{"id":3794,"date":"2011-02-06T21:16:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T21:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2011\/02\/top-5-feel-good-superbowl-xlv.html"},"modified":"2011-02-06T21:16:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T21:16:02","slug":"top-5-feel-good-superbowl-xlv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2011\/02\/top-5-feel-good-superbowl-xlv.html","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Feel Good Superbowl XLV Commercials"},"content":{"rendered":"

The much-anticipated Superbowl commercials this year have been mostly rude (hello Brisk and Eminen), crude (I’m looking at you, PepsiMax), and lewd (ugh, GoDaddy). Let’s be honest, though: they almost always are (and to be even more honest, they can also be pretty funny). But some companies forgo the easy route of pushing their products with sex and cheap humor and instead try to make their audience feel a little better. There aren’t a lot of them, but the ones that really work stick out above the crowd. Here, then, are the top five inspirational Superbowl commercials of 2011 (in descending order). Honorable Mention – Budweiser – Wild West<\/strong>Budweiser definitely tends toward the cruder end of the spectrum for their ads, but this spot about a grizzled gunman getting ready to shoot up a saloon takes a different twist. Rather than violence, the sweaty, dusty cowboys break into song. Maybe Budweiser has a bit of a heart after all.