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VIDEO: The best and worst Super Bowl commercials

THE WORST

Samsung, “The Next Big Thing”
In one minute, Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen, pitching a Super Bowl commercial to Bob Odenkirk (aka Saul on “Breaking Bad”) made us laugh more than their last four movies combined.

Volkswagen, “Get In. Get Happy”
Was the ad, featuring a white man speaking in a Jamaican accent (because he’s so laid-back and happy, due to his Beetle), racist? 8 million people watched, to find out.


Oreo, “Whisper Fight”
The ad—featuring people arguing in a library, quietly, about which is better, the cookie or the cream—asked people to choose their side on Instagram afterwards. Thousands did.

THE WORST


Taco Bell
Old people acting young and wild: That joke was tired in the 1980s, when we all rented “Cocoon.”


Go Daddy, “Perfect Match”
The Net domain company has earned a permanent spot on the Worst list. Bar Rafaeli, has it come to this, post-Leo?


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