It’s almost over, the year 2010. But commercials, ads, emails, and text campaigns are running strong. It’s beginning to look a lot like commercial Q4.
So, to top off the season of celebration, and a year of marketing, I am sharing some of my favorite commercials of the year.
The year started off with a bang for Betty White. A public vote won her the SNL host spot and this little ditty from Snickers won the spot as my favorite Superbowl commercial:
Not to be outdone, the E*Trade babies just keep on keeping on. A great use of comedy and the gag of babies with adult voices never gets old. Add in a dog and an iPad and it continues to work. It really works:
In the category of “ANNOYING” I have to give Target’s crazy lady Black Friday ads a solid 10. However, Target does win my heart with the best rendition of Christmas morning joy without using a sappy x-mas song:
In the category of “Best Use Of A Celebrity” my vote goes to Logitech and Kevin Bacon. It is brilliant. It is funny and it puts an otherwise techy product on household name levels.
And, finally, I will now solve the “Biggest Controversy In My Household” category. This is a story with two endings by Tommy Hilfiger. One commercial, two endings.
My family has been fighting all week about how the commercial ends. I say “dog”. My boyfriend says “girl”. With each commercial we wait to prove the other wrong.
I am happy to report the answer is BOTH. It’s a smart way to shake up an otherwise humdrum spot from the Hilfiger team.
The dog.
The girl.
Who says TV advertising is dead?
I would love to hear about your favorite spots from 2010.
