Most Inspirational: NBC Sports Best Of U.S. Lindsey Vonn
Seeing Lindsey Vonn get hurt skiing and then battle back to be ready for the upcoming Olympics, while Alicia Keys “Girl On Fire” song plays, has gotten NFL sports fans excited to watch her compete in the coming days.
Funniest Commercial Runner Up #3: Sprint Evelyn
This ad shows intelligent robots helping a man make a decision, by possibly not paying twice as much for less than a one percent difference in reliability. The ad becomes more effective when it uses the humor generated from robots laughing, showing that sometimes humans make silly decisions.
Funniest Commercial Runner Up #2: Avocados From Mexico Guacworld
Living inside a dome, a peaceful group unravels when they realize they left chips outside. In a creative pitch to calm them, there is a product display showing avocados can taste good on other things.
Funniest Commercial Runner Up #1: Amazon Alexa Loses Her Voice
When Alexa loses her voice, celebrity replacements fill in but the experience is not the same, which leads to several laughs. Gordon Ramsay making a guy feel bad for not knowing the recipe for a grilled cheese sandwich is just as funny as Rebel Wilson starting to talk dirty to “set the mood.”
Funniest Commercial: NFL Touchdown Celebrations To Come
Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Jr. work to recreate the famous dance scene from Dirty Dancing. While it will undoubtedly be watched and shared millions of times after the Super Bowl, the point of it is not as clear as the other commercials. I guess it is just fun branding for the National Football League to keep the fans coming back for more.
Note: Why did this beat out the Alexa commercial? This got by far the most laughs at the Super Bowl party we attended. Plus, it also gives us something to tease Giants fans about. Ha!
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