Barbara Lippert's Super Bowl Critique: In Love With Google

The spot that stole the show during Sunday's Super Bowl was Google's. The simplest of the bunch, it also effortlessly (but so effectively) dug down to the brand's core. It was smart, charming and pure. How pure? It reminded me of the best line from among all of the A-B ads: "I'm getting a case of...

Hold Your Horses

It's not politically correct to point this out, but somebody has to say it: Anheuser-Busch's lineup of Super Bowl spots has become more formulaic and anemic since the brewer's "merger" two years ago with Belgium's InBev.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Ad critic Barbara Lippert mulls Super Bowl controversies involving abortion, a kiss between men, an effeminate ex-football player selling lingerie -- and hell

Are We Not Men?

Dove and Dockers storm the Super Bowl in style with their male manifestos.

Coke on Thin Ice

Wieden + Kennedy's Olympic "Snowball" fight never really comes to life.

Chips Off the Old Block

Doritos' Super Bowl finalists walk the well-worn path of violent slapstick.

Sinking Feeling From Atlantis Work

I'm always interested in how ad people become film directors. But you tend to hear about the reverse scenario far less often.

Down on Domino's

In Crispin's latest campaign for the pizza chain, honesty isn't always the best policy.

2009: Goodbye to All That

Our ad critic says: Thanks for everything (and nothing), you crazy year!

Target's Blue Christmas

...home, but it sure ain't fun. More than chestnuts are being roasted here. Better luck next year, guys.See also: "Cheers and Jeers -- Lippert Critiques Gap's Holiday Spots