Old Spice: The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (2010)
This is probably one of the more obscure ads, but it’s hilarious and indicative of what living in the new internet-dominated world means for advertising.
It’s a funny ad that didn’t involve a ton of production and all just to say that anything is possible if your man smells like Old Spice.
From tickets appearing in an oyster shell to those tickets turning into diamonds, are posited in this Super Bowl commercial to be possible: all you have to do is use Old Spice.
Oh yeah, and the guy winds up on a horse by the end of the ad, too.
Volkswagen: The Force (2011)
Using Star Wars as a central theme in any commercial is always a great way to start. Although this commercial might not make sense to everyone, to the car buyer it’s understood right away.
A mini-Darth Vader attempts to use the force to control a variety of objects in his house to no avail. But then, finally, as the little villain’s dad pulls up in the driveway, mini-Darth is able to use the force to start his car.
Only it’s not the force, it’s the power of the remote control push-to-start function, which is what is being featured in this new Volkswagen car model.
Mountain Dew: “Puppy Monkey Baby” (2016)
Puppy. Monkey. Baby.
To say this commercial is extremely weird is an understatement. A combination puppy-monkey-baby creature bursts out of a wall in an apartment and scares three friends watching T.V.
The “thing” is carrying some sort of drink and gives it to the guys in the apartment as it repeats “puppymonkeybaby” over and over again. Suddenly the guys begin to like the weird creature after they take a sip of their drinks, which is also three things combined: Mountain Dew, juice, and caffeine.
This ad might go down in history as the strangest Super Bowl commercial ever created and one question remains: whose mind came up with this?
After this look at epic Super Bowl commercials, read these interesting facts about the first ever Super Bowl game. Then, take a look at the very first Super Bowl halftime show that was performed in 1967.
