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Super Bowl Ads: What To Watch For Between Plays

from National Public Radio
February 5, 2010

This weekend, more than 100 million people will gather around their televisions to watch the New Orleans Saints take on the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. But that's only part of the entertainment: The commercials often draw more Monday morning quarterbacking than the game itself. Linda Wertheimer talks with author and former ad man James Othmer about what will play between the plays Sunday.

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  • Morning Edition, February 5, 2010
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