This was a cute ad for the Super Bowl, with Schroeder
playing the National Anthem on his little kid piano with the other Peanuts
characters walking in, and the ad ending with: “Game on.”
But seeing as how there is a very well-known football
scenario with the Peanuts, I was hoping they would end the game with an ad
featuring Charlie Brown in a Broncos jersey running up and having the football
yanked away at the last moment by Lucy wearing a Seahawks jersey, sending
Charlie Brown flying through the air and falling onto his back. That would have represented
the game pretty accurately. And had they made two versions of the ad, switching
up the jerseys, they could have waited to see who won, and then played the
appropriate ad.
I think that would have been fun. But then again, it might
have upset the Denver fans, and ads are not generally intended to upset
potential customers.
Here’s the anthemic advert:
