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Most Boring Super Bowl Ad Ever? Menino & Bloomberg Join Forces for a Primetime Commerical [Photos]

Aside from watching Tom Brady tear it up on the field, the best part of Super Bowl will undoubtedly be the commercials. So far, we’re obsessed with two killer car commercials for Super Bowl XVLI that have already leaked, an Acura ad featuring Jerry Seinfeld and a Ferris Bueller ­themed Honda CR-V commercial with Matthew Broderick. We just got a sneak peek into yet another ad set to air on Sunday, featuring Boston’s very own Mayor Menino and New York’s Mayor Bloomberg.

Yesterday, Menino and Bloomberg sent out the following tweets:

Had a great time w/@mikebloomberg filming #SuperBowl ad for Mayors Against Illegal Guns this morning! http://t.co/K1FTm4MU
@mayortommenino
Mayor Tom Menino

 

We disagree on who'll win the #Superbowl, but @MayorTomMenino & I agree on fighting illegal guns. Tune in Sunday http://t.co/Sn8OjnIz
@MikeBloomberg
Mike Bloomberg

 

The mayoral ad is set to premiere Sunday during the most coveted airspace in television, in which most ads cost a hefty $3.5 million for just 30 seconds of on-screen time. The Mayors’ ad promotes Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, of which Menino and Bloomberg are co-chairs, uniting 600 mayors across the country under the premonition that the Second Amendment is effective only if citizens abide by the laws of gun ownership.

While I support their mission to get illegal guns off the street as much as the next person, I can’t imagine a more boring Super Bowl ad than theirs. The tweeted photos look incredibly awkward, and Menino in a Tom Brady jersey is about the most contradictory thing I’ve ever seen. Honestly, I think I’d rather see a Madonna “wardrobe malfunction” a la 2004 than this commercial.

Just stick to your bets, Mayors.

from BostInno http://bostinno.com/2012/02/01/most-boring-super-bowl-ad-ever-menino-bloomber...