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It’s the day after the Super Bowl .  Cue the commercial critiques.  Every year, people are underwhelmed at the commercials.  After watching many Super Bowls and analyzing people’s responses, we have come to realize that the disappointment is more to do with the unrealistc expectations the commercial have every year and less to do wtih the commercials actually sucking more than any other year. With that being said, there were some commercials that people universally liked.  We’ve taken liberty to choose some. The first, above, was the Bud Light Dog Sitter commercial.  It was brilliant.  We saw dogs doing everything from waitressing, to bartending to DJing. Joan Rivers arguably took the place of Betty White this Super Bowl season.  Although Joan’s commercial wasn’t as good as Betty’s Snickers commercial, it was better than Betty’s replacement in the Snicker’s Super Bowl ad this year , Roseanne Bar .  Joan was like Betty in that her career is really on a steady incline proving that age isn’t anything but a number. Since GoDaddy is known for having young, hot spokeswomen, the reveal of Joan River’s was unexpected to be least.  Never mind that her head was plastered on a rocking body.  Joan has been going around today telling everyone how great her body is. Best Buy’s commercial was a riot. Ozzy Osbourne wasn’t just pretending not to know who Justin Bieber was, he really  doesn’t know who Justin Bieber is .   Bieber and Ozzy couldn’t be more different so that fact that they’re in this commercial making fun of that is hilarious. Pepsi Max was all over the Super Bowl.  This commercial was particularly great because the thoughts that the guy and the girl are each having inside their heads are so typical of every first date. Any commercial that can manage to get several classic TV shows and modern sitcoms into one spot is phenomenal.  It’s fitting that the NFL itself was behind this great commercial.  The ad shows all the sitcoms referencing the NFL over the years with the tag line that the NFL has the best fans. Car ads were also all over the big game.  Most of them were straight to the point and rather boring.  It’s for that reason that the Donny Deutsch created Darth Vader commercial was the best of the car ads.  The kid behind the mask is all over TV this week so catch him if you can.