Bank of America is probably not one of America's favorite businesses for various and sundry reasons that I won't get into here. I can understand their need to work their image into something relatable, something "folksy," something "trendy middle class guy."  They could've done a little better job picking their soundtrack. http://youtube.com/watch?v=vTZ_YSOjzV8 Those of you […]

The story of the day today seemed to be the details emerging from Kellen Winslow Jr.'s November arrest for possession of marijuana. An athlete getting arrested for possession of anything these days is not all that surprising. But today, court documents revealed a bit more color behind the arrest.  Winslow was allegedly masturbating in his […]

Jenny McCarthy is one of many celebrity spokesmen for blu eCigs, which you may have seen featured in the opening monologue at the Golden Globe awards. They have managed to become the "cool eCig," the one with the famous people attached. I personally think it's because of the pretty blue light at the tip of […]

It's pretty big news in the soccer world when a player ditches the English Premier League in favor of Major League Soccer. When it was officially announced that Jermain Defoe would be leaving Tottenham for Toronto in February, it's safe to say some soccer fans in the U.K. were pretty surprised.  Toronto FC tried to capture […]

During hockey season, I will admit that really the only live TV that I watch are hockey games. Most games are broadcast on a Fox Sports network, and most games have the Taco Bell Grilled Stuft (stuffed?) Nacho ("nacho?") commercial in heavy rotation. Initially I tuned these ads out, but being forced to watch them […]

Duracell and the Derrick Coleman of the Seattle Seahawks have teamed up and created the best battery commercial we've ever seen. Coleman has been deaf since he was three and has faced plenty of adversity on his road to the NFL.  Despite plenty of people counting him out, Coleman pressed on and kept pursuing his […]

Take a look around you the next time you go to a bar or restaurant. Over the course of the night you should see plenty of phones. It's incredible. Full tables of people you assume are all friends have their mobile devices out. Are they talking to each other? Kind of, but the bulk of […]

The Protein Fight Club commercials designed to promote milk are really, really stupid. In fact, we've already made fun of one where a woman makes a weird omelet inside a cup. Here milk battles an Everything Bagel and the results are annoying. Oh so annoying.  http://youtube.com/watch?v=wXcR-RIulMw?rel=0 The actual idea – showing off how much protein […]

It's not often we'd encourage you to watch an ad which is a whopping two minutes long. We'll make an exception for this outstanding P&G Olympic ad which celebrates the fact that sometimes it takes falling – and a little help from Mom –  to make us stronger.  http://youtube.com/watch?v=57e4t-fhXDs?rel=0 This tribute to moms is a […]

Old Spice commercials have been pretty weird for the last few years. At first they fell into the Weird: Charming category, with ads built around the idea of the Old Spice Man and The Man Your Man Could Smell like. The ads then became bigger, louder and more bizarre. They fell into a Weird: Annoying […]

Low budget commercials are incredible. Each one is instantly recognizable the moment it comes on your TV. Not because of brand awareness or brand recognition, but because of the horrible audio quality, bad acting and even worse editing.  This commercial for Purnell's "Old Folks" sausage is the perfect example of what makes low budget ads […]

Wendy's is out to prove that Wendy, their spokeswoman, works with the biggest group of morons on the planet. In an effort to promote their Spicy Chipotle Sandwiches, the company created yet another annoying commercial where Wendy is the smug, brilliant individual surrounded by incompetent coworkers.  http://youtube.com/watch?v=iOdcK42Di7g?rel=0 1. Where does Wendy work and why do they […]

The latest trend seen in various television commercials is the usage of GIFs. To be clear, the advertisements try to incorporate the popular way to share media online in their commercial by showing one action repeated over and over through looping video. The results have been disastrous. We first ripped on Kmart. Now our attention […]