Strong Year for Academy Award Ads: "Whatever the reason, the result was a refreshing lack of the sketchy sort of spots that unfortunately proliferated during Super Bowl XXXVIII. The commercials that upset or disappointed so many viewers last month - featuring characters like a flatulent horse, a crotch-biting dog, a monkey with a yen for human females and a boy uttering half of a four-letter epithet - were thankfully missing."

I agree - there were some really good commercials. My favorites were the Martin Scorcese American Express ad and the lost dog Mastercard ad. Just priceless.