10’s

We here at daedal jocosity (and when I say we, I mean I) are installing a new segment to this blog that will simply be know as “10’s”.  These will be an ongoing piece that will surface every so often to reflect on the best, worst, ugliest, funniest, loveliest, holiest, craziest…or anything else with an “est” suffix.

So without further ado, I present the innagural “10’s” which will focus on the 10 best Super Bowl commercials of my current memory at the time of “publish”.

1.  Tabasco Mosquito – My favorite Super Bowl commercial of all-time meets all the criteria necessary in an excellent commercial.  It’s suble, yet funny with an element of conceivable truth and above all simple.  The unexpected expolosion of the mosquito is forever ingrained in my memory.

2.   McDonald’s Jordan vs. Bird – The cameras were rolling for the greatest game of H-O-R-S-E ever played as Michael Jordan and Larry Bird square off for a Big Mac.  As absurd as it is, I remember thinking “I bet they could make those shots if they tried”.  Just awesome.

3.  Budwieser Frogs – “Bud” “Weissss” “Errrrr”.  My friends and I used these words in our conversation for at least 2 years after it aired.  The commerical bohemoth was at it best with 3 beer-obsessed frogs.

4.  Snicker Kiss - Albeit contreversial at the time, my favorite part wasn’t the kiss, but the reaction afterwards of “Quick!  Do something manly!”

5.  Office Linebacker – The visualization of how you would love to deal with employees who repeatedly mess up.

6.  Fed Ex Caveman – Very creative, very funny.  I love the final scene where he kicks the small dino and gets crushed by the foot of another.

7.  Pepsi Cindy Crawford – As a young adolescent boy, this was the best you could ask for in 1992.

8.  Monster.com When I Grow Up – Features kids saying things such as “…I want to be a yes-man”, “…claw my way up middle managment”, and “…be forced into early retirement”.  Monster could not have made a better first commercial.

9.  EDS Herding Cats – This was a great metaphor for the product EDS was selling and it was hilarious hearing about the family of cat herders.

10.  Outpost.com Wolves – There was a series of odd comercials they put out, but this was the best.  My favorite part was the man sitting in the chair at the end saying, “That’s good stuff!” 

I’m going to insert a #11 with my favorite commercial from this year’s Super Bowl…I present Bud Light featuring Jackie Moon.