These Two Super Bowl Ads Inadvertently Used The Same Stock Footage

When you're spending $5.5 million for a 30-second commercial during the Super Bowl, every second counts — nearly $200,000 a second, as a matter of fact. But at least two companies appeared to have used the same stock footage in their ads.

A sharp-eyed viewer spotted the same clip of a dad giving his daughter a piggy-back ride in two ads scheduled to air during the big game.

How about paying millions of dollars to advertise in the superbowl so they end up using the same video stock. Hope they at least don't put them together! photo by @MusebyClio cc @Adweek @adsoftheworld #SuperBowl #superbowlads pic.twitter.com/GxLcW1rakx

— €. (@Profeta999) February 4, 2021

The footage appears at 0:28 in this Indeed ad about finding a new job.

And at 0:52 in this ad for mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate.

[Via Twitter]