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Super Bowl LIV – The Most Significant Commercials

February 3, 2020

2020 marks the fourth anniversary of my Super Bowl commercial recap blog post here at Rampant Discourse. With four years down, we’ve rotated around through all of the hosting channels, NBC, ABC and for both 2020 and 2017, FOX. Having run this blog for a number of years now, I’ve gotten familiar with the trends. Every year has its own trends, but the generic trends of Super Bowl ads on…

The Most Significant 2017 Super Bowl Ads

February 9, 2017

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The Super Bowl is an annual spectacle of brute force, finesse, strategy and, of course, marketing. For many Americans, the actual game of gridiron is second fiddle to the extravaganzas at the periphery. Since at least 2004, when we had the infamous “wardrobe malfunction,” the Super Bowl halftime show has been as big a deal as the game itself. For even longer, the Super Bowl has been precious advertising time….