The mega-company isn’t unfamiliar with starpower when it comes to its ads: Michael B. Jordan was front-and-center in the company’s ad last year, while Ellen DeGeneres, Gordon Ramsay, Leslie Jones and others have starred in commercials past.
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Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost Super Bowl commercial
The commercial starts with Jost activating the Alexa device connected to his smart home, when they both posit the thought of Alexa being able to read minds.
Shifting into a fantasy afterwards, Jost and Johansson go through several different (and relationship-damaging) scenarios in which the Alexa device successfully reads both of their minds. First, the device orders mouthwash for Johansson’s morning breath, followed by an auto-powered blender mixing up a green smoothie for Jost.
The hijinks continue throughout the commercial: Alexa sets a reminder for Jost to fake his death the same day as a show of his wife’s is set to open, while the device also outs ScarJo for faking an age-old family recipe for something store-bought. (Whole Foods brand synergy, anyone?)
The ad concludes with both realizing they will probably be better off — and so will their marriage — without Alexa reading and sharing their every thought.
While Alexa is good for reminders and music, maybe life is better off without the machines interfering at every step. After all, hasn’t anyone ever seen the “Terminator” movies?
