Uber Eats’ new Super Bowl commercial featured Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer who seemingly forgot they worked together, David and Victoria Beckham trying to remember the name of the Spice Girls, Jelly Roll forgetting he’s got tattoos on his face, and Usher not remembering he just played the halftime show.
This viral ad is getting the attention of everyone, and it certainly is a costly one as it managed to get together a star-studded cast. Interestingly, there’s another advertisement that’s way more lucrative than this, and its message about remembrance is too heartfelt to forget.
Super Bowl 2020 Ad ‘Loretta‘ Broke Millions Of Hearts
As per Statista, the most expensive Super Bowl ad is Google’s Loretta, which paid $16.8 million for a 90-second slot in Super Bowl LIV in 2020.
The emotionally charged ad features an 85-year-old man suffering from dementia who uses Google Assistant to remember his late wife, Loretta, through their photos. The commercial started with the Google search question “How to not forget,” and it yielded an answer that said: “Repeat a detail.”
The video went on to show the old man telling his Google Assistant to remember every fact about Loretta so it would be stored in its memory. The heart-wrenching ad ended with a list of the old couple’s memories stored in Google Assist. The old man finally says, “Remember, I’m the luckiest man in the world.”
That Super Bowl ad was worth every cent spent on it. It touched the hearts of many, and knowing it was based on a true story made people cry even more. Google’s Chief Marketing Officer Loiranne Twohill revealed in a statement that the ad was inspired by a Google employee’s grandfather.
“In fact, the voice you hear throughout “Loretta” is the grandfather of a Googler, whose story we drew from to create the ad. At 85, to an audience of millions, he’ll be making his film debut. We couldn’t be happier for him.”
She also said that the ad is similar to the “Parisian Love” commercial ten years prior to Loretta – based on a real-life story and equally emotional. This is definitely the Super Bowl ad that will never be forgotten.
Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer’s Super Bowl Reunion Was Even More Special
As if their reunion in the Super Bowl ad wasn’t swoon-worthy enough, Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer previously admitted their feelings for each other. During HBO Max’s Friends reunion special, Schwimmer shared via Today:
“I had a major crush on Jen. At some point, we were both crushing hard on each other, but it was like two ships passing because one of us was always in a relationship, and we never crossed that boundary.”
Aniston confessed she felt the same. In fact, their off-screen chemistry must be the reason why they worked so well on television. She added:
“The first time we kissed was in that coffee shop, so we just channeled all of our love and adoration for each other into Ross and Rachel.”
Having worked with each other for ten years, they have surely maintained that chemistry as fans witnessed in their Uber Eats Super Bowl ad.
