Forget about supermodel Bar Refaeli awkwardly making-out with a tech nerd for GoDaddy.com, the Super Bowl ad that really caught viewers' attention was Dodge Ram's tribute to America's farmers, featuring the inspiring 1978 National FFA Convention speech "So God Made a Farmer" delivered by legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey. The two-minute clip - which features a series of still photos of farms, farmers, and farm equipment played over Harvey's smooth and powerful voice - captivated sports fans during the latter half of the game, right before the Baltimore Ravens went on to defeat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. So Mstarz fans, is Dodge's YouTube-inspired "So God Made a Farmer" ad the best Super Bowl commercial of 2013?
Check out the ad below:
And here's the transcript to Harvey's 1978 speech. The beloved Presidential Medal of Freedom Award winner passed away in 2009.
And on the eighth day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer.
God said, "I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the field, milk cows again, eat supper, then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the school board." So God made a farmer.
God said, "I need somebody willing to sit up all night with a newborn colt and watch it die, then dry his eyes and say,'Maybe next year,' I need somebody who can shape an ax handle from an ash tree, shoe a horse with hunk of car tire, who can make a harness out hay wire, feed sacks and shoe scraps. Who, during planting time and harvest season will finish his 40-hour week by Tuesday noon and then, paining from tractor back, put in another 72 hours." So God made the farmer.
God said, "I need somebody strong enough to clear trees and heave bales, yet gentle enough to yean lambs and wean pigs and tend the pink-comb pullets, who will stop his mower for an hour to splint the leg of a meadowlark."
It had to be somebody who'd plow deep and straight and not cut corners. Somebody to seed, weed, feed, breed, and brake, and disk, and plow, and plant, and tie the fleece and strain the milk, . Somebody who'd bale a family together with the soft, strong bonds of sharing, who would laugh, and then sigh, and then reply with smiling eyes when his son says that he wants to spend his life doing what Dad does. "So God made a farmer."
Back in 2011, Farms.com debuted a YouTube video very much like the Dodge Ram commercial aired during the Super Bowl. Turns out Farms.com is currently working with the Chrysler Group to raise money for the Future Farmers of America.
Here's the YouTube video that inspired the touching 2013 "So God Made a Farmer" ad:
So what do fans think - should "So God Made a Farmer" win the title of "Best Super Bowl Commercial of 2013?"
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