Episode 188: No Drop Trou for Bizarro

Overthinking It Podcast

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Previous Episode: Episode 187: The Sam Awards

Next Episode: Episode 189: The Rut Not Taken

The Overthinkers tackle Super Bowl ads.

Episode 188: No Drop Trou for Bizarro originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Matthew Wrather, Peter Fenzel, David Shechner and Jordan Stokes overthink Super Bowl ads, the transformation in contemporary marketing, the year of the dog, hashtag, & worker, and pooping on the field.

0:00–6:59 Question of the Week.

7:00–20:00 Marketing strategy; dogs, robot factories, and The Avengers.

24:00–27:59 Puppy Bowl’s Socratic purity.

28:00–34:00 Half time show.

34:01–41:59 Epic poetry of Ahmad Bradshaw.

42:00–56:59 David Beckham’s underwear and thresholds of potential rejection.

57:00–1:09:00 Old Navy ad deconstruction.

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