Advertising has take over the planet. Even you have become a walking billboard. If you do not believe me, look down at your shirt, most of you will find a type of advertisement or logo for the designer that made the shirt. Some of you might have even been lucky enough to stand next to the Coca-Cola box in your senior pictures. Large corporations have covered this earth with advertisements. Through television, radio, billboards, newspapers, and the Internet companies nag you with sales pitches, eye-catching graphics, and the infamous fine print. Billions and billions of dollars are spent on advertisement each year, and for what reason?
             The oldest form of advertisement is billboards. They have sprung up along every major highway, as well as any highly traveled road. If you have ever taken a long car trip, you have come to love these monstrous works of art. I remember as a child going on vacation, billboards were a great source of entertainment. They took my mind and eyes off the tiresome road. After straining my eyes to see every last word before it flew by, my eyes would grow tired and I would soon drift to sleep. Once in this deep slumber, the only type of advertising that could awake me was the radio.
             The soothing beat any type of song possesses, would rudely be interrupted by a loud obnoxious voice shouting about the new donuts at Honey Dew, or the big sale at the mall. Radio was great until advertising took it over. Before, 24 hours of straight music would play. Now you are lucky if you get 40 minutes of uninterrupted songs, and they actually advertise this as if it were an added bonus. The one thing that advertising firms have been successful at doing, is if they find a new medium to put their ads and logos on, they know how to control and take it over.
             This holds true for television. Commercials have spread like a virus through television networks. The average comedy sitcom is given a 30-minute slot of time. On average,...