Super Bowl Commercials: Which Was The Best Ad ever? (VIDEOS)

Sure, the actual football game on Sunday arrives stocked with compelling storylines -- from Eli Manning possibly surpassing his older brother Peyton in Super Bowl rings, Peyton Manning's future, to Tom Brady potentially tying Joe Montana in all-time Super Bowl MVP Awards -- but the Super Bowl remains a must-watch spectacle even for non-football fans for reasons that have nothing to do with the action on the field.

Those reasons? New commercials. Oh, so many new commercials.

We've already gotten a sneak peak at several of the 2012 commercials, as advertisers look to build buzz before kickoff. For example, we already know that Ferris Bueller and Jerry Seinfeld will bring laughs to your Super Bowl party. Nevertheless, there are sure to be surprises -- for better or worse -- each time that NBC takes a break from the game to pay the bills. But will this year's new commercials top some of the best we've seen over the years? Will any of them be as funny as Terry Tate's Reebok ad? Or as iconic as Apple's '1984' ad?

From Mean Joe Green's legendary Super Bowl spot to the young Darth Vader just last year, scroll down and check out some of the best Super Bowl commercials of all time. Vote on which one you think was the best!

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[iubacker4ever]

06:42 PM on 02/06/2012

To much Liquor and to much candy!!! Because candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker. And to name the best ever, well let's just say every year seems to get dandier than the last and if it gets any quicker it will be dine befor it ever gets started.

[fairer]

05:20 PM on 02/06/2012

I liked the one C Eastwood did---because I LOVE THE USA

[gdavidsalmeron]

01:12 PM on 02/06/2012

I found the commercials boring and not creative. Give the market departments a D.

[dwill123]

07:12 PM on 02/05/2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=944mWbcEOOI

[rikster]

06:59 PM on 02/05/2012

what does this have to do with football..?

[madcityy]

02:25 PM on 02/05/2012

so soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Shauni Waterdragon]

12:44 PM on 02/05/2012

Ok the FedEx Caveman one made me laugh out loud.

[kapalabhati]

12:12 PM on 02/05/2012

In a perfect world, an ad with the Darth Vader kid AND Mean Joe Greene.

[AngryHarpy]

03:25 AM on 02/05/2012

Why is the Macintosh ad rating so low? I think that's one of the greatest commercials ever made and it would be my pick for the best Super Bowl commercial of all time.

[kwaut lizard]

03:59 AM on 02/05/2012

Absolutely, I think that Orwell may not be on many school curricular reading lists anymore ... maybe it is hitting too close to home these days.

[plebian43]

11:25 AM on 02/05/2012

Much too close.

[RickM1969]

06:08 PM on 02/04/2012

The mean Joe Green commercial will always be #1. It's the GLASS bottle.

[kapalabhati]

12:11 PM on 02/05/2012

Yep.
"Hey kid..."