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James Franco Is Saved From Certain Death by a Quick-Thinking Droid Turbo
The new Droid Turbo is so fast that when James Franco falls off the roof at a party, he can use the Motorola phone to find the nearest safe landing, calculate the best route there and text his date to...
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Can You Make a Great-Looking Fast-Food Ad Using Actual Fast Food and an iPhone?
It's an accepted truism that the food in fast-food ads looks nothing like the food in real life. But can it be made to look that way? Is it possible to transform a regular McDonald's burger into...
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Ad of the Day: Everything's Great, Then Awful, Then Maybe OK in John Wall's...
John Wall's new Adidas shoe just dropped at Foot Locker. And according to this new ad, it might just be the beginning of something both great and terrible."The Process" from BBDO New York is actually...
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Concord Grapes Become Chatty Sitcom Characters in Welch's New Campaign
Is the time ripe for a sitcom starring a bunch of grapes? The VIA Agency's new campaign for Welch's mimics/spoofs the prime-time sitcom format to deliver the message that grape juice has heart health...
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Finally, Advertising Case Study Videos Get Their Own Award Show
Case study videos. I could watch them all day long. They're my favorite form of media entertainmentāapart from sitcoms starring Concord grapes, that is. These days, advertising case studies are so...
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This Agency Rewards Its Employees in the Most Amusingly Sadistic Way Possible
Canadian agencies sure are good at doing videos excoriating the ad business. Just in the past week we've seen:ā¢ John St.'s hilarious takedown of real-time marketing with Reactvertisingā¢ Zulu Alpha...
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This Crazy Beer Ad Was Filmed Entirely Underwater. Here's How They Did It
IDEA: Shooting a commercial is hard enough. But shooting one entirely underwater? Are you crazy? Brazilian agency F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi decided it was doable, and would be a great way to...
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Remarkable Ads Protest the Absurdity of the Open-Carry Gun Policy at Kroger
Agencies have taken manyapproaches to creating memorable gun-control ads. Grey Toronto's latest work for Moms Demand Action, opposing an open-carry gun policy in Kroger supermarkets, is...
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Ad of the Day: Romeo Beckham's 4-Minute Burberry Ad Is Absurd Yet Irresistible
With Posh Spice and one of the world's most famous footballers as parents, it's no surprise that the Beckham children aren't your average kids. Brooklyn, 15, is currently dating movie star Chloƫ Grace...
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GoldieBlox Hammers Barbie-Style Dolls in This Creepy-Cool Homage to Apple's...
GoldieBlox is back with a charged ad aimed once again at tackling sexism in children's toys. The spot, which is structured much like Apple's famed "1984" commercial, features young girls decked out in...
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Ad of the Day: John Lewis May Have Already Won Christmas With Its Adorable...
There's enormous pressure on John Lewis and adam&eveDDB to deliver an incredible Christmas ad every yearāChristmas, after all, being Britain's version of the Super Bowl when it comes to...
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Why Every Marketing Person in Canada Is Cursing the Name of This One Agency...
Today in amusing Canadian agency videos, we have this one from Cossetteāin which marketing people all over the country ask the same bewildered question: "What the fuck is going on at Cossette?" It's a...
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There's Already a Parody of the John Lewis Penguin Ad, and It's Painfully...
This year's John Lewis Christmas ad was released today, and it's super goodāit'll be hard for anyone to top. And in one of the quickest turnarounds ever, Redshirt Films has made a pretty funny spoof...
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Viewers Are the Calm Inside the Storm in Vizio's Great New Ads
IDEA: It's hard for TV manufacturers to advertise picture quality in commercials. Viewers, after all, will be watching the ad on their own TV sets, not yours. Many marketers settle for telling you how...
View ArticleAdweek's Top 5 Commercials of the Week: Nov. 1-7
John Wall and Romeo Beckham. A hilarous ad agency video. One of the most delightful airline spots we've seen in a while. And a brilliant beginning to the Christmas ad season in the U.K. Check out our...
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Ad of the Day: Tim & Eric Made an Ad for Totino's Pizza, and It's So, So, So...
There's literally nothing better than pizza. So, it stands to reason pizza brands shouldn't really need to advertise. But if you're a brand trying to rise to the upper crust of pie purveyors, you...
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Won't You Get in Alan Thicke's Bed for a Good Cause?
Perfectly coiffed former Growing Pains patriarch Alan Thicke rolling around on a luxurious kingĀ-size bed: dream or nightmare? It's for a good cause, so be a sport and play along. Thicke certainly...
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U.K. Pharmacy Boots Celebrates Family in Its Quietly Lovely Christmas Ad
John Lewis may have won Christmas with its penguin ad, but Mother London's holiday spot for British pharmacy chain Boots is an impressive stocking stuffer in its own right. Director Noam Murro's...
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Inside Blake Griffin and Chris Paul's Hilariously Odd Comedy Sketches for...
Are you up for some BGCP3TV in HD? Los Angeles Clippers stars Blake Griffin and Chris Paul have each shown, separately, that they can anchor comedy. In State Farm's Chris and Cliff campaign, Paul...
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How a Fledgling Florida Agency Defied Recessionary Headwinds
SpecsWho Peter Gary, founder, CEO What Full-service ad agencyWhere Boca Raton, Fla.Pinnacle has bucked the headwinds of Florida's recent economic downturn, with the 3-year-old Boca Raton agency...
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