The Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads

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SalesGenie.com "Pandas"

By JAMES PONIEWOZIK
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Pandas make ethnic stereotypes so cuuuuuuute!!! A panda with a Mickey Rooney-inspired Chinese accent gets 100 free sales leads for his bamboo furniture business. This, and the earlier Indian-salesman ad, were made in what the company says was a deliberate attempt to create the worst ads of Super Bowl 2008. Folks are good at what they do. (On the other hand, Panda Psychic deserves her own TV show.)

Grade: D-

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