New England Patriots cheerleaders celebrate after their team defeated the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game in Glendale, Arizona February 1, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
New England Patriots cheerleaders celebrate after their team defeated the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game in Glendale, Arizona February 1, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Machinima published their YouTube video titled, "Super Bowl Commercials: Random Things You Should Know" on Feb. 1, 2015. The video features hosts Steve and Larson discussing a few trivia regarding the Super Bowl commercials of years past.

Super Bowl advertisements have become an important part of mass media culture as they tend to be highly creative and impactful, and many people tend to tune into the Super Bowl especially for the ads. In the video, Steve says, "Commercials for the big game have become, in a lot of circles, more anticipated and memorable than the actual game itself."

The hosts start to discuss the topic of advertising in general and claim that it wasn't until the early 70s that advertising firms utilised big-name celebrities in order to bolster the popularity of their ads. They tackle some of the most memorable Super Bowl ads like Apple's controversial 1984 Super Bowl commercial which introduced the Macintosh Computer to the masses, and featured former rival company IBM as the villainous "Big Brother" from science fiction author George Orwell's novel "1984".

Steve and Larson proceed to enumerate and discuss more memorable Super Bowl ads, including ones that were banned or almost banned. They close the video by highlighting Carl's Jr.'s recently-unveiled sexy commercial starring model Charlotte McKinney, who appears to be near-nude in the ad. An article published by News10 ABC reports that the majority of the commercial spots for the Super Bowl will cost $4 million this year.

Watch "Super Bowl Commercials: Random Things You Should Know" here.

Credit: YouTube/Machinima

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