There were plenty of Canadian feeds but a light outing in our look at the Canadian ads from the NHL Center Ice free preview.
We also had the MLB Extra Innings free preview but the Toronto Blue Jays were on the road for the whole week and we only received home feeds.
The funniest ad (above) came from Kal Tire. Its ad poked fun at "Americans," Canadians, Canadian winters, and "all-season" tires. Our protagonist ends up apologizing for being sarcastic and saying sorry.
Speaking of apologies, Boston Pizza had a funny ad where a guy lets down his friends but rescues his reputation with a 24 (pronounced 2-4) box of wings. Wings in a box might not sound that appetizing, but to the kind of crowd that would order 24 wings in a box, the concept is pretty cool.
Molson had an ad for its "Anything for Hockey" series with a man with Parkinson's disease who can still adapt well to hockey. Molson is also giving away 20 Stanley Cup commemorative rings. The replica rings don't come close to the real thing, having tried an actual Stanley Cup ring. Still, they do look pretty cool.
Then again, only 4 Canadian teams have won a Stanley Cup, and the last team to win the Cup was the 1993 Canadiens.
Can't remember the last time Tim Hortons promoted donuts in its ads. We had a couple of shots extolling the virtues of the coffee. As I'm not much of a coffee drinker, I can't compare versions of coffee. Donuts are a different story.
A&W promoted its $3 Teen Burger. The pattern of burgers follows from Papa to Mama to Teen to Baby: without looking it up, I have no idea about the difference. Still, we got reminders of the no additional hormones/steroids policy, a solid upgrade in the fast food marketplace.
One local ad of note came from Rogers Sportsnet Pacific for the Metro Vancouver transportation referendum. Vancouver is ever-growing; even with a relatively new train line thanks to the 2010 Winter Olympics, the area needs a lot more transportation.
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The Saturday night CBC feeds could traditionally be counted on for some cool Canadian ads. With Rogers selling and buying the ad time, we see a lot of U.S. ads running in Canada. We got the Wendy's lady praising their salads, GMC ads showing San Francisco and Los Angeles, Philadelphia cream cheese, Enterprise, etc. None of those ads are Canadian even if they run on Canadian television.
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