1. Ad Watch 2012: Outdoing Pixar/Disney in Killing Moms

    Is this a trend?  First there’s Google and their pro-Google+ ad that deals with a dad and his daughter as they navigate college without Mom.  Because she’s dead.

    And now there’s MassMutual and this tea party-going sad-sack who’s raising two little girls by himself.

    First, what’s with the dead moms?  And second, do they only have daughters?   

    Advertisers: please stop killing off moms!