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    Are These the 10 Funniest Super Bowl Commercials Ever?

    By Sam Laird | Mashable – Tue, Jan 31, 2012

    1. Sprint

    This ad from 2006 shows off a Sprint phone's advanced theft-deterring technology.

    [More from Mashable: RIM Backtracks After Twitter Users Hijack Hashtag]

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    [More from Mashable: Twitter Is Not a Media Company, CEO Says]

    The Super Bowl isn't just the biggest day in American football. It's also the advertising world's shining moment.

    Brands and agencies pull out all the stops to make an impression on the game's captive audience. Most frequently, they turn to the bizarre and the offbeat, seeking to burn messages into viewers' brains with humor.

    Who can forget the beer-shilling frogs whose guttural utterances joined to say "Bud-wei-ser"? Or the Monster.com kids with decidedly underwhelming ambitions in life? Last year, a young Darth Vader wannabe elicited laughs for Volkswagen.

    And the ads had better be funny; commercial slots are going for a whopping $3.5 million a pop this year.

    But with so much sensory overload on Super Bowl Sunday every single year, it can be hard to keep track of the best 30-second spots of all time. Here, Mashable shares with you a top-10 list put together by the team at MentorMob, a content curation and aggregation startup based in Chicago.

    Maybe you don't agree with this list, though, and think the MentorMob folks forgot a few classics. (Ribbit.) No problem. MentorMob's model allows its users to edit public playlists of videos and webpages as they see fit. So if you want to add something, just click on this link to head over to the MentorMob site, and sign in to make your changes.

    What do you think is the funniest Super Bowl commercial ever? What are you going to add to this list? Let us know in the comments.

    BONUS GALLERY: Who to follow on Twitter for the Super Bowl XLVI scoop

    1. @SuperBowl2012

    The official account of the 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee is a must-follow for fans going to the game. It will function as one of several channels directing fans to entertainment venues and addressing logistical concerns from the committee's social meda command center.

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    This story originally published on Mashable here.

     

    2 comments

    • TazXan
      TazXan  •  Sealy, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      that wasn't funny.
    • Pie
      Pie  •  3 mths ago
      The funniest Super bowl commercial ever was where the guy had money coming out his wazoo. Even after all these years that is the one that still makes me laugh like a fool
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