Super Game, Super Ads, Super Everything

I really thought I was going to have to get sarcastic (OK, more sarcastic than usual). I was going to have to start this piece like "Yeah, yeah, Patriots won, perfect season, how about those ads?" But the Giants did it, in last-second fashion, ended all that noise, Manning to Burress, and the Hoodie was off the field before the official end. Congratulations, New York Giants, on, once again, being involved in, and winning, a great Super Bowl. 25 is still the best, but 42 is awful, awful close.

Anyway, to what I thought was going to be the main point of this article: the ads.

Firstly, great job yet again by Fox with their "Declaration of Independence," starting with Jim Brown, including Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy, throw in Lovie Smith, LaDanian Tomlinson and the Navy, Michael Strahan and the Fire Department of New York, and Marie Tillman, widow of Pat Tillman, to bring home why this document is so important, and how great America is because of it.

BEST ADS:

Pepsi Stuff: Anything that shows Justin Timberlake getting his rearend kicked from one end of the world to the other is the best ad EVER in my opinion.

Planters: OK, sorry, I know it's sexist, but the woman getting all that attention for rubbing peanuts on herself and despite her looks, that's funny.

Coca-Cola: The one with the floats of Stewie and Underdog fighting over the Coke, and Charlie Brown finally gets to win something! Lucy may never have let him kick the football, but he beat a superhero dog and a sarcastic infant icon for the prize! LONG LIVE BROWN!

Bud Light: Will Ferrell as Jackie Moore from "Semi-Pro" trying to sell beer, and not even close to getting the lines right. I can't reprint the last one, but I'm still laughing about it.

HALFTIME RANT:

NFL, can we please, PLEASE take a little risk now? Seriously, I know you are now scared of breasts, but Kanye West doesn't have any! Come on now, what's next, reanimating Elvis? Nope, can't do that, he might do those hip dances! Besides, the dead played halftime this year. Tom Petty and the Weird Sisters, er, Heartbreakers, went through the motions, and didn't have any motions, for that matter. And, for those who ripped Prince for singing "Purple Rain" last year, it's a ballad, it's low energy, it was "Master of Puppets" compared to "Free Fallin'." If you have to pay someone to be enthusiastic, NFL, it's time for a new direction.

WORST ADS:

Both SalesGenie.com ads: Insulting, offensive, borderline racist, and, above all, just plain stupid.

Amp: The guy hooking the jumper cables up to his nipples. Now, can't you just see the lawsuits? "Ow, man, that burned! You guys at Amp didn't tell me that would hurt! I'm suin'!"

Coca-Cola: Frist vs. Carville, then they buy a Coke and become friends, go to the game, see the sights. Ugh.

Nissan Murano: The world has to catch up. Could've done a lot more with $3 million dollars than this, Nissan, like employee bonuses or something.

HONORABLE MENTION:

They're not really ads, I guess, so I couldn't justify placing them in the top four, but watching the Terminator whomp on those danged annoying football robots was PRICELESS. Too bad they didn't show him whipping the two friends that were about to step in like a bill collector.

So, great, great game, pretty good ads, everything lived up to the hype this year! Oh, and the Patriots lost. That makes all right in the world!