5 Commercials That Stuck Out During Super Bowl 52
NFL: Eli Manning and dirty dancing
An ad that had many people laughing featured previous Super Bowl champ Eli Manning of the New York Giants hoisting fellow Giant wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. above his head, as they reenacted a bit from Dirty Dancing.
The commercial, which was for the NFL, began with the two players appearing as though they were going to run through a play or drill. The song "(I've Had) the Time of My Life," which won the Oscar for Best Original Song, comes on in the background and the two football players start to dance the routine Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey did in the famous scene in the 1987 film, though with much less fluidity.
Other players subsequently join Manning, who is portraying Swayze, on the practice field and start to dance mechanically, reenacting the scene in the movie where Swayze dances down the aisle with a group. Beckham then does a running leap and Manning lifts him up above his head; Beckham is stiff as a board, plank-like with his arms outstretched. The ad concludes with the NFL logo appearing alongside the phrase "To All the Touchdowns to Come."
