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== 2000 (XXXIV) == This year was known for its many commercials for websites, with 17 websites posing commercials. Many became defunct after the "dot-com Bowl". {{See also|Dot-com commercials during Super Bowl XXXIV}} {| class="wikitable" !Product type !Product/title !Plot/notes |- | rowspan="5" |Beer |[[Bud Light]] "Elevator" |A man tries to hold the elevator by putting his arm in the door. The bad news is that he has a six-pack of bud Light in his hand, which the others in the elevator steal. |- |Bud Light "Cat" |A woman tells her boyfriend that her cat doesn't like anyone who takes her Bud Light. He ignores her by reaching for a Bud Light. That is, until the cat turns out to be a tiger. |- |[[Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)|Budweiser]] "Photo Shoot" |Louie and Frankie document a scandal which focuses on a 1979 summer photo shoot where the ferret posed nude. |- |Budweiser "Which Game?" |In a continuation of their "Whassup?" ad campaign, three men at a bar are on the phone with a guy ("Dookie") allegedly watching the game. Their question: "[[Whassup?]]" |- |Budweiser "Rex's Motivation" |A dog is not crying in a movie scene, so the director tells the dog to think back to his worst day. The dog's worst day was jumping over a hedge to chase a Budweiser truck, only to ram head first into the side of a lawn care truck. The dog then gives the howl of his life. |- |Candy |[[M&M's]] "Sexy Girl" |Men and women are all impressed by a green M&M walking down the street. |- |Car |[[Oldsmobile]] "In Cars" |In what first appears to be an ad for the [[Gap Inc.|Gap]], a group of teenagers sing the [[Gary Numan]] song "[[Cars (song)|Cars]]" before an [[Oldsmobile Alero]] drives into the screen. |- |Credit card |[[Visa Inc.|Visa]] "Swimmers" |The announcer decide to take a break from commercialization and focuses on the [[2000 Olympic Games]] with female swimmers swimming. They then spelled out "VISA", and the announcer ends their break, and says that Visa is the official card of the Olympic Games. |- | rowspan="3" |Film |''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' | rowspan="3" |Movie promos |- |''[[Mission to Mars]]'' |- |''[[Titan A.E.]]'' |- | rowspan="2" |Mail |[[FedEx]] "Combat Rangers" |Combat Rangers action figures are all wearing dresses. The toy makers found that the wrong shipping company got the wrong dresses in China. |- |FedEx "[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Lollipop Guild]]" |While greeting Dorothy, the Lollipop Guild lose their high voices. A FedEx truck delivers three balloons to the group, they inhale the helium, and continue the greeting. |- |Soft drink |[[Mountain Dew]] "Mock Opera" |Spoof of [[Bohemian Rhapsody]], both the song and video. |- |TV |[[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]] "Baby Girl Power" |At a maternity ward, a pink cap for a baby girl is found on the floor. Soon, all the babies take off their caps, signifying they should not be categorized. |- |- | rowspan="22" |Website |[[AutoTrader.com]] "I Need a Car" |A man stands in a vast, featureless white room. He says, "I need a car." Countless cars zoom past him, which are narrowed down based on his choices. |- |[[Britannica.com]]<ref name="CBS1">Gelsi, Steve. [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiny-dot-com-joins-super-bowl/ "Tiny Dot-com Joins Super Bowl"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303104706/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiny-dot-com-joins-super-bowl/|date=March 3, 2014}}, ''[[CBS News]]'', January 24, 2000. Accessed February 26, 2014.</ref> "Untitled" |In a completely silent TV spot, a bunch of random questions appear on the screen, such as "who keeps the coin after the coin toss?" and "where do Buffalo wings come from?" Then it ends with britannica.com logo with tagline "what's on your mind?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl Past-Blast: 2000 |url=http://platypuscomix.net/darkvault/superbowl34.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908103746/http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/superbowl34.html |archive-date=September 8, 2019 |access-date=September 5, 2019 |website=platypuscomix.net}}</ref> |- |Computer.com "Mike and Mike" |To get opinions on Computer.com, we watch interviews with the creators' mother, college buddy, nephew, and uncle. |- |e1040.com "Charity" |An accountant asks a client if he gave anything to charity. The man exclaims that he gave a mint to "charity", who turns out to be a woman. |- |[[Electronic Data Systems|EDS]] "Cat Herders" |We take a look at the tough and drama-filled job of being a cat herder. Director: John O'Hagan |- |[[Epidemic Marketing|Epidemic]].com "Bathroom" |A man washes his hands and receives money for it. He sneezes and the same thing happens. |- |[[E*Trade]] "Wasted 2 Million" |Two men and a monkey dance to "La Cucaracha". Then, the screen makes fun of the money being spent by websites on Super Bowl ads by saying: "Well, we just wasted two million bucks."<ref name="msnbc top 5 ever 2007">{{cite web |date=January 2, 2007 |title=The List: Top five Super Bowl commercials - NFL - MSNBC.com |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4099453/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102165116/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4099453/ |archive-date=January 2, 2007 |access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref> |- |E*Trade "Out the Wazoo" |A man is rushed to the ER. Doctors discover that he has money "coming out the wazoo". |- |E*Trade "Basketball Prodigy" |A young man scores the winning goal in a basketball game. His coach tells him that he's a natural. The player then declares that he wants to dance for a career. |- |e-stamp.com "Time Saving Tips" |A man who owns his own business is shown shredding paper. A voice asks if he really has time for this. The man realizes he can throw the papers into his backyard and shred them by mowing his lawn. The voice congratulates him and suggests that he use e-stamp.com to buy postage. |- |[[Hotjobs]].com "Negotiations" |Two businessmen negotiate with a giant, light-up mouse-pointer hand. The hand mocks the first businessman's suggestions, noting that "A startup in Frisco made a mockery of your signing bonus." The businessman tells the hand "I don't like you." |- |Kforce "Looking for a Job" |A man leads someone through the red-light district of a city. After walking through a door marked "JOBS", he falls down a chute into a desert. Images of Kforce.com at work are then shown. |- |LastMinuteTravel.com "Tornado" |Two cowboys set up lawn chairs and watch an incoming tornado. They discuss one man's recent trip to Barbados as the tornado sucks the other man away at the last minute. |- |LifeMinders.com "The Worst Commercial" |On yellow paper in typing while "Chopsticks" is played on piano, a message says: "This is the worst commercial on the Super Bowl. But it might be the best thing you see tonight. Introducing LifeMinders.com. We send highly personalized emails on topics you ask for. Free. No junk. How can we do all this with 7.5 million members? We're information experts (geeks). But we don't know diddly about making ads." |- |[[MicroStrategy]] "Fraud" |A voice over a cell phone helps a man to reschedule a flight. When he tries to pay for it with a credit card, the voice alerts police that the man is impersonating the real cardholder. |- |MicroStrategy "Stock Alert" |A woman in an airport uses her mobile device to trade stocks |- |[[Monster.com]] "The Road Less Travelled" |A woman stands on a street corner in a city. Various people walking past her recite "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. |- |OnMoney.com "Paper Monster" |A man sits in a room with papers scattered everywhere. The papers gather into the shape of a monster and assault him. He survives by opening his laptop, which sucks the paper monster inside of it. |- |[[Netpliance]] "Webhead" |Various images of people wearing glasses with tape across the middle are shown. A voice asks what would happen if everyone could access the internet without a computer. |- |OurBeginning.com "Invites" |Soon-to-be-married brides fight with each other at a wedding invitation store |- |[[Pets.com]] "If You Leave Me Now" |When pets are left home, the [[Pets.com#Sock puppet|Pets.com sockpuppet]] sings the [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] song "[[If You Leave Me Now]]" |- |[[WebMD]] "Ali" |A close-up video of [[Muhammad Ali]] shadowboxing is shown. On-screen text makes obscure references to circumventing the healthcare system. |- |}
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