Playground Dad » dads in media http://playgrounddad.com Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:51:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Our Latest Favorite Dad Commercial http://playgrounddad.com/2010/09/29/our-latest-favorite-dad-commercial/ http://playgrounddad.com/2010/09/29/our-latest-favorite-dad-commercial/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:48:59 +0000 Mike Johnson http://playgrounddad.com/?p=1567

A few months ago we showed our top 5  favorite dad commercials of 2010 to date. This new NFL spot below would certainly be added to the list.

We like how the NFL shows the spectrum of fatherhood: from the expectant dad that needs to make some social sacrifices with a full term significant other; to the guy that wants to take a kid to his first football game. Good work NFL!

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Here are some traits of a “Sitcom Dad”:

- Idiot
- Wife is way better looking than he is
- Can’t handle being alone with his kids for 5 minutes
- Television’s favorite Dad

Commercials like this new one from AT&T keep the Sitcom Dad alive:

Click here to view the embedded video.

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