Arts & Entertainment
The Six "Best" Commercials of 2011
Sure, they're made to sell things to you. But that doesn't mean they can't be entertaining, even inspirational.
As a rule, most television commercials are only meant for us to TIVO past as quickly as possible.
Every so often, an ad will come along that makes us sit up and pay attention, perhaps because of its message, perhaps because of the way the message is delivered.
In any case, these six ads garnered Emmy nominations in 2011 and one of them won. Do you know which one? And did you agree with the decision?
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We think you'll agree at least that these six are technically brilliant and even well-written, if you can say that about a device intended to sell us soap and bladder control medications.
This year's nominees were:
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"Baby" for McDonald's
TBWAChiatDay New York, Ad Agency
MJZ, Production Company
"Baby Driver" for Subaru
Carmichael Lynch, Ad Agency
RSA Films, Production Company
"Born of Fire" for Chrysler
Wieden+Kennedy, Ad Agency
Serial Pictures, Production Company
"Conan" for American Express
Ogilvy New York, Ad Agency
Hungry Man, Production Company
"Polar Bear" for Nissan
TBWAChiatDay, Ad Agency
Epoch Films, Production Company
"Questions" for Old Spice
Wieden+Kennedy, Ad Agency
MJZ, Production Company
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