Mars and Wrigley

No idea how this totally slipped by me, but a friend in Chicago alerted me to the really big news in the candy industry concerning the merger of Mars, Inc. and The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Not much for me to say on the matter, except that I love Juicy Fruit and M&M's (yum! almond!).

Here's a cool little picture slide show from the Chicago Tribune: Mars/Wrigley Merger

Some videos for you:

I love the song in this M&M's ad (it's This is the Day by The The, if you're interested)



and thinking of Juicy Fruit reminds me of this awesomely funky song by Mtume!

Great Game!

The game itself was great (and proved Carl right!), but I found a lot of the commercials to be pretty underwhelming (or downright offensive, SalesGenie, I'm looking at you). Some of the good ones were from the soda makers though. Check 'em out down below:

Diet Pepsi Max

Coca-Cola

Did you see any you thought were really good?

Do You Watch For The Commercials?

Instead of focusing on the game while watching the Super Bowl, do you instead find yourself waiting for the commercial breaks? I know that I will be anticipating what Madison Avenue can pull out of their hats this year. To tide you over here are a couple of cool soft drink related ones from last year:

Coca-Cola



Sierra Mist

Tingle and Bounce

Who knew that the director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and some of my favorite music videos, like Everlong by the Foo Fighters and Lucas With the Lid Off by Lucas, directed two Diet Coke ads back in 2004? Check out Tingle and Bounce below.

Tingle (2004) - dir. Michel Gondry, starring Kate Beckinsale



Bounce (2004) - dir. Michel Gondry, starring Adrien Brody



It's definitely a Diet Coke thing!

Mah Na Mah Na

I had a great idea a few years ago for a TV channel that would only show old commercials, documentaries about commercials, how they were planned, etc. I got the idea from the "retromercials" that they used to show on TV Land. What made me think of it again is how much time I can spend on YouTube watching commercials. This one for Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper isn't that old, but it might be my favorite of all time.



So, what commercials should be in heavy rotation on my channel?