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2011 Super Bowl Commercials: Which Ads Were The Best?

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We're not going to focus on the results of last night's Super Bowl here. If you want the results, you can check out SB Nation Wisconsin.

Oh, wait. . .there is no "SB Nation Wisconsin." I wonder why that is.

Wait, no I don't.

No, rather than look back at something that capped off a generally crappy weekend for the Vikings, let's focus on what really mattered about this particular year's Super Bowl. The commercials.

Now, as I said in previous postings, I didn't watch the actual game itself yesterday. . .but, thanks to the miracle of Youtube and the interwebs, I've been able to watch just about every commercial from last night's game, and there were quite a few good ones. You can find all of them at the mothership, or at this website here. So, allow me to present some of the ads that I, personally, enjoyed. . .we can discuss other ads in the comments section because, hey, that's what the comments section is there for.

We start out with this little number from the folks at Sealy, the mattress company. This ad proves that, sure, you can get away with putting sex into your Super Bowl advertising. . .you just have to be real classy-like about it.

I guess they couldn't get "Afternoon Delight" for the soundtrack to the ad. Darn shame about that.

This ad actually leaked a few days before the Super Bowl took place, but it was still pretty awesome, in my opinion. Of course, I love me some Star Wars, so that helps its cause.

I think that the Imperial March should be worked into at least one Super Bowl commercial every year, but that's just me. And it's probably why I'm not an advertising executive.

Of course, we had the standard blockbuster movie advertisements.

There were others, too, but this is the one that I'm personally the most, as they say, "geeked up" for.

And believe me when I tell you, there's nothing not funny about Roseanne getting smacked with a log.

But, the consensus for best ad seems to come from noted pitch man Eminem, hawking Chrysler vehicles.

So, what were your favorite ads from last night's festivities? Discuss them here!

Photographs by Micah Taylor, clairity, and Fibonacci Blue used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.