The hydration break. The scourge of the soccer fan at the 2026 FIFA World Cup (well, the other one, aside from Alexi Lalas). Aside from who you think is going to win it all, it’s been the most hotly debated aspect of this year’s tournament. Not because they’re entirely new, per se. There were three-minute…
Fans learned earlier on Thursday, just hours before the World Cup began, that Fox had opted to utilize the FIFA-mandated mid-half hydration breaks to air full-screen advertising, a stark departure from usual soccer broadcasting standards that see each half air unencumbered by commercials. Suffice it to say, it didn’t take long for these commercials to…
The cheeky ads have Fox playing the head professor of the Foundation for Odor Excellence.
Charles Barkley just joined nearly every college basketball fan by admitting his Capital One commercial was the worst part of the NCAA tournament. March Madness is great, but every year there are commercials that teeter on the edge of becoming psychological torture by repeating enough to drive fans insane. This year, it was Capital One’s…
March Madness has returned, bringing with it a collection of traditions we spend all year waiting to experience. The thrill of watching Cinderella try to keep dancing. The quiet anticipation of Gonzaga’s early exit. The collective desire to root for Duke to lose. And, of course, the shared hatred of the same commercials we have Read more...
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Super Bowl LX had a kind of boring game, but the commercials were really fun to watch. They featured a heavy mix of high-concept AI parodies, nostalgic reunions, and some genuinely bizarre celebrity turns.
We decided to put together a post of all the Super Bowl commercials that we thought were the best.
There's some Dunkin', Pringles, and lots of beer.
Let's dive in.
Numerous queer celebs appear in Super Bowl ads, but the ads themselves aren't explicitly queer — so what gives?
Triv, triv, triv, triv…! This episode of _Go Fact Yourself_ will be stuck in your head for days! Chase Masterson’s fans know her as Leeta from “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” She’s deeply inspired by the imagined universe of the series – and the fans who embody its values. To that end, Chase works tirelessly at her non-profit aimed at ending bullying: The Heroic Journey. Jay Mohr had been working…