RE: The Super Bowl: How I tried to win a million dollars last year
Posted February 5th, 2010Tags: commercials, contest, Doritos, Merrill Markoe, Super Bowl
Okay, I know it is The Superbowl on Sunday but I don’t watch any sports. There. I said it. None. Nothing. And I am fortunate enough to now live with a man who shares my lack of interest. (In fact, just last night he said to me “Who is playing this year? The Monkeys versus The Coconuts?”)I also never enter contests. Never ever. But for some insane reason last year, when I saw that there was a contest that was about winning a million dollars by making a Dorito commercial, I was moved to try and win. I thought “I can’t be the worst person entering this contest. And maybe I will be one of the best!” And thus, in the throes of a delusional headwind, did I make a theoretical Dorito commercial that would have aired on the Super Bowl broadcast last year had I won a million dollars. Which I didn’t. Read more
