The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials 2009
Which commercials scored touchdowns and which fumbled? TIME TV critic James Poniewozik grades the players
Taco Bell: the official fast food of creepy neediness! A guy gets a girl's phone number at a party, calls her seconds later, and in moments they're enjoying some sexy, sexy enchiladas and meeting his parents. The message, I'm guessing, is that Taco Bell is fast — "Waiting is overrated" — though it gets a little lost in the question: has any man ever impressed a woman by buying her Taco Bell?
Grade: C-
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