Puppymonkeybaby has a parody account on Twitter
Even for those who didn’t care about Super Bowl Sunday football, there was plenty to watch for during the commercial breaks.
Based on the previews of the ads, Super Bowl 50 is going to feel like a classic rock festival by the end of the night. As the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers, there were winners and losers off the field, too.
Hopefully, Mountain Dew officials will come out and say what exactly they combined to form a new creature or else we may never know the real answer just like people are still debating what color the dress is.
The Mountain Dew spot, which launched the hashtag #puppymonkeybaby online, generated more than 68,000 tweets during the game.
The Doritos ad, which featured a man crunching on chips while his wife gets an ultrasound, prompted 140,040 posts associated with the brand on Twitter in the first quarter, the most around any brand advertising during the game, according to Amobee Brand Intelligence, a marketing technology company.
Gerzema said the ad was one of the “touchdowns” of the evening as it reconnected the brand to humor.
T-Mobile’s “Restricted Bling” ad featuring Drake also performed well.
The low-risk approach may have been a reaction to a year ago, when Nationwide Mutual Insurance drew heat for featuring a dead boy speaking to viewers in an ad about child safety.
And if you missed an ad when you got up to refill your plate with queso dip, you can still join in on Monday’s water cooler conversation.
Content needs to stand out to beat other Super Bowl commercials, now that we’re 50 years in.
Three pharmaceutical ads struck a jarring tone with viewers. One promoted an anti-diarrhea medication Xifaxan with a small-intestines mascot taking a seat at the Super Bowl.
Pokémon released its first ever Big Game ad a full two weeks ago, and amassed more 15.8 million views ahead of the game. A third tackled toe fungus. Some viewers were offended that one of the events was the collapse of the Twin Towers in the September 11 terrorist attacks.