Ads During this Year's Super Bowl XLIII Don't Stack Up

Clearly, the quality of Super Bowl advertising this year was at a disadvantage because of the weak economy. Many of the usual suspects decided that the $3M/per 30-sec. ad rate was too steep this year. We saw noticeably more movie previews and car commercials than in years past. Below I have posted the top 10 Super Bowl ads from Super Bowl XLI (2007), XLII (2008), and XLIII (2009). Decide for yourself whether Super Bowl ads have taken a slide the past few years....