Superbowl Commercials XLV 2011

Superbowl Commercials XLV 2011 - There has been the odd occasion throughout the years we’ve taken a moment to talk about commercials. Whether it was starring Michael Bay (Verizon FiOS is AWESOME) or directed by him (Victoria’s Secret is out), or just something especially cool, we’ll talk about it. So it would then make sense to talk about them now, the day after the Super Bowl, which is far more entertaining because of the commercials than the actual game. Okay, the fourth quarter was alright this year.

Anyway, I don’t walk to talk about the specifics of these commercials because that’s not actually what this is about. You see, this year I did a little experiment. I didn’t watch most of the Super Bowl and I skipped almost all of the commercials. Why? Because I wanted to know if I had seen them already. So when people started describing these commercials to me about how funny they were – I already knew. And that is bullshit. Click through to find out why.

I’m not from the future. Nor do I have magic powers. At least not ones that involve commercials. I have, however, worked on commercials in the past and perhaps a little more tuned in (natch!) to them than most. I hear about good commercials earlier, but I don’t get screeners or anything. So how did I see these commercials early? Simple – they’re everywhere. A ton were online before the Super Bowl. Almost all are probably own by now at least. Some were shown early on TV even. Kind of like a commercial sneak preview.