Topic: Doritos
Top galleries, list articles, quizzes
-
Top 6 Super Bowl ads featuring animals (+video)
Super Bowl ads reflect a broader truism in advertising: A cute animal is a better pitchman than a human 9 times in 10 (Peyton Manning aside). Over the years, some of the most successful Super Bowl ads of all time have featured a wide array of animals, from mighty Clydesdales to lowly mosquitoes. Here is our countdown of six of the best ever fuzzy (and not so fuzzy) Super Bowl commercials, including a winner from Super Bowl XLVI. Did your all-time favorite take the top spot?
-
Clint Eastwood in Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 car commercials (+video)
Sure, the New York Giants won the 2012 Super Bowl. But who won the battle of the Super Bowl car commercials? NBC says advertisers paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot in this year's Super Bowl. Last year, Volkswagon was the biggest crowd pleaser with their Darth Vader "The Force" ad which got millions of views online before it debuted on TV. This year, the early favorite was Ferris Bueller (aka Matthew Broderick) hawking a Honda. But Chrysler's Halftime in America ad, starring Clint Eastwood, is what everyone is talking about now. Here's one viewer's take on the Top 6 Super Bowl car commercials for 2012. Which is your favorite?
-
Top Super Bowl commercials 2011: six winners and losers
Super Bowl commercials have become a mini-film festival, keeping the less-than-diehard football fans in front of the tube. But this year’s top spots are singled out for their misses as much as their hits.
-
In Pictures: Super Bowl commercials
All Content
-
Hungry? Pizza Hut launches cheeseburger crust pizza. (+video)
Pizza Hut has released a pizza lined with tiny cheeseburgers in the Middle East, just weeks after releasing the "Hot Dog Stuffed Crust Pizza" in the UK. When will Pizza Hut bring a wild pizza crust to the United States?
-
The Reformed Broker
Taco Bell throws down, takes on McDonald's
Taco Bell is introducing a new fresh menu and a Dorito-flavored shell in an attempt to gain a larger share of the fast food market and compete with Chipotle. Investors, take note.
-
Chrysler Super Bowl commercial: Is Clint Eastwood a Democrat?
Clint Eastwood gave a rasping, powerful performance in a Chrysler Super Bowl commercial. But some saw a political message that favored Democrats.
-
Top 6 Super Bowl ads featuring animals (+video)
Super Bowl ads reflect a broader truism in advertising: A cute animal is a better pitchman than a human 9 times in 10 (Peyton Manning aside). Over the years, some of the most successful Super Bowl ads of all time have featured a wide array of animals, from mighty Clydesdales to lowly mosquitoes. Here is our countdown of six of the best ever fuzzy (and not so fuzzy) Super Bowl commercials, including a winner from Super Bowl XLVI. Did your all-time favorite take the top spot?
-
Clint Eastwood in Top 6 Super Bowl 2012 car commercials (+video)
Sure, the New York Giants won the 2012 Super Bowl. But who won the battle of the Super Bowl car commercials? NBC says advertisers paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot in this year's Super Bowl. Last year, Volkswagon was the biggest crowd pleaser with their Darth Vader "The Force" ad which got millions of views online before it debuted on TV. This year, the early favorite was Ferris Bueller (aka Matthew Broderick) hawking a Honda. But Chrysler's Halftime in America ad, starring Clint Eastwood, is what everyone is talking about now. Here's one viewer's take on the Top 6 Super Bowl car commercials for 2012. Which is your favorite?
-
Super Bowl ads battle for top spot
Super Bowl ads ranged from overweight dogs to naked M&Ms. In the end, the game between the Patriots and Giants outshone the Super Bowl ads.
-
Change Agent
PepsiCo’s i-crop system could save farmers precious water
I-crop, a web-based program now undergoing tests, helps farmers reduce water waste by combining weather data and underground probes.
-
Doritos: Can Lonely Island boost the cheesy snack's image?
Doritos launches sixth Super Bowl ad contest with a twist. Comic music group The Lonely Island will be competing to produce the winning Doritos ad.
-
Top Super Bowl commercials 2011: six winners and losers
Super Bowl commercials have become a mini-film festival, keeping the less-than-diehard football fans in front of the tube. But this year’s top spots are singled out for their misses as much as their hits.
-
Eminem doesn't do ads. But for Super Bowl...
Eminem makes appearance in emotional Chrysler 200 ad. And an animated Eminem hawks Lipton tea.
-
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The story of a young girl who can taste guilt in roast beef and sadness in lemon cake.
-
The New Economy
Chick fil A: Will its sandwich giveaway change the way you order food?
Atlanta-based Chick fil A is experimenting with online reservations for a free sandwich giveaway. Here's our Top 4 list of food experiences we'd like to reserve by iPhone.
-
The New Economy
Top 5 Super Bowl ad winners as chosen by the people
A protective pre-teen, a pummeled Betty White, and a Google love story are viewers favorite Super Bowl ads.
-
Super Bowl: 10 things to watch
Will Dwight Freeney bound back? Will Terry Tate: Office Linebacker make an appearance? Here are 10 things to watch for in tonight's Super Bowl:
-
In Pictures: Super Bowl commercials
-
Manhood for Amateurs
Novelist Michael Chabon surveys the emotional terrain of life as a husband, father, and son.
-
Thailand: Fakery, enshrined
-
Cash-strapped jails begin charging inmates for snacks – even room and board
Shades of Charles Dickens, critics say the controversial measures create debtors prisons
-
Homeless men find shelter in a book club
A Cleveland outreach nurse says there's camaraderie and escape in book discussion.
Become part of the Monitor community
36K on Facebook | 12K on Twitter | 2,250 on YouTube