had a lot of buzz going in after they killed off Mr. Peanut in an ad last month. And it turned out it was just so they could get in on the whole "baby-versions-of things-are-cute" trend.
The Super Bowl ad had Wesley Snipes speaking at Mr. Peanut's funeral. Then the Kool-Aid Man cried . . . a teardrop landed on the grave . . . and a cute, BABY version of Mr. Peanut sprouted up and made DOLPHIN sounds. (???)
Bill Murray starred in a ad that recreated a bunch of scenes from"Groundhog Day". The Jeep people posted it online before the game, but not a lot of people saw it. So it got a pretty good reaction.
Bryan Cranston and Tracee Ellis Ross did a parody of"The Shining"to promote the new Mountain Dew Zero Sugar. The very end showed Bryan standing in a hallway dressed as the two creepy twin girls from the movie.
A great spot for featured a SCRAWNY and BALD version ofJason Momoa. It showed him stripping off his muscles like a fake body suit. Then his real-life wife Lisa Bonet spotted him while he struggled to bench press a bar with no weights on it. The theme of the ad was, "At home, I can truly be myself."
Ellen and Portia de Rossi did an ad for that showed how people got things accomplished before Alexa existed. Apparently we all just ordered people named Alex and Alexis to do stuff for us.
Sam Elliott and his very limber mustache had a dance-battle with Lil Nas X in an ad for Doritos.
Sofia Vergara was in an epic ad with a bunch of brand mascots, including the Old Spice guy, Mr. Clean, and comedian Rob Riggle as a superhero who crotch-thrusted rolls of Bounty paper towels at people.
It turned out to be an ad for Procter & Gamble, which owns all of the brands.
Speaking of epic ads, Tide did a series of commercials with Charlie Day, who flipped out after getting a stain on his shirt. The cool part was that he and his stained shirt appeared in ads for OTHER products . . . Bud Light, Pepsi, the movie"Wonder Woman 1984", and the show"The Masked Singer". (Check 'em out, here.)