Suffering from Super Bowl commercial withdrawal? Been a couple days since you watched that little Darth Vader kid wave his hands around? Well, a behind-the-scenes video may be just what you need. Somehow the kid just gets cuter with this bonus footage. Take a look.

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Thanks for following along tonight as we watched some football ... and a whole lot of commercials. The game appeared to be close. The Packers quarterback was named MVP and was handed the ... wait for it ... keys ... to a new car afterward!

I don't think I'm alone in noticing that automakers dominated the night. The only problem I have with ripping that fact is that my favorite ad was from an automaker.

Yep, I said it before the game started. In fact, I said it about 6 days ago when Volkswagen released their tiny Darth Vader ad and it started showing up all over Facebook and Twitter and so on.

What else is there these days? Going viral is an advertiser's dream scenario and when the little kid in that ad waved his hands at that Passat a generation of Star Wars fans (and VW fans, and parents) were sold. (Update: Watch the ad below, and below that, meet Max Page, the 6-year-old behind the mask, on Monday's TODAY show.)

For me, it falls way off after that. I did like the Budweiser western ad with the guys singing Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" in the bar. Maybe because I recently saw "True Grit" and the ad had a Coen Brothers feel -- complete with the guy from "Fargo"! Great times are waiting indeed.

My third pick of the night has to be the "reply all" guy from the Bridgestone tires ad. It's impossible to sit here in front of this machine every day and not be able to know how that would feel. And the over-the-top reaction by the guy is worth a watch.

Who did I leave out in the top three? The Bud Light dogs? Maybe. Adrien Brody and his Stella? Made me thirsty. A movie trailer or a talking baby? Not this year. What made you laugh? Anything give you goosebumps? Did it seem like Eminem had a problem with your city?

Jump in the comments and share your thoughts on what went right or wrong Sunday night in the world of $3 million for 30 seconds of air time. And get on over to the Business section and watch and rate a ton of ads in their fancy interactive.

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Update: Oh, and not be outdone, E*Trade breaks out another baby and a sneezing cat to cheer up Steelers fans.

Update: Packers 31, Steelers 25: Game over. Stay tuned right here. We'll take a minute to pull together a wrap-up post and a vote. Go watch some ads while you wait! Prepare to defend your favorite. 

Update: Kim Kardashian made me wait. All. Night. To get a look at her sneakers. Oh well.

Update: Just about 2 minutes left: A Camaro is a car. I'd be bummed if my car ad was airing this late in the night. I feel like I've been run over. I want to go take a bus somewhere. ... That's not a car, it's an iPhone, and that Verizon dude can hear me not calling him right now. 

Update: It's been 30 seconds since I thought about the last car ad. Well, here's Mercedes with a pretty nice looking effort geared toward a new line of cars. I thought Diddy drove Bentleys. ... OK, I laughed at House tossing his cane at the kid.

Update: Pittsburgh still alive, 28-25: It's a beaver! How come the animals waited until the 4th quarter? Thanks, Bridgestone. ... OK, here come the GoDaddy girls. I'm not going to that website to not see more. ... Here's the VW Beetle racing through the woods past all the other insects. Looks cool, and the simple message can't be beat.

Update: Hyundai has had a pretty good run tonight competing against 4,500 other card ads. ... This Pepsi MAX ad might be the worst of the bunch. ... Another animated film trailer, oh "Rio."

Update: Turnovers will kill ya (I hear): Johnny Depp, again, this time in the animated feature "Rango." Another one for my kid to see. ... Speaking of animated, these cars.com cars in this car ad (yawwwwwnnnnnn) are talking to each other. ... You've been waiting all game for more animals. Bud Light does not disappoint with the doggie house party. Too little too late?

Update: End of 3rd quarter: OK, folks. 15 more minutes of ad-filled football. ... The Fonz! Seinfeld! Norm! NFL pulls out the iconic characters of TV past and present assembling to watch the big game. Not bad, NFL. We love our TV around here. ... Followed by, drumroll please -- a car ad.

Update: Another car ad, with a nice tempo to it. Oh, it's Eminem, driving a Chrysler. "This is the motor city, and this is what we do," the rapper says while pointing in my face. Let's hope so, for the economy's sake.

Update: Here he is, Adrien Brody singing for Stellllllllaaaaaa. It makes me thirstier than Coke's border guards did. ... Carmax is having fun tonight. ... Here's a promo for "The X Factor" and, hey, that's not Steven Tyler!

Update: I'm being hypnotized by another car ad, "snap out of it man" indeed. ... Timothy Hutton for Groupon. Hmm. Sam Elliott must have been busy doing voiceovers. ... Coca-Cola has dueling border guards, with no dialogue.

Update: Mini Cooper wants you to "cram it in the boot." Just sayin'. ... I need a homeaway.com vacation right about now. ... And hey, almost missed that guy from "The Tourist" who is played by Keith Richards in those "Pirate" movies. Love that guy.

Update: First break of 3rd quarter: Well, well, well. Hello, E*Trade talking baby. Where have you been all night? I didn't miss you. I'll be interested to hear from who did. ... And speaking of talking babies, it's Justin Bieber! And Ozzy. Thanks, Best Buy, I needed to see more Biebs in my life.

Update: Third quarter just started. Let's talk about where we've been. Is there a clear favorite from the first half? Doritos? Pepsi? VW's Star Wars kid? Go Daddy? A movie you want to see now? Jump in the comments and let us know what you've chuckled at, etc. We've got another half to play.

Update: Post-Peas: OK, so that happened. Steelers don't look as bad anymore. ... Sam Elliott gets a lot of voice work. For good reason. He's Ram tough and should just talk to the crowd during halftime of the next Super Bowl.

Update: Chatter.com and Staples got in there just before the big concert. Here ya go:

Update: Halftime show: The ads get decidedly less hyped and viral as 100 million people run to the bathroom, or the chip bowl (leave the cheese on that guy's finger, please.) ... I guess I better watch the Black Eyed Peas concert.

Update: If you haven't seen enough movie trailers yet, here's "Captain America" to take us into the half.

Update: And now it's 21-10. I'm not supposed to be watching the game.

Update: Sorry, Steel Nation: It's 21-3.

Update: Packers 21, Steelers 0: Uh oh. Tonight's not gonna be a good good night -- for the Steelers (so far) or for anyone who is sick of that Black Eyed Peas halftime show promo. ... Dude just checked his Facebook news feed by talking to his Chevy. Really? ... Carmax just made me laugh. I feel like a blurry eyed editor in a Super Bowl ad blog!

Update: 4 and a half minutes before half: Richard Lewis and Roseanne Barr are the new Betty Whites for Snickers. ... Careerbuilder.com and the monkeys make it two in a row on the comedy front. Who loves monkeys?! We do.

Update: Finally, my 4-year-old son's 2nd favorite ad just aired. Thanks, Coke, and animated dragons. ... Another movie trailer, "Thor"! ... And, as we've discussed earlier, here it is, cue John Williams. The little Darth Vader kid just started his dad's VW Passat. Still love it. This would be my kid's 1st favorite. (Full disclosure).

Update: And here we are into the 2nd quarter and Budweiser goes "True Grit" style with a Western-meets-Elton John. ... A flower commercial just made me laugh. People sending inappropriate emails makes me laugh.

Update: End of first quarter: Thank you, Bridgestone. I just laughed out loud at the guy who thought he sent his email "reply all." Never done that. ... Oh, here's Go Daddy, it's Danica patrick and, oh, Joan Rivers is not wearing enough clothing. 

Update: Post-another Packers TD: Uh oh, 14-0 Packers. Hey, that was claymation, stop-action Eminem.

Update: This break brought to you by James Bond, aka Daniel Craig, and his next flick, "Cowboys & Aliens." Cool? ... Oh, hey, God wants a Kia.

Update: Post-Packers TD: Pepsi MAX is back and those cans are flying through the air again. ... And here's Doritos (is anyone eating anything besides Pepsi and Doritos today?) with grandpa brought back to life by the forgetful roomie. ... Hyundai just made me read large type.

Update: 3rd game break: That's no "Pirates of the Caribbean" ad, it's Bud Light again, for product placement. Ironic, given this day. ... Chevy is back and their truck is dragging a lot of big stuff around. ... Hey, I haven't seen a new "Too Fast, Too Furious" movie in a couple months. The Rock is back for another ride.

Update: 2nd game break: Here's Doritos again and that dude just had the cheese licked off his finger, and that other dude had cheese on his pants sniffed. Next! ... Chevy gets into the fray with old people who can't hear ... Pepsi MAX brings the first thrown can of the night. There will be more. From Pepsi. ... No score yet, it's early, but who's winning the ad war? The pug? Thought so.

Update: First game break: Finally! We had to watch four minutes of football without an ad ... Bud Light brings their first shot at comedy of the day, home improvement beer style. ... Here comes that Doritos pug! People have been laughing at this dog for a week already. ... Escape from luxury prison! Audi's much-hyped ad for the A8 features Kenny G. Really.

Update: Post-coin toss: Heads! Woo! It's the first car ad, for Ford. And the first bladder joke of the day. I'll be sitting here for four hours. Not funny.

Update: Post-Anthem: XTina just did her thing. The ads are rolling. I think the AT&T "don't get left behind" commercial with the people in the car is worth a chuckle. Maybe I'll watch it on my iPhone later, hope it doesn't drop ... And hey, here's Michael Douglas looking good, with the first attempt at bringing the goosebumps.

It's GAME DAY. We're about an hour from kickoff. You either have a block of foam "cheese" on your head right now or you're draped in some sort of steel curtain. Or, like me, you're just here for the ads. But if you've actually waited until Super Bowl Sunday to watch the much-hyped commercials, you're already way behind.

Volkswagen has jumped ahead of the pack as the pre-game fan favorite with almost 13 million views on YouTube for its Tiny Darth Vader meets the Passat commercial. The spot has 64,000 "likes" and 11,000 comments already. Here it is again:

Audi's 3-minute teaser for its "luxury prison" campaign is worth a look, too. And if you're wearing more than one polo shirt at a time, you may take offense:

If you want to watch a bunch more between now and game time, head to YouTube or go over here. Just make sure you come back because we'll be talking commericals on The Clicker for the next four or five hours.

This Sunday, along with many millions of other Americans, I'll tune into Super Bowl XLV, not because I'm particularly invested in the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Green Bay Packers. I'm watching for the commercials.

It's no secret that the ads have become as big a part of the national pastime as the game itself. In a TV-watching culture that's become accustomed to DVRing and fast forwarding through commercials, Super Bowl Sunday is the one day where advertisers actually may get some bang for their multi-million-dollar buck.

The experts offered a sneak peek of what to expect on TODAY:

So bring your laptop or your phone to the couch on Sunday and join the conversation here in The Clicker as we react throughout the game to ads that make us want a new car, a tastier snack or another beer.

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The Chief is less than thrilled when Bailey starts tweeting in the OR.

By Athima Chansanchai: Oh, so glad "Grey’s" is back, and still good. So far, this year is turning out to be promising.

After the cliffhanger bombshell Callie dropped three weeks ago, we were curious to see how that storyline would pick up.

This episode saw the beginning of the surprisingly not-awkward co-parenting team of Arizona and Mark, who calm a freaked out Callie, who needs more reassurance than the fetching new ob/gyn can give her. Callie makes quick work of the trio’s dynamics to their new doc: lesbian lover, baby daddy, hormone casserole. But all three share the moment of seeing the baby’s heartbeat for the first time, and at least for now, they’re bound by a common, powerful love.

In fact, Mark is ecstatic. The unusually fertile Sloans grow like mighty oaks! He doesn’t want to be the “cool uncle,” he’s ready to be the dad. And he means it. Arizona is mad at Callie for sleeping with someone else, but she’s processing and by episode’s end, they’ve made up. On the other hand, Lexie doesn’t take the good news so well.

“How the hell did you get me in this position TWICE? Unbelievable!” And then she storms off. Poor Mark.

The episode’s title, “Don’t Deceive Me (Please Don’t Go),” alludes to some of the other storylines, which have to do with Yang psyching out Avery to reclaim her power position in the race for chief resident (and showing that she actually has improved dramatically in her bedside manner), and Derek and Alex putting on happy, hopeful faces to Alzheimer’s patients who receive the placebo in their clinical trials. Like Meredith’s voiceover says, “Doctors practice deception all the time. We give vague answers to hard questions," i.e. If the surgery doesn’t kill them = it went well.

There’s a particularly sad storyline with an Alzheimer’s patient whose long suffering wife has to watch her husband openly love another woman, who is also suffering from dementia. Both spouses allow it for the comfort it gives their sick spouses, who have no idea they’re married when they have these episodes.

But the very happily married Shepherds work out the clinical trials that have cast a bit of a trial on their marriage. If you’ll recall, Derek didn’t think he could handle having Meredith work with him on this, because he’d constantly think about her inheriting her mother’s disease. But Alex makes him realize that his wife is probably the only person twisted enough to deal with the depressing drag of such research. So Derek brings Meredith on board. Finally.

The Chief discovers this thing called Twitter, or as he calls it at first, Tweeter. (Next thing you know, he’ll be sharing his Facebook page with the residents!) But he gets all knotted up about it, like some kind of stereotypical techno-phobic geezer (no offense to the technologically fearless older generations out there! We did say it was a stereotype!), worrying Bailey’s live tweeting of surgeries in progress (via the fast fingers of Little Grey) might land the hospital in a lawsuit. Bailey gives him the Bailey Eyes and tells him everyone signs a release for it.

Still skittish, the Chief forbids Bailey from tweeting. But Lexie persuades Bailey to countermand the Chief’s orders. “Everyone wants to know how it comes out ... It’s like turning off the TV when Clarice is at the house. The lambs want to scream, Dr. Bailey.”

But it’s not long before the digital divide closes and the Chief sees how helpful instant communication can be as a teaching tool, especially with thousands of residents around the country following their Twitter feed.

Have we told you enough how much we love the return of Cristina? Well, we’re going to tell you again. We love the competitive fire, the sneaky fake-out with Avery, who skulked like a surly teenager (nice one, Teddy!) and the VIP patient care. Not only has she got her chops back in the OR, she’s also showing a much calmer, mature approach in her empathy with patients.

We like this new not-so dark and twisty "Grey’s." Keep it coming!

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Lesley Ann Warren, left, stars as Sophie, mom to Teri Hatcher's Susan, on "Desperate Housewives" Sunday night.

DeAnn Welker writes: Almost everything was sad and emotional on Wisteria Lane this week, starting with Susan's lone, deformed kidney. She wouldn't accept Julie's offer of her kidney (but when Julie took the test anyway, she wasn't a match), and really wanted her mom Sophie (Lesley Ann Warren) to give her hers since she and Susan's Aunt Claire (Valerie Harper) came to visit.

When Sophie didn't so much as offer to take the test, Susan read her the riot act from her wheelchair. Which makes it a little less effective -- especially when she had to get Julie to spin the chair around so she could lecture her mother to her face. Only later, when Aunt Claire showed up and told her that her mom has breast cancer but didn't want Susan to know and worry about her when she was going through her own medical issues, did Susan come around and apologize to her mom. They had a tearful goodbye that they both were praying wouldn't be their last, although neither of them said so in as many words. I have to admit that it was pretty heartfelt, especially considering one of the major players was someone as plastic as Teri Hatcher.

Also getting choked up this week was Lynette, after Renee told Tom that she knew about the affair and he called her out on the torture (causing his pants to rip, peanut-buttering the stairs, putting salt in his coffee). She knew she'd cry when this happened, and then she'd forgive him, but she tried hard to fight it. She told him that, when their relationship was at a crossroads, she went to her mom's and realized she didn't want a life without him in it, while he went and slept with her best friend. He begged her not to give up the wonderful life they've built for something meaningless 20 years ago, but she still ignored him. Until the next morning, when she came down to breakfast and the family all bonded over Penny's upcoming soccer game. With Tom watching his children lovingly, Lynette tried to fight her emotions, but ended up grabbing his hand under the table. Awww. Thank you, show, for not making Lynette and Tom have more serious problems than that. I don't think the audience (read: me) could cope.

Finally, Gaby's obsession with her Grace fill-in doll was sad -- and more than a little creepy. She yelled at her kids, bonded with the crazy doll store lady, and hid the doll in her closet so they could be together forever. If you can get past the psychotic behavior, it's sad that Gaby's this torn up and feels like she can't talk to anyone but a doll.

While all the sappiness was happening, Bree was trying to befriend Beth (because her priest guilted her into it) by inviting her to the ladies' night, where Beth was left alone in the living room and then mysteriously found a gun under Bree's couch pillow. She accused the ladies of setting her up, and they accused her of putting the gun there. Then Beth left to call the cops. Just before the ladies' night together, Bree got an anonymous flower delivery that she assumed was from Keith, until later when he told her they weren't. With Mary Alice voicing over at the end about paying close attention to people you pass because you might recognize them, the flower delivery man went back to his hotel, took off his hat, wig, and fake facial hair to reveal ... Zach Young (evil spawn of Paul/Mike, remember?). I'm just trying to figure out how he could have planted the gun the ladies were in a fight about, because he just had to be Paul's shooter.

DeAnn Welker is a writer and editor in Portland, Ore.

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From RollingStone.com:"This is happening," Jimmy Fallon tells himself, as he begins to panic. "This is really happening." He's all of 20 minutes into a brand-new gig as a talk-show host, which suddenly seems to be going about as well as his recently abandoned movie career. In other words, badly. Fallon's ill-chosen first-ever guest, Robert De Niro, has decided to take a playfully sadistic approach to their conversation, smirking as he contributes little more than New York-accented monosyllables and the occasional shrug.

The interview stalls. Time slows down. (Months later, Fallon's wife, Nancy Juvonen, will describe it as "the longest minute of his life.") As the awkwardness escalates, Fallon feels flop sweat blooming beneath his crisp black suit; his forehead glistens under the hot studio lights. He begins to stammer. His internal monologue speeds up: "This could go any way. He's right there, and I'm right here. This could go any way. This could be the end of my career." -- Brian Hiatt

This is an excerpt from the Jan. 20 issue of Rolling Stone. This issue is available now on newsstands, as well as online in Rolling Stone's digital archive on Jan. 7.

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