Superbowl XLI: Break 23

"Snow Cars" | Honda

Summary: Giant cars glide through a snowy wasteland with ethereal vibe abounding. Something is said about global energy consumption and the rectifiction therof. Cars glide through snow. No one is moved.

High Point: I didn't know cars could drive on snow.

Low Point: Hundreds of thousands of dollars and hours are invested in proving simply this.

Will this commercial calm or inflame the Iraqi civil war? The Iraq civil war rages on. No snow in the fertile crescent.

"Strippers Make Things Funny...Right?" | GoDaddy.com

Summary: Goofy man walks through hallway encouraging the viewer to go to a website that sounds like softcore porn. He's in marketing. He opens a door into the room where strippers and midgests frolic and gambol. "It's a lot of fun being in marketing." Maxim humor for the masses will never cease to move products.

High Point: Bring the strippers and the midgets, but change "it's good to be in marketing," with "it's good to be a liberal democracy."

Low Point: The fact that it's the same old shit with these commercials. I've seen it all before while catching three o' clock reruns of Goodfellas on TNT.

How is this commercial symbolic of a tiny grace in an otherwise forgettable lifestyle? Because you get things like the Super Bowl to watch on Sunday afternoons before you return to your shit job and the nagging aching pains of getting older, broker, and sad.

— Matt Hanson (junglegroove@gmail.com)