With the big game just around the corner, the broadcast world’s attention turns to the commercials. Advertisers are looking for a return to the upbeat tone of years past. We’ll guess about the efforts to stand out from the pack that we might expect during this year’s gridiron epic. Plus, we hollow out our shells while discussing the White House’s handling of the media and hard data on the national debt. We’ll end the show with two Make Me Smiles — one from Down Under, and one that’s out of this world.

Here’s everything we talked about on the show today:

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