This week’s roundup of funny videos includes Volkswagen’s Super Bowl 2012 commercial teaser—an amazing doggy chorus’ rendition of the Star Wars theme, a hilarious literal take on every presentation ever, a baby pandas, baby babies and an 8-year old hardcore star!
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Volkswagen’s ‘The Force’ Super Bowl commercial, starring Little Darth Vader, was one of the most successful ad campaign of all time, garnering over 36 million YouTube views in three months. Now Marvel is capitalizing on VW’s success with a new parody campaign for their upcoming movie Thor, starring Little Thor.
In one of the first ever branded YouTube campaigns on LinkedIn, Volkswagen is giving away a Passat to the person with the most powerful LinkedIn profile in the Netherlands!
Volkswagen and Bridgestone went the way of the Green Bay Packers Sunday in terms of their Super Bowl ads, while Salesforce and Go Daddy joined the Pittsburgh Steelers on the losing sideline, according to the results from the fourth edition of Hulu’s AdZone for Super Bowl XLV. The results of the voting, courtesy of Hulu:
Overall Most Liked Ads: Volkswagen: The Force; Bridgestone: Carma; Volkswagen: Black Beetle.
Most Viewed Ads: Doritos: Pug Attack; Volkswagen: The Force; Bud Light: Hack Job.
Overall Most Liked Ads by Women: Volkswagen: The Force; Bridgestone: Carma; NFL: Super Bowl Celebration.
Overall Most Liked Ads by Men: Bridgestone: Carma; Volkswagen: The Force; Paramount: Captain America: The First Avenger.
Women Strongly Favor: Chevrolet: GMME; Play60: Who’s Next?; Twentieth Century Fox: Rio; Chevrolet: Cruze Status; Living Social: It’ll Change Your Life.
Men Strongly Favor: Columbia Pictures: Battle: Los Angeles; Universal: Cowboys and Aliens; Skechers: Kim Kardashian: Hello Skechers; Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY: Surgeon – Extended; Paramount: Thor.
Overall Most Disliked Ads: Salesforce: Chatter.com Launch: Still Doing Impossible Things; Salesforce: Chatter.com Launch: Do Impossible Things; Go Daddy: The Contract.
Most Active States (Most Votes): California; Texas; New York; Washington; Florida.
Most Liked, By Region, West: Volkswagen: The Force; Bridgestone: Carma; Volkswagen: Black Beetle; NFL: Super Bowl Celebration; Doritos: House Sitting.
Midwest: Volkswagen: The Force; Bridgestone: Carma; Chrysler: Imported from Detroit; Volkswagen: Black Beetle; NFL: Super Bowl Celebration.
South: Bridgestone: Carma; Volkswagen: The Force; Volkswagen: Black Beetle; NFL: Super Bowl Celebration; Doritos: House Sitting.
East: Bridgestone: Carma; Volkswagen: The Force; NFL: Super Bowl Celebration; Volkswagen: Black Beetle; Coca-Cola: Border.