Super Bowl Sunday

"Are you ready for some football!"

This is a phrase often said on Sundays in the United States where football means huge guys dressed in shoulder pads and helmets trying to get a brown pointy ball in the end zone for a touch down.  Yes, we know that football means a different game to the rest of the world.  (We call that game soccer.)  But to us football means quarterbacks and cheerleaders, the Super Bowl and ....
Super Bowl commercials.

Companies know that millions of Americans will watch the football championship game called the Super Bowl, on Sunday so, they spend millions of dollars making commercials to be shown during the game.  These commercials are often very entertaining and people enjoy watching them and talking about them.    Of course, this is good for business but it's also good for us to practice English.  Enjoy these funny ads.

Funny Political Ad

The candidates make many TV commercials as part of running for President.  They want to give you reasons to vote for them and give you reasons not to vote for the other person.  Sometimes the ads are sweet and emotional, sometimes they are angry and they say harsh things about the other candidate.  

Here is a commercial that uses humor.  At the first Presidential debate, Governor Romney said if he was President he would cut funding to PBS.  

PBS is a TV station that does not have commercials so they get money to make programs from the US Government and from private donations.  

There is a popular Children's show on PBS called Sesame Street and one of the main characters is a big yellow bird called Big Bird.

President Obama's campaign used that idea to create this funny video.    


What do you think about this commercial?

Campaign Time

This week we will explore the "Road to the White House."  How does a person go from an ordinary citizen to President of the United States?  What is the process?  

Candidates must get the word out that they are running and want your vote.  One way to do that is with a commercial.  Here is a funny commercial I made at adomatic.us.

Fast Food Commercials

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Today I have a bunch of funny fast food commercials for you to watch.  They are from different fast food restaurants that are in the United States.  There are 2 from McDonald's, 1 from Chick-fil-a and the last one is from Subway.