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NCAA March Madness

There’s something odd about advertising another sport during a huge event for a completely different one. It makes sense and all it just… it makes us go, okay, okay, we’ll get to NCAA in March – can we get back to people smashing into one another now? Please? Less bouncing ball and more bumping heads.

Dante’s Inferno – Go To Hell – Super Bowl 2010

Fun fact: EA had trouble getting this commercial passed because the tagline was originally, “Go to Hell” and because there was nothing about not aborting your baby in the commercial.

On a side note, we wonder sometimes if Dante Alghieri would enjoy playing the video game version of his epic poem or if he would, instead, scream sacrilege and go pray himself to death. We’re just saying: how far art has gone into the bizarre.

Alice in Wonderland Preview – Super Bowl 2010

Tim Burton film, plus Alice in Wonderland sequel (technically), plus Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter equals pure, pure gold. Yes, we’re slightly worried that they Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ed it. But In Burton We Trust — and you just can’t ruin one of the best fairytales ever written — especially when the thing seems to have almost been written FOR Mr. Burton.

TruTV Troy “Punxsutawney” Polamalu

Cute commercial. Though it makes us immediately think of Bill Murray and one of the best movies ever made… Groundhog’s Day. Anyway, did this commercial make anyone else really, really want a little Polamalu in like a cage in your house to play with? Anyone? No? Okay, us either.

Telefora – Valentines Day – Super Bowl 2010

Man, those are some mean, dead flowers. We’re happy that the mildly unnattractive woman got Teleflora’s vase’d flowers, though, because otherwise we wouldn’t have respected her as much. Though, honestly, we think the girl that appreciates dead talking flowers is the girl that we’re going to one day marry.

Dodge Charger – Man’s Last Stand – Super Bowl 2010

Best part of that commercial, aside for the funny? The VO is done by Mr. Dexter himself — which explains why it’s good in the first place. Cute commercial, but a little sad, isn’t it? Besides, we’re not owned by women so we could drive our Dodge Charger, we do what they want because they have vaginas.

Duh.

Careerbuilder – Casual Friday – Super Bowl 2010

Awesome commercial. Frankly, we think everywhere you go should be casual Fridays. Banks, coffee shops — you really get to know a person when you see them in their underwear. It’s how we can bring about world peace — there’s just no fighting someone in tighty-whiteys.

Dove for Men – Super Bowl 2010

At LAST! Dove for MEN! It’s a great commercial with a great tune but we think it’s hilarious that Dove’s main campaign is — look, we know this is a feminine product, but come on. You deserve it. Be girly. Stop trying to do stuff guys always do — use some Dove, get a wax, buy a tampon, come on, being a woman is fun!

Hyundai Brett Favre – Super Bowl 2010

What the hell, Hyundai will still be using wheels in 10 years?! Psht. That’s so 5 years from now. Where’s our floating, hyper-space-capable Hyundai’s? In fact, weren’t we supposed to have hovercars like, 10 years ago? Come on, technology, hurry it up.

Dockers – I wear no pants – Super Bowl 2010

But… but we like pants. We really, really like pants. These Superbowl commercials are so filled with machismo it makes us almost embarrassed to be men. There is a bit of truth in this one though — we do kind of like not wearing any pants. But that’s it. That’s all. Aside from the no pants thing, we’re not a walking stereotype, really.

Aside from the no pants thing.