鈥淭his year鈥檚 Super Bowl ads are pretty underwhelming,鈥� says Robert Thompson, founder of the Bleier Center of Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University in New York. It鈥檚 not that the ads were failures, he adds, just a tad tired.
鈥淢onkeys parking cars and dogs hosting a party 鈥� those things were funny back in the '80s, but they need a little updating today,鈥� he says. Even so, the water-cooler value of Super Bowl ads remains high, so here we present the commercial touchdowns and fumbles from the 45th annual Super Bowl broadcast.
