Thursday, February 10, 2005

Go Daddy NFL Superbowl Commercial

So the superbowl has had another 'wardrobe malfunction' and more controversy.
Go to the Go Daddy site to view both the really tame television commercial and the sightly less tame 'full' commercial.

Digital Spy reported it like this.

The NFL and Fox pulled an advert scheduled to air for the second time during the Super Bowl, according to the creator of GoDaddy.com.

Internet services company Go Daddy bought two ad spots during the Super Bowl, during which it planned to air an ad featuring a fake "broadcast censorship" Congressional hearing in which a female Go Daddy representative has trouble keeping her top on. The ad can be viewed online here.

The first airing of the ad went ahead as scheduled, but the second failed to appear. On Sunday evening, Go Daddy creator Bob Parsons posted this on his blog:

"As you may have noticed our Super Bowl ad only appeared during the scheduled first quarter spot. It was scheduled to run also in the second ad position during the final two minute warning. Our ad never ran a second time. Instead, in its place, we saw an advertisement promoting, of all things, "The Simpsons."

"The NFL persuaded FOX to pull our ad.

"We immediately contacted Fox to find out what happened. Here's what we were told: After our first ad was aired, the NFL became upset and they, together with Fox, decided to pull the ad from running a second time. Because we purchased two spots, we were also entitled to a 'Brought to you by GoDaddy.com' 5 second marquis spot. They also chose to pull the marquis spot."

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Posted by: Jethro | 11:48 PM |