The Ad Council Imagines the Most Hilariously Terrible Way It Could Thank Its Agencies

Plus, highlights from this week's annual dinner

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The Ad Council has had a strong year creatively with campaigns like R/GA's "Love Has No Labels," Pereira & O'Dell's recycling PSAs and Alma, DDB New York and Facebook's caregiver assistance work. At its annual dinner in New York on Wednesday, the public-service nonprofit found an amusingly creative way to thank its agencies for their service, too.

In the parody video below, played for the packed ballroom of 1,400 guests at the Waldorf Astoria, Ad Council execs try to save time by thanking all the agencies on a single conference call, instead of calling them individually.

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