Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for July 01, 2021
June 30, 2021
July 02, 2021
Transcript:
Richard's Poor Almanac Super Bowl Commercials - a preview by Richard Thompson The most heartwarming commercial by far is Budweiser's Beer for Life. Promoting the health benefits of alcohol, it concludes by advising viewers to ask your doctor about about Bud. And we loved the one with God tossing Jesus the keys to his Land Rover. Besides answering the recent theological question about what he's driving these days, it was really cute. The spot for Porco di Mare, a local restaurant that spent its entire ad budget for the next 12 years on an eighth of a second commercial, it doesn't work. The montage of pasta dishes, happy diners & valet parking attendants passes too rapidly to leave any retinal image whatsoever. Finally, the endless series of ads for AT&T featuring the universally deserted comedian Carrot Top doing excruciatingly unfunny things is interesting only for the tiny line of type at the bottom of the screen stating that it was paid for by Verizon.
Kaputnik over 3 years ago
And yet, Carrot Top got gigs. The evidence is that somebody liked his act, even though I can’t imagine why. Maybe you need to be drunk?
Teto85 Premium Member over 3 years ago
I prefer the new ATT commercials with Milana Vayntrub.
fritzoid Premium Member over 3 years ago
“Ahhhh. When I turned the water into wine at Cana, this is what I was trying for.”
Jesus, for Robert Mondavi Winery
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
Budweiser is beer? I always thought it was…well, we need not go there. But even so, I think we’ve got 3 out of 4 commercials with effect (of some kind)….