# Best Super Bowl Commercial, now or ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083 "2009-02-02T04:36:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/1 "2009-02-02T04:36:26Z")
Please have a video/YouTube connection, we’d like to see. My Vote: [Terry Tate Office Linebacker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0PvlytTNs) ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/2 "2009-02-02T04:48:11Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Please have a video/YouTube connection, we’d like to see. > > My Vote: > > [Terry Tate Office Linebacker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0PvlytTNs) was about to post one of the triple T vids but I see you beat me to it ---
**Author:** ![Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liddle_Lamsy_Divey)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/3 "2009-02-02T05:15:20Z")
^That’s the first thing I thought of, also. Other favorites: FedEx: [Castaway](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvX7ovvf-LI&feature=PlayList&p=FF470067B3B2D250&index=11) [EDS Cat-Herders](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdwrYiNJc_E&feature=PlayList&p=FF470067B3B2D250&index=14) The Michael Jordan and Larry Bird ads for [McDonalds.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oACRt-Qp-s) [Monster.com](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJB0CzlzSwY) I’m sure I’ll be able to think of more tomorrow. [Something to help you jog your memory.](http://www.superbowl-ads.com/) ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/4 "2009-02-02T05:40:46Z")
By far the 2004 Sierra Mist commercial where the bagpipers are marching in the parade and the commander says, “Where’s Wallace?” And then it cuts to a guy standing over a subway grate Marilyn Monroe style and steam billowing up into his kilt. The kicker is when the little kid looks at him and says, “That’s just wrong daddy” and the dad covers the kid’s eyes. Wicked hilarious. > **[Paramount Network](https://www.paramountnetwork.com/)** > > Television's destination for premium entertainment and storytelling, with original scripted and non-scripted series. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/5 "2009-02-02T16:30:12Z")
I don’t remember the company (ahh, the power of advertising) but there was an on-line investment firm that had one during the dot com boom a few years ago with a couple of old guys sitting in lawn chairs in their driveway watching a chimp perform some stupid tricks. At the end the voiceover says “We just blew five million dollars. What are you doing with your money?” ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/6 "2009-02-02T16:51:27Z")
Isn’t there some kind of pop culture rule that dictates that you HAVE to say the Apple MacIntosh 1984 commercial is the best there was or ever will be? Personally, I gotta go with the FedEx pigeon commercial from 2008, partially because my brother was one of the brains behind the production of it. ETA - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycvf9E2cjRs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycvf9E2cjRs) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/7 "2009-02-02T17:03:56Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I don’t remember the company (ahh, the power of advertising) but there was an on-line investment firm that had one during the dot com boom a few years ago with a couple of old guys sitting in lawn chairs in their driveway watching a chimp perform some stupid tricks. At the end the voiceover says “We just blew five million dollars. What are you doing with your money?” The company was e-trade, and I agree, absolutely hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![mambocrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mambocrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambocrow)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/8 "2009-02-02T17:04:30Z")
This is the best one I remember ever seeing: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao6JntNIPHc) It’s the Pepsi commercial with 11 year old Jimi Hendrix trying to choose between a Coca-Cola or a Pepsi. Far better IMHO than all the fart jokes, Clydesdales, and Ow My Balls commercials aired during Super Bowls since. Runner up would be the cat herder commercial nominated in a prior post (although I don’t remember what that one was advertising). ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/9 "2009-02-02T17:22:14Z")
I don’t know if it’s the best of all time, but I can’t help but crack up everytime I see it. Maybe one of the best of this years batch, along with the other Dorito’s Crystal Ball commercials. [Dorito’s Beer Flavor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhgsz5DH7Mo) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/10 "2009-02-02T19:29:42Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > The company was e-trade, and I agree, absolutely hilarious. [And here it is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnQMq5wtZcg). ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/11 "2009-02-02T20:46:04Z")
I think it wasn’t actually aired, but _Eels_ planned to purchase an advertising spot for their album _Useless Trinkets_ last year… Unfortunately, superbowl ad time being as expensive as it is, it had to be [edited a bit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uNNq8Q6sWE). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/12 "2009-02-02T21:00:56Z")
One second long? That’s an eternity. [Here’s a half-second ad from this year](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDkYHpteTI) (okay, a local-market ad, but still). ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/13 "2009-02-02T21:08:53Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > Isn’t there some kind of pop culture rule that dictates that you HAVE to say the Apple MacIntosh 1984 commercial is the best there was or ever will be? It’s not a rule that you have to say that, but it is the most obvious and correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/14 "2009-02-02T21:17:38Z")
I look forward to and LOVE all of the Budweiser Clydesdale ads. Those horses are beautiful and the commercial itself usually tells a great story. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/15 "2009-02-02T22:13:20Z")
This one (from last year) is one of my all time favorites: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1ADvKwWXU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1ADvKwWXU) ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/16 "2009-02-02T22:15:11Z")
Another vote for the EDS cat herders. I love that! ---
**Author:** ![Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liddle_Lamsy_Divey)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/17 "2009-02-02T22:58:07Z")
> [@mambocrow](#): > > Runner up would be the cat herder commercial nominated in a prior post (although I don’t remember what that one was advertising). EDS stood for Electronic Data Services, formerly a subsidiary of GM, now for Hewlett-Packard, though they never said exactly what it was in the commercial. Also, other favorite ads (besides the already-mentioned Doritos crystal ball and e-Trade): [Pepsi: Your Cheatin’ Heart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnXArm-NViI) Anything with the Budweiser Clydesdales. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/18 "2009-02-02T23:02:38Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > This one (from last year) is one of my all time favorites: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1ADvKwWXU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1ADvKwWXU) Absolutely! Especially the little girl as Lucy at the end. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/19 "2009-02-03T00:19:37Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > One second long? That’s an eternity. [Here’s a half-second ad from this year](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDkYHpteTI) (okay, a local-market ad, but still). [Here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYiGpVGTU2U) a short ad (either one second or half-second) that ran in a good portion of the country this year. (We didn’t get it in the NYC area, but it apparently aired in over 60 markets.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083/20 "2009-02-03T00:29:58Z")
For a single, it’s the cat herders for me. You just gotta love cowboys sitting around the campfire using lint rollers. As a group, over the years, it’s the Budweiser Clydesdales [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-super-bowl-commercial-now-or-ever/484083.md?page=2)