Entries from January 2012 ↓

The 10 most-read AdFreak stories from the past week:
1. H&M in Social-Media Scuffle Ahead of Its Super Bowl Spot
2. Stinging From SOPA, Go Daddy 'Leaks' First Super Bowl Spot
3. Apple Gets 'Samsunged' Yet Again in Latter's Super Bowl Teaser
4. Ferris Bueller to Return in the Super Bowl, but for Whom?
5. Save Yourself for Marriage, With Help From Purity Bear
6. GM Turns Car Windows Into Fantastical Digital Playgrounds
7. Long Island Man, 26, Wins Chevy's Super Bowl Ad Contest
8. Burger King Tests Home Delivery
9. Rice Company Serves Up a Different Kind of 'Super Bowl' Spot
10. Two More Super Bowl Ad Teasers: Kia and Bridgestone

FirstBank's regional Super Bowl debut (the ad will air only in Colorado) via agency TDA in Boulder, touting superior service, features a banker type who sits in a comfy chair and says, "If you’re a FirstBank customer worried about missing one of the exciting commercials, or the game, now would be a great time to go to the bathroom." He takes a long pause before adding, "Seriously." The commercial is, as we've been known to say in Boston (home, more or less, of the soon-to-be NFL champion New England Patriots), a wicked pissah. That's a good thing—usually. I guess folks in the other 49 states will have to make their own decisions about when to take a bathroom break. For me, Go Daddy's ads present the perfect opportunity. They're always piss poor, and even the company name suggests making a dash to the can.