Super Bowl commercials very often get weird, and in this case maybe even a tad cannibalistic. Okay, nothing gross actually happens but we do see Pete Davidson make a sandwich using two rather well-known names, Brie Larson and Jon Hamm. The pun for both these actors has been there for the longest time, so it was about time someone made it official.
The clip that aired during the Super Bowl saw Hamm and Larson in a fridge, with a very large and centrally placed jar of Hellman’s mayonnaise between them (we wonder who this commercial is for?) contemplating why they were there. Larson responds, “well I’m Brie…” to which Hamm replies, “yeah, I’m John.” After both actors finally get on board with what is going on, they seem to very casually accept the fact that they are dinner.
After adding in the extremely obvious praise of the product, “with Hellmans, all these leftovers can be anything” spoken by Hamm, the fridge door then opens to reveal a giant Davidson staring in at them like something from Attack on Titans. The comedian tells them with just a little too much glee, “I’m gonna eat you guys.” Luckily that’s as close as we get to the cannibalistic undertones of the commercial as we cut to an actual brie and ham toastie being made with the condiment.
As he tucks into the toastie at the party (who stops to make a toastie at a party?) he tells the, now full-sized Larson and Hamm, “you guys are really delicious” to which Hamm responds, “That’s, that’s weird.” Yep, that is kind of the tone of the whole piece though now we have gotten it out of the way maybe the name/food jokes for these two actors will finally be over. It’s been done.
