# Favorite Superbowl Ad **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-superbowl-ad/13256 "2000-01-31T01:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-superbowl-ad/13256/1 "2000-01-31T01:19:00Z")
I know it’s only half-time, but my favorite ad thus far was the E-Trade ad with the chimp and some old guy sitting in their garage. Quote “We just wasted $2 million, what are you doing with your money?” Hey, at least they’re honest! Jeff ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-superbowl-ad/13256/2 "2000-01-31T01:38:00Z")
I kind of liked the FedEx one with the “Wizard of Oz” theme. And the Mountain Dew one on now…with the parody of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” And it’s not a Super Bowl commercial…but the one with Mike Ditka trying to get a guy to rent “Runaway Bride” and then saying “Come on…I can’t lose THIS job too.” is cool. * * * “You are sweet, kind, and considerate… Like a grown up boy scout with tits!” - Brian, aka SDMB’s one and only Satan. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-superbowl-ad/13256/3 "2000-01-31T01:44:00Z")
I like the one with all the retired atheletes. It said Charles Barkley, retired 1999. Tara Lipinski, retired 1999 (cut to scene of them playing bingo and Charles yelling out BINGO!). Then they show Mike Ditka and words Retired Thursday. Couldn’t tell ya what the commercial is for (Charles Schwab maybe??) but I thought it was a hoot. * * * “Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.” ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-superbowl-ad/13256/4 "2000-01-31T03:27:00Z")
The cat ranchers. Definitely the cat ranchers. That may have been the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. I can’t even remember what it was hawking (probably another .com) but it was hilarious, goofy, and adorable. * * * “Buffalo Bills? Oh, yeah. The guys that always snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.” --WallyM7 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-superbowl-ad/13256/5 "2000-01-31T03:28:00Z")
In no order: The two Mountain Dew commercials. I died laughing at both the cheetah one, and the Bohemian Rhapsody one. The Busch ad with the “proud papa” horse. The Christopher Reeve one. I almost cried. * * * “Life is hard…but God is good” ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-superbowl-ad/13256/6 "2000-01-31T03:29:00Z")
The dog chasing the beer truck, hopping the hedge and running into a panel van. I think it was a Bud Light commercial. * * * “…send lawyers, guns, and money…” ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-superbowl-ad/13256/7 "2000-01-31T03:32:00Z")
The MGD ad – guy with the oversized bowling shoes. The whinny was overkill though. ---
**Author:** ![WIU\_Wozman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WIU\_Wozman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIU_Wozman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-superbowl-ad/13256/8 "2000-01-31T03:34:00Z")
“Cat Herder” and the Wizard of Oz one. Both were awesome. * * * Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them. - Isaac Jaffee (new quote)