooge off his pants.</p>
<p>Then there's this one where this woman sexually assaults Stamos on a plane.</p>
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<p>Oh SURE, it's okay for a woman to do that to a man, but turn the tables and you get a knee in your back and "watch your head" on the way into the squad car. Not that I'd know anything about that.</p>
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https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2014/2/1/5369476/full-house-reunion-in-dannon-oikos-2014-super-bowl-commercialLevi Damien2014-02-01T08:58:38-08:002014-02-01T08:58:38-08:00Tim Tebow kills it in "No contract" Super Bowl ad
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<p>Probably my favorite Super Bowl commercial comes from T-Mobile wireless featuring Tim Tebow. This commercial is utter perfection and the marketing team who came up with it deserves some kind of award. Tim Tebow doesn't have a contract. T-Mobile doesn't have a contract. And think of all the things you can do without a contract.</p>
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<p>And who knew Tim Tebow could act? You'd think during all those years when he was actually an active NFL quarterback, we would have seen this. I guess Peyton Manning was taking all those jobs considering at one time you couldn't get through a commercial break without him all over it. And for Tebow, I guess it shows you what he can do when he's not under contract (see what I did there?).</p>
<p>Most Super Bowl commercials are a clever idea (or attempt to be) but are a real stretch to have anything to do with the actual product. I find myself remembering the funny commercial while forgetting what product it's advertising. It's like they find a great commercial idea that could be for most anything and spend the rest of the time figuring out how to make it about their product.</p>
<p>This commercial starts with the T-Mobile "no contract" idea and gets the goes from there so there should be no trouble figuring out who the company here is and what they're trying to tell you. Brilliant campaign. And I would be hard pressed to discover a commercial that will top it Sunday.</p>
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2014/2/1/5368030/tim-tebow-kills-it-in-t-mobile-no-contract-2014-super-bowl-commercialLevi Damien2014-02-01T02:58:28-08:002014-02-01T02:58:28-08:00Super Bowl ad: Schwarzenegger, Don Cheadle, llama
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<p>Bud Light sets up a whole night in which they meet Ian Rappaport who they point out is not an actor and send him on a night he won't ever forget. He gets a new wardrobe and heads to a big party in a New York high rise that rivals <a href="http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-update-stefon/n39908">something Stefon might say on Saturday Night Live</a>.</p>
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<p>This party has everything. Beautiful twin women everywhere, Don Cheadle with a llama named Lily, and Arnold Schwarzenegger dressed like Bjorn Borg who challenges Ian to a sudden death game of table tennis. Then the place opens up and it's a club with the band One Republic playing.</p>
<p>This whole thing is supposedly all coordinated moment to moment while Ian has no clue what will happen next. They're calling it "Ian up for whatever" and I guess you could say what happens falls into the category of "whatever".</p>
<p>All told the whole thing last 3:44 which, if the entire thing is played, would cost a LOT of scratch. Then again, it is Budweiser we're talking about here. They don't really hurt for funds.</p>
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2014/2/1/5367358/2014-super-bowl-commercial-arnold-schwarzenegger-don-cheadle-llama-ian-up-for-whateverLevi Damien2014-02-01T02:25:13-08:002014-02-01T02:25:13-08:00Muppets hijack Terry Crews, his Toyota Highlander
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<p>Toyota gets into <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/super-bowl">the Super Bowl</a> commercial action with Terry Crews and the Muppets. Crews plays an uptight square, riding along to some easy listening music when he sees a broken down motorist. He pulls over his Highlander and offers his assistance. Turns out it's the Muppet band. They all hop into the Highlander to the dismay of Crews.</p>
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<p>They waste no time in turning off those lame tunes and rocking out Muppet style.A montage of driving into a bingo hall, going to a disco club, and having a day at the farm shows Crews coming out of his shell and turning into a regular party animal. Next thing you know, he's dancing shirtless in a parade.</p>
<p>Suddenly he's back in the driveway of his quiet suburban neighborhood, still shirtless (you're welcome, ladies) and tripping balls about his Muppet adventures. He catches the attention of his neighbor, Kermit THE Frog who is watering his front garden -- it aint easy keeping it green, you know.</p>
<p>Crews is most known as an action star but he's got some comedic chops to be certain. Add the Muppets and you've got a winner.</p>
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2014/2/1/5367330/2014-super-bowl-commercial-toyota-highlander-featuring-terry-crews-the-muppetsLevi Damien