Sorry it took me so long to post my best/worst list of Super Bowl commercials. After watching these ads, I got sidetracked looking at old high school photos while playing the “Pretty in Pink” soundtrack. Advertisers must have determined that all the disposable income in America is sitting in the pockets of John Hughes fans, [...]
Every year it seems more and more advertisers are leaking their ads online to create buzz before the Super Bowl even begins. But as Honda’s 2012 CR-V ad starring Matthew Broderick proves, sometimes commercials can’t live up to the hype surrounding them. On one hand, it’s fun to see Broderick, 49, pay homage to Ferris [...]
Matthew Broderick in 2012 and 1986. (Honda; Paramount Home Ent.) Ferris Bueller has returned. Sort of. In a now viral Super Bowl Sunday ad for Honda, released online a week early, Matthew Broderick plays himself acting like the John Hughes character that put him on the map. He pretends to be sick, takes a day [...]
Matthew Broderick resurrects Ferris Bueller for a Honda commercial. Everyone’s favorite slacker teen is coming back — for a Honda commercial. A 10-second clip circulating on the Web shows Matthew Broderick pulling back the curtains in his bedroom and quipping “How can I handle work on a day like today?”, a play off of his [...]
