Review Fix’s Favorite Superbowl XLV Ads

The Superbowl is perhaps the biggest night in American sports, but it’s also the most watched event on television every year. As a result, the ads you see during the pigskin classic are incredibly important for the few companies that manage to secure the precious time to display their products.

Here are the select few that really hit the mark:

Honorable mentions: Kim Kardashian’s sexy sketchers spot, Coca-Cola’s Dragon Animation spot, Snicker’s ad featuring Richard Lewis and Roseanne and Volkswagon’s striped Beetle spot.

5: Doritos “Best Part”:
At first you didn’t know where this commercial was going, but seeing the crazed Dorito-holic lick the fingers of his friend made it instantly memorable and hilarious. Ripping off the pants of a co-worker and smelling them afterwards wasn’t a bad follow-up either.

Can you make like the main character of this ad and say “Doritos” too?

There’s a reason why legions of people wanted those chips after the big game and it wasn’t to smell them, it was to eat them. Why? Because this ad works.

4: Pepsi Max “First Date”: This ad works because this is what really goes through a man’s head during a date. And yes, women can read minds.

3: Doritos “Pug Attack”: Unlike the company’s other commercial that kept you out of the loop for a few seconds, you knew exactly what was coming here, you just wondered how- how would the adorable pug get to the Doritos?


2: Teleflora “Help Me Faith”:
Teleflora didn’t need country rock goddess Faith Hill to make this ad work, the writing did it all by itself. Seeing her sultry eyes and wavy blonde hair didn’t hurt the message at all though.



1: Best Buy “What’s a Bieber?”:
Any commercial that manages to get both Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne to make fun of themselves in just 30 seconds does too many things right to ignore.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14262 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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