This Year's Super Bowl Ads Play It Safe
NPR
Monday, February 8, 2016
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Heinz's commercial for Super Bowl 50. (Heinz Ketchup/YouTube)
This year’s Super Bowl ads relied heavily on humor, animals and celebrities with very little risk taking. From overprotective fathers to PuppyMonkeyBaby, Here & Now‘s Robin Young takes a look at this year’s offerings with our media analyst John Carroll.
Ads Mentioned In The Segment
Hyundai
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Snickers
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Budweiser
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Mountain Dew
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Doritos
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Guest
- John Carroll, professor of mass communications at Boston University. He tweets .
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