Opinion: Game Serves Up Good, Bad, Ugly

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NEW YORK I could honestly say that I was disappointed in this year’s crop of Super Bowl ads, that most weren’t all that special or even worth a late-night cable buy, let alone the $2.6 million that gets prime positioning during the game.

But I won’t. The truth is, just like every other year, there were highlights and lowlights. And at least this year I didn’t feel like throwing anything at my TV.

The first of Anheuser-Busch’s in-game spots displayed the brewery’s standard fare of buddy comedy: Two guys reach for the last Bud Light.



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