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All the 2020 Super Bowl Commercials Released So Far – Vulture

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Peggy Olson was just starting to tackle the Super Bowl commercial craze in the penultimate season of Mad Men. And now, over 50 years after Super Bowl II, the “big game” is still the prime programming slot for advertisers, who shell out north of $5 million to capture American eyeballs for 30 seconds, according to Reuters. It’s true that viewership has dipped in recent years. Last year, 98.2 million people tuned in, the lowest ratings in over a decade. But the brands are still cranking out the commercials, and this year’s crop of is a wild medley of moods. From a Doritos dance battle starring Lil Nas X to a Maisie Williams musical number, these ads will take you to some interesting places.

Bill Murray Does Groundhog Day Again, Again, and Again for Jeep

Bill Murray (with a little help from Stephen Tobolowsky and a furry critter) makes the case for why you should buy a Jeep Gladiator.

Avocados From Mexico: Pretty in Green

What’s more tender than an avocado-themed music box adorned with a rotating miniature bowl of guacamole? Perhaps only Molly Ringwald holding said music box as part of a QVC-inspired commercial.

Hyundai: A Wicked Smaht Pahk With Bostonian Stars

Chris Evans, John Krasinski, and Rachel Dratch channel big Boston energy to show off Hyundai’s new parking technology, featuring Red Sox legend David “Big Papi” Ortiz.

Facebook Mystery Launch With Chris Rock

The tech giant recruited Chris Rock to launch … something.

Planters: The Death of Mr. Peanut

Mr. Peanut reaches sainthood in this Planters ad, featuring Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes, sparking a controversial #RIPPeanut campaign.

Planters: Baby Nut

Like Jesus himself, in Planters’ subsequent commercial, Mr. Peanut rises from the dead in the form of Baby Nut, an adorable peanut baby that resurrects from the grave of his former adult self. Anyway, who’s hungry?

Kia Makes Us Cry

Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs serves us Friday Night Lights vibes as he waxes poetic to his younger self about striving to “be someone.”

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Try to “Zhuzh” Old-Money Folks With Genesis

Chrissy Teigen disses a crowd of stuffy rich people in an attempt to inject some young luxury realness. When the plan goes awry, she hitches a ride with her husband John Legend in a Genesis SUV, on the condition that she addresses him as “sexiest man alive.”

MC Hammer Gets Creative With Cheesy Cheetos Fingers

What happens when MC Hammer eats Cheetos in the midst of a melodic epiphany? Nothing short of musical genius.

Discover Takes Stab at Virality

Discover Card attempts to strike internet gold with this new ad, splicing together iconic movie, TV, and vlog moments of people saying “yes” to underscore that people do indeed take Discover Card.

Discover Takes Another Stab at Virality

We get it, Discover doesn’t charge annual fees. The credit card brand mimics the style of their previous commercial to make this very clear.

Doritos: ‘Old Town Road’ Showdown

Lil Nas X and resident cowboy actor Sam Elliott go for a little hoedown throwdown in the Old West. Stakes are high: The winner takes home a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos.

Audi Goes Electric With Maisie Williams

Maisie Williams won’t let the heat of climate change get her down. Instead, she keeps it cool, singing Frozen anthem “Let It Go” in an Audi electric Sportback. It puts La La Land’s traffic-jam musical opening to shame.

Walmart Attempts to Heal National Wound

The corporate retail behemoth highlights American communities set to the tune of Elton John’s “Rocketman.”

WeatherTech Gets Wholesome

Scout, the “Lucky Dog” from last year’s WeatherTech Super Bowl campaign, plays on our heartstrings as he praises the University of Wisconsin’s veterinary school.

Budweiser Brings Strong Patriotic Flavor

Budweiser wants to show us that Americans aren’t the worst.

Bud Light Featuring Post Malone

Bud Light takes us inside of Post Malone’s brain à la Inside Out as he attempts to buy the brand’s hard seltzer.

Bud Light Featuring Post Malone, Part 2

The Bud Light Post Malone saga continues as he tries the mango seltzer flavor. Watch out, White Claw.

Man Remembers With Google

An elderly man recruits Google Assistant to keep the memory of his late wife Loretta alive. Grab a tissue, this one almost matches the emotional punch of the Ellie and Carl sequence in Up.

Jimmy Fallon Fuels Workout With Michelob Ultra

After downing a bottle of Michelob Ultra, Jimmy Fallon runs with a pep in his step, accompanied by motivational music courtesy of the Roots.

Michelob Ultra Pure Gold Goes Organic

Michelob Ultra Pure Gold has an interesting proposition: If you buy a six-pack, the company will convert some farmland to organic standards. Their impact!

Missy Elliot and H.E.R. Remix the Rolling Stones for Pepsi

“Paint It, Black” gets an update with this Pepsi Zero Sugar ad featuring Missy Elliot and H.E.R.

Microsoft Featuring Katie Sowers

Katie Sowers, the first female football coach to reach the Super Bowl, clutches a Microsoft Surface Pro 7 as she makes some stuff happen on the field.

Pop-Tarts Gets Sweet and Salty With Jonathan Van Ness

Your favorite Queer Eye star takes snacking from “ho-hum to so yum.”

Reese’s Take 5 and the Power of Office Humor

Reese’s takes its jokes very literally.

Bryan Cranston and Tracee Ellis Ross Re-create The Shining for Mountain Dew

There are few things more thrilling than watching Bryan Cranston smash through a door while touting sugarless soda. Tracee Ellis Ross has a killer scream, too.

Porsche Is Fast & Furious

Porsche gives us action-packed heist vibes. All it needs is a Teriyaki Boyz soundtrack.

A Snickers Utopia

Snickers laments the state of things in 2020. No more nondairy milk and corrupt politicians, Snickers is here!

The Rick and Morty Ensemble Is Stuck Stacking Pringle Flavors

Help! The characters of Rick and Morty are trapped in a Pringles commercial. How many flavors will it take?!

Heinz: A Condiment of Comfort

Whether you’re entering extraterrestrial territory or unloading U-Haul boxes into a haunted house, Heinz is that reliable friend, a companion to french fries and frightened families alike.

Olay: Stars Take Us to Outer Space

Taraji P. Henson, Busy Phillips, and Lilly Singh launch a mission into the stratosphere with some help from NASA astronaut Nicole Scott. Really a dream space squad.

Ellen and Portia Ponder Life Before Amazon Alexa

After Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi marvel at the convenience of modern technology, this ad plunges into period-piece mode, giving us some amusing, historicized iterations of Alexa.

TurboTax Is Ready for TikTok

Get ready to learn about tax deductions and mobile form uploads to the tune of a catchy, New Orleans bounce–inspired track. Also, everyone does the butterfly dance.

Lots of Love With New York Life

New York Life Insurance gets poetic, defining all the ways to love, according to the Ancient Greeks.

SodaStream Affirms Life on Mars

In a heroic sequence featuring Bill Nye the Science Guy, we witness the discovery of water on Mars. It’s a marvel, a gem. Too bad a guy named Mark turns it into seltzer.

Little Caesars Featuring Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson takes us inside the headquarters of Sliced Bread, which tries to put up a fight against a more compelling carb.

Dashlane Saves Us From Password Purgatory

For anyone who needs an excuse to power up their cyber security in 2020, the password management platform Dashlane is pretty convincing in this spooky commercial.

Squarespace: Winona in Winona

Winona Ryder returns to her birthplace (and namesake) in this very pure Squarespace commercial. She explains to a curious cop that she is creating a website about the Minnesota city “with pictures on it.” You can even check out the impressive fruits of her labor.

Rocket Mortgage: Jason Momoa Gets Comfortable

When Jason Momoa gets home, he finally gets to take off his muscle suit, peel off his gorgeous wig and kick off his huge heels. Only in a man’s house can he finally be free. As an added bonus, Lisa Bonet is there to spot him on his benchpress.

Tide Pods: Charlie Day Asks, ‘When Is Later?’

In Tide’s multi-commercial runner, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Charlie Day panics when confronted with the question: when is the right time to treat a stain? After facing the initial quandary, Day encounters the Bud Knight in 1436, Wonder Woman in 1984, you get the picture. One thing’s for sure: no matter what era he’s visiting, those Tide Pods sure look delicious. Wait, no, we mean, look really effective! Forget we said anything!

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Canucks place goalie Thatcher Demko on long-term injured list – CBC.ca

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The Vancouver Canucks have placed all-star goalie Thatcher Demko on the long-term injured reserve list retroactively.

“It’s just cap related,” coach Rick Tocchet said after practice Wednesday. “We get some cap relief, that’s all it is.” 

The 28-year-old netminder has been considered week to week since being sidelined with a lower-body injury midway through Vancouver’s 5-0 win over the Winnipeg Jets on March 9.

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That injury designation hasn’t changed, Tocchet said.

Demko boasts a 34-18-2 record this season, with a .917 save percentage, a 2.47 goals-against average and five shutouts.

Casey DeSmith has taken over the starting job for Vancouver, going 3-2-1 since Demko’s injury. He has a .899 save percentage on the season with a 2.73 goals-against average and one shutout. 

The earliest Demko could be back in the Canucks’ lineup is April 6 against the Kings in Los Angeles.

He’s expected to be a key piece as Vancouver (45-19-8) prepares for its first playoff appearance since the COVID-shortened 2019-20 campaign. 

Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin also announced Wednesday that the club has called up forward Arshdeep Bains from the Abbotsford Canucks of the American Hockey League. 

“I’d like to see where [Bains is] at,” Tocchet said, noting he isn’t sure whether the 23-year-old winger will slot into the lineup when the Canucks host the Dallas Stars on Thursday. 

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Arshdeep Bains from Surrey, B.C., has made his NHL debut with the Vancouver Canucks Tuesday night against the Colorado Avalanche. As CBC’s Joel Ballard reports, it’s been a hard-fought journey for the hometown kid to the big leagues.

Bains played five games for the NHL team in February before being sent back to Abbotsford. 

“He went down, he’s done a couple of things that we like, and he’s got some speed,” Tocchet said. 

Vancouver may get another forward back in the lineup Thursday. 

Dakota Joshua practised in a full-contact jersey on Wednesday for the first time since suffering an upper-body injury in Vancouver’s 4-2 win over the Blackhawks in Chicago on Feb. 13. 

The physical winger, who’s set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, has a career-high 26 points (13 goals, 13 assists) this season.

Sitting out injured “hasn’t been fun,” Joshua said.

“It feels like forever,” he said. “But at this point, that’s behind me and I’m moving forward.”

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Senators score 5 in 1st, cruise past Sabres – NHL.com

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“I thought that we were ready to go,” Ottawa coach Jacques Martin said. “We got some pucks at the net, we got people at the net. Took advantage of our opportunities and, I think, built a nice lead. And then I thought, in the third period, we continued again. Our goaltending was good. Made some key saves. But I thought we shut them down in the third period good.”

Shane Pinto had a goal and three assists, and Brady Tkachuk, Boris Katchouk, Jakob Chychrun and Drake Batherson each had a goal and an assist for the Senators (31-36-4), who have won three in a row. Korpisalo made 34 saves.

“If you want to win, you need balance,” Pinto said. “And we had that tonight and it’s going to be big for the back-to-back tomorrow (against the Chicago Blackhawks) to have that same thing. So, going to need all the guys on board.”

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JJ Peterka and Connor Clifton scored for the Sabres (34-34-5), who have lost four of six. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen allowed four goals on nine shots before he was replaced by Devon Levi, who made 31 saves in relief.

“We wanted, I guess, to play as individuals,” Clifton said. “I’m disappointed we let ‘Upie’ down, he’s the heart and soul of this team. He’s kept us in so many games, and just to not show up and play that careless style, give them freebies all over the place. … Yeah, obviously, the first 20 really dictated the rest of the game.”

Artem Zub gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead at 2:37 of the first period. He stuffed in a loose puck on the goal line after Katchouk’s shot was redirected by Mark Kastelic between Luukkonen’s pads.

Katchouk made it 2-0 at 4:56, tipping Parker Kelly’s shot from the top of the right face-off circle past Luukkonen.

“It’s keeping the consistency with good effort, right habits,” Katchouk said. “The small things matter so much in this game. And obviously, it worked out tonight with the tip. But kudos to my linemates. ‘Kels’ and ‘Kassy,’ they worked hard to get the puck as well. Those two battle hard every night as well. We feed off each other, and it’s good to play with them.”

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Vasilevskiy stops 23 as surging Lightning beat Bruins – Sportsnet.ca

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