HomeAway to smush a baby for Super Bowl

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In the spirit of throwing anything against the wall to see if it sticks, HomeAway.com is anchoring its upcoming 30-second Super Bowl spot around a baby that gets thrown forcefully into a glass wall, its face distorting horribly at impact and further disintegrating as it slides down the glass. Seriously, they figured this was the best way to promote vacation homes. The baby is possibly not meant to be real—HomeAway is calling it a "test baby"—although everyone else in the scene is human.

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