Today was officially Groundhog Day, but it was overshadowed – pun intended – by the forty-eighth Super Bowl featuring the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks. Suffice to say Punxsutawney Phil, who seems to be the hands-down arbiter of this pseudo-holiday, saw his shadow; and we’ll have six more weeks of winter. It’s also fair to say Peyton Manning saw his shadow, and he will spend the rest of the winter in a deep freeze.
The only happy, shadow-free people were the Seattle Seahawks and those who rooted for them. They won a rout of a Super Bowl. And while I dislike such a lopsided game, I believe the stastics suppor that the Hawks came to play.
That said, let’s move to the commercials . . . Earl and I watched every minute of both the game and the intermissions, aka commercials. During this year’s run-up to the game, the commercials were evident everywhere; so they weren’t the surprise they have been in the past. Still, some remained fresh, particularly the Budweiser commercial about a puppy that makes friends with a Clydesdale. When the puppy is adopted by a stranger, Clydesdale and friends manage to bring their little friend home.
I also liked the Doritos commercial that was reminiscent of “The Lone Ranger” and the GoDaddy commercial featuring spray tanning. Other than that, I found myself wondering for thirty or sixty seconds, “What is this commercial about?” They were entertaining, but were they productive for the advertiser involved?
I guess we’ll wait and see.
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