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Ad of the Day: Carlsberg
Lately it seems like every day is April 1 in advertising, based on how many campaigns are pranking ordinary people. Cue Carlsberg's latest stunt, which rouses unsuspecting people from their beds (or...
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Taco Bell Explodes in Your Face With 3-D Cinema Spot
Doritos go boom on the big screen! Never mind what they do when they land in your belly. As part of an all-out commercial assault for its newest hybrid taco, Taco Bell has created the first 3-D...
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Old Spice's Mr. Wolfdog Is as Skilled as Any Living Creature at Making Banner...
It says something about banner ads that the best ones—with a few exceptions, like this and this—are the ones that are laughably, shareably bad. You've seen them. And now Old Spice is parodying them....
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Tide Wows With Commercial That Treats Dad Like a Normal Human
Just watch this astounding Tide commercial from Saatchi & Saatchi in New York. It came out in January, so quietly that we didn't even notice it. And that's the beauty of it. See the dad? He's an...
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Ad of the Day: Valspar
Choosing a paint color is a pretty big commitment. If you paint a room in a color you hate, you'll either have to paint the whole thing over again, shell out for someone else to repaint it, or resign...
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Canadian PSA Takes Aim at the Noxious Epidemic of Social Farting
"Just because I fart at parties now and then, it doesn't make me a farter." That's how I plan to begin my memoirs, and it's also a key line in the Ontario Ministry of Health's "Quit the Denial"...
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Microsoft Commercial Reveals Company's Outlook on Gay Marriage
First, Amazon treated gay marriage like it was no big whoop in its latest Kindle ad. And now this. Microsoft has juxtaposed becoming a professional stuntman with getting gay married in its latest...
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Oreo Wraps Up Cookie vs. Creme Campaign With Dozens of Goofy Videos
Cookie or creme? Perhaps not surprisingly, Oreo says it's both. Following the "Whisper Fight" Super Bowl spot, the #cookiethis/#cremethis Instagram campaign, the Oreo Separator videos and the "Life...
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Ad of the Day: Orangina
Four out of five doctors agree that advertisers loves statistics, because consumers tend to believe them, even when they're meaningless. Now, Orangina's latest campaign from Fred & Farid presents...
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Is It Better to Buy an Agency or Grow Organically?
Publicis Groupe’s purchase of LBi last September grabbed headlines as one of the year’s biggest agency acquisitions. But as the French holding company now grapples with integrating the digital shop...
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Miller Lite Gives You Friends With Benefits
IDEA: You always have a good time out on the town with your friends. But if one of them were a celebrity, things might be a little more interesting. Grooving with Questlove, laughing with (or at) Ken...
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World's Fastest Agency Delivers 140-Character Concepts in 24 Hours
Floyd Hayes, the former executive creative director of creative agency Cunning, includes a quote from a 2007 AdFreak story in materials touting his new venture, the World's Fastest Agency—although...
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Ad of the Day: Southwest Airlines
TBWA\Chiat\Day's first brand image ad for Southwest Airlines since winning the assignment way back in July 2012 feels big, yet also down to earth. The bigness—a change of tone for a carrier known for...
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Mountain Dew Makes the Best Ad Ever With a Violent Talking Goat
Piss off, dancing Shetland pony and Mr. Wolfdog. This is the Year of the Goat in advertising. Tyler, The Creator, the leader of hip-hop collective Odd Future, directs and provides the raspy voice of...
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Ad of the Day: Milano Cookies
The slogan in this new ad for Pepperidge Farm's Milano cookies is "My yummy secret," which is either the title of an article in Ladies Home Journal or a late-night movie on Cinemax. The ad itself,...
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Denver Cabs Outfitted With Mammoth Tusks to Promote Museum Exhibit
The taxicabs in Denver are a bit hornier than usual, and it's all science's fault. Carmichael Lynch put ornamental mammoth tusks on a fleet of cabs to drum up attention for the Denver Museum of Nature...
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A Tipsy Time With the Half-Naked Bellboy
If you’ve ever stayed in a hotel that has over two stars, you’ve already met him. But heck, even if you’ve only seen it in the movies, we all know what happens when you drop your bags at the front...
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Stipple Helps Brands Make More Money From Online Images
SpecsWho CEO, co-founder Rey Flemings (l.);CTO, co-founder Michael DunganWhat Image-focused technology companyWhere San Francisco offices Digital image company Stipple has Justin Timberlake as a...
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Wife Puts Up Nasty Billboard to Get Revenge on Cheating Husband
Revenge billboards are getting to be a trend. Expensive but emotionally satisfying, they're great for anything from declaring spousal inadequacies to calling out cheaters. This one, in Greensboro,...
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