Even for those who never watch football ever, chances are they will be watching this upcoming Super Bowl. Let’s take a look back at my favorite ads, many of which are technology based.
10. Bud Light’s?Rock Paper Scissors?(2007): Oh, what we won’t do for that last beer! (Please drink responsibly this weekend, folks!)
9. ?Xerox’s Monks (1976): It’s one of the earliest tech based Super Bowl ads. In the 1970s, it was a miracle to print two pages per second.
8. Go Daddy’s Broadcast Hearing (2005): A great spoof in the wake of the Janet Jackson scandal from a year before, and Go Daddy has brought us racy Super Bowl ads ever since.
7. McDonald’s Nothing But Net (1993): You try making a jump shot off the Chicago Sears Tower for a Big Mac. And remember, nothing but net.
6. Career Builder’s Monkeys (2005): Because you dream of working in an environment like this. Go ahead. Admit it. Some of you may already do.
5. Noxema’s Joe Namath and Farrah Fawcett (1973): Perhaps the first time a major NFL star got a Super Bowl commercial. And his face is rubbed by a future TV legend. Now that pays for itself.
4. Hulu’s Alec Baldwin (2009): Yes, this commercial is slick, humorous, and sends a message about the evils of watching too much TV. But this commercial helped usher in a brand new era in technology: streaming movies and TV shows.
3. Coca Cola’s Mean Joe Greene (1980): No top 10 Super Bowl commercial countdown would be complete without this classic. Decades later, the interaction between the kid and NFL star warms the hearts of many.
2. Budweiser’s Hank the Clydesdale (2008): I’ve got to put my Clydesdale in here. This ranks so high because it has everything: humor, determination, a good moral, and can make you laugh and almost cry at the same time. This is a total package commercial nearly everyone can relate to.
1. Apple Macintosh’s 1984 (1984): Need I say more? This commercial was so powerful it only had to be shown once. It turned a company from obscurity to greatness. It started a technological revolution that goes on to this day. Where would we be without this ad?
Let the debate begin!