Some people watch the Super Bowl for the advertisments, but me? I always liked to lurk on basic cable near the end of the night when local businesses could afford commercial spots. Sure, they usually lack the polish of the big firms and their lights, cameras and action, but they often made up for it in sheer gusto and/or craziness. Today we salute the best commercials Houston has produced.
Fiesta It's a newer one, but it's already carved a big old Texas-shaped hole in our hearts. Our own Billy Gibbons tells us exactly why he likes shopping at Fiesta, and he just makes doing so look like the coolest thing in the world. It doesn't hurt that you can take the commercial with 100 percent sincerity. Tons of local businesses know that Bill comes and goes as he pleases, and if he says he likes to shop at Fiesta, then by God he means it.
Jim "The Texas Hammer" Adler Honestly, I miss when he used to be the Tough, Smart Lawyer because that added some real class to the shouting. Still, even I have to admit the better commercials for Adler come from his later "Hammer" period. They're all good, but nothing tops him on the back of a semi screaming about how he is basically the king of all truck law who will defeat the mighty behemoths and gift you with their monetary innards.
Hilton Furniture Picking a single Hilton Furniture ad is damned near impossible. Should you go with the one featuring Booker T, or maybe the one where Hilton pretends to be live from the Toyota Center in front of the most obvious green screen ever? Nah, you've got to go with the classic where he chainsaws off the post of a bed, then proceeds to hump the saw for no reason.
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