This Texas Nissan Dealer's Ads Really Are Just Preposterously Racist
I both love and hate the fact that "bad/offensive car dealership ad" is an accepted genre of TV marketing now. I mean, nothing sells me on a car faster than terrible acting, crappy sound and...
View ArticleHow I Met Your Mother Airs the Mother of All Promos for the Show's Final Season
This hilarious promo for the final season of CBS's How I Met Your Mother takes the show's weird framing device to its logical and deeply unsavory conclusion. The premise of the show is that our...
View ArticleMini's Adorable Tiny Camping Caravan May Be the Coolest Vehicle Never Made
Mini is making the most of the summer season by introducing three incredible concept cars specially designed for campers—though you can't buy any of them (yet). And if they seem hard to believe, no...
View ArticleBaby Thinks Geico Ad With Dikembe Mutombo Is the Most Hilarious Thing Ever
They say celebrity endorsements are a questionable investment, but as you can see below, they can be staggeringly successful—if the celebrity is Dikembe Mutombo and the target market is this...
View ArticleAd of the Day: World's Smallest Brewmaster Pours the Perfect Tiny Pint of...
I really wish I'd been a fly on the wall in this meeting."Hey, you guys know that painting of John Smithwick with the squirrel on his shoulder?" "I'm sorry, what painting is that?" "Well, let's see if...
View ArticleCoffee Brand Pours You a Free Cup When You Yawn at Its Vending Machine
Vending machines have been developing unique personalities for some time. We've had generous ones, sadistic ones, patriotic ones. Now, we've got an exceedingly empathetic one. Check out the video...
View ArticleRange Rover Chases a Rocky Mountain High by Charging Up Pikes Peak
If I ever want to drive up Pikes Peak in Colorado fairly fast, I guess I'll buy a Range Rover. That's my takeaway from this five-minute video showing the 2014 Range Rover Sport setting records for...
View ArticleIntel and Toshiba Follow Up 'The Beauty Inside' With Alien Zombie Saga 'The...
Pereira & O'Dell's social film "The Beauty Inside" for Intel and Toshiba was a major success—an engaging episodic tale with a delightful premise that propelled the small San Francisco agency onto...
View ArticleAmerican Red Cross PSA Reminds You That Babysitting Is a Contact Sport
Remember that time you thought babysitting for a few extra bucks was a great idea? What could be so hard about putting an 8-year-old to bed, right? Fast-forward a few hours, and Mikey's got his head...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Liquid-Plumr Gives Housewives More Erotic Cleaning Fantasies
Clogged drains are gross. Just think about the combination of things that go into rendering your tub drain completely nonfunctional: enough hair to knit a child's sweater, some soap scum, a load of...
View ArticleDog's Genitals Star in Grey's Weird Floor-Cleaner Ad (NSFW?)
Here's an ad that's really the dog's bollocks. It's by Grey Mexico for Motor Master floor disinfectant. "What is on your floor is not always on your mind," says the tagline. The ad, though, may be on...
View ArticleTV Is Fun Again in First Ad for Google's Chromecast Dongle
You plug Google's new $35 Chromecast dongle into the back of your TV set to wirelessly stream Internet video on a larger screen. "For Bigger Fun," this minute-long commercial by 72andSunny, shows all...
View ArticleMini Shows Off Some Grille in Illicit Tweet Making Fun of Anthony Weiner
Not many brands have embraced the Anthony Weiner debacle as inspiration for ads. Spirit Airlines did it in its own traditional sleazy fashion. And now Mini has come out with a little auto erotica of...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Vodafone Assures Lovesick Teen Girls, 'It's Not You, It's Him'
Waiting by the phone may be one of the oldest clichés in telecom advertising, but Grey London manages to put an enjoyable twist on the idea with its new international Vodafone spot, "The Wait." Twenty...
View ArticlePro-Marijuana Ad Tells Nascar Fans That Pot Is So Much Better Than Alcohol
The Marijuana Policy Project is spreading its message to Nascar fans by purchasing video ad space on a Jumbotron just outside the entrance to the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis from today through...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Tampon Subscription Service HelloFlo Is 'Like Santa for Your...
Feminine-hygiene products have come a long way from being squeamish even just about the V-word. This hilariously written long-form spot for HelloFlo, a tampon subscription service, is full of great...
View ArticleIs This Musical Poster With Interactive Paper the Future of Print and Outdoor...
Talk about a loud poster! Novalia in England has developed a drum-kit poster you can play with your fingertips. The interactive paper works like a touchsceen and produces seven different drum sounds,...
View ArticleCarl's Jr.'s Strawberry Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich Gets a Fittingly Epic...
You would think the epic-ness of a Strawberry Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich would speak for itself. But just to be safe, Carl's Jr. has layered its new ad (via 72andSunny) for the dessert treat with...
View ArticleAdidas Lets Fans Jump for Derrick Rose Sneakers in London Pop-Up Store
Here's a simple concept executed simply for Adidas. This beautifully shot, expertly cut short tells the story of the opening of the D Rose Jump Store in London. This unique store gave fans a chance to...
View ArticleSubaru's Latest Ads Need a Flashing Warning Light for Sweetness Overload
Subaru stakes its claim as the car for people whose lives are just so damn cute in this pair of new spots from Carmichael Lynch."The Date" follows a young couple as they drive down country roads,...
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