Superbowl XLI: Break 12
"Thank God Medicare Covers Coke" | Coca Cola
Summary: Old man is offered a Coke, he responds, "I've never had one," and takes it. His reaction to the deliciousness? "What else haven't I done?" Suddenly, he's in a phone booth saying "Doris, I've always loved you," diving off a high board, getting a tattoo, running with the bulls. His nurse comes back to look for him, but the couch is empty — the last clip is the old man gunning it on a motorcycle.
High Point: His chest tattoo is reminiscent of Tupac's. That, and the realization that original recipe Coke contained cocaine, and might actually incite this kind of reaction.
Low Point: Coke is as ubiquitous in the United States as Jesus in Italy — he probably had a lot of Cokes in his lifetime, and this is simply an Alzheimer's patient.
Will this commercial calm or inflame the Iraqi civil war? Iraq — the next site for the cola wars.
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— Colin Alexander (colin_alexander at hotmail dot com)
— graphic by Derek Evernden (derek@ocellus.net)
