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Everyone knows that one of the biggest parts of watching the super bowl on TV is seeing the commercials. We look at all of the beer commercials and the new ideas that advertising companies have come up with.

So this year at our super bowl party we were excited to see what was new. But when the commercials came on we were less than impressed to see. I don't think I found any to be extremely interesting or funny. There were a few, like the Mr./ Potato head one where he is driving with his wife (Mrs. Potato head) and she is annoying him and they stop fast and her lips come off. I thought that one was really cute and funny, however I have no idea what the commercial was for or what it was advertising and trying to sell.

Another commercial that caught our eye (and not really in a good way) was the Go Daddy commercials. While this web hosting service had an eye catching commercial, we had no idea what it was. A few days later we ended up going online and looking at it and found that it was a web host service and it was clear from the website that that was what it was. However while I am sure that this web hosting choice is a great one, I didn't know what this company even was form their commercial.

I think that maybe companies are trying so hard to be funny and eye catching with their ads in the super bowl commercials that they really are getting off topic and losing the product that they are trying to sell and get across in all of the hype. Sure some of the commercials I saw were funny and I thought that they were interesting. The problem is that I have no idea what they were for or trying to sell. What is the point of spending all of that time, creativity and money on a commercial that isn't doing anything for your company in return? If I don't know what it is selling, I can't buy it obviously. So I think that maybe we should go back to the old school commercials and maybe that really is just what we need right now. Some of the best and funniest things come out by accident or when you aren't trying so hard to produce them.