TV Commercial Contest

[Sequoia]

Are you ready for some TV commercial bashing? And some praise, of course (although it's often much more fun to dis the horrible ads than applaud the good ones).

Here's the deal: We've run the Test Pattern TV commercial contest for three summers now. I bring up topics and mention certain ads, but now that Test Pattern is in the new comment-friendly format, you're just as much a part of the game as I am. Post about your favorite and least favorite ads in the blog comments, and suggest topics that we can riff on.

In the past, popular topics have included music in ads, humor that goes wrong, the tricky world of creating ads for intimate products, sexism in ads, stupid slogans, animals in ads, favorite vintage ads, local and regional commercials, car ads, fast-food ads, favorite and least favorite corporate mascots, and more. I'll read the comments regularly and elevate popular and hot topics to the main blog entries. In early August, I'll name the best and the worst ad of the year, as determined by your emails, your blog comments, online polls we host throughout the summer, and other feedback. If it's close, I get the final call.

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