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Super Bowl Ads and, Yes, A Little Romance in Advertising Class.
Today in advertising class, we discussed the upcoming onslaught of Super Bowl advertisements, and one new ad in particular that’s already out there for consumption, the new Honda CRV commercial that features Matthew Broderick. The ad harkens back to Broderick’s character as Ferris Bueller in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” only now he’s Matthew Broderick, screen actor, who is middle-aged and needs a day off. Needless to say, because Ferris was iconic during my younger days, I adore this ad. It’s clever, but not over-the-top-crazy. I’ve always enjoyed Broderick’s sense of humor—not to mention that he seems like a pretty nice guy. My husband ran into him on the streets of…
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Goodbye, Steve Jobs
One man. One Apple. Thank you, Steve Jobs, for my iMac and for my G4 and all the others before that. The 1984 Apple Macintosh Super Bowl Commercial still goes down as one of the greatest television ads of all time. If you don’t believe me, look at the lists… We appreciate that you helped us ‘think differently’ for a while.