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This Year's Super Bowl Ads Play It Safe

Heinz's commercial for Super Bowl 50. (Heinz Ketchup/YouTube)
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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