0 comments by David Rogers on 1/20/2013
Jessica Simpson has a $4 million endorsement deal with Weight Watchers that she received shortly after a pregnancy. Weighing in at 170 pounds, Weight Watchers extended the deal in the hopes of reaping the rewards of transforming Simpson back to her slimmer self. Weight Watchers deployed a series of ads, such as this one, […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 1/18/2013
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tKTO9wgrRsU?rel=0 Boy, advertising sure was a bit wacky 30-40 years ago, wasn't it? What's that? This McDonald's ad was just loaded to the company's YouTube page on January 15th, 2013? Well, that makes things a bit more interesting. McDonald's is going back to the past with some advertising straight out of a different decade. Complete […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 1/16/2013
Apparently, The Rock (or Dwayne Johnson) is going to appear in a "Got Milk?" commercial that will air on Super Bowl Sunday. The actor/wrestler posted the picture below to his Facebook account, with the caption "The most dangerous Super Bowl commercial of all time." So far, details on this ad have been kept quiet. All […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel
http://youtube.com/watch?v= uIhGsXCv2js[/youtube] Ahhh New Years – when everyone vows to drop 40 pounds or however much it will take to get back to their high school weight, only to say "screw it" two weeks in because they'd rather lie on their couch when it's 13-degrees outside than go to the gym. Anyway, this Tropicana ad […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 1/14/2013
What happens when Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are together out on the driving range? No cup is safe. http://youtube.com/watch?v=2NCDYjHtEcU?rel=0 Welcome back to fun advertisements, Tiger Woods. Tiger easily has the best line of the ad, asking McIlroy if that's "his real hair" shortly after McIlroy insults Tiger on his age. We even see Woods resort back […]
0 comments by David Rogers
QR codes were supposed to revolutionize the way we consume information through our smart phones. They were supposed to be a quick and easy way to connect the user/reader with whatever form of media they were looking at. For a variety of reasons, QR codes never really took off. Most QR codes appeared to be […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 1/11/2013
In the Outback Bowl on New Years Day, South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney obliterated Michigan running back Vincent Smith on a tackle, forcing Smith to fumble the ball and sending his helmet flying about 10 yards down the field. It was one of the best hits of the football season, and has turned Clowney […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Coca-Cola has a new vending machine that's simply called the "Worldwide Machine". The difference between the Worldwide Machine compared to your standard vending machine is the fact the Worldwide Machine has the ability to accept most currencies. The ad above mentions that the machine will be placed at International airports, using the slogan "No matter […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 1/10/2013
FreeCreditScore has a new feature on their site where you can see what will happen to your credit score under various hypothetical scenarios. It's a cool feature, one that has been in similar formats on other credit sites such as Credit Karma. How does FreeCreditScore promote their latest feature? Guacamole. Lots of guacamole. http://youtube.com/watch?v=gfq2tnKBJLU?rel=0 Interesting. […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 1/9/2013
Poor Marshall Faulk. No one told him that retirement life consists of spending time in the bunker while Arnold Palmer talks trash on your golf game. Few insults are better than the one Palmer dishes out at the end of the ad where he offers to get Faulk an Arnold Palmer. We assume that sort […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 1/7/2013
In November we published a preview of the ads you could expect to see during the 2013 Super Bowl. As we've crept closer to the big game, additional information on the commercials has been released/leaked. Want to maintain the suspense and surprise? Read no further. What follows is a rather detailed look at what's to […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Move over Wax Vac, there's a new Vac in town that's ready to steal the laughs each time its commercial airs. Meet the Pos-T-Vac, a vacuum that's ready to solve your erectile dysfunction. http://youtube.com/watch?v=P7aM93AxstE?rel=0 Holy cow. There have been plenty of commercials for erectile dysfunction on television the past few years but this one might take […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel
http://youtube.com/watch?v= FjTQV6CjAPE[/youtube] Normally, car commercials feature a professional driver on a closed course showing off what the car can do. Occasionally, we get the commercial playing on emotions – I can't remember which car company did this, but it chronicled the reliability of the car from a guy's first date through bringing home a baby […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 1/6/2013
Jerry Stiller, Ron Perlman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Lloyd, Terry Crews, Debra Jo Rupp, Danny Trejo, DMC, WWE's The Miz and Jamie Lynn Sigler all banded together to bring you an important message – Get your GED. The call center for YourGED.org has a more impressive cast than most feature films. http://youtube.com/watch?v=X3jjshwrjn0?rel=0 Talk about a great […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 1/4/2013
Occasionally the staff here at Awful Advertisements likes to dig through the archives and rediscover spots that haven't seen the light of day for quite some time. Today we came across a gem from 1993 where Bill Parcells and Mike Francesca argue over dinner at Manny's Restaurant in New Jersey. Pure gold. http://youtube.com/watch?v=QwDCqmPHth8?rel=0 Some things […]
