Just one day after agreeing with FOX not to air a spot that pokes fun at last year’s Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction,” Budweiser has, itself, released the spot on the web heading off the underhanded efforts of those who would have spread it virally anyway. It was probably the right choice not to air the ad. Not because it might catch the attention of the FCC or any cause group but because it’s simply not a very good commercial. It plays like a joke that has been told millions of times before by someone who still thinks it’s funny. It might have been funny if it ran during the Oscars last year. This year it just screams like a wannabe, “Dude, isn’t this hilarious?” View the spot at Budweiser’s site.
