The 10 worst Super Bowl ads of all time

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The 10 worst Super Bowl ads of all time

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To get noticed, Super Bowl advertisers have to take risks — and sometimes those risks backfire. Bad commercials have led to consumer backlash, harsh words from critics and at least one legal battle between a corporation and the company that created a much-derided ad.


10. Frito-Lay — Dan Quayle ad (1993): For the national launch of Wavy Lays potato chips, much-ridiculed former Vice-President Quayle makes a cameo, with a joke about his inability to spell “potato.â€
"I know I've got a lot against me: I'm White, I'm Protestant, I'm hard working. Don't you have an Amendment to protect me"? Archie Bunker
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Hmmmm. I always thought Herb looked like....E. Gordon Gee, one time WVU president.
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He was then president of Tennessee, I think.
He is now back at The Ohio State University.
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