| Every year, people tune in to the Superbowl for things | | | | either, but hey, it was cute and we like cats. |
| other than the game or the wardrobe malfunctions. | | | | At number 6 is one that will give any Superbowl 44 |
| Often, the commercials broadcast during the | | | | ads a run for their money: Basketball greats Michael |
| Superbowl are a lot more fun to watch than the game | | | | Jordan and Larry Byrd face off for the ultimate prize: |
| itself. Since we're now in Superbowl mode, with game | | | | a big mac and fries. Mmm. Made me want to go out |
| six behind us and the season underway, I thought it | | | | to McDs during the 1993 Superbowl. |
| was time to look at what we might see in the way of | | | | At number 5, showed us what the world would be like |
| Superbowl 44 commercials. I did a quick Google | | | | for kids of the future in this 1999 Superbowl |
| search, but it seems that advertisers are keeping mum | | | | commercial. Although these days, I bet some of those |
| about their plans this year. Still, we can at least get an | | | | kids are actually wishing they were only forced into |
| idea of what they're up against from previous years' | | | | early retirement. |
| ads. So, here's a quick list of the top ten Superbowl | | | | At number 4 is Reebok's 2003 mash up between an |
| commercials of all time: | | | | office and linebacker Larry Tate. Yeah, Larry won that |
| At Number 10, the Budweiser Frogs. This commercial | | | | round. But who can blame him? Office cubicles are no |
| featured a series of frogs burping out the word | | | | match for a linebacker. |
| “budd “weiss” “err.” Yeah, it seems | | | | At number 3, E*Trade decided showed us a monkey |
| silly, but still, it was cute and of course Budweiser kept | | | | and a man clapping and shrugging over their $2 Million |
| the concept going, with dozens of commercials building | | | | loss in 2,000. They should have seen the pain in 2009 |
| on the frogs, so we definitely remember it. | | | | and maybe they'd be crying. |
| At Number 9, the Xerox Monks. Back in 1977, the idea | | | | At number 2, was Coke's 1979 entry, Mean Joe |
| of a photocopy machine was still a quaint one. I | | | | Greene. If you're old enough to remember this one, |
| remember the old mimeograph machines where you | | | | then you'll know that Mean Joe Greene got the better |
| had to write on special paper in order to make copies, | | | | deal. The kid got a Jersey, but Joe got himself a real |
| but the monks in this commercial obviously didn't feel | | | | can of Coke, not the stuff they came out with after |
| the need for that. They stepped straight from a quill to | | | | New Coke (the new stuff has high fructose corn |
| the Xerox copy machine. | | | | syrup instead of sugar – just not as good). |
| At Number 8 we have the Tabasco Mosquito in 1998. | | | | And finally at number 1 is an entry that no Superbowl |
| This one is memorable because it really ends badly for | | | | 44 commercial is likely to top: The Apple 1984 ad. I |
| the mosquito, who thinks he's getting a nice juicy bit of | | | | don't think I even need to tell you about this |
| blood from an unsuspecting mark but instead gets a | | | | commercial. It was for the Macintosh and shows the |
| mouthful of Tabasco sauce. | | | | woman smashing the screen. It only ran on TV once, |
| At number 7 is the EDS cat herder family. We're not | | | | but it's probably the most famous commercial of all |
| sure why we liked this one and frankly, what a cat | | | | time. |
| herder has to do with data processing, we're not sure | | | | |
