The 10 Most Viral Super Bowl Ads

06.02.2009

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Pepsi created the hodgepodge stew of Super Bowl ads with its 2009 "Refresh Anthem." The commercial features Bob Dylan, Will.i.am, skateboarding, the military--and I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere in there, too. The message seems to be that though culture changes from generation to generation, Pepsi remains a constant force. If only they had included MC Hammer, I'd have been sold. The stew served up a meaty 1.8 million views, though, so plenty of people appeared to have an appetite.

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Pepsi sure didn't fizzle this Super Bowl. For its second consecutive spot on our list of the most viral ads, Pepsi teamed up with actors from Saturday Night Live to create a spoof of a spoof. In "PepSuber," MacGyver knockoff MacGruber (aka SNL's Will Forte) changes his name in honor of the cola. I must admit, I thought the MacGruber spots lost their charm after about the second one, but the Pepsi version proved that it was the choice of a new generation with a cool 1.9 million views.