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For years, Google was enjoying the silence when it came to mainstream advertising on television. Google claimed for years that their products, not advertising, is what made them better than the competition.

Times have changed. If the New Orleans Saints (once the model of failure in the NFL) can reach and win the Super Bowl than why can’t Google run an ad on TV. Stranger things have happened….

If you’re only going to do it once, might as well be during the one time of year you have the most eyes on the Television set. The Google Super Bowl ad is called “Parisian Love” and was actually made and released online back in November as part of Google’s ‘Search Stories’ series of videos.

While most commercials are trying to tell a joke, Google is trying to tell a story.

Kia’s odd Super Bowl Commercial featured a crazy cast of odd creatures having fun around town. What stood out for us is the great Sock Monkey who grabs a jet ski and takes on the mechanical bull at a bar. Sock Monkey FTW!

One of the best [and most unexpected] moments of the Super Bowl Commercials was the short ad for David Letterman’s show featuring Dave, Oprah, and Jay Leno.

Yup. Jay “Big Jaw” Leno.

The trio of media Kingpins had us hitting the rewind on the DVR as Letterman broke out his Leno impersonation with Oprah sitting between them. It was classic not only because it was funny but also because it was straight out of nowhere.

Check the Super Bowl spot below and find out how Dave convinced Jay and Oprah to to the bit here.

Bud Light provide 4 funny Super Bowl Commercials this year and 2 of them had LOST twists. The first one about scientists and an Asteroid features Dr. Marvin Candle from the Dharma Initiative. The other one is more of a direct reference with a group of people stranded on an island with only their Bud Light to keep them alive.

Overall, the batch of ads were enjoyable. Nothing fantastic but enough to get a laugh out of them.

Denny’s aired a trio of quirky Super Bowl Commercials aimed at promoting a free Grand Slam breakfast this Tuesday from 6am to 2pm and a free Grand Slam breakfast on your birthday.  The monotone dude announcing the deal we could do without.  The chorus of screaming chickens realizing they must make a ton of eggs is awesome!

The other 2 commercials feature chickens freaking out and that made our day.  We don’t have a Denny’s close to us so the deal doesn’t matter to us.  We just love the chickens.

Robin Hood is back and the Super Bowl ad featuring the latest trailer for the movie. Staring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, the latest version of Robin Hood will be out this summer and is being directed by Ridley Scott

During the Super Bowl commercials you’ll be seeing a new promotion featuring the Griswold’s from the great Vacation movies.

Before you get a little too excited about a new Vacation movie- [there is one, just not what you think] you should know that Clark and Ellen Griswold are back and on the road.

This time they are visiting their son but the movie is actually a promotion for Home Away, a property rental agency for your vacations. Think of it as one of those Time-share deals and instead of having to sit through a boring 30-minute lecture you get to watch the Griswold’s.

OK. That actually works. Good idea.

We love the Griswold’s.

So the movie is a mini-movie featuring the characters from Vacation. It runs 15 minutes [see below] and features Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo and a replica of the original Family Truckster. Ride along as The Griswold’s hit the road again. This time they’re on their way to see Rusty at his vacation rental. They stop at a hotel and typical Griswold madness ensues.

This is not the first time that the great animated show The Simpson’s have hawked a product and we doubt it’s the last. This time around the gang from Springfield are promoting Coke and after Mr. Burns loses millions of $’s in the bad economy the only thing that will cheer him up is Coke.

Rich people love their Coke.

Mancrunch.com, the ‘alternative’ dating site, had their ad rejected by CBS for airing during the Super Bowl. This brought up some controversy since CBS did green light a pro-life commercial featuring Tim Tebow.

However, we think it got banned because it really ripped off a great Mad TV skit from years back. Yeah, we couldn’t resist. Both videos below….

Budweiser will air over 5 minutes of commercials during the Super Bowl including this one bringing back the famous Budweiser Clydesdale’s, which were originally not in the lineup. After the commercials for the horses were ommited from the game, the reaction prompted Anheuser-Busch to reconsider.

The company put it up on Facebook and asked the public to vote on whether it should run during the Super Bowl. The public said “yes.”

This short ad features the horses and a steer in what’s titled “Fences.”