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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oACRt-Qp-s
Michael Jordan and Larry Bird engage in a physics-defying hoops-shooting contest for a Big Mac and fries.
reviews & rankings
#1 on Best Super Bowl Commercials of All Time
based on 12 rankings
ranked #3 by Entertainment Weekly: " In the back of your mind, you're thinking that the basketball legends really were capable of making all those impossible shots — nothin' but net...." read full review at www.ew.com
ranked #5 by ESPN: "The off-the-scoreboard, off-the-expressway shots are amusing, but the ad works because, given that we're talking about Michael and Larry, they're almost believable...." read full review at espn.go.com
ranked #6 by MSNBC: "Every basketball fan knows that Bird would win this contest 10 out of 10 times, but it was still a clever idea with a catchphrase that continues to pop up in “Horse” games. (“Over the second rafter, off the floor … nothing but net.”)..." read full review at www.msnbc.msn.com
ranked #6 by Daily News: "This is the one where Larry Bird and Michael Jordan play a game of H-O-R-S-E, trading increasingly preposterous shots that all end with "nothing but net." No ad, and not a lot of other stories in any medium, have captured so vividly the joy, beauty and subtext of sports. I'd personally argue this is the best ad ever...." read full review at www.nydailynews.com
ranked #21 by Rolling Stone: "Really an exercise in showing they had more money than God, McDonald’s rounded up the greatest basketball player of all time (Michael Jordan, duh) and, for good measure, the greatest white basketball player of all time (Larry Bird), and had them compete in a comically impossible game of HORSE...." read full review at www.rollingstone.com
ranked #2 by peter (peter has not reviewed this item)
ranked #2 by Locksmith Sports Picks (Locksmith Sports Picks has not reviewed this item)
ranked #2 by Backseat Cuddler (Backseat Cuddler has not reviewed this item)
ranked #2 by dan (dan has not reviewed this item)
ranked #2 by CWS (CWS has not reviewed this item)
ranked #4 by WNBC (WNBC has not reviewed this item)
ranked #5 by Sports Illustrated (Sports Illustrated has not reviewed this item)
ranked #3 by Entertainment Weekly: " In the back of your mind, you're thinking that the basketball legends really were capable of making all those impossible shots — nothin' but net...." read full review at www.ew.com
ranked #5 by ESPN: "The off-the-scoreboard, off-the-expressway shots are amusing, but the ad works because, given that we're talking about Michael and Larry, they're almost believable...." read full review at espn.go.com
ranked #6 by MSNBC: "Every basketball fan knows that Bird would win this contest 10 out of 10 times, but it was still a clever idea with a catchphrase that continues to pop up in “Horse” games. (“Over the second rafter, off the floor … nothing but net.”)..." read full review at www.msnbc.msn.com
ranked #6 by Daily News: "This is the one where Larry Bird and Michael Jordan play a game of H-O-R-S-E, trading increasingly preposterous shots that all end with "nothing but net." No ad, and not a lot of other stories in any medium, have captured so vividly the joy, beauty and subtext of sports. I'd personally argue this is the best ad ever...." read full review at www.nydailynews.com
ranked #21 by Rolling Stone: "Really an exercise in showing they had more money than God, McDonald’s rounded up the greatest basketball player of all time (Michael Jordan, duh) and, for good measure, the greatest white basketball player of all time (Larry Bird), and had them compete in a comically impossible game of HORSE...." read full review at www.rollingstone.com
ranked #2 by peter (peter has not reviewed this item)
ranked #2 by Locksmith Sports Picks (Locksmith Sports Picks has not reviewed this item)
ranked #2 by Backseat Cuddler (Backseat Cuddler has not reviewed this item)
ranked #2 by dan (dan has not reviewed this item)
ranked #2 by CWS (CWS has not reviewed this item)
ranked #4 by WNBC (WNBC has not reviewed this item)
ranked #5 by Sports Illustrated (Sports Illustrated has not reviewed this item)
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