Superbowl XLI: Break 20

"Toyotas Do Lots of Needless Stuff That Proves... Something..." | Toyota

Summary: A Toyota Tundra driving uphill on some sort of a metal see-saw, towing a huge load. As it gets to the other side, it sinks down...just as they're talking about torque and pulling capability, bam, they hit you with the breaks — the truck stops, even with the 10K lbs. Yay.

High Point: The giant see-saw.

Low Point: Cars dropping out of planes, driving through moving metal walls at 90mph, going over giant metal see-saws with 10,000 lbs... really, maybe this is the truck for stunt drivers and Bat Man, but I think I'll stick with the Camry.

Will this commercial calm or inflame the Iraqi civil war? Calm — if this is what our cars can do, our tanks must boggle the mind.

"Watch Out or Goulet Will Steal Your Nuts/A Nut a Day Will Keep The Goulet Away" | Emerald Nuts

Summary: When your blood sugar is low at 3 pm, some people say Robert Goulet sneaks in and steals your stuff. Robert Goulet rappels down a rope into an office filled with sleeping folk, eating Post-Its, dumping papers, spilling coffee on electronics, taping you to your chair, kicking stuff off your desk. However, the natural energy in emerald nuts will keep the Goulet away (Goulet in the background, crawling away on the ceiling).

High Point: Goulet!

Low Point: The ad ends, and Goulet disappears from our lives.

Will this commercial calm or inflame the Iraqi civil war? Iraq shudders at the idea of Goulet being unleashed.

"You're Out of My Top 5!" | Cingular

Summary: Charles Barkley and Dwayne Wade sit at a table discussing their top 5 — top 5 on their Cingular phones, that is. Barkley, the elder, makes the argument that Wade is just a flash in the pan, while he, Barkley, is a legend. On cue, a young waitress fawns on Wade, and then turns to Barkley asking, "Are you his father?"

High Point: Advertising your phones with basketball stars during a football game.

Low Point: Easy set up gets easy knock down — this was an ad for phones, right?

Will this commercial calm or inflame the Iraqi civil war? Millions Americans sit in rapt attention watching football/fake war, but everyone tuned out on Iraq a long time ago...

— Colin Alexander (colin_alexander at hotmail dot com)