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Drum roll please: We now present our best, worst and cringiest moments of Super Bowl week.
🕰️ Mr. Congeniality: Was there a single party Flavor Flav didn't attend?
🤯 Most over-the-top party: Saints owner Gayle Benson's bash.
- Party planners built a boardwalk through the moss-draped oaks of City Park, and constructed an entire ballroom, complete with chandeliers, a stage and oil paintings lining the walls.
💜 Most genuinely New Orleans event: Jon Batiste's Love Riot festival. This 9th Ward celebration was like a free Jazz Fest for everyone who didn't want to navigate downtown traffic.
❤️🩹 Unexpectedly lovely tribute: Lady Gaga's midnight recording of a tribute to the Bourbon Street victims. The resulting video, which played at the beginning of the Fox broadcast, was elegant and tastefully done.
🧀 Outrageous publicity stunt: Cheetos' Cheese of the Seas.
🥖 Hottest lunch break: Bradley Cooper cooking and giving away cheesesteaks.
🤰Shamelessly bad brand swag: Fake baby bumps advertising the new Netflix movie "Kinda Pregnant."
- Why?
- Whyyyyy?
🦭 Favorite ad: Mountain Dew's commercial featuring Seal the musician as seal the animal.
😬 Worst decision-makers: Anyone who actually got a Doritos logo tattoo.
⭐️ New Orleans' newest brand ambassadors: Cardi B and Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson.
✝️ The rivalry we didn't see coming: Bourbon Street preachers shouting the good word ... at each other.
👎 The least VIP experience: The Superdome portapotties for media that ran out of toilet paper and water for hand-washing by the 4th quarter.
💡 Power player: Entergy kept the lights on.
❓Biggest remaining question: We saw rumbles about bars and restaurants complaining about slow nights, but that contrasted drastically with other businesses that were shut down for full buyouts for days in a row.
- So, was the Super Bowl a win for only some? Or was it a win for most?
🗣️ Your turn: Hit reply with your hits and misses, and we may share them later this week.

