This is the first DBR thread I've started in almost a year. I feel compelled to do so because the subject matter is so very important.

We are nearing the end of Day 1 of the NCAA Tournament and somehow have not yet dedicated a thread to the commercials. Last year's thread was a mild hit, so I thought we'd try to capture lightning in a bottle twice. Consider this the Tommy Amaker of DBR threads (setting aside, you know, the threads we already have about Tommy Amaker).

Today I learned (via WITHAG, a silly but helpful site) that the AT&T saleswoman is the same actress who despises the mixing of sauces at Buffalo Wild Wings:

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Assuming Beck Bennett is not coming back for those deadpan AT&T commercials with the kids, she will be the face of the tournament.

Other observations:

1. Say what you will about the Fab Five, but the return of Chris Webber's flat top in the Burger King commercial is a thing of beauty.
2. Northwestern Mutual should hire Chris Collins to liven up their ads.
3. Craig Sager's purple closet in the Kindle commercial is so disturbingly appropriate... for him.