THE 5 MOST MEMORABLE SUPER BOWL ADS
02.08.10While there were some disappointing trends last night, not every ad that aired during the Super Bowl was about not wearing pants or how much women totally harsh your buzz. Doritos and Bud Light, for example, appealed to the chip-eating, piss-swilling demographic with stupid, unrealistic gags.
Thankfully, a couple companies decided to hire ad agencies that employ people under the age of 35 who use the Internet. Here are the five ads that stuck out for being at least somewhat clever and original — and, most importantly, for being memorable.
5. Motorola’s MEGAN FOX NUDE IN A BATHTUB:
The crowd I watched with appreciated the masturbation joke. Afterwards, I said, “Wait, what was she advertising?” The room went quiet for a moment before someone ventured, “Like… a phone? Or chips. Or soda. Or something.”
4. Google’s Parisian Love:
Frankly, I didn’t like this one all that much. Some jackass can’t spell “Louvre” and doesn’t know who Truffaut is, yet he picks up a French woman because of his Internet searching skills. Whatever, man. The only woman Google can get you is a Russian bride. Or possibly Thai whores.
3. Denny’s Screaming Chickens:
I can’t defend liking this ad. It’s just a bunch of chickens screaming, and yet that’s exactly why I like it. I don’t know, Space Chicken’s silent scream just really worked for me. Probably because I was drunk.
2. Kia Sorento’s partying toys:
Sock monkey on a jet ski, teddy bear in a hot tub with a sexy girl, a tattoo being stitched on, a robot dance-off — there’s nothing about this commercial I didn’t like. Applause.
1. Audi’s Green Police:
Cheap Trick, eco jokes, and — why yes, that IS a tamandua on a leash.
You can watch all the Super Bowl ads here. Although why you’d want to do that, I don’t know.



Yup, the Doritos kid smacking his mom’s date is the hand’s down winner as far as I’m concerned. But the Denny’s screaming chicken’s were hilarious also. Anyone else notice how wussified men were being portrayed in most of these commercials? http://bit.ly/d8wmWg
I liked the Doritos ad where the little kid smacked the shit out of his mom’s date. Just something about people getting slapped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug2D39vwW-Q
*Besides me and Ochocinco Fan Club, that is.
I think the Google ad was an old one, too. I’m surprised no one else noticed this.
iwontrememberthis: Hahaha ex-fucking-actly.
Those screaming chickens sounded better than Roger Daltry’s voice.
I also forgot to spit vitriol at the Bud ad with the cow. It featured a flashback to a scene from all of 5 seconds earlier in the ad. How fucking dumb do they think people are?
I also haven’t seen anyone mention it in articles today, but I wasn’t the only one at our Super Bowl party to see the irony in Jim “I paid my ex-wife $50 million to leave” Nantz in a commercial telling men to stop being so pussy-whipped.
What Otto Man said RE Betty White and Abe Vigoda. I about pissed myself when Betty got pancaked, and sprayed beer when
Abe Vigoda hit the ground.
+1 to Zack
I agree with Otto Man, the Green Police ad was both offensive to pro-enviro and anti-enviro crowds. And no one knew what they were selling for most of the ad.
Betty White was the clear winner followed by Letterman and the Bud Light Lost parody. I also saw more dudes in tighty whiteys than I would like to see during a football game.
The chickens were dumb. As soon as the first one ended, I asked, “but it’s a good day to be a pig?”
The Moster.com ad was dumb too. Why did the beaver go from looking something up on Monster.com to playing in a subway station?
The Kia ad was awesomely weird. Anything that makes our TV more like Japan’s is good.
Oh, and Betty Fucking White for the win. Abe Vigoda, too.
I hated the Green Police ad. Most of the ad was like Glenn Beck’s vision of environmentalism, and then at the end, it was Stan’s dad on South Park in a Prius. Douchetastic all around.
And the Denny’s ad was creepy. The one thing that doesn’t get me in the mood for eggs is the site of terrorized chickens shitting them out.
That said, the KIA ad was great.
No love for this one? It’s even TV-related!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt3GsTPgSGo&feature=related
You guys are overlooking the greatest commercial of the night.
CSI…IN SPACE!!!
Monster.com ad with the violin playing beaver was great, come on people it had a beaver playing a violin!
I’m fairly certain the Google ad wasn’t new, but I can’t remember if I’ve seen it online or on television.
I thought the Green Police was the best of the night- and I usually dislike things that are good for the environment. My only problem is that Audi isn’t making the A3 TDI with Quattro- absolutely ridiculous.
/should probably take that lest sentence over to Jalopnik
The Green Police ad was awful. It just enhanced the clean car driver = smug douche position.
I don’t see what’s smug about having a sense of humor.
Keep screamin’ that chicken.
The Green Police ad was awful. It just enhanced the clean car driver = smug douche position.
@Enrico- Good point- the only drink the vendor should have sold him was Crab Juice… or Mountain Dew.
So Apu buys a bunch of Coke from a street vendor yet did not purchase any of his fresh Khlau Kalash???
The E*Trade baby commercial was created by Grey. The man surely responsible for that crap? Duck Phillips.
The whole time I was staring transfixed at the Simpsons ad, all I kept thinking was “when are they going to get to the fireworks factory?”
“Wait, what was she advertising?”
Step 1: Put a nude Megan Fox in a bathtub
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit
I am glad I am not the only person that there seemed to be a lot of pantsless men, not-attractive ones either.
The Simpsons Coke ad made me want to puke, and I thought the Letterman promo was awesome.
The autotune (Bud Light?) one caught my attention, and Betty White made me laugh. A girl I was watching the game with pointed out that all the male toys in the Kia commercial reminded her studded condoms.
The Denny’s chickens won at my house too. I actually liked this Denny’s ad the best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plPW58M4H6w
Also, they killed it last year with Nannerpus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkp1k4TNJNA
Don’t feel bad, screaming chickens was the clear winner at our party, too.