Continued from the introduction.
There were not many of these. We managed to pick out five:
A linebacker manhandles an office full of slackers.
We gave this one bonus points for the reference to the cubicle-jockey movie of all time, Office Space, as Terry decks some poor tool for not attaching a cover sheet to his TPS reports.
A tangy twist on an old campaign: the Osbourne kids reveal themselves to be Donny and Marie Osmond.
And – Holy Bob Newhart! – Ozzy wakes up next to a comforting Florence Henderson.
The first ad during the game features a zebra gazing into a review booth in this throwback to another old Super Bowl campaign, which starred horses playing football.
We've all heard the saying: Four out of five dentists agree... Well, now we see what was holding the fifth dentist back. Apparently, it was a squirrel trying to get the wrong kind of nut. Yeah, it's a little childish, but still in good fun.
An unmanned 18-wheeler tears up the road while an un-18-wheelered man pines for diesel and dust. Monster wins the only real rivalry left, over Hotjobs, who ran a (sadly) above-average "Rainbow Connection" montage. (Did I mention we didn't even have cola wars this year?)
This also wins our award for Best Explosion in a Non-Film Ad.