The Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads

Two years ago, I watched every single Super Bowl, so I can say with absolute certainty that, for whatever reason, America's most-watched sports event is usually a terrible football game. This, I suspect, is one of the reasons why Americans have come to care so much about Super Bowl ads: They know that while the game will probably fall short of its hype, at least they'll see a few entertaining commercials. Last year's Super Bowl reversed that trend, with a great game surrounded by a bunch of lackluster ads. This year's Super Bowl followed suit. While the game itself was an all-time classic--easily top 10, maybe even top five--this year's ads were a poor crop. For every humorous or striking one, there were at least three others that were boastful, cloying, cringeworthy, or misguided.