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Collection of 2001 superbowl ads and news related to the 2001 Super Bowl.

 

Subway – 2001 – 245 Pounds

January 12, 2011 at 1:23 am

In the years before Super Size Me, a lonely fat guy named Jared Fogle embarked on a journey of weight loss and personal discovery. This spot from 2001 shows all of the other wackos that tried his classic Subway Diet and achieved similar results. It’s easy to lose weight when all you eat is lettuce and bread.

We’re surprised Jared didn’t get his own television show. There would be Jared Fogle of course, weight loss champion and Subway foodie. He would have a girl interest that wasn’t into him, but he’d struggle to get her attention. A wacky neighbor of course — oh! The neighbor can work at Togo’s Subs and that would be a source of tension between them!

Now that we put it out there it will most likely come true, and for that we apologize.

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E-Trade – 2001 – Invest Wisely

January 11, 2011 at 1:50 am

Featuring what may be the greatest visual symbolism ever in a Super Bowl commercial, a chimpanzee riding a horse, this E-Trade spot encourages us to “invest wisely”.  We don’t think the ad will make much if any sense within a few years, since nobody will remember what that sock puppet is supposed to represent, but for its time it was a clever spot with a simple premise.

Oh, and did we mention that it has a chimp riding a horse?

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Volkswagen Jetta – 2001 – Big Day

January 11, 2011 at 1:33 am

If you haven’t seen this yet, then we really don’t want to spoil the experience of watching it for the first time. It’s a beautiful example of what a commercial can be, what they should all aspire to be, and of how you can tell a story and grip the audience’s attention without whoring out your brand or clubbing people over the head with marketing lingo. The fact that this is a car commercial actually makes it even more amazing somehow.

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