See Walking Dead's Norman Reedus Get All Freaked Out by a Real Zombie Scare
Steely-eyed, crossbow-wielding Daryl Dixon never loses his cool in a zombie attack, but the actor who plays him, Norman Reedus? He might just jump out of his skin if set upon by the undead. The...
View ArticleNissan Rogue Comes in Handy When You're Battling a Marauding Band of Evil...
Next time you're caught driving in a winter storm, Nissan Canada wants you to be grateful you're only dealing with the natural elements and not a supernatural mob of malicious snowmen who are hell...
View ArticleMost Inclusive Ad Ever? Swiffer Spot Stars Interracial Family, and Dad's an...
Here's a feel-good moment from Swiffer. A new ad for the brand stars an interracial family, which deserves some credit, if lamentably, in light of the idiotic controversy around last year's Cheerios...
View ArticleIs Kayak's 'Stairlift' Commercial Bringing You Down?
Some folks are finding Barton F. Graf 9000's latest advertising excursion for travel site Kayak.com a less than uplifting experience. In the 30-second spot, a middle-aged man commandeers his elderly...
View ArticleIf Patrick Bateman Were a Hipster, He'd Kill For Denham Jeans
What if Patrick Bateman were a hipster? It would look a lot like this brilliant remake of two American Psycho scenes, updated for our decade of obsessive beard cultivation and vintage clothing...
View ArticleAd for the World's Tallest Waterslide Will Make You Feel All Woozy and Weird
When you think of Kansas City, you don't think death-defying, super-fast waterslides. Actually, I'm not sure what you think when you think of Kansas City. But pretty soon you'll think Verrückt, a...
View ArticleOld Spice, Isaiah Mustafa Stage 'Interneterventions' on 9 Fake Websites for...
Isaiah Mustafa, who recently returned to the Old Spice world in a British campaign, is now fronting a new online initiative for the P&G brand's new body spray. The campaign is built around nine...
View ArticleFun, Ludicrous Dancing Jacket Springs to Life When You Eat Cadbury Chocolate
Cadbury has invented a trench coat that basically dances when you eat the brand's chocolate. Because eating Cadbury chocolate brings euphoria so intense that it makes even your clothes dance, or...
View ArticleCisco Ad, Like the Future It Depicts, Is All Delightfully Interconnected
IDEA: The Internet of Things—or as Cisco calls it, "the Internet of everything"—is quickly advancing, as seen in the array of magically interconnected devices at this year's Consumer Electronics Show....
View ArticleGoDaddy Unveils the First Super Bowl Ad of Its Post-Sleaze Era
GoDaddy, which this fall promised no more sleazy Super Bowl commercials, still shows plenty of skin in its first ad for this year's game—but it's mostly male, and it's absurdly pumped up. The...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Honda Spreads a Message of Hope in a World of Chaos and Conflict
Honda wants you to know something: This world is not actually as horrible and soul-crushing a place as it appears. In a lengthy online anthem titled "Today Is Pretty Great," which launches a new Gen...
View ArticleArnold Schwarzenegger Goes Undercover at Gold's Gym in Amusing Charity Video
Given the rough few years he's had lately, it's not surprising Arnold Schwarzenegger might want to be someone else for a while. He's making a habit of it, anyway. The Governator, who looked hilarious...
View ArticleApple Cuts 'Your Verse' Into Shorter Ads, but It's the Website That's Really...
Apple's "Your Verse" commercial, which rolled out 10 days ago, was a pretty nice start to 2014 for the company's marketing. The 90-second spot, advertising the iPad, is great to look at, and has an...
View ArticleNewcastle Brown Ale's Super Bowl Ad Teaser Is the Best You'll See This Year
God bless Newcastle Brown Ale. As much as we all enjoy advertising when it's good, so much of it—as Newcastle would say—is bollocks. The British brewer (with help from Droga5) has always excelled at...
View ArticleYellow Gets the Starring Role in M&M's Super Bowl Spot
A year after the Red M&M belted out Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)," it's Yellow's turn to take the spotlight during the Super Bowl. The Mars candy brand just released...
View ArticleStephen Colbert Is Excited That You're Excited for His Wonderful Pistachios...
As celebrity Super Bowl endorsers go, Stephen Colbert is somewhat unique because he's actually funny. He's amusing even in the few seconds of the teaser below for his Wonderful Pistachios ad airing on...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Apple Lavishly Celebrates Macintosh's 30th Birthday
There have been hints in recent days, even from Lee Clow himself, that Apple would be doing something special around the 30th anniversary of Macintosh, and of the infamous Super Bowl spot that...
View ArticleArby's Slayed the Grammys With This Tweet About Pharrell Williams' Hat
If there was one big winner at last night's Grammy Awards that was even more surprising than Daft Punk getting Album of the Year, it was Arby's scoring the tweet of the night. The sandwich chain's...
View ArticleSquarespace Unveils Its Full Super Bowl Spot, and It Sure Is Depressing
The Internet is Times Square pre-Giuliani, says Squarespace's Super Bowl ad—the full version of which went live Monday online, a week and a half after a teaser rolled out. The spot, produced in-house,...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Hyundai's Two Super Bowl Ads Are Simple, Cute and Fun
Sometimes it's the understated celebrity cameos that do the trick on the Super Bowl. Johnny Galecki certainly fits the bill, and has picked a good time to make his commercial acting debut—in one of...
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