Bodog Beat

The Castrol Super Bowl commercial had cute car monkeys. (Castrol Images)

This year's Super Bowl had everything – amazing catches, break-a-way runs, a last-minute touchdown and Bruce Springsteen's flying crotch, which roared towards the camera during a long electric slide. Now that's sports!

The commercials however – well, they left us feeling a little bored. It was almost as though companies knew we weren't going out to buy their products because of the struggling economy so they didn't put the effort it. Except Budweiser of course. They know we'll always find the money for beer.

Budweiser reminded us of that fact in a commercial that depicted an office scenario, with a group of white collar workers discussing budget cuts. One of the workers suggests cutting Bud Light from the meetings, and he's promptly thrown from a fourth-floor window.

"It was a joke," he shouts after hitting the ground.

The flailing economy was also highlighted in a Hyundai commercial, who claims they will take back your new wheels if you lose that job this year. That's depressing. CareerBuilder.com slyly tried to make us think that we wanted new jobs (rather than needed new jobs), by highlighting reasons to find a new job. One of the reasons was not because you need to pay your in arrears mortgage, but because of the hairy, underwear-wearing, toe-scratching guy in the cubicle next to you. Nice try.

The Castrol Edge commercial where a man watches monkeys work on his car while he wears an air filter crown (because they've made him their king) wasn't the best commercial ever – but damn, those monkeys  were cute. Conan O'Brien also made a lackluster Bud Light appearance, crawling around on a fur rug while wearing a mesh vest. It was weird.

We did enjoy Alec Baldwin's pitch for Hulu.com as well as the ever-sleazy GoDaddy.com spots. When all else fails, go sleaze!