We heard the other day how you’re more likely to get a BLADDER INFECTION during the Super Bowl than any other sporting event: Because people want to watch the game, the halftime show, AND the commercials.

–And Super Bowl 46 showed why: The game was exciting, the commercials delivered all game long, and MADONNA still had the goods.

–For the ads, there were all the usual themes: Beer, scantily-clad women, dogs, cars, dogs in cars. But there were enough new variations to make things interesting. And even though a lot of the big ads were online before the game, there were still surprises.

–This isn’t in any order, but here are just SOME of our favorites . . . other winners . . . and some that just didn’t work . . .

–A lot of people really liked the Kia Optima ad, where the Sandman elf dumps too much magic dust on the guy who’s dreaming . . . and he has an incredibly macho dream with all his male fantasies rolled together.

–He’s driving on a NASCAR track in front of tons of hot chicks in bikinis . . . ADRIANA LIMA is waving the checkered flag . . . MOTLEY CRUE is playing “Kickstart My Heart” . . . and CHUCK LIDDELL makes a guy’s head explode in an MMA fight.

–There’s also a rodeo dude riding a rhino, and two lumberjacks sawing a giant hoagie. It came late in the game, but it’s great when a commercial makes fun of all the clichés the OTHER commercials rely on.

(–Adriana was everywhere this year: She was also in the sexy Telefora ad about guys giving flowers, where she advised quote, “Give . . . and you shall receive.”)

–The other great car commercial we loved was the Volkswagen one, where the chubby dog has to lose weight to chase cars. But it was actually two commercials in one, so it segued into a parody of the Creature Cantina in “Star Wars”.

-Darth Vader had to choke a guy who liked the dog ad BETTER than the ad from LAST year . . . where the kid dressed as Vader used the Force to start his dad’s car. (–Vader was right . . . last year’s ad was better.)

–In terms of one brand really dominating, you have to go with Bud. They had a great balance between the serious and the stupid. There were two standouts: The one that took you through all the decades of fads and music since prohibition . . .

–And the Bud Light one with the dog named “Weego” . . . who ran around getting beers whenever anyone said the Bud Light catchphrase, “Here We Go”.

(–Another good Bud ad only aired in Canada, but you can see it on YouTube: They staged a flash mob at an amateur ice hockey game, and had a ton of super-fans come in to cheer for a bunch of guys who weren’t expecting it.)

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