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The 11 Best Super Bowl Ads

Posted Feb 3, 08 2:56 PM CST in Sports,  Arts & Living    Editor's Choice

(Newser) – There's probably supposed to be a game or something on tonight, but for legions of Americans, Super Bowl Sunday is all about the commercials. EW jumped in its way-back machine and dug up the 11 most memorable big-game distractions. They were:

  • Cindy Crawford drinks a Pepsi (1992)
  • The Ridley Scott-directed 1984 Macintosh ad (1984)
  • Jordan and Bird's Shoot-off (1993)

  • Birds try to poop on a Nissan (1997)
  • Ali Landry makes her debut in a Doritos 3D commercial (1998)
  • Reebok's "office linebacker" (2003)
  • Yao Ming tries to write a check (2003)
  • Brad Pitt's Heineken run (2005)
  • Budweiser's 9/11 tribute (2002)
  • FedEx's Castaway spoof (2000)
  • The Willie Nelson tax advice doll (2003)

Source Entertainment Weekly

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