Top 10 Super Bowl ads
WITH the Super Bowl taking place this weekend (Pittsburgh Steelers v Arizona Cardinals, if you’re interested), the Anorak sports desk thought it would be timely to feature ten of the best halftime commercials – companies pay huge sums of cash to make and screen one-off ads during the event, and the extra effort shows…
10. Apple – 1984
Shown in 1984, funnily enough. Apple has come a long way since then.
9. Budweiser – Frogs
A stone-cold classic.
8. Xerox – Monks
Because photocopying can be fun. Two pages per second!
7. McDonalds – Jordan v Bird
Two of the greatest basketball players of all time go at it to win a Big Mac and fries. We presume Ronald McDonald knew this advert went out during an American football game?
6. E*Trade – Monkey
More sophisticated than it looks – and costly.
5. EDS – Herding cats
Don’t let anyone tell you herding cats is easy. Shame about the clunky message at the end.
4. Reebok – Terry Tate, office linebacker
You don’t borrow Terry Tate’s stapler without asking first.
3. Nissan Maxima – Pigeons
Top Gun, done with winged rats.
2. Monster.com – When I grow up
A memorable twist on the nature of ambition in modern America.
1. Coca Cola – Mean Joe Greene
As sugary sweet (and American) as Coke itself. Sniff.
Posted: 29th, January 2009 | In: Sports Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
