10 most stupidest marketing blunders of '09

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Media maven and former Brandweek journalist Constantine Von Hoffman, on his Collateral Damage blog, serves up his annual list of the worst marketing blunders of the year. Jay Leno's new show is No. 1. On the worst list, I mean. In the TV ratings, of course, it's much lower. The KFC-Oprah coupon episode placed second. Frankly, I don't think that was quite the fiasco some make it out to be. The story got lots of media play.

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