Economic woes dont disappear from Super Bowl Ads
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer David Bauder, Ap Television Writer NEW YORK - Along with the usual punchlines, cartoonish violence and car chases, the real world of a depressed economy slipped into the showcase of Super Bowl commercials . In a Bud Light commercial, employees sat around a conference table while their exasperated boss wondered what they could do to make their budget. "We could cut back on marketing," one person said. "We could eliminate bonuses," said another, a line more timely than even Anheuser-Busch could have foreseen. "How about if we stop buying Bud Light for every meeting?" one employee wondered, an act of betrayal that got him tossed out the boardroom window. Even before the kickoff, Daryn from Texas testified on-screen about how she's trying to make ends meet: "If someone asks me how they can make money right now, I say do what I'm doing, sell Avon," she said in touting the cosmetics company. The taking bab...