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Conan Takes on Groupon's Tibet Ad

The Comedy Lessons of Terrible Super Bowl Commercials

Ugh, Super Bowl commercials. These ads, which have become events worth paying attention to by virtue of their pricetags, pretty much provide a master class in what not to do as a comedy writer. They're full of lazy, sometimes-offensive punchlines, and they all follow unsurprising formulas that we've seen a million times before. If people tried to write crap like this into sitcoms, they'd never get work. Or maybe they'd get work on the most popular comedies on TV on CBS? I don't know, guys. Let's just look at some examples.

Doritos Found to Be Source of Great Humor, At Least Near the Super Bowl

The last few years, Doritos has offered up their Super Bowl ads to whoever produces the funniest spots as voted on by the internet, The contest has become a yearly excuse for sketch comedy groups to write videos that are based around the cheesy chips, and it's all pretty brilliant, really. Sure, a couple of the homemade ads will make it on the air, but they also get hundreds of free ads that are sent around the internet for months before the Super Bowl itself. And we've hit that time of year again.

One of the best entries up so far is from Splitsider-favorite sketch group Serious Lunch. [...]

Paul Scheer's Super Bowl Diary

Paul Scheer provided a diary of his trip to the Super Bowl to Entertainment Weekly. A sample entry: "7:12 p.m. The stadium gets special glow stick training so we don’t mess up the halftime show. The pressure is on! We can’t let down Taboo and the rest of the Peas!"

WitStream's Super Bowl Tweetathon

Welcome to the WitStream and Splitsider's Super Bowl Tweetathon! In the widget above you'll find a constantly updating stream of curated tweets about the game from some of the funniest people on Twitter. So stop listening to your unfunny friends try to make jokes and leave the funnymaking to the professionals.

Christopher Guest Directed Groupon's Gross "Tibet" Ad

So you know those god-awful Groupon commercials that made light of the suffering in Tibet? That whole campaign was directed by…Christopher Guest. Buh?

Laugh at the Super Bowl With Splitsider and WitStream This Sunday

If you're looking to distract yourself from the Super Bowl while watching the Super Bowl this weekend, swing on by Splitsider, where our friends at WitStream will be hosting a live-updating stream of the funniest Tweets made by funny people before, during and after the "big game." I can personally guarantee that it will be funnier than every single Bud Light commercial aired during the game. I can't say the same for that E-Trade baby. He's hilarious!

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