Clik here to view.
Environmental Campaign Suggests Naming Vicious Storms After Climate-Change...
New York ad agency Barton F. Graf 9000 has turned its roguish attention to the issue of climate change, and helped activist group 350 Action with the amusing video below. According to the YouTube...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ad of the Day: Audi Finds a Most Unlikely Endorser in the Boxing Ring
You're not the first guy who climbs into the ring and beats the crap out of the second guy. You're the third guy who makes sure the two muscle machines punching each other in the face are following...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Twerking the Hand That Feeds You: Beats Tees Off on Miley Cyrus
"Will somebody please feed Miley Cyrus?" That's the request from one anthropomorphized Beats Pill speaker to another in the commercial below, which aired Sunday on MTV after the pop singer's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dermablend App Gives You the Skinny on Super-Tattooed 'Zombie Boy'
Zombie Boy rises again! L'Oréal's Dermablend cosmetics brand got 13 million YouTube views for its 2011 "Go Beyond the Cover" video starring the über-tattooed Rick Genest. So, it's no surprise they've...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kobe Bryant Brings His Mad Beethoven-Playing Piano Skills to Lenovo Ad
Lenovo has moved on (at least for the moment) from comparing itself to Apple to having Kobe Bryant play Beethoven on the piano with symphonic accompaniment for no reason. Really. There's barely a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taco Bell Brings Doritos Locos Tacos to Canada, Makes Impatient Critics...
Be careful what you say about Taco Bell in Canada. The chain is liable to etch your angry rants on taco shells and force them down your throat. That's what happened in this stunt from ad agency Grip...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ad of the Day: Guerlain Goes to the Ends of the Earth in the Year's Most...
This new ad for French perfume house Guerlain's Shalimar fragrance is perhaps the single most elaborate spot this side of the same director's famous Cartier commercial from last year. Say what you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Flo Can't Be Your Wife, but Your Wife Can Be Flo, in Progressive's Odd Little...
Do you wish your wife were more like Flo, the ever-peppy, white-aproned saleswoman for Progressive Insurance? Do you wish your home were more like the Superstore, the white-walled setting of dozens of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monistat Is Sorry (not Sorry) for Making Wearers of 'Granny Panties' Feel Bad
Monistat used "granny panties" in a recent ad as a metaphor for how women feel when they have a yeast infection. Now, though, after supposed complaints from the granny-panty-wearing community,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ad of the Day: Rubio's Gets Deep in Salute to the Ocean
In today's culinary environment, a restaurant needs more than good food, solid service and aesthetically pleasing décor to gain public acclaim. Its ingredients need to be coddled, too. Beef must be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Weird, Sweet Story of Chocolate Bars in Europe That Are Mysteriously...
Chocolate is both the medium and message in this Milka campaign from Paris agency Buzzman. Some 10 million of the chocolatier's flagship Alpine milk bars destined for sale in France and Germany, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AT&T's Guinea Pigs Kim and Carl Are This Year's Funniest Talking Ad Animals
Here's a brilliant spot starring two god-fearing guinea pigs arguing over whether their house is possessed by an angel or a demon. The ad is just one execution in a tiny, Web-only BBDO campaign...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Band Gets Back Together in NBC's Brilliantly Cheesy Promo for The Voice
We've all been there. Heartbroken, bearded and alone. This is place that some might call "the dumps," an unbearable place full of darkness, loneliness and misery. It's all because you've been without...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Universe's Most Indulgent Gum Gets a TV Commercial to Match
Stimorol Sensations, a South African gum that appears to be the same thing as Trident Layers, claims to be the most indulgent gum in the universe. In its latest spot by Ogilvy Cape Town, an office...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The A.1. Steak Sauce Card: It's Everywhere You Want to Eat
If anyone out there considers themselves a card-carrying A.1. steak sauce enthusiast, you'll soon have the actual card to prove it. The venerable steak sauce and Crispin Porter + Bogusky have launched...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ad of the Day: Old Spice Perfects the Stupid-Funny Parody Jingle in NFL Spots
Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write: The bar for deodorant ads has gotten really, really high over the last few years. Don't look at me. I didn't decide this was the category that needed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kraft Invents a Past That Never Existed for 'New-stalgic' Mac & Cheese Flavors
Here's a fun bit of false advertising from Crispin Porter + Bogusky for Kraft Mac & Cheese. After 75 years, the brand is adding four new flavors: Garlic & Herb Alfredo, Buffalo Cheddar, Three...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Stylish New Magazine Mixes Food and Fashion
SpecsWho Editorial director Kerry Diamond (l.) and creative director Claudia WuWhat Niche food magazineWhere New York offices Food and fashion haven’t always had the best of relationships. But these...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is This the Most Evil and Sadistic Prankvertising Stunt Yet?
We've seen all manner of prankvertising over the past few years, but this campaign from LG—if it's real and not staged—could be the most brutal example yet. (It's also questionably timed, given the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wheelchair Basketball Ad for Guinness Wins on a Buzzer Beater
The bond among true friends is one forged of iron—hardened, powerful and time-tested. Nothing strengthens that bond more than friendly competition—testing your physical abilities, challenging and...
View Article