Top 5 Super Bowl Commercials of All-Time

By James Melzer on February 7th, 2010

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This year at Super Bowl XLIV, the Colts and the Saints will battle for supremacy on the field, proving who is the manliest of men, while millions of people watch around the world. With players grunting, kicking, sacking, tackling, and ass slapping their way to victory, the Super Bowl truly is the closest thing we have to modern-day gladiators.

While the men duke it out on the field, corporations will be in a grudge match of their own, as they spend millions of dollars on the commercials that will hopefully garner enough attention to become part of pop culture, and make you buy their products. It’s a tough job, creating a memorable commercial, but I’ve managed to weed out the crap to present to you the five best Super Bowl commercials of all-time.

5. We Will Rock You

Starring Pink, Britney Spears, Beyonce and Enrique Iglesias, this wasn’t so much of a commercial as it was a full-blown production for Pepsi. The girls did a good job belting out the classic by Queen, showing lots of skin, in what is a 3 minute feast for the eyes and the ears.

4. Miller Lite Cat Fight

Girls clawing, girls scratching, girls ripping each others clothes off, and yes, girls kissing. What more do you want?

3. WAZZUP

Budweiser nailed a field goal with this one, as the word ‘Wazzup’ became a part of the language. Mimicked in Scary Movie, and still used by frat boys and office geeks to this day, this one did everything a commercial is supposed to do. Make people talk.

2. Office Linebacker

This first in a series of Reebok commercials starred NFL wannabe, Lester Speight, as ‘Terrible’ Terry Tate, a linebacker with attitude who is brought on board to help a company with their productivity. Yikes! Someone remind me to use paper clips and not staples, please.

1. Apple’s 1984

The one that started it all. The one that introduced Macintosh to the world. Forget everything you know about advertising as you watch this masterpiece that was directed by Ridley (Alien, Blade Runner, ) Scott.