Readers pick Budweiser, Aloha as favorite Super Bowl ads
Advertiser Staff
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We invited readers to pick their favorite television commercials among those aired during Sunday's Super Bowl, and to cast their votes here online.
The ads were in two categories: those that ran during the pre-game show and during the first half, and those that aired during the second half.
The first category was a beer sweep. Budweiser's ad starring a Clydesdale donkey came in first with 133 votes. A close second was the Bud Light commercial featuring a horse sleigh, which gathered 130 votes. At third place with 69 votes was another Bud Light ad, one with the dogs Piper and Fergus.
Aloha Airlines took home the second category with its incidental fees concept — 151 votes. At second was Pepsi and its imaginary day in the life of a young James Marshal Hendrix, which got 103 votes. At third, totaling 95 votes, was the Bud Light commercial that featured a monkey sweet-talking a girl.
Here are the complete results of the poll:
| PRE-GAME/FIRST HALF | |
| Budweiser - Clydesdale donkey | 133 |
| Bud Light - horse sleigh | 130 |
| Bud Light - dogs Piper and Fergus | 69 |
| Budweiser - referee abuse | 66 |
| Lays - old folks, dentures | 59 |
| Chevrolet - soap in mouth | 44 |
| AOL - topspeed technology series | 38 |
| Pepsi - Alaskan bears | 33 |
| Bud Light - bikini wax | 20 |
| Visa - volleyball in snow | 20 |
| Charmin - delay of game | 17 |
| IBM/Linux - Muhammad Ali | 13 |
| Chevy Aveo - big guys in small car | 16 |
| McDonald's - kitchen scene | 11 |
| Pizza Hut Four for All - Kermit and gang | 11 |
| FedEx - Jenkins the alien | 8 |
| Sierra Mist - parade marcher | 8 |
| Tostitos - wedding party | 5 |
| Dodge Magnum - monkey on his back | 5 |
| Universal - Van Helsing | 4 |
| H&R Block - Willie Nelson | 4 |
| Levitra - Mike Ditka on baseball | 3 |
| Mitsubishi - highway scene, seewhathappens.com | 2 |
| Pepsi - waitress and customer in love | 2 |
| Monster.com - young, old executives | 0 |
| Total votes | 721 |
| SECOND HALF | |
| Aloha Airlines - incidental fees | 151 |
| Pepsi - Young Jimmy Hendrix, guitar | 103 |
| Bud Light - monkey sweet talks girl | 95 |
| 7UP - slam dunks | 74 |
| MasterCard - Homer Simpson | 44 |
| Budweiser - lipstick | 33 |
| Anti-tobacco - shardsoglass.com | 28 |
| Anheuser Busch/Budweiser - checking ID | 24 |
| Staples - Randy and creme puff | 23 |
| Subway - Atkins friendly | 20 |
| Anheuser-Busch - designated driver | 19 |
| Sierra Mist - man jumps into pitcher | 15 |
| Nextel - car on football field | 13 |
| Cadillac - Break through wave car | 12 |
| Cadillac - SRX V6 | 7 |
| Honda - Pilot wolf guy | 5 |
| Anti-drug - rewinding life | 3 |
| Gillette - The Best a Man Can Get | 1 |
| Total votes | 670 |
