Slate:
Canadians might love the Super Bowl, but we hate the commercials.
Not the commercials you get to watch. I’m talking about the ones we get stuck with in Canada.
What does that mean? When America got an overproduced Bud Light Platinum ad, British Columbia got a lightly droll spot for a domestic IPA, Alexander Keith’s. Around the time America was watching John Stamos peddle Greek yogurt, British Columbia was learning about job creation and infrastructure. Shortly after America watched a joyful promo for NBC shows such as Community, British Columbia watched a local advertisement for — I kid you not — an actual community college.
Americans have no idea how annoying this is. Canadians see and hear all the hype about the Super Bowl commercials and, come game time, we get ads for Speedy Muffler King.
That’s nothing. In the UK, the BBC can’t show any ads so we get 2 minutes analysis of the 12 seconds of game that was shown. Its hilariously bad.
I saw all the U.S. ads while viewing in British Columbia. Could it be because I was watching the HD channel? Didn’t think to investigate at the time.
As someone who’s seen the same damn Subway® ad at least a thousand times, inane commentary would be an improvement. If the guys just stared at each other making fart noises with their armpits, at least it wouldn’t be as horribly predictable.
Subway. Eat Fresh.
Um… I’d much rather see an ad for an IPA than for Bud Anything.
And P.S. most Super Bowl ads are over-hyped misfires anyway…
In Germany we got that advertisement at least two dozend times during the super bowl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVHbJG_MS_k
Crazy.