Superbowl XLI: Break 24

"Headless Riders" | HP

Summary: Another HP ad where you can't see anything over the neck, but the rather bulky body in a red tank top on a chopper. It's the guy from OC chopper! They use HPs to... do... stuff. Computer graphics of headless man riding the chopper.

High Point: None.

Low Point: It wasn't the HP ad with Jay-Z.

Will this commercial calm or inflame the Iraqi civil war? We have headless riders — beware.

"Clothing For People With Islands" | IZOD

Summary: Guy hitting golf balls in the Arctic, then diving in the sea, then pan out to see we're on an island that spells IZOD, then we're in a snow globe in someone's hand.

High Point: We all want snow globes with worlds inside them.

Low Point: This is clothing for old people, no matter how they package it.

Will this commercial calm or inflame the Iraqi civil war? None.

"Jay-Z — Nuff Said" | Budweiser

Summary: Jay-Z plays a high-tech hologram version of football that appears to be a lot like craps or chess against an old man that I feel like I should know. Great graphics, woman blowing on something of Jay-Z's that isn't dice... fun, but again... this is an ad for booze, right?

High Point: Jay-Z

Low Point: I can't identify a product to buy (ah, wait, thank you Tivo — Jay-Z wants me to buy Budweiser).

Will this commercial calm or inflame the Iraqi civil war? All of our wars are fought from desks a long distance from the actual battlefields.

— Colin Alexander (colin_alexander at hotmail dot com)