Get a Real Friend, Because Yours Suck, Say Pedigree's Great Ads for Dog Adoption
Here's a great little campaign for dog adoption by Pedigree and French agency CLM BBDO. Because a dog really will be your best friend, and a loyal one—unlike human best friends, who are constantly...
View ArticleIs This Strange Russian Ad With a Man Drowning the Perfect Metaphor for...
If you saw a man drowning on social media, would you save him? That's the metaphor at the heart of this bizarre ad for Mainpeople, a new Russian app designed to make charity more central to social...
View ArticleAdweek's Top 5 Commercials of the Week: March 27-April 3
OPI and Volvo led the way this week with two fascinating and innovative visual campaigns. We also got another mean-tweets PSA, a comical spot about urine leakage, and Neil Patrick Harris' latest...
View ArticleHere's What the Bible Would Look Like Full of Product Placements
Advertising veterans George Logothetis and Graham Clifford are celebrating Easter in a bit of a blasphemous way this year by unveiling The Product Placement Bible—a tongue-in-cheek (or at least...
View ArticleThis Bank Found a Way for Men to Browse Pinterest Without Feeling Ashamed
How tough is it to scout for pillow shams and window treatments, Mr. New Homeowner, while keeping your manhood intact? Extremely difficult, if not downright impossible, on chick-dominated Pinterest....
View ArticleClever McDonald's Ads Show Classic Characters Getting the Best Deliveries Ever
Here's a simple and fun McDonald's campaign from Leo Burnett Dubai promoting the fast-food chain's delivery service, showing various characters receiving exactly what they love in a McDonald's bag....
View ArticleAd of the Day: Fixodent Helps a Lion Get His Bite Back in This Amazing Short...
There are so many reasons why this Fixodent project might never have been made. Maybe it's too ambitious. Or it's off-brand. Or it has nothing to do with the real applications of the product....
View ArticleWaiting for Pitch Perfect 2? These Girls Singing About Leg Hair Will Tide You...
There's still about a month before Universal Pictures' Pitch Perfect 2 opens. But don't worry, aca-awesome fans, here are some fetching young things with bright smiles, legs for days and great voices...
View ArticleSNL Gloriously Spoofs Scientology in This Hilariously Spot-On Music Video
A five-minute 1990s-era Scientology sing-along video doesn't need a parody to be funny. But that hasn't stopped Saturday Night Live from making one anyways—and the results really don't disappoint....
View ArticleApple Watch Gets a Series of 'Guided Tour' Videos Showing You Exactly How It...
Thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump … Will your heart beat faster for the Apple Watch after you've previewed its hotness in four "guided tour" videos the company posted on Friday? Probably....
View ArticleAd of the Day: Chevy Frightens and Amuses Real People in Great Focus-Group Ads
Even the best prank ads can sometimes leave you wondering: Were those real people or actors? That isn't a problem in Chevrolet's entertaining new campaign, which includes what so many other prank...
View ArticleInspiring Nike Golf Ad Shows How Rory McIlroy Grew Up Idolizing Tiger Woods
In "Ripple," the latest Nike Golf ad, we witness the journey of a way-back-when Rory McIlroy, following the career of his idol, Tiger Woods. The young boy watches Woods play, puts his posters up in...
View ArticleWomen Need to Get Into Corporate Boardrooms to Close the Gender Pay Gap
One of the things I'm most proud of is the recent success our industry has had in increasing creative career opportunities for women and in changing persistent gender stereotypes; the progress of The...
View ArticleWheaties' Latest Champion Is a Trick-Shot Bowler From the '40s
Wheaties is cementing its status as the breakfast of old people with a blustery new campaign featuring 1948 footage of bowling star Andy Varipapa, who died more than 30 years ago. Six black-and-white...
View ArticleNew Belgium Beer Is Just What the Doctor Ordered (From His Weird Bike-Couch...
New Belgium Brewing peddles its Slow Ride Session pale ale in a series of silly Web shorts created by production house Strike Anywhere. Dr. Don, a mellow therapist with a bushy upper lip, advises...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Honda Just Keeps Driving in This Hypnotic, Looping Ad That...
What better way for an automaker to communicate performance, longevity and a never-ending commitment to quality than with an ad that itself never ends? Honda and mcgarrybowen London have made just...
View ArticleCooper Hewitt Reopens on the Upper East Side With Ads Tweaking Other NYC...
There's always something fun about site-specific ads in New York City. The richness of every neighborhood makes the place especially promising for that kind of outdoor work, as 72andSunny's Google ads...
View ArticleDear Kate Wants to Hear About Your First Time, But It's Not What You Think
Underwear brand Dear Kate is hoping to make "my first period" stories something to celebrate—or at the very least, something that isn't shameful. In its newest video, women tell stories about their...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Dirty Dishes Don't Have to Rule Your Life in These Delightful...
Modern life is riddled with dirty dishes, and Finish wants to help. A new 40-second, rapid-fire ad created by Wieden + Kennedy London for the dishwasher soap (owned by Reckitt Benckiser) runs through...
View ArticleDove's Latest Film Makes Women Choose If They Are 'Beautiful' or 'Average'
Over the past decade, Dove has had a laser focus, challenging women's concepts of beauty and championing "real women" to see themselves as beautiful. The brand has received overwhelming praise for its...
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