Super Bowl Ads: Where Tibet and Groin Jokes Sit Side-by-Side
Chris Matyszczyk (Sports Blog, Feb. 7, 2011)
The Super Bowl is a time for excessive celebration -- everywhere except on the field. There the referees throw a flag if a player dares to hit the ground in glee. However, when they cut to the break, a beer thrown into someone's groin is supposed to make us fall down laughing uncontrollably. Many will feel that they have seen most of the advertising themes in this year's Super Bowl before: the crude jokes, the pretty women, the crude jokes about pretty women, and the cars [and the monkeys that park them] that are supposed to make us feel proud to be American. More>>