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E-Trade Babies Are Back (Again) for a 2013 Super Bowl Commercial

Sarah Shahzad — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:12:56 +0000

E-Trade returns to Super Bowl 2013 with the now familiar E-Trade baby, who is apparently trapped in some sort of anomaly in the time continuum that prevents him from aging. The new ad encourages you to be careful with your money (Um, duh baby. Where’d you go to money school, the University of Obvious?), but [...]

Budweiser's 2013 Super Bowl Commercial Tugs at the Heartstrings With Baby Clydesdale

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:06:51 +0000

Like they typically do, Budweiser will be featuring their famous Clydesdales in one of their 2013 Super Bowl commercials. We’re still not quite sure what they signify. (Budweiser: so good even a giant horse will drink it?) When the spot begins we meet a seven-day-old Clydesdale foal. We see the adorable little horse being raised by its [...]

Volkswagen's Controversial 2013 Super Bowl Commercial Has a Jamaican Flavor

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:55:09 +0000

Volkswagen’s 2013 Super Bowl Commercial takes place in a nondescript office building. Despite the location, the island nation of Jamaica manages to be the star of the spot. In it, we see a bunch of morning-weary workers in an elevator. “I hate Mondays,” one of them says, and the most of the elevator’s other occupants seem to concur. But one [...]

Watch the Doritos 'Crash The Super Bowl' 2013 Super Bowl Commercial Finalists

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:48:38 +0000

For the past seven years, Doritos has sponsored a ‘Crash The Super Bowl’ contest in which amateur ad-makers compete to have their 30 second spots for the tortilla chips played during the big game. For 2013′s Super Bowl commercial, the competition is fierce. Doritos has just announced the five finalists, each of which will be aired during the [...]

Meet Max Page, The Little Boy From The Darth Vader Commercial [VIDEO]

Danny Merrell — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:19:21 +0000

A Volkswagen ad in which a little boy dressed as Darth Vader attempts to use the force has been declared by many to be the best commercial of the Super Bowl, and has garnered over 16 million additional hits on YouTube.

On the ‘Today Show,“ the pint-sized Vader was revealed to be six-year-old Max Page, who admitted he had never seen "Star Wars" or heard of Darth Vader before auditioning for the role.