Web Rescues Un-Aired Super Bowl Ads

destinyland writes "A pirated version of Budweiser's un-aired Super Bowl ad appeared on YouTube — proving the Web is more democratic than NBC. The sexy PETA ad they refused to air also turned up on PETA's site; YouTube also had Saturday's skit from SNL, mocking the actual Pepsi ad that would air Sunday. But ironically, the Web site for Jack in the Box crashed right after they'd aired their cliffhanger about Jack's bus accident, prompting one critic to joke, 'Should we assume he's dead?'

I'm in Canada...the web is the only way for us

[Anonymous Coward]

Not too many Americans know this, but even though we get the Superbowl in Canada, the CRTC (our version of the FCC) allows broadcasters and cable companies to substitute their own commercials during the broadcast. (Yes, we get the Spokane NBC feed on our cable, but we get substituted Canadian ads!) This has been going on for years. So when the USA sees the most AMAZING KEWL Superbowl ad, most Canadians see an add for "Joe's plumbing and lighting"

The Web is the only way for most of us to see the Superbowl ads.

Re:Was there some sort of sports match?

[srussia]

Other than that, no.

Aussie Open Final. No "whooshes", please. Nadal-Federer five-setter in a Grand Slam final is nothing to sneeze at.

SNL 'skit' not a skit

[professorguy]

The story makes reference to Will Forte's very funny SNL skits as MacGruber. There were no MacGruber skits during SNL on Saturday night. However, there were 3 different and unrepeated pepsi ads aired during SNL where Forte reprises his MacGruber role. THESE WERE ADS.

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The ads (or at least one of them) were repeated during the superbowl.

Re:This is what the civilised world finds bizarre.

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, that would nice and all, but the Left controls the Government and the Media; in particular, NBC. If it was shown on FOX, you might have some minor basis for your argument, but NBC?... they are so far Left, they've had the right turn signal removed from their cars because it never gets used.

Re:This is what the civilised world finds bizarre.

[Anonymous Coward]

As far as I can tell, the descendants of the puritans are fairly open-minded, e.g., Massachussetts and Connecticut do support same sex marriage.

No, they don't, they've just never been allowed to vote on the issue.

If California won't allow same sex marriage when put to a popular vote, why would you think Massachusetts and Connecticut would?!

Neither state has ever allowed the people to vote on the matter. But opinion polls are clear: if the people were allowed to vote on the matter, gay marriage would be outlawed in a heartbeat.

And on the idea that Puritan descendants are "open minded" keep in mind that the church Obama went to for twenty years can trace its theology back to the Puritans. (I'm not making that up, it really can - Google it.) And what did their preacher say? Oh, right, "God damn America!" Yep, really open minded there.

Re:Pirated

[TheVelvetFlamebait]

The ONLY people upset about piracy is the middlemen that only make money by not actually doing anything of value. They see they are obsolete and are panicking.

That's not true! I'm a uni student who's reasonably poor, and has nothing to do with any artistic industry, thanks to my lack of talent. As someone who enjoys copyrighted music, movies, games, and other software (including GPL'd software) and who researches using copyrighted scientific papers, I care about piracy. I don't want to have to bear the costs of pirates who sap money from the respective industries, who will then pass the costs on to me. I don't want to have to fight for my rights, including my right to privacy, against the RIAA and MPAA every year, as they push for greater and greater restrictions. I don't want to trash copyright and hope that something better exists, and that it'll come along and save our culture.

Re:Counter-intuitive

[DrLang21]

I don't understand why this is modded flaimbait. This is completely true. I refer you all to PETA's Milk Sucks webpage [milksucks.com]