Ad on the Play: Super Bowl XLVIII Commercials

A look at over-the-top ads that aired Sunday.

Butterfinger - Peanut butter and chocolate are personified as a married couple who need some new excitement in their lives. So they visit a therapist in hopes to rekindle their chemistry. The therapist suggests they try something new and the answer is the brand’s new Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups. (Photo: Butterfinger)
Wonderful Pistachios - Comedian and talk show host Stephen Colbert gets conceited in the Wonderful Pistachios commercials, saying that two teams will be playing a game Sunday “in honor of his first commercial” for the product. It’s just a teaser, but the clip ends with the call to action hashtag “#GetCrackinAmerica.” (Photo: Wonderful Pistachios)
SodaStream - This Israeli soda company's ad starring Scarlett Johansson has already been banned because she calls out other bubbly competitors at the end of the commercial. “Sorry, Coke and Pepsi,” she teases as she sips her soda. Regardless, more than 6 million have viewed it online. (Photo: SodaStream)
Volkswagen - Volkswagen engineers get wings every time one of their cars hits 100,000 miles, a father tells his daughter while they are driving. Then we're taken to a factory where engineers are shown getting their white wings one by one. His daughter is not convinced and says, “I'm sure at 200,000 miles rainbows shoot out of their butts." (Photo: Volkswagen)Jaguar - "Have you ever noticed that in Hollywood movies, all the villains are played by Brits? Maybe we just sound bright,” Mark Strong says in Jaguar’s first Super Bowl commercial. The clip also stars other British actors narrating how great they are in their English accents. "Oh yes. It's good to be bad," Ben Kingsley says in the end. (Photo: Jaguar)

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Wonderful Pistachios - Comedian and talk show host Stephen Colbert gets conceited in the Wonderful Pistachios commercials, saying that two teams will be playing a game Sunday “in honor of his first commercial” for the product. It’s just a teaser, but the clip ends with the call to action hashtag “#GetCrackinAmerica.” (Photo: Wonderful Pistachios)

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