Featuring: Matthew Broderick.
Game: Super Bowl XLVI.
Celebrity Paycheck: Unknown.
Total Price Tag: Unknown.
If you’ve seen – or even heard of – “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, then this is an ad you’ll end up loving. Broderick, Bueller’s actor, takes his Honda out for a drive, having plenty of fun at the museum, park, and even a Chinese festival parade, all while avoiding his agent.
In the end, Alan Ruck, who played Cameron Frye, takes the Honda and speeds away, mirroring the famous ending to the famous eighties film this all based on.
Mercedes-Benz: “Soul” (2013)
Featuring: Willem Defoe, Kate Upton, and Usher.
Game: Super Bowl XLVII.
Celebrity Paycheck: Unknown.
Total Price Tag: Unknown.
A young man sees a banner for a new Mercedes, and immediately the devil – played by famous unnerving actor Willem Defoe – appears to make a deal.
The man takes his new car to the red carpet for an intimate photo with Kate Upton, goes dancing with Usher, finds himself on magazine covers, and has to run from adoring female fans...until it cuts back to the banner and the man sees the starting price of the car. He rejects the devil's deal since that car is oh-so affordable.
Skechers: “Go Run Mr. Quiggly” (2012)
Featuring: Mark Cuban.
Game: Super Bowl XLVI.
Celebrity Paycheck: Unknown.
Total Price Tag: Unknown.
Mark Cuban does appear for a second in the end, but the main focus of this funny ad is Mr. Quiggly, the French Bulldog who tears up the track in his fancy Skechers, far outstripping the running dogs who are built for this sort of thing.
Just before crossing the finish line far ahead of the other dogs, Mr. Quiggly stops, spins, and moonwalks over the line, and then demands a new contract from Cuban. The ad was a hit, but Skechers would later ditch the dog for human faces.
Squarespace: “Who is JohnMalkovich.com?” (2017)
Featuring: John Malkovich.
Game: Super Bowl LI. Celebrity
Paycheck: Unknown.
Total Price Tag: Unknown.
Decorated thespian and actor John Malkovich is finally getting with it and creating his own website. But what's this? JohnMalkovich.com has already been taken! A fisherman with the same name has snatched it up, and Malkovich spends the email sending a profanity-laced email.
The gist of the ad, is, of course, how easy it is to set up your own website with Squarespace, which Malkovich discovers to his dismay. The ad had a number of “sequels,” which showed the actor taking his next steps in an attempt to get his website.
Bud Light: “Shopping Spree” (1998)
Featuring: Sean Hayes.
Game: Super Bowl XXXII.
Celebrity Paycheck: Unknown.
Total Price Tag: Unknown.
Sean Hayes is well-known now thanks to his role as Jack on "Will & Grace", which he is reprising in the show's revival. However, when he shot this Bud Light ad he was unknown.
During the ad, he waits for his wife to finish shopping but is quickly brought into the fold of a small society of guys who have carved out a hidey-hole with drinks, snacks, and football. This ad helped Hayes catch the public's eye, leading to his famous sitcom spot.