March Madness!

So, unless you live under a rock, you've heard of march madness and know that it's going on right now. Glad to say, my champion, Duke, is still in the running, while over 60 percent of the nation has their champion, Kansas, out. Either way, I was thinking of how marketable big name events like these are. If you've watched at all, I'm sure you've seen the clever Reeses' commercials that incorporate the "sweet sixteen" term into their sweet chocolatey product. I found myself somewhat bothered I guess watching these commercials. I guess the reason I'm bothered is because of how much corporations/companies have their hands on advertising, and how much of commercials you have to sit through. Granted, some commercials are funny, but for the most part, they are becoming really obnoxious. I'm not sure if this is a new fad, but I feel like any show you watch, you get 10 minutes of commercials, 5 minutes of show, 10 minutes of commercial, and this pattern continues. It really annoys the crap out of me, because I hate sitting through commercials. More than that, I hate sitting through commercials on the radio. The radio loves to play one or two songs then have a 20 minute commercial break. In case you haven't gotten the point of my rant, I HATE COMMERCIALS. What drives me even more mad is that I don't feel like many commercials for products are very effective. I hardly ever see a commercial and think "oh cool" or "oh I want that!". But they must work for some people or else these commercials and advertisements wouldn't be thrown in our faces all day every day.