The Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
As seems to be the case just about every year, it was the Super Bowl ads that kept audiences glued to television screens. TIME's Jim Poniewozik was one of those who carefully watched and evaluated every ad of the evening. Here's his take on the best of the best from this year's Super Bowl of advertising
A quick call to American Airlines rescues workers from a corporate-bonding exercise right out of an episode of The Office, complete with aborted trust fall. Funny, though not sure of the selling point, other than: American has airplanes that fly, in the air. Would have made a nice Careerbuilder.com spot, though.
Grade: B-
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