Super Bowl Ads 2019: Stunts, Self-Deprecation And Celebrity Sightings

Harrison Ford and a dog stand in front of a house in a still from an Amazon commercial that ran during the 2019 Super Bowl.

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Pepsi should have chosen a different slogan for its ads during this year’s Super Bowl.

The company’s slogan was “More than OK.” Well, not really. In fact, most of the high-priced commercials we saw between the football plays were just OK. They were so careful to avoid scandal and backlash that they felt leached of originality or bite.

That’s pretty much what Greg Lyons, chief marketing officer of PepsiCo Beverages North America, predicted when I asked him last week what this year’s spots would look like: nothing controversial.