Super Bowl Ads

Everyone always has a lot to say about the Super Bowl the morning after. Aren't we all really armchair quarterbacks after all?! And especially after the Super Bowl, we certainly all like to think we are creative directors too. That being said, here are links to my personal top 3 commercials from last night (in no particular order):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rsEnwKrsvc
'Keep your hands off my mama, Keep your hands off my Doritos' So precious. And is it just me, or does that guy look a lot like former Broncos player Boss Bailey?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA7-31Cxc2I
Betty White is 88 years old!! I seriously cannot believe how hysterical she continues to be. There's actually a facebook group urging Lorne Michaels & the SNL crew to have her guest host the long-running show. Can you believe she's never done it before?! Also, if you didn't recognize the old man playing QB at the end, his name is Abe Vigoda. He's 88 also. Unbelievable. You may recognize him from The Godfather but I will always remember him as Grandpa from Look Who's Talking. Award for best use of the elderly easily goes to Snickers. (NOT to CBS for The Who's halftime show. Wow, that was a dumb joke.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcEx767TIas
So simple, and yet still so funny- mostly due to the irony of the spot. If you've been living under a rock and don't know what's going on in late night television, you probably didn't get it. So, here's a quick recap- old rivalries were Dave vs. Oprah and Dave vs. Jay. Then, Dave vs. Oprah ended when she FINALLY appeared on his show last year. Next, Dave vs. Jay ended when Jay left late night to start his own prime show. Dave's ratings skyrocketed as The Tonight Show (with Conan as Jay's replacement) tanked. So they were all BFF's. NOW, though, I have to believe Dave vs. Jay will be rekindled as Jay takes back his late night show and he & Dave are up against one another again. So why is Jay promoting Dave's show?! Ironic, eh?! And confusing...

So, those were my top 3. Honorable mention goes to Megan Fox in the bathtub, the Dodge Charger commercial with Michael C. Hall voicing all the different men's thoughts, and the Bud Light house out of beer cans/bottles. Overall I wasn't blown away, and as always there is lots of debate and I am sure everyone has their own favorites.

As a final note, congrats to Joan for winning the Office Super Bowl Pool! Stay tuned for March Madness- always a crowd pleaser! :-)

- AB

The Yard-O-Beef

In mid-January, Nancy & I made a pilgramage to my home state of Wisconsin for the Papa Murphy's Co-op meetings in Milwaukee and Green Bay. While there, we decided to participate in what is quickly becoming a Denver tradition- posing for pictures with the 'Yard-O-Beef'.

To give you a little background, the 'Yard-O-Beef' tradition started in late 2009 when a 3-lb. sausage was received as a holiday gift by a creative agency in Denver that we often partner with- Sukle Advertising & Design. In response to this surprising gift (who gives Summer Sausage in Winter?!), they decided to regift the sausage and track where it went throughout the world. They even created a website- www.thetravelingsausage.com to record photos and videos of the sausage's adventures. Of course, the original Yard-O-Beef is not the only one out there now. We used an imposter, but it is certainly a cousin to the original, as ours was purchased near Johnsonville's home in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin and is at the very least, authentic.

I've attached two of the pictures we took- look for us on the Traveling Sausage website! The left hand picture is me trying to feed a deer head at Heidl's in Jackson, WI. The right hand picture is Nancy 'reporting live' from WFRV's office in Little Chute, WI.

Look for more adventures featuring the Yard -O-Beef on www.thetravelingsausage.com.