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The 25 Most Memorable Super Bowl Ads

jdiamond — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:08:48 EST

Great list, but where's the GoDaddy hottie? My favorite is the Career Builder Monkey ad. I didn't see any ads this year since I was lucky enough to find cheap superbowl tickets on swickets.com and went to the superbowl.

Watching the superbowl for the commercials is more of a national pastime than watching the game.

jdiamond

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Derek, IN — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:20:35 EST

Awful list. Favors last few years too heavily. No Michael Jackson, no Madonna, no "Cat Herding."

Derek, IN

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Benjo — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:24:07 EST

Great list, but where's the Bud Bowl?

Benjo

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CheapCynicism — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:28:28 EST

@meerkat: Yep. And of course they cut corners on the condom, so...baby girl.

@bessmarvingirldetective: You just need to hone your anti-business sentiment more. You'll know you're there when you resent the company that makes your favorite soft drink for forcing you to give it money.

CheapCynicism

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scarletvirtue (Sadie, Sadie Married Lady) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:23:56 EST

@meerkat: I loved that one!

The Kevin Federline commercial was pretty good, too. It'll be interesting to see what the commercials are like this year.

scarletvirtue (Sadie, Sadie Married Lady)

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DaeSu — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:27:10 EST

Terry Tate and Reebok -- Best. Commercial. Ever. "Hi Gladys!!"

DaeSu

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bess marvin, girl detective — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:51:07 EST

@CheapCynicism: oh i totally get what budweiser was trying to do but at least they only aired it once. i just remember sitting there with tears in my eyes. hey, i was still raw back then.

bess marvin, girl detective

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blakeley — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:36:12 EST

@eastvillageidiot: Why you gotta be so negative all the time?

blakeley

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eastvillageidiot — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:24:00 EST

My all-time #1 isn't even on the list: the FedEx "10 Steps" ad with the 10 elements that every Super Bowl ad must have... including "8. Product Message (optional)"

eastvillageidiot

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kentuckienne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:13:07 EST

@meerkat: Oh, the cat-herding spot was BRILLIANT. The scratched-up cowboys!

kentuckienne

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Pop Feminist — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:54:47 EST

Yay! Thanks for doing this!

Pop Feminist

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kdrive — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:53:28 EST

Tabasco mosquito commercial is one of the only ones I actually remeber.

kdrive

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meerkat — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:38:45 EST

@CheapCynicism:
So Halliburton fucked his wife too?

meerkat

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blakeley — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:32:39 EST

@KarenUhOh: ZING!

blakeley

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KarenUhOh — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:23:28 EST

Didn't Michael Jackson set his career on fire trying to get on this list?

KarenUhOh

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mckeb753 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:22:22 EST

and how depressing is the christopher reeve one? apparently we cured AIDS three years ago! casual sex for all!...and cancer? pshaw, that's so 2006.

mckeb753

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mckeb753 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:19:33 EST

can we get some dates on these? or are the curious expected to do that research themselves?

mckeb753

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IndianSlipper — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:19:21 EST

Boston Sucks! (oh wait, I'm not a Yankee fan)

IndianSlipper

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CheapCynicism — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:12:43 EST

@bessmarvingirldetective: Oh, man, I couldn't disagree more. I couldn't stand those Budweiser commercials exploiting 9/11. Same goes for #22 on this list. Donate your fucking ad money to the USO or a veterans' group if you're so thankful for the troops, Anheuser, don't try to link their heroism to your beer-flavored water.

And I REALLY hated that Halliburton commercial where that soldier in Iraq finds out that he just had a baby girl, thanks to Halliburton for some reason. Congrats, dude! Too bad you were killed two days later driving around a KBR truck with no armour.

CheapCynicism

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Tenno — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:05:55 EST

I feel so bummed for that poor robot. OH IT WAS A DREAM!

Yeah, Terry Tate. The man is awesome, him and Goulet would have made the very best commercials / sitcom.

Tenno

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bess marvin, girl detective — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:05:32 EST

@IndianSlipper: fo' sho'. never been the same since

bess marvin, girl detective

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Stark_pigeon — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:05:27 EST

youtube is having a commercials channel, i think.

Stark_pigeon

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Phyllis Nefler — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:59:00 EST

@CodePink: CUT! Good job with the eyes, but your words were enunciated too clearly. Try again. ACTION!

Phyllis Nefler

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Looker — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:54:11 EST

The Terry Tate one is awesome.

Looker

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CodePink — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:53:56 EST

Oh,wait, Tom Petty?

CodePink

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CodePink — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:52:53 EST

Isn't Paula Abdul doing the halftime show this year? Wow. That should be really great. (CodePink stares into space with dead, dead eyes.)

CodePink

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JojoSaysNo — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:51:58 EST

I despise advertising, but I do like monkeys.

JojoSaysNo

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Phyllis Nefler — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:46:17 EST

Ahh yes the Britney Pepsi commercial. Didn't she get paid some insane amount for that?

Last time the Giants were in the Super Bowl, by the way, the halftime show was Aerosmith and Britney, and she absolutely nailed "Walk This Way".

BRIT! I MISS YOU! COME BACK TO US!

Phyllis Nefler

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Frightened Inmate #2 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:46:09 EST

terry tate is woefully underrated. you kill the joe, you make some mo'. that ain't new, baby!

Frightened Inmate #2

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BrianVan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:44:41 EST

Ummm, Independence Day?

BrianVan

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IndianSlipper — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:44:02 EST

@bessmarvingirldetective: And didn't MJ set his hair on fire for Pepsi?

IndianSlipper

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IndianSlipper — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:43:00 EST

WOW, a 21 year old commercial featuring Jimmy Mac! Awesome thanks.

I think my fave all time was the monkey riding the horse past all the storefronts of failed dot coms, tho I don't remember who it was for.

IndianSlipper

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bess marvin, girl detective — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:42:59 EST

how can you leave out the britney/beyonce/pink pepsi gladiator commercials?

budwesier 9/11 commercial: best ever.

bess marvin, girl detective

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meerkat — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:39:44 EST

My all-time favorite was the EDS Cat-Herding spot, a couple of years before the one with the squirrels... hilarious.

meerkat