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Cars, Babies, and David Beckham: HC’s Five Favorite Super Bowl Commercials for 2012

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Last night was the Super Bowl and what’s better than a night of beer, junk food, good friends, and football? The commercials, duh!
 
There were the usual fan favorites like Doritos, Chrysler, and Coca-Cola, along with some unexpected celebrity cameo appearances by Matthew Broderick (“Bueller…?”), Jerry Seinfeld (with everyone’s favorite “Soup Nazi”), and Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima. According to Yahoo, Super Bowl advertisements run for $3.5 million for a 30 second spot so companies who are lucky enough to get the gig have to make every second count.

Here are just a few of the best of Super Bowl XLVI’s ads, both the LOL-worthy and the heartfelt.

5. “Mr. Quiggly” for Sketchers.

Cute pug in sneakers? Yes, please!

4. “Vocal Kombat” for The Voice

The hit singing comtest is back for another season and the ninja-inspired commercial starred coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and …Bettie White? That line where she says, “It’s about time somebody wanted me for my voice and not my body”? gets me every time.

3. “It’s Halftime in America” starring Clint Eastwood for Chrysler

This rings true as a strong message especially for us senior collegiettes™ looking out on post-grad life and a recovering economy. Don’t you wish Clint Eastwood was running for president?

2. “The Dog Strikes Back” for Volkswagen

For the second year in a row, Volkswagen aired one of the ads of the Super Bowl. This year’s spot featured an overweight dog that can’t fit through the doggy door to chase down its favorite car, the VW Bug. What really brings it up a notch is the call back to last year’s hit ad from VW featuring the Darth Vader kid.

1. “Bodywear” starring David Beckham for H&M

Can they just show this H&M commercial with David Beckham over and over? Thanks.

What was your favorite from last night, collegiettes™?

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Alexandra Churchill
Alexandra is a graduate from the University of New Hampshire and the current Assistant Digital Editor at Martha Stewart Living. As a journalism student, she worked as the Director of UNH’s Student Press Organization (SPO) and on staff for four student publications on her campus. In the summer of 2010, she studied abroad at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, in England, where she drank afternoon tea and rode the Tube (but sadly no, she did not meet Prince Harry). Since beginning her career, her written work has appeared in USA Today College, Huffington Post, Northshore, and MarthaStewart.com, among others. When not in the office, she can be found perusing travel magazines to plan her next trip, walking her two dogs (both named Rocky), or practicing ballet. Chat with her on Twitter @allie_churchill.