Super Bowl Ads 2010 [VIDEOS]

Pete Cashmore
YouTube delivered on its promise to upload all the Super Bowl Ads as soon as they aired today, with users voting to choose which one will grace the YouTube front page on Thursday.
The tech and web ads were a mixed bunch: Both the established GoDaddy “Too Hot for TV” schtick and Motorola’s decision to put Megan Fox in a bathtub stuck to the “sex sells” mantra, while Monster.com returned with a “Fiddling Beaver.” Intel went for a quirky “lunch room” ad while Vizio chose star power in its Beyonce commercial. We don’t know what inspired Boost Mobile’s ad, meanwhile, but the humor appears to miss the mark [Update: Commenters say it's a remake of the "Chicago Bears Super Bowl Shuffle"].
Our favorite: Google’s sentimental made-for-web ad — it was promoted to Super Bowl status after its success on YouTube. FLO TV’s retrospective on American media is also a very memorable attempt. Which ads are your faves?

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Web and Tech Super Bowl Ads 2010

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Megan Fox Motorola Ad

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FLO TV: My Generation Ad

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Monster.com Fiddling Beaver Ad

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GoDaddy Super Bowl

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Boost Mobile Ad

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Google: Parisian Love Ad

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Intel Lunch Room Ad

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Go Daddy: News

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Vizio Beyonce Ad

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Cars.com Ad

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Other Super Bowl Ads 2010

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Snickers Super Bowl Ad

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Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains Ad

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Hyundai Sonata Ad

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Doritos Ad

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Robin Hood Spot

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Doritos: House Rules Ad

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NCIS /CBS Ad

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Coca-Cola / Simpsons Ad

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Undercover Boss Ad (CBS)

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Doritos Casket Ad

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Wolfman Ad

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The Good Wife

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Emerald Nuts: Awesomer

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Hyundai Soata / Brett Favre Ad

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VW Punchdub

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Budweiser Bridge Ad

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Denny’s Chicken Birthday Ad

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Denny’s Chicken Warning

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Alice in Wonderland

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Skechers

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Homeaway Vacation Ad

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Dr Pepper / KISS ad

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Select 55 Ice Bottle Ad

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Michelob Ultra – Little Bumps Ad

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Budweiser Clydesdale Fence Ad

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Late Show Ad

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Bud Light Asteroid Ad

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High Life Super Bowl 1-second ads that didn't make the cut

In its never-ending quest to spread common sense and promote value, Miller High Life has opted not to spend $3 million for 30 seconds, and will instead air a one-second ad during the big game. Here are a few 1-second ads that didn't make the cut, and a few outtakes.

Hulu: We're evil, and proud of it

Posted by Caroline McCarthy

Note: Spoiler alert, if you haven't seen Hulu's Super Bowl ad.

Google's "don't be evil" motto has been the target of the occasional critic. Hulu, however, has declared in its hyped-up Super Bowl TV ad that it is evil--and it's not making any apologies.

The Web video hub, a joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp., promised to "reveal its secret" in the Super Bowl ad created by agency Crispin Porter & Borgusky, which was running on NBC on Sunday evening. It was an important debut for Hulu, as many television audiences had likely never heard of it. Indeed, when I tried to watch the ad on the Web for the first time, Hulu's servers were overloaded, indicating server demand was high.

But eager nerds who were hoping for a big announcement of new content or a hardware tie-in were probably disappointed: the "secret" was decidedly tongue-in-cheek. We hope.

The ad, called "Alec in Huluwood," stars veteran actor Alec Baldwin, currently in the cast of the NBC show 30 Rock, narrating a 60-second spot that takes place in what appears to be an underground laboratory facility beneath the famed Hollywood sign.

"You know they say TV will rot your brain?" Baldwin asks as he descends in an elevator. "That's absurd. TV only softens the brain like a ripe banana. To take it all the way, we've created Hulu."

The thinking, per Baldwin's monologue, is that if there's loads and loads of TV content available on the Web, you can't possibly escape it ("I mean, what're you going to do? Turn off your TV and your computer?") And Hulu, he says, was created with sordid ulterior motives: "Once your brain is reduced to a cottage cheese-like mush, we'll scoop them out with a melon baller and gobble them right on up."

A tentacle slips out of Baldwin's suit jacket. "Because we're aliens, and that's how we roll."

Guess my "Hulu is people" theory wasn't that far off.

NBC bans PETA's Super Bowl ad

Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claims NBC is refusing to air its rather provocative Super Bowl ad.

The PETA ad "Veggie Love" has lingerie models frolicking amid broccoli and pumpkins with a tagline saying that "Studies Show Vegetarians Have Better Sex."

PETA says NBC's vp advertising standards Victoria Morgan rejected the ad because it "depicts a level of sexuality exceeding our standards."

Adds an NBC spokesperson: "The ad was rejected because it did not conform with our standards."

This means NBC is refusing to air an ad promoting a healthy diet, yet Budweiser will be the top Bowl advertiser for the ninth year running.

Of course, for PETA, being banned is arguably just as effective publicity as NBC actually airing its Super Bowl ad -- and a heckuva lot cheaper, too. Sources say NBC suspects the ad was deliberately created to be rejected by the network ("they knew this would never fly," one insider says).

Video and NBC's list of suggested edits after the jump.

PETA asked NBC what it would take for the commercial to air. NBC suggested the following cuts be made:

:12- :13- licking pumpkin

:13- :14- touching her breast with her hand while eating broccoli

:19- pumpkin from behind between legs

:21- rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin

:22- screwing herself with broccoli (fuzzy)

:23- asparagus on her lap appearing as if it is ready to be inserted into vagina

:26- licking eggplant

:26- rubbing asparagus on breast