The Dream Team was mathematically eliminated from playoff contention practically an eternity ago. So, as America sat down to watch Manningface take on the Evil Empire in the biggest football game of the year, Eagles fans had little to look forward to. Luckily, the Super Bowl typically means a feast fit for kings and entertaining commercials to break up the on-the-field atrocity we all had to endure. Here's a break down of the commercials that left a lasting impression and distracted me—even if it was for 30 seconds at a time—from the fact that it's been 52 years since the Eagles won a championship.

During Super Bowl I, you could buy yourself a 30-second clip of commercial time for $42,000. A princely sum, to be sure, but rather quaint when you look at today's $3.5 million price tag. Of course, it took a few years before advertisers saw the Super Bowl as anything more than just another sporting event. The tide turned during Super Bowl VII, for which Noxzema filmed a commercial starring Joe Namath. The ad was the talk of the town the next day, and advertisers saw that the Super Bowl was a valuable way to advertise. Madison Ave. also realized that people like funny commercials, and thus they tried to make them funny. Of course, some were funny at the time, but wore themselves out (Budweiser frogs), and some tried to be funny and just fell on their face. But here are 12 that stand the test of time. Let's hope that Sunday brings us a few more to add to this list. 12. Yo Yao. Making fun of New Yorkers is always funny.