What ever happened to the GOOD Super Bowl TV commercials?

They’re still GOOD to the target audience. You just got older.

I don't know. I think pop culture in general has become so meta and self-referential.

The punchline of almost every single Super Bowl ad was the actors themselves. Not some witty line or scenario, but the actors themselves. Like "oh look it's that Friends actress playing herself pretending not to know that Friends actor, haha that's so funny and cute". So many commercials relied on the viewer knowing the actor, their personal life, and past work, as they'd attempt to highlight the irony of the actor being in some self-referential situation.

It was so horrifyingly cringe, and I can't even remember a single product any of them were shilling. All I remember is some of the faces and a lot of the cringe.

I thought the Christopher Walken one was very funny. Has anyone seen that gag used in a commercial before? I found it charming.

I liked the April Ludgate + Ron Swanson one for Mt Dew. You'd have to be a Parks & Rec fan though to like it.

I'd much rather see sitcom characters rehashed in silly commercials like that than reunion style shows - those always tend to miss the mark. A 30s spot with some witty lines is enough for me to reminisce.

I don't think they ever existed. Which Super Bowl TV commercials do you consider good?

My definition of a good commercial is if 24 hours after seeing it I can recall the product or service that was promoted.

Tomorrow I'm most likely to remember that there is a new Reese's peanut butter cup.

The Apple one is truly painful this year. Very off-brand and expensive for the wrong reasons. A clear indicator of the changes between the Steve Jobs years and the Tim Cook years.

And, as another poster pointed out, that's from the company that had arguably the best Super Bowl commercial of all time, for the original Mac.

Wrong question.

Should be:

Whatever happened to GOOD entertainment?

They were banned.

Ask the Budweiser Frogs.