Tom Brady may have won his third Super Bowl in four years on Sunday, but the quarterback also received another honor later that night-being immortalized in a guest role on the animated TV hit, The Simpsons. The post-Super Bowl episode, in which Homer produced the game's halftime show, spoofed The Passion of the Christ. Brady voiced his character himself, and his animated counter-part helped Simpson orchestrate a Bible-themed halftime show. Forty years ago, The Beatles were considered racy by cultural critics, but on Sunday, Paul McCartney was seen as the savior of the Super Bowl Halftime show-a "safe choice" after last year's "wardrobe malfunction." Gone were the scandalous costumes and scantily clad crowd surrounding the stage; this year's halftime show was all about classic music as McCartney performed three of the Beatles' greatest hits: ''Drive My Car," ''Get Back" and their anthem "Hey Jude." Though this year's show may not have been as arousing to younger viewers, McCartney and the music of his legendary group are as classic as Super Bowl Sunday itself.

Also on PC-overload were this year's Super Bowl commercials, which toned down the typical raunchy content and provocative imagery in order to avoid the FCC's wrath in the post-Janet era. However, some companies weren't afraid to mock the FCC; in Godaddy.com's ad, Nikki Cappelli mocked Jackson's Super Bowl boob blunder by having her halter-top "fall off." In my mind, the funniest ad of the night was a Lays commercial that spoofed the movie The Sandlot. In the ad, a group of rag-tag kids toss a bag of the potato chips over a fence in the hopes of getting their baseball back from a reclusive neighbor. They neighbor is so grateful for the Lays that he tosses all the kids' old belongings over the fence-including MC Hammer, whom the kids decide they don't want and throw back over.

Although Lays' old-school humor left us college-kids laughing, ads like the "I am Diana Pearl" commercial left us scratching our heads about what ex-NBA oddball Dennis Rodman and football coaching legend Mike Ditka had to do with counter-tops. Also, the Cadillac V-Series ad boasted a car that could accelerate to 60 mph in under five seconds, but the commercial itself felt like five hours. In addition, Careerbuilder.com's commercial didn't seem to realize that monkeys don't always equal funny.

Although it took a while, Hollywood finally turned out for the big game on Sunday. Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock and Adam Sandler showed up for a taping of Fox's Best Damn Sports Show Period to promote their new football movie, a remake of The Longest Yard. Sandler explained that he prepared for his role as a quarterback by training with former QB Sean Salisbury, commenting, "[Salisbury] worked his ass off with me." Although Sandler grew up in Manchester, NH, the actor shocked Pats fans by declaring that he was hoping for an Eagles victory. ''I'm sorry, New England," Sandler said.

Along John Travolta, national-anthem performer Alicia Keyes and former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush were on hand to promote the tsunami relief effort in South Asia. Prize for worst promo appearance of the night goes to Will Smith, who happened to be in the crowd while his new film, Hitch, was being promoted during the broadcast.