Super Bowl 53: Avocados from Mexico ad has dogs and Kristen Chenoweth

Super Bowl 53 (Super Bowl LIII) ad will showcase a canine choir.

Avocados from Mexico will again be running an ad during Super Bowl LIII (Super Bowl 53) on Sunday, February 3, and it will star dogs and Broadway actress Kristin Chenoweth.

Chenoweth is primarily know as a stage actress in her roles as Sally Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked, though she’s also appeared in small roles in a number of movies. Chenoweth has also played main roles on the TV series Pushing Daisies and GCB, along with recurring roles on The West Wing and Glee. 

Based on the teaser below, Chenoweth will play a choir director trying to teach dogs to bark the Avocados from Mexico jingle, and that Schnauzer just can’t quite hit the high notes. The actual ad itself will run during the second quarter of the game, which will feature the Los Angeles Rams against the New England Patriots in Atlanta.

Our friends at FoodSided shared this news with us here at Dog O’Day. 

Avocados from Mexico has been running ads during the Super Bowl for roughly the past decade, becoming a familiar presence to the nation’s viewers. They have set up a canine-themed page on their website for even more doggy fun.

While it’s a fun idea having Chenoweth play a choir director, and even better that the choir is made up of dogs, that’s a bit of a head-scratching decision, too.

Dogs can’t actually eat avocados – veterinarian Judy Morgan reports they can cause vomiting and/or diarrhea in her cookbook Yin and Yang Nutrition for Dogs, while the American Kennel Club reports that they can cause heart failure and/or death, due to a toxin called persin.

Keep your doggo safe during the party by keeping the guacamole dish well our of his reach, and enjoy the game, food, friends and commercials.