My Rant About Super Bowl Ads

February 6, 2008 at 6:19 am PT

I love the Super Bowl ads as much as anyone. I never stop being amazed by the creativity and humor on display during each year’s big game. This year was no exception: screeching squirrels, a strutting heart, shrunken heads, talking babies, the list goes on. For what Super Bowls ads are and always have been, they’re terrific. My problem is that I believe broadband video allows Super Bowl ads to be much more than what they are and always have been. But the agency world does not seem to be getting this message.

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