The Best Super Bowl Commercials

Ads cost $7M a pop for a 30-second commercial this year, and truthfully, there weren’t that many 30-second spots!  Advertisers popped for longer timeslots, and made good use of their time.

Lay’s

It’s pretty tough to beat Seth Rogen & Paul Rudd for sheer enjoyment and charm.  Paul Rudd is straight-up adorable ALL the time.

https://youtu.be/0KjatG0hqwE

Rocket Mortgage

This one got me, because I legit thought it was a Barbie commercial.  Then Anna Kendrick popped on screen, and I was on guard, because no way she does a straight Barbie commercial.  She’s too cool for that.  Sure enough…  I laughed.

https://youtu.be/ZDE1k3iZfzo

Sam’s Club

We don’t even have Sam’s Clubs, but Kevin Hart is still good for a laugh.  Or in this case, several of them.

https://youtu.be/oOKFInuIV9Q

Toyota

I like Tommy Lee Jones.  I like Rashida Jones.  I even like Nick Jonas.  But I LOOOOOOOOOOVE Leslie Jones.  There’s very few people who make me laugh just by watching her exist.  So I was delighted by this one.

https://youtu.be/7XeBFOv7GtM

Verizon

Yeah, I’m a sucker for nostalgia.  So if they reboot a movie I loved as a youth, I’m gonna like the commercial.  It doesn’t even need to be that clever.  Like this one…  Jim Carrey made it funny because he’s Jim Carrey.

https://youtu.be/8y_WYtkpm_k

General Motors

Same as the last entry…  I liked this because of the nostalgia.  I like seeing Seth Green being all old and having a kid as his own.  I like that Rob Lowe showed up for one line in this commercial.  Mindy Sterling made me smile.  I liked it.  (Plus, I’m a tree-hugger, and these commercials are important.)

https://youtu.be/uEuEBT0TWQE

Nissan

OK, I thought the biggest surprise of the WHOLE Super Bowl was…  how hot does Eugene Levy look with long hair?!?  I’ve LONG had a theory that there is not one single man who looks better with longer hair than short…  only to have it completely flattened with a Nissan commercial!

~Jake from 98.7 The Bull