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Ad of the Day: FEMA
As Hurricane Sandy proves once again, people are notoriously reluctant to deal with natural catastrophes until they're literally on their doorstep. There's stark data behind this: 91 percent of...
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FPSRussia Leads All-Star Cast in Guy Ritchie's Killer 'Black Ops 2' Spot
Robert Downey Jr. makes his North American TV commercial debut in this new 72andSunny spot for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, directed by none other than Guy Ritchie. But the guy getting most of the love...
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The Spot: TV's Best Friend
IDEA: Cookies and milk. A prom queen and her limo. A slow-running teenager and a horror-movie monster. Some things were meant to be together. You can add Zeebox and your TV to that list, says a new...
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Ad of the Day: Arby's
Sleep easy, America. Bo Dietl is on the case. What case, you say? The truth about your sandwich meat. It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it. Dietl, former NYPD detective, current private...
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Megan Fox, Biology Wiz, Speaks to Dolphins in Latest Acer Ad
Megan Fox … one of the greatest scientific minds of our time? Seems unlikely, which is the whole joke of the actress's new commercial for Acer laptops. In the spot, by Mother in London, Acer's Aspire...
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Ad of the Day: Google Chromebook
Slayer fans rejoice! (Or don't.) Your favorite band is now scoring Google commercials. The tech company shows its fangs this Halloween with the short-and-sweet 30-second spot below for its Chromebook...
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AT&T Ghostbombs Its Own TV Commercial for Halloween
Leading up to Halloween, AT&T and BBDO New York have been running a campaign called "Ghostbombing," in which ghosts, goblins and ghouls engage in a little freaky photobombing to promote the HTC...
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Air New Zealand Travels to Middle-earth With In-Flight Safety Video
Yes, yes, my precious! Air New Zealand and WETA Workshop soar with this Hobbit tie-in—a real in-flight safety video. Characters from J.R.R. Tolkien demonstrate what to do in the case of an emergency...
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Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Oct. 26 - Nov. 2
This week, Hurricane Sandy and Halloween vied for our attention, brands got into heavy metal, and a famous former NYPD detective wants to make sure you know what you're dealing with in that Subway...
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Switzerland Kills All the Clocks in Timeless Tourism Ad
Switzerland's appeal as a vacation destination is timeless. As proof, the nation's tourism authority springs "Clocks" on the masses. Spillman/Felser/Leo Burnett's film finds Sebi and Paul, a pair of...
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Wii U Commercial Is a Spectacular Dubstep Disaster
Some readers felt we were being premature when we announced the death of dubstep at the hands of advertising earlier this year. But now you're going to wish we'd been right. Nintendo has released this...
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In Sandy's Wake, Power Bar's NYC Marathon Ads Are Weirdly Gripping
"I think I'll put the pain aside." That's one of several evocative lines in Power Bar's new ads in support of the 2012 ING New York City Marathon—a race, still scheduled for this Sunday, that's become...
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Dewar's: The Drinking Man's Scotch Preferred by English Women
Dewar's is trying to convince young drinkers that Scotch whiskey isn't just a drink for your irrationally angry grandfather. It's also a drink for irrationally angry hot English women with Scottish...
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Swimming Pools, Cakes and Mockery Are Like Facebook
"Swimming pools are filled with people. Some you know. Some you don't. And every once in a while you see something that maybe you shouldn't. That’s why swimming pools are a little like Facebook."...
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Hyundai Beats Rivals on Track, Consoles Them With Sympathy Cards
Hyundai and its agency, Innocean, are so proud of the Genesis Coupe R-Spec, and so unaware of the concept of a sore winner, that they made four "sympathy card" ads directed at the four cars Hyundai...
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Ad of the Day: OurTime.org
Last we checked in with Errol Morris, he was profiling sports fans whose passion for their teams extended into the afterlife. Now, he has embraced another seemingly grim topic with a potential silver...
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The Spot: Can't Buy Me Love
IDEA: Rubber fish tossed on a chef's prep station. A skydiver caught by stagehands. A 2-D dog floating through painted pastoral scenes. Full of wires and props, scenery and costume changes, TD...
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All's Well That Doesn't End Well in Romantic Comedy From Sears
Here's a fun trailer for a romantic comedy about two lost souls (bloggers, obviously) who reconnect in an airport … with a twist ending. Spoiler alert: Because love is a lot like hurtling headfirst...
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Alligator Sinks Its Teeth Into Acting Job for Jeremiah Weed
London ad agency Johnny Fearless used an actual alligator in this new ad for Jeremiah Weed Brew, in which the beast plays an ordinary household pet—the kind of arrangement, much like the beverage...
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Meet Pumpkin-Headed Turkey Claus, King of Holiday Shopping Mascots!
Daily-deal sites are a dime a dozen, but how many have their own holiday? RetailMeNot.com has invented OctoNovemCember, a magical time of year when Pumpkin-Headed Turkey Claus travels the Web to...
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