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Ad of the Day: Hillshire Farm
Ever stared out over the horizon of your lunch plate and been spellbound by the glory of your turkey sandwich? No? Well, Hillshire Farm wants to be your first. The meat seller is out with a pair of...
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Don't Steal This Agency's Parking Spots, Unless You Want a Good Caning
Partners + Napier in Atlanta recently gave its copywriters license to spice up the signs next to its parking spots, warning people not to use them unless they have business with the agency. The signs...
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Ad of the Day: Whole Foods Market
Uptight about making that perfect Martha Stewart Thanksgiving dinner? Relax. Imperfection can be as appetizing as those unsprayed apples and papayas at Whole Foods. That's the underlying message in...
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Portrait: Hush
SpecsWho Standing: creative partner David Schwarz (left), creative director Jodi Terwilliger. Sitting: creative partner Erik Karasyk (left), head of production Ryan McGrathWhat Design companyWhere...
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Knifing People on Trains Is a Great Idea, Says PlayStation Ad
Here's a successfully creepy spot from Deutsch LA for Assassin's Creed III on PlayStation's Vita handheld. Because when you're bored and disgruntled from your commute, what you really want to do is...
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Ad of the Day: Sony Xperia
Over the weekend of Oct. 26, when audiences in Sweden flocked to see the new James Bond film Skyfall (yes, you heard that right—they got the latest Bond movie two full weeks before the U.S. did), one...
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Dos Equis Invites You to Call the Most Interesting Voicemail in the World
The Most Interesting Man in the World is a man of few words—except when he's recording his outgoing voicemail message. Then, he (or possibly a parrot who sounds just like him) sets up elaborate...
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Ad of the Day: John Lewis
The holiday season in Britain doesn't really start until department-store retailer John Lewis releases its Christmas ad. Today, it did just that—adding another chapter in a long list of sentimental...
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Little Caesars Looks to Mimes, and the Stars, for Latest Goofy Ads
Barton F. Graf 9000's latest spots for Little Caesars are so splendidly, self-consciously stupid, I want to punch myself in the face and watch them all day long. Check out the kid in "Mime." He's a...
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First Mover: Nancy Tellem
Specs Age 58New gig President, entertainment and digital media, MicrosoftOld gig President, CBS Entertainment GroupTell me about the new gig. After the number of years I’ve been in traditional media,...
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The True Believers
Craig Shapiro became a Silicon Valley man of means in the last half decade investing early in successful startups like Facebook and Mob.ly. As tech excitement and investor dollars shifted East, he...
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Outdoor Faucet Penises Promote Drag-Themed Play in Denver
Putting the wild in wild postings, Gyro's Denver office recently made clever use of outdoor faucets around town to promote the drag-themed theater show Drag Machine at the city's Off-Center theater....
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Ad of the Day: Apple
Anything you can do, I can do better—or at least as well. And I'll take up less room doing it. Apple released its second and third TV spots for the iPad mini on Sunday. Following the earlier...
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This Christmas Ad With Super Mom: Sexist or No?
British supermarket chain Asda stirred up some controversy with its new TV spot in which a mom literally makes Christmas happen by herself. The company even apologized for it last week. Well, kind of...
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Brands Need a New Way of Thinking
It’s a statistical fact that, given the double-digit population growth of Latinos and Asians in the U.S., non-Hispanic whites will almost certainly become a minority population by 2050. And if that’s...
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The Spot: FedEx's Package Deal
IDEA: Four ads—with talking turtles, worker ants, mythical dwarf-like creatures and reptilian humanoids—all packed into one 30-second ad? You're going to need some bubble wrap for that. Yet BBDO in...
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Man to Hitchhike Mostly Naked Across Canada for Charity (and an Underwear Brand)
Starting Wednesday, a walking, talking, pants-less billboard named Mark McIntyre will begin hitchhiking mostly naked across Canada. He will make the journey from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Truro,...
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Fenton the Dog's Viral Video Remade in Grand Fashion for New Ad
A year ago today, a 13-year-old boy uploaded a hilarious video of his cursing father chasing their dog Fenton—who himself was chasing a pack of deer—through London's Richmond Park. The man's incessant...
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Ad of the Day: Red Bull
What is the correct way to drink a Red Bull? It's simple: First, get your celebrity skydiving buddy to jump out of a helicopter. He'll parachute down to a retired Marine base in Irvine, Calif. After...
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Ad of the Day: SleepBetter.org
Wake up and marvel at the campy capering of a little night music from Rhett & Link. The comedy duo, best known for making awesomely bad local commercials, are back with this epic four-minute "spot...
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