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What Was the Best Commercial?

Cast your vote here for the best ad during the big game.

 

Since the Eagles are long gone, most of the buzz about tonight's big game around here is about what will happen in between those downs: The commericals! You've been watching, come on. We know you took breaks out from Puppy Bowl to catch a few of those ads.

Rumor has it that a 30-second spot cost around $3.5 million. So, who made that worth the effort? Tell us in the comments below who had the best ad.

  • What was your favorite Super Bowl commercial of 2012?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • H&M (featuring David Beckham)
        0 (0%)
    • Honda (featuring Matthew Broderick parodying his "Ferris Bueller" role)
        1 (2%)
    • M&Ms (featuring LMFAO)
        9 (23%)
    • Acura (Seinfeld v. Leno)
        1 (2%)
    • Chevy/Twinkies
        4 (10%)
    • Hyundai (Cheetah)
        0 (0%)
    • Doritos
        14 (35%)
    • Ronald McDonald House
        0 (0%)
    • Chrysler (Clint Eastwood)
        7 (17%)
    • Skechers
        2 (5%)
    • Other (tell us in the comments!)
        1 (2%)
    Total votes: 39
  • This is not a scientific poll. View Results Vote!
Related Topics: Commercials, Superbowl, and best ad
So, who did it best? Tell us here about your favorite commercial during the night's big game. Tell us in the comments.

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Melissa Treacy

7:00 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012

Still too early to call, but a stripping M&M and a Chevy truck to last until the end of the world have been my favorites so far.

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Louie

8:10 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012

E-Trade commercials are always the best.

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James Myers

9:52 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012

I'm with Matt. I think "Matthew's Day Off" was the best. In case you missed it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhkDdayA4iA

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Brian Darcas

11:11 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012

Here We Go, Rolling the keg out. Bahaha

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James Treacy

11:14 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012

My vote goes to the volkswagen star wars ad

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Cher

8:32 am on Monday, February 6, 2012

I liked the Mayan end of world commercial.

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Laura Winslow

8:43 am on Monday, February 6, 2012

Next day, the M&M one still makes me laugh. Liked the Chevy truck ones too.

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Marc Lombardi

9:02 am on Monday, February 6, 2012

Our last truck was a Chevy, and there's no way that thing would have survived an Apocalypse. CAUSED one, maybe, but not survived & thrived.

My favorites were the naked M&M, the Seinfeld Audi (?) commercial (Damn you, Leno!) and the movie preview for The Avengers.

And to be a Debbie Downer for a moment: I'm disapponted in Doritos (and the fans of that particular commercial) for airing what I guess was supposed to be "funny" - a dog killing/buring cats and bribing a guy with Doritos for his silence. As someone who does charitable work with animal rescues and has fostered & socialized feral cats, I think it's confounding that people find the humor in the death of any animal. But for some reason it seems to be OK for a dead cat to be the source of "humor" and I see it more and more often. Pretty sad.

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Dr Steven Greene

8:45 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012

I don't like Dorito's but I liked their commercials. The one with the bungee thing and the baby was amusing. And the one where the dog bribes the guy not to tell about the missing cat...

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Dr Steven Greene

8:48 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012

@Mark L... hear you about the animal insensitivity thing but I presume that did it for humor.

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Dr Steven Greene

8:50 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012

PS- 7 mil for 60 seconds... wow.. lot of cabbage... you have to think that money could be better spent on something else...

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