Where is the Hometown Love??
Well folks, it's official, football season is over and I must send my congratulation shout-out to the Green Bay Packers as the newly crowned winners of the Vince Lombardi trophy in Superbowl XLV. Better luck next time Pittsburgh Steelers! Personally, I was rooting for the Steelers (Black and Yellow, ahem excuse me Gold as I know I will be corrected) but neither team is my favorite, so I really could care less. I am happy however, for former Michigan # 2 player, and Heisman trophy winner Charles Woodson, who after a number of years in the league will get his first Super Bowl ring. Go Maize and Blue!! Ok I promise no more team color mentions will be made throughout this post... Anyway I had a good time watching the game and as usual looked forward to the commercials and seeing the ingenuity of the advertising execs who keep us guessing every year as to what they're going to do next. There were some very memorable commercials and a lot of animal usage, some cutesy-pie ones and lots of celebrity cameo appearances.
By far, the most touching and meaningful commercial for me was the Chrysler 200 commercial, "Imported from Detroit" featuring the hometown Grammy and Oscar award winning rap artist Eminem. I happen to love Eminem, but I also happen to love Detroit, and even though I may not be a native Detroiter, I can't help but feel as though the city of Detroit has had a significant impact on shaping me into the individual that I am today. So kudos, to whichever advertising firm they used, excellent usage of Detroit landmarks and city views. I am almost certain that any Detroiter who saw that commercial felt some sense of pride or nostalgia looking at that commercial. If you haven't seen it yet you can copy and paste the link and take a look- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKL254Y_jtc
On the other side of the coin, WTF!!! What the hell was Ford Motor Company thinking? Are you efffing kidding me?? You do a commercial for the Super Bowl and you highlight the city of New York... OK NYC needs no more recognition from anybody, the NYC skyline itself probably has its own agent securing big bucks for it every time it is used in a movie, TV show or commercial. I love NYC, don't get me wrong, and having lived in NYC for a couple years, it's a great city. But come on now? Ford you did a commercial highlighting a city where almost half the populace do not drive, neither do they own American made cars, much less a Ford vehicle. I had to LOL at that one!! :-) Did they also stop to consider that with a city with one of the most developed transit systems in the US, that more than half of NYC uses the subway and buses as their primary means of transportation on a day to day basis? No they couldn't just join in with Chrysler and bring some more focus on a region that is in dire straits and in need of as much revenue as possible. The crippling of the housing market and the restructuring of the automotive industry has left, Michigan and more importantly the city of Detroit reeling from the loss of so much revenue. A company that has made its bread and butter of the backs of Detroiters should have shown them a little more R-E-S-P-E-C-T! (Hope you feeling better Aretha!)
Anyway that's enough ranting from me, but I just had to get that off my chest... Folks, It's "Another Day & Another Bubble Popped!"