Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922) is an American actress, comedienne and former television host with a career spanning over sixty-five years. White appeared alongside Abe Vigoda in an advertisement for Snickers during the 2010 Super Bowl XLIV. The ad won the top spot on the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter.

Abraham Charles “Abe” Vigoda (born February 24, 1921) is an American movie and television actor. Vigoda appeared alongside Betty White in a Snickers commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010.

In 1930, the Mars family introduced its second product, Snickers, named after their favorite horse.

Cash4Gold.com is a Pompano Beach, Florida based division of Albar Precious Metal Refining, that buys gold, primarily from jewelry, acting as an online pawn broker. It is notable for advertising during Super Bowl XLIII in 2009. Sources place the cost for the 30-second advertisement at $2.4-$3.0 million US dollars.

Edward “Ed” Leo Peter McMahon, Jr. (born March 6, 1923) is an American comedian, game show host, announcer, and television personality most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson’s announcer on Who Do You Trust? from 1957 to 1962 and on the Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, and as the host of the talent show Star Search from 1983 to 1995.

Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage names MC Hammer and Hammer, is an American multi-platinum selling MC and dancer most popular during the late 1980s until the mid-1990s, known for his dramatic rise and fall from fame and fortune and his trademark Hammer Pants.

In the U.S., the “Christmas shopping season” generally begins on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, though many American stores begin selling Christmas items as early as October. In Canada, merchants begin advertising campaigns just before Halloween (October 31), and step up their marketing following Remembrance Day on November 11.

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise, and are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six.

The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Part of the 1967 NHL Expansion, the Flyers were the first non-Original Six team to win the Stanley Cup, winning it in 1974 and again in 1975. Despite five return trips to the Stanley Cup Finals, they have not won the Cup since.

Rocky Marciano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969), born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1952 to 1956. Marciano, with forty-three knockouts to his credit (87.8% knockout rate), remains the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire having won every fight in his professional career.

Hamm’s is the name of a former American brewery in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The original Hamm’s was established in 1865 when Theodore Hamm, a German immigrant, inherited the Excelsior Brewery from his friend and business associate, A. F. Keller. Keller had constructed his brewery over artesian wells in a section of the valley of the Phalen Creek valley near Saint Paul, Minnesota, known as Swede Hollow.

Lipton is one of the world’s best-known and best-selling brands of both hot leaf and ready-to-drink tea.

Iced tea is a form of cold tea, often served in a glass over ice. It may or may not be sweetened. Iced tea is also a popular packaged drink.

Clay animation is one of many forms of stop motion animation. Each animated piece, either character or background, is “deformable”—made of a malleable substance, usually Plasticine clay. The portmanteau term “Claymation” is a registered trademark in the United States, registered by Will Vinton in 1978 to describe his clay animated films.

Robert “Rocky” Balboa, Sr. is a fictional boxer, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone who has appeared in the Rocky series from 1976 to 2006.

Visa Inc., commonly called VISA, is a multinational corporation based in San Francisco, California, USA.

A cheque (spelled check in American English) is a negotiable instrument instructing a financial institution to pay a specific amount of a specific currency from a specified demand account held in the maker/depositor’s name with that institution.

Yao [Ming] was the only child of 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Yao Zhiyuan and 6 ft 3 in[2] (1.90 m) Fang Fengdi, both of whom were former professional basketball players.

“Yo” is an American English slang interjection. It was highly popularized after being commonly used among Italian Americans and African Americans in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The goaltender (also known colloquially as goalie or netminder) in ice hockey is the player who defends his team’s goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team’s net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring.

The special hockey stick goaltenders use has a blade that is approximately 3½ inches (8.9 cm) wide. The lower 25 to 28 inches (63.5–71 cm) of the shaft is widened to provide more blocking surface. This area is called the paddle. Although traditional goalie sticks were usually made completely of wood, most modern sticks are reinforced with graphite and fiberglass and the paddle and blade are injected with foam to make them lighter. Recently, manufacturers have begun to produce sticks made completely from composite materials, which are more durable.

Ice Hockey is an ice hockey video game designed by Activision programmer Alan Miller, and published by Activision. If one discounts the “Hockey Pong” variant on Video Olympics, Ice Hockey is the only real hockey game on the Atari 2600.

Phil Hartman (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning writer as well as an actor, voice artist, comedian and graphic artist. He first came to widespread attention in the late 1980s and early 1990s for his roles on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, afterwards going on to motion pictures, frequent roles on the long-running FOX animated series The Simpsons, and a major part as “Bill McNeal” on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio.

7 Up was created by Charles Leiper Grigg who launched his St. Louis-based company The Howdy Corporation in 1920. Grigg came up with the formula for a lemon-lime soft drink in 1929. The product, originally named “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda”, was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. It contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug.

Nicknamed “The Great One,” [Wayne] Gretzky was called “the greatest player of all time” in Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the NHL. He is generally regarded as the best player in history and has been called “the greatest hockey player ever” by many sportswriters, players, and coaches.

Other than fried chicken, many KFC restaurants serve side dishes like coleslaw, various potato-based items (including potato wedges, french fries and mashed potatoes with gravy), biscuits, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, rice, steamed vegetables and corn on the cob.

Little League Baseball is the name of a non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local children’s leagues of baseball and softball throughout the USA and the rest of the world.

Sanka was one of the world’s first brands of decaffeinated coffee.

Decaffeination is the act of removing caffeine from coffee beans, mate, cocoa, tea leaves and other caffeine containing materials.

John David Newcombe AO OBE (born May 23, 1944 in Sydney, Australia) is a former World No. 1 tennis champion. Notoriously, he was revealed to be President George W. Bush’s drinking companion on the night when he was charged with driving under the influence. This controversy surfaced during the 2000 US Presidential Election.

Peter Edward “Pete” Rose, Sr. (born April 14, 1941, in Cincinnati, Ohio), nicknamed Charlie Hustle, is a former player and manager in Major League Baseball. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, best known for his many years with the Cincinnati Reds.

The Beatle haircut, also known as the mop-top (or moptop) —because of its resemblance to a mop—or Arthur amongst fans, is a mid-length hairstyle named for and popularised by the Beatles. It is a straight cut – collar-length at the back and over the ears at the sides, with straight bangs.

Grecian Formula ® is a popular men’s hair coloring product in the United States. It is made by Combe Incorporated in White Plains New York, and is also known as Grecian Formula 16. It is available as a clear liquid, cream and a foam. It was first introduced in 1961 and is still made.

Williams’ Aqua Velva originally began as an alcohol-based aftershave for men in 1929 but has recently expanded into a full line of men’s grooming products marketed worldwide by Combe Incorporated. Aqua Velva products include classic Ice Blue, Ice Sport, Musk, and new Ice Balm aftershave.

[Pete] Rose‘s nickname, Charlie Hustle, was given to him for his play beyond the “call of duty” while on the field. Even when being walked, Rose would run to first base, instead of the traditional walk to base. Rose was also known for sliding headfirst into a base, his signature move.

The McLean Deluxe was a hamburger marketed as a healthy alternative to McDonald’s regular menu. It was released in the United States in 1991. It had a reduced fat content compared to other McDonald’s hamburgers. This was achieved through the addition of carrageenan to the meat.

Irish moss [is a species of red alga] and is a major source of carrageenan, which is commonly used as a thickener and stabilizer in milk products such as ice cream and processed foods including luncheon meat.

The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. The league’s teams are divided into two conferences: the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

[Michelob] takes its name from a speciality beer developed by Adolphus Busch in 1896 as a “draught beer for connoisseurs”. The early 21st century saw in the U.S. a demand for diet beer similar to that of the early 1970s, and in 2002 the Michelob line responded with the introduction of Michelob Ultra, advertised as being low in carbohydrates. Later Michelob Ultra Amber, a darker, more flavorful beer, was added to this sub-line.

‘Touch football‘ is a version of American football originally developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1940′s in which the players “tackle” the individual carrying the ball only by touching him [or her] with one or two hands, based on whether one is playing the one-hand touch or two-hand touch variety, as opposed to tackling him bodily to the ground or forcing a knee to touch the ground, as is normal in traditional rules versions of the game.

Super Bowl XL was the 40th Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game was played on February 5, 2006 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, following the 2005 regular season.

Super Bowl commercials are high-profile advertisements which air during the Super Bowl. Thirty seconds of advertising time cost $2.6 million due to the extremely large audience, typically over 90 million viewers.

In addition to alcoholic beverages, Molson owns a 20% stake in the Montreal Canadiens, who historically have been the NHL’s most successful hockey team. They also sponsor the Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks, Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings.

[Alan] Shepard smuggled a makeshift six iron golf club and two golf balls to the moon on Apollo 14, and took several swings (one-handed, due to the limited flexibility of the EVA suit). He exuberantly, and somewhat whimsically, exclaimed that the second ball went “miles and miles and miles” in the lunar gravity, but later estimated it actually went 200 to 400 yards (180 to 365 meters).

Tooheys New is a standard Australian lager and the most popular of the Tooheys’ beers. It can be found on tap at almost any bar in New South Wales, although it is not so common in other states. It was first brewed in 1930. It was marketed in cans and bottles as Tooheys Draught, however this was changed to Tooheys New in 1998 for consistency.

The height of the crown cap was reduced and specified in the German standard DIN 6099 in the 1960s. This also defined the “twist-off” crown cap, now widely used in the United States and Australia. This bottle cap is pressed around screw threads instead of a flange. Such a bottle cap can be taken off merely by twisting the cap.

Canadian Tire is one of Canada’s 35 largest publicly traded companies and operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing, financial services and petroleum. It operates Canadian Tire Retail, Canada’s largest and most-shopped general merchandise retailer best known for its unique selection of home products, hardware, automotive, sports, camping, lawn and garden products. It also operates Canada’s largest independent gasoline station network, a chartered bank in Canadian Tire Bank, and owns Mark’s Work Wearhouse, a leading specialty apparel retailer of work and casual clothing, and PartSource, dealing exclusively with auto parts.

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey in Canada and the United States, is a team sport played on ice. It is a speedy and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural, reliable seasonal ice cover, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice rinks it has become a year-round pastime at the amateur level in major metropolitan areas such as cities that host an NHL or other professional-league team.

The word Pepsi comes from the Greek word “pepsi” (πέψη), which is a medical term, describing the food dissolving process within one’s stomach. It is also a medical term, that describes a problem with one’s stomach to dissolve foods properly.

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey in Canada and the United States, is a team sport played on ice. It is a speedy and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural, reliable seasonal ice cover. It is one of the four major North American professional sports, and is represented by the National Hockey League (NHL) at the highest level, and the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL), the highest level of women’s ice hockey in the world. It is the official national winter sport of Canada, where the game enjoys immense popularity, and is also the most popular spectator sport in Finland.

In 1995, Snickers launched a website to support its sponsorship of Euro ’96, a pan-European football tournament. The website was groundbreaking in soliciting match previews and reviews from its visitors, who generated some 4,000 match reports, and the website won various international design, advertising and online community awards.

In the early 2000s, deep fried candy bars (including Snickers, and Mars bars) became quite popular at U.S. state fairs and in pubs around the U.K. and Australia, although they had been a local specialty in some North of England and Scottish fish and chip shops since at least the mid-1990s.

Mr. T (born Laurence Tureaud on May 21, 1952) is an iconic actor known for his roles as Sgt. “B. A.” Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team, as boxer James “Clubber” Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, and for his numerous appearances in the WWF and pro-wrestling. He is also well-known for his distinctive mohawk hairstyle and for wearing an excessive amount of gold jewelry. He currently stars in the reality show I Pity the Fool, shown on TV Land; the title of which comes from his Rocky III catchphrase.

He has also appeared on some Comcast commercials, and in the United Kingdom advertises the chocolate bar Snickers with the slogan “Get some nuts!”

Subway is the name of a multinational restaurant franchise that mainly sells sandwiches and salads. It was founded in 1965 by Fred De Luca and Peter Buck. The corporate name of Subway is Doctor’s Associates, Inc. The company has over 27,200 franchised units in 86 countries as of November 21, 2006 and is the fastest growing franchise in the world. This rapidly growing chain added over 2,000 locations in 2005.

A referee is a person who has authority to make decisions about play in many sports. Officials in some sports are known by a variety of other titles, including umpire, judge or linesman.

Henrik Sedin (Born September 26, 1980 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player for the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks. His identical twin brother Daniel Sedin also plays for the Canucks.

Daniel Sedin (born September 26, 1980 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) is a professional ice hockey player for the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks. His identical twin brother Henrik Sedin also plays for the Canucks.

The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional hockey league composed of ice hockey teams in North America. Its French name is Ligue Nationale de Hockey (LNH). It is the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American major professional sports leagues. The NHL is divided into two fifteen-team conferences, each of which consists of three five-team divisions.

The Atari 2600, released in October 1977, is the first successful video game console to use plug-in cartridges instead of having one or more games built in.

Peter Edward “Pete” Rose, Sr. (born April 14, 1941, in Cincinnati, Ohio), nicknamed Charlie Hustle, is a former player and manager in Major League Baseball. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, best known for his many years with the Cincinnati Reds. Rose, a switch hitter, is the all-time major-league leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at bats (14,053), and outs (10328).

Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (a role which earned him five Emmy Awards), and as landlord Ralph Furley on the television sitcom Three’s Company.

Canada Dry is a brand of soft drinks marketed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up, a unit of Cadbury-Schweppes. Canada Dry is best known for its ginger ale, but also manufactures a number of other soft drinks and mixers. Although Canada Dry originated in its namesake country, Canada, it is now produced in many countries around the globe, and is very popular in the United States.

[Ron] Hextall was known for his aggressive play, something which made him a fan-favorite in Philadelphia. He holds the record for most penalty minutes by a goaltender in one season with 113 in 1988-1989. In the closing minutes of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens that season, Hextall, his team already down 3 games to 2 and trailing 4-2 on the scoreboard, whacked his stick and blocker pad at Canadien defenseman Chris Chelios, apparently in retaliation for Chelios’ illegal, yet unpenalized, hit that left the Flyers’ Brian Propp with a concussion in Game 1. Hextall received a five-minute major and a match penalty for the incident, and was suspended for the first 12 games of the 1989-90 season.

Kool-Aid was invented by a Gerard and Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska. Its predecessor was a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack. To reduce shipping costs, in 1927, Perkins discovered a way to remove the liquid from Fruit Smack, leaving only a powder. This powder was named Kool-Ade (and a few years later, Kool-Aid due to a change in government regulations regarding the need for fruit juice in products using the term “Ade”). Perkins moved his production to Chicago in 1931 and Kool-Aid was sold to General Foods in 1953.

Skateboarding is the act of riding on or performing tricks with a skateboard. A person who skateboards is referred to as a skateboarder or skater.

Skateboarding is a relatively modern sport—it originated as “sidewalk surfing” in the United States—particularly California—in the 1950s. A key skateboarding trick, the ollie, was only developed in the late 1970s.