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Budweiser's 'Streaker' Wins Top Spot in Fourth Annual AOL Super Sunday Ad Poll on AOL.com.


DULLES, Va. -- Fed Ex's "Cavemen" and Budweiser's "Barn" Snag Second and Third Slots; Coke's Mean Joe Green Was Voted Top Historic Commercial

AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services.  announced today that Budweiser's "Streaker" is the winner of the fourth annual AOL Super Sunday The term Super Sunday may refer to the following
  • Super Sunday (TV series), a 1980s American cartoon multicharacter series from Marvel Entertainment
  • Super Sunday (phone-a-thon)
 Ad Poll, claiming 13 percent of the total votes (http://aol.com/superbowlads). The annual ad poll began shortly after Super Bowl XL kick-off when viewers could watch and vote on their favorite Super Bowl XL commercials on the AOL.com(R) website. The ads were streamed more than 17 million times, and visitors cast more than 424,000 votes.

In a companion poll on AOL Sports featuring some of the most famous historic Super Bowl commercials of all time, Mean Joe Green's 1980 Coke commercial took the top spot with 30 percent of the vote.
The top winners of the 4th Annual Super Sunday Ad Poll were:
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Company             Spot                                    Percentage
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Budweiser           Streaker                                   13%
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Fed-Ex              Cavemen                                    12%
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Budweiser           Barn                                       11%
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Bud Light           Man Kitchen                                 7%
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Bud Light           Office                                      7%
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Ameriquest          Hospital                                    5%
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The top Super Bowl historic commercials of all time were:
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Spot                                                        Percentage
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Coke: Mean Joe Green                                           30%
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Apple: 1984                                                    20%
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Rebook: Terry Tate                                             13%
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Pepsi: Two Boys                                                 8%
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EDS: Cat Herders                                                7%
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McDonalds: Showdown                                             7%
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(Note: AOL poll results are not scientific and reflect the opinions of
only those users who chose to participate).


"I congratulate Budweiser on winning the AOL Super Sunday Ad Poll," said Carlos Silva Carlos Silva (born April 23, 1979 in BolĂ­var, Venezuela) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played for the Minnesota Twins since 2004. Previously, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies (2002-03). He bats and throws right handed. , Senior Vice President of AOL Sports and News. "Super Bowl ads are a highlight of the game and can spark spark, in electricity: see arc.

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 as much debate as the plays and calls on the field. This is the 4th year we have conducted the poll, and it has become a popular Super Bowl feature on AOL.com for football fans and non-fans alike."

"The Super Bowl has long been the biggest TV viewing event of the year, with 89 million people tuning into the game last year," said Bernice Kanner, author of The Super Bowl of Advertising: How the Commercials Won the Game. "With the ads becoming an increasingly popular reason to watch the game, this highly anticipated event is the Super Bowl of advertising."

In 2005, Anheuser Busch's Tribute to American Troops was the AOL Super Sunday Ad Poll winner, while Pepsi's Cindy Crawford For the porn star of the same name, see .

Cynthia Ann Crawford (born February 20, 1966, in Dekalb, Illinois) is an American supermodel, MTV television personality, celebrity endorser, cover girl, and actress.
 commercial was the most viewed. Mean Joe Greene's Coca-Cola commercial from Super Bowl XIV Super Bowl XIV was the 14th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on January 20, 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California following the 1979 regular season.  in 1980 was the fans' all-time favorite.

All of Super Bowl XL ads will be available for viewing on the AOL.com website for the coming weeks.

About America Online See AOL. , Inc.

America Online, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate a leading network of Web brands and the largest Internet access See how to access the Internet.  subscription service in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Brands include the AOL(R) service, the AOL.com(R) website, and the AIM(R), MapQuest(R), Moviefone(R), Netscape(R), CompuServe(R) and ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. (R) services. America Online offers a range of digital services including the TotalTalk(TM) voice service. The company also has operations in Canada and Europe. America Online, Inc. is based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , and is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of Time Warner Inc.

Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat.

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