Which Commercial Won the Super Bowl?

So, how 'bout those commercials? USA Today has a ranking of all the Super Bowl ads, which places the Snickers commercial featuring Betty White in the #1 slot. A bit further down, that car commercial that's narrated by Michael C. Hall, has Noah Kalina staring into a camera again and lets women across America know their husbands f*cking HATE THEM and just want to drive their Dodges, baby... placed #23; the Simpsons shilling for Coca-Cola comes in at #30; and the Christian group's (actually not all that controversial) anti-abortion commercial placed #54. You can watch all 63 commercials there, or at CBS.

Boing Boing has a montage of all the violence shown in the commercials (except for the one where Oprah and Letterman stab Coco in the back by inviting Leno in)—but who has a mash-up of all the times some dude is annoyed with his girlfriend/wife/women in general? Hopefully there was some retribution for the gender bias when the Google ad aired and every ad man on Madison Avenue simultaneously grew ovaries. Because, c'mon:

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on February 8, 2010 10:30 AM

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Potty Boy

The Letterman-Oprah-Leno ad was the best. Unexpected, and well-executed. Letterman's caricature is dead-on.

fresh

Did anyone else notice that the commercials seemed to always be paired on the same commercial break with another commercial of a similar theme...old people getting knocked over (Betty White and Tebow's mom)...small people (mini-KISS guys and mini Troy Polamalu). I think the animal themed commercials also came in pairs but I stopped paying close attention.

Thinky Think

Snickers all the way!Love that old girl.

Wza

http://unclefarkus.tumblr.com/post/377109023/unexpected-guest

Thespis

It seemed to me that most of the commercials were for either CBS or the NFL. Did they have trouble selling the ad time or something?

As for the ads...meh. Not a great year.