Was it just us, or was this a really sad year for Super Bowl commercials? Children died, “Cat’s in the Cradle” was played, and it was a real bummer of a night, generally. Not all Super Bowl commercials are meant to be funny -- these were designed to pull at your heartstrings! Enjoy the most dramatic Did these ads make you cry? Not all Super Bowl commercials are Some companies have started dropping teasers for their full-length Super Bowl commercials, like Rakuten, which is using a familiar '90s movie icon in their ad. Advertisers are looking to connect with viewers emotionally, and you can expect to laugh and even cry with this year's Super Bowl ads if previous years are any indication. As an injured (and concerningly sad-looking) "Mean" Joe Greene hobbles off the field, a kid straight outta Sesame Street offers him a cold glass bottle of Coke. Greene downs it, throws the kid his Millions of people watched Super Bowl and spent three and a half hours of their lives glued to the television. And in that time, they saw about 11 minutes of actual football being played . Get a preview of Kia’s emotional Super Bowl commercial that brought the TODAY co-anchors to tears.» Subscribe to TODAY: A funny ad goes a long way, or at least it did for two amateur advertisers who won Doritos' "Crash the Super Bowl" contest in 2009, an ad contest where the winning commercial was played during the Here are 10 of the best Super Bowl commercials of all time, following the blueprint Apple established in 1984. “Budweiser Frogs” (Budweiser, 1995) A good ad doesn’t need to be complicated. Liking your ex's old vacation pictures alone on a Friday night sad. Requiem for a Dream scored to Bright Eyes sad. And because we're nothing if not sad-pletists (that's sadness completists), here's all of the saddest Super Bowl commercials in one place. Ready your hankies. (And look, some of the commercials addressed serious issues. The best star-studded Super Bowl commercials of all time, from Cindy Crawford sipping a Pepsi to Ben Affleck and the DunKings While his commercial mocking Sad Affleck made us LOL, the best one VCU Brandcenter alumni Shannon Smith (AD, 2016) and her team at Grey (NYC)Wired - Best Super Bowl Ads 2019 Ongoing updates of the latest Super Bowl 2025 commercials. As for the overall tone of the Super Bowl commercials, Hall said she felt they were different than in prior years. "There was a little more of pulling at the heartstrings and a little less of the Get your tissues ready! The CEO of The Farmer’s Dog says its Super Bowl commercial is a love letter to dogs, but nothing will prepare you for the emotional j The Worst Super Bowl Ads of All Time. The Super Bowl has been a powerful platform for advertisers since its launch in 1968. Even in the very first year of the event, companies paid $150,000 for one minute of ad coverage. With 58 years of commercials, there are some memorable Super Bowl ad flops. Let’s look at some of the worst Super Bowl ads While many ads at the Super Bowl try to intentionally be sad and heartbreaking tearjerkers, the saddest one of all-time was one that was not trying to do tha A Sad Smart Speaker Is the Star of Pringles’ Super Bowl Commercial The ad uses a depressed Alexa-like personal assistant to promote “flavor stacking” Pringles by Greg Morabito Jan 30, 2019 Sad Super Bowl Commercials Have Already Jumped the Shark Last night Nationwide, the same company who had Peyton Manning sing to a chicken parm sandwich, hit us with the sad commercial to end all 5 Tech of the Day1. Robot of the Year: Instant Pocket Printer: 420: Old School + New It's no surprise that Leno's commercial was part of arguably the worst Super Bowl in history. Cash 4 Gold, Ed McMahon and MC Hammer -- Super Bowl XLIII This one was just sad.
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