Super Bowl ads: Groupon creates controversy, comedy and celebrities still rule

Slapstick returns

The most popular ads this year were simple, with a popular comedic style – slapstick. Dorito’s show a man enticing a cute pug to run into a glass door while Pepsi shows an angry wife throwing a can of Pepsi Max at a perving husband.

Dorito’s Pug running into glass door

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Pepsi’s LOVE HURTS

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The people’s choice

The ad that’s currently top of many online polls, including USA TODAY, is an ad by Super Bowl commercial veteran Budwesier, which again had a simple idea. A man is house-sitting and is left with intelligent dogs. The dogs then host a big party, playing music and serving Budweiser to its guests before we see the dogs sitting around a table resembling C. M. Coolidge’s famous “dogs playing poker” paintings.

Budwesier Dog ads

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