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Eat a Snickers or Risk Becoming a Frozen Husk of Your Former Self, Candy Bar...
When your scruffy, half-frozen future self travels back in time with a message of life-changing import, what are you going to do? Scarf down a Snickers, of course! That's the plot of this ad for the...
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Elton John Wants You to Make the Official Music Video for One of His 1970s...
What if Elton John asked you to make the official music video for "Rocket Man," "Tiny Dancer" or "Bennie and the Jets"? That's exactly what just happened. Except he's not just asking you—he's asking...
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This Documentary About Rick Ross Is Actually a Pretty Impressive Ad for Checkers
It's not often you get to realize a childhood dream. And rapper Rick Ross just bought his—a Checkers franchise in his hometown, Carol City, Florida. Curiouser still, the purchase has led to the...
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Colonialism Is a Massive Beach Party in Australia's Latest Epic, Provocative...
In its ongoing quest to remind us that nothing says Australia Day more than lamb barbecue, Meat & Livestock Australia gives us "Celebrate Australia with a Lamb BBQ." That title is probably the...
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Hyundai Takes Unboxing to a Whole New Level in This British Commercial
See you in hell, soul-sucking car-dealership experience! Last week, Hyundai launched an Amazon-style "Click to Buy" website in the U.K. that lets you purchase various Tucson and Santa Fe models at...
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Ad of the Day: Nike Women Got FKA Twigs to Creative Direct This Mesmerizing...
Get ready to watch and re-watch the new Nike Women ad from FKA Twigs featuring a cadre of athletes and dancers. It's just that much ethereal eye candy, set to a snippet of the performer's new song,...
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The Week's 10 Most Digitally Engaging Ads
Electronic communication is the name of the game in the latest weekly chart of the most digitally engaging commercials, according to TV ad-attention analytics company iSpot.tv. Five of the top 10 ads...
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Here's an Ad That Should Inspire Entrepreneurs Everywhere to Get Their Act...
A business idea is all good and well, but a new ad from freelance marketplace Fiverr—the company's first brand campaign—is putting the emphasis on the actual doing part. The rapid-fire montage,...
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Here's Proof You Can Get Away With Pretty Much Anything in a Radio Ad
It's no great epiphany that radio can be a more forgiving format than video. But you may not have considered the full range of horrific opportunities that liberation from a camera can afford you. You...
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Can Pizza Hut Outdo Itself With These Sitcom-Style Ads From Viacom?
Maladjusted millennial braggarts choose Pizza Hut. Let's all go there today! Running on Viacom's cable-TV networks, this goofy campaign for the restaurant chain targets young adults, presenting folks...
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Ad of the Day: Pearle Vision's Touching New Ad Stars a Boy and His Very...
Eyewear might not be the first category that comes to mind when one thinks of emotionally powerful advertising. But a new spot for Pearle Vision by Energy BBDO gets to the very heart of the matter...
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The World's Rudest, Most Passive-Aggressive Billboard Coughs at Nearby Smokers
If anything is going to convince a smoker to quit, it's a judgmental, passive-aggressive, coughing billboard. At least, that's the ostensible premise of a new campaign from Swedish pharmacy Apoteket...
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Ad of the Day: Lil Buck Defies Gravity in Apple's First Big TV Spot for Its...
Without pesky headphone wires, you'll be freed up to move in any way the laws of physics allow—and even, perhaps, some they don't. Apple this weekend launched "Stroll," the latest 60-second spot in...
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Chevrolet Unveils a Life-Size Lego Batmobile, and a Self-Parody Ad to Match
Chevrolet has long been running a campaign that shows a group of "ordinary" people, a Chevy car and has them react in disbelief to how safe it is, how many awards it's won and generally how awesome it...
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Adidas Knocks Under Armour Again With This Inspirational 'One in a Billion'...
Some in the Western world retain unfortunate stereotypes about China as a society that places little value on individuality, valuing loyalty to the state above all other things. Advertisers, in turn,...
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Does Nike's New Ad With Nick Kyrgios Make Light of Mental Illness?
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios' temperamental behavior, and frequent perceived lack of effort, are the subject of a new online Nike ad. But not everyone is happy with the message it seems to be...
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This Chocolate Factory Just Celebrated 5 Years in Business With Delicious...
If the medium is the message, then Videri Chocolate Factory's latest advertising has a very palatable message indeed. The Raleigh, N.C., chocolate maker worked with ad agency Baldwin& to create...
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'I'm Alpha Male Adjacent.' Neil Patrick Harris on Why He's Still Doing Ads...
It was back in the summer of 2014 that Neil Patrick Harris did his first ads for Heineken Light, via Wieden + Kennedy New York. From the beginning, the campaign has had a meta humor, wryly commenting...
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This Popular Vlogger Died in a Shocking Car Crash Live on YouTube. Or Did She?
You're watching your favorite beauty vlogger broadcast live as she drives her car around town. She looks away from the road to check her phone and read questions from fans. Suddenly, the picture goes...
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Ad of the Day: Reebok Gets 'More Human' Than Ever in Evolving Aspirational...
Are you striving hard toward personal growth, using exercise, physical fitness and intense competition to build your character and shape your life in positive ways? Well, Reebok wants to give you a...
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