Rating The Best Super Bowl Commercials

Who doesn’t love cute babies?

Brandon Eslamian, Staff Writer
February 9, 2017

The Super Bowl is a sacred ritual among Americans everywhere consisting of chicken wings and other various party foods. This year’s Super Bowl LI has made history, being the first ever Super Bowl to go into overtime, and beating the previous record of the best comeback by 250 percent. Yet, even in the presence of a historical championship, countless people watch the Super Bowl purely for the commercials. To each their own.

This year’s commercials were thankfully not as depressing as last year’s substance abuse riddled ads. Even though there are still  substance abuse ads, they serve their purpose, and will not be featured on this list, as this list is intended for the entertainment value of the commercials this year. Here are this year’s Top 3 Super Bowl commercials. This list is purely subjective.

This commercial is bizarre, yet it still lures in the audience. The petty attempt to be relevant, such as the two guys with their phones out, is a bit painful to watch, but it’s worth it in the end. The sudden change for all of the “secret society” members to start eating the guacamole throws the viewer off.

Another great example of shock comedy. Right off the bat, you can recognize that it’s clearly a car commercial. Out of nowhere, the driver of the KIA is now on a boat. Then on the side of a boat. This commercial is very funny due to just how random it is. Clinging on to a falling tree, falling down a broken ice cap, and getting headbutted by a rhino are all in an advertisement about an environmental crossover. It’s simply human nature to laugh at people getting hurt.

NFL Super Bowl Babies make a return this year. This time, we have babies impersonating popular NFL players, such as Von Miller and Marshawn Lynch. This commercial was not only cute, but had a lighthearted approach to the NFL. It seemed friendly, like the NFL was wishing both teams good luck. You cannot go wrong with baby Marshawn Lynch. Hopefully, a lot more commercials in the future will take this approach. Hostility, petty humor and raunchy comedy are entertaining at times, but the positive vibes from this commercial should be replicated, for the benefit of everyone.

With this year’s commercial lineup being a lot more positive than last year, hopefully the trend would continue to next year’s game. Having depressing commercials about substance abuse can be important for sending a message out, but the positivity this year seemed to have fared better than last year. On a side note, people should be as attentive towards the game as they are for the commercials. Come on, how could nobody have noticed that James White’s knees touched the ground first?