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?'

Pepsi

[Daetrin]

Was it just me or were all the Pepsi commercials atrocious? Telling everyone that regular diet drinks are too "wussy" for a guy to drink isn't exactly going to endear yourself with guys who are already drinking diet drinks, and how many guys really want to drink diet drinks but are so wrapped up in their identity as a macho guy that they're afraid to? (And how many of those are going to be convinced that it's okay to make an exception for Pepsi because of the commercial?)

I haven't actually seen the SNL skit for comparison, but the Pepsi MacGyver spoof just seemed stupid. It wasn't even the kind of "poking fun at oneself" parody that will endear itself to fans of the show.

Re:Pirated

[sakdoctor]

Did the industries scheme to demonize copyright infringement backfire?
If they scream piracy at everything, then the word piracy will dilute until it doesn't really mean anything.

This might already have happened.

Yet another rejected ad

[LinuxWhore]

Certainly less risque than the Peta ad, yet rejected for political content: "Imagine the Potential" [youtube.com]

Re:Yet another rejected ad

[Enry]

Well, I'm pro-choice (and ex-Catholic), and I didn't find a problem with that ad. At least it wasn't the usual "You'll burn in hell if you have an abortion!11!!".

Re:Counter-intuitive

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, having been fortunate enough to have dated a fair few ladies over the years, (OK, I'll turn in my geek card), I can state that the two vegetarians and one vegan in the bunch:
- had very good skin & hair
- went like rattlesnakes

Unscientific, I know...