The 10 Best Super Bowl Ads of All-Time
Topics:Consumers
Companies:McDonalds Corp | ETrade Financial Corp | Pepsico Inc | Apple Inc | Monster Worldwide | Anheuser Busch InBev Inc.
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Photo: Zephyr Picture | Photolibrary | Getty Images Millions of dollars are spent on creating Super Bowl commercials and millions more go to paying for the ad time to air the spots during the game, reaching a one-of-a-kind global audience. For some observers, the commercials are as much fun -- and as important -- as the game itself. Here are my top-ten picks.By Darren RovellUpdated 27 Jan 2012 |
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Photo: Anheuser-Busch Stupid humor is easy to do, high-brow humor, not so much. Having the Clydesdales as football players and the zebra as the referee was an absolute classic.Watch the Video |
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Photo: Monster.com Having kids recite lines like "I want to claw my way up to middle management" and "I want to be paid less for doing the same job" was a very well conceived spot.Watch the Video |
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Photo: McDonald's A classic H-O-R-S-E battle between the NBA's biggest stars at the time, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, playing for a Big Mac.Watch the Video |
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Photo: E-Trade On a list of greatest Super Bowl commercials, you'll be hard-pressed to find this one, but I loved it—a man is diagnosed with money coming out of his "wazoo."Watch the Video |
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Photo: Pepsi-Cola Company Another really clever spot where a Coca-Cola driver tries to take a Pepsi and a slew of cans fall to the floor. Extra touch—the security camera view.Watch the Video |
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Photo: McIlhenny Company A mosquito explodes after sucking the blood of a sweaty guy, who has poured tons of tabasco on his pizza. Not only is it clever, it's the only time in my life I ever wanted to try Tabasco.Watch the Video |
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Photo: Coca-Cola Company You all know this one—a kid gives Greene a Coke, Greene chugs it and throws the kid his jersey. We give Greene extra credit for chugging a million cokes, but Coca-Cola later said this spot didn't convince people to buy the product.Watch the Video |
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Photo: Istock Photo Croaking frogs saying "Bud...Weis....Errrrr." This was my junior year of high school and we didn't stop talking about this commercial for months.Watch the Video |
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Photo: AP This ad probably did more for a product or brand than any other Super Bowl ad ever did. Extra points for almost not even running it.Watch the Video |
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It's amazing that the shoe and apparel company with the most memorable Super Bowl spot, isn't Nike. It's Reebok, which was smart enough to pick up on this office linebacker short and turn it into its own. I love when Terry says, "Hi, Janice!"Watch the Video |
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