Friday, January 31, 2025

The Joy of Mayonnaise



The most memorable scene in the 1989 movie When Harry Met Sally took place in Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan. In this ad, Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal reunite more than 35 years later to have lunch, which accidentally ends up recreating that scene when Ryan adds an obscene amount of Hellman's mayonnaise to her sandwich. The fact that a Jewish deli would not have mayonnaise available on the tables is an extra layer of absurdity. Sydney Sweeney appears to deliver the punch line this time.

As you might have guessed, this is a Super Bowl ad. The game is still ten days away, but in recent years advertisers feel they have invested too much money into their Super Bowl ads to keep them under wraps until kickoff. Get ready for a tsunami of high-priced ads coming in the next few days. (via Metafilter)

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