Charles Warner: Game 21, Commercials 3

Usually the commercials are the best thing about the Super Bowl, but in Super Bowl XLII, when the underdog Giants beat the Patriots with a white knuckles 83-yard touchdown drive with less than two minutes left, the commercials were thrust into the background. Many sports analysts and fans are saying that it was the most exciting Super Bowl game ever, in spite of the relatively low 17 - 14 score. And some advertising critics are calling it one of the worst Super Bowls ever for commercials, but I wouldn't go that far. Advertising Age critic Bob Garfield's review of the commercials is highly critical and downright depressing. He accuses advertisers of homophobia, scaring children, insincerity, and worse, pandering to "young males' masturbatory fantasies." This is the same Bob Garfield who conducted an unprofessional ambush interview last March with Bill Gates and who has a website and blog titled ComcastMustDie.com detailing how he hates his cable provider, Comcast, because it didn't give ... (link)