Doritos 'Pug Attack' director wins $1 million

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Doritos's "Pug Attack" and Bud Light's "Dogsitter" were named the two best commercials of Super Bowl XLV, according to USA Today's annual ad meter, having deadlocked with a score of 8.35 each. Volkswagen's "The Force," with the little Darth Vader, finished third. "Pug Attack," of course, was part of Doritos's "Crash the Super Bowl" contest, which means its creators, semi-amateur J.R. Burningham of Scarecrow Film, wins $1 million from the PepsiCo brand. "I am elated beyond belief," Burmingham's mother, Kati Burmingham, tells Utah's Deseret News.

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