0 comments by David Rogers on 10/20/2012
Raise your hand if you thought we'd be talking about Furbies again in 2012. Put your hand down, you're obviously lying. Hasbro is rebooting the iconic toy that was the toy of the late '90s, putting a modern spin on an old favorite. The 2012 version of the Furby has LCD eyes and will even […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 10/19/2012
It's fascinating to see how a company markets itself in different countries. In the United States, Arby's is currently deploying ads that directly attack their competition. In Canada, Arby's is moving at a much slower, boring pace. http://youtube.com/watch?v=OQUU90KofVQ Want that minute and a half of your life back? We do too. Arby's takes a concept […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Local ads deserve their own category in the world of advertising. With small budgets, if there's a budget at all, local companies are forced to come up with unique, appealing ads that can somehow break through the clutter of national advertising. The end result is usually a giant fail for our amusement. These AutoYes ads […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 10/18/2012
Snickers struck gold when they deployed the slogan "You're not you when you're hungry" back in 2010. They've capitalized on its success by creating ads for nearly every situation, using familiar faces such as Joe Pesci, Roseanne and Richard Lewis. Now they bring that iconic slogan to Halloween, showing what can happen when your hunger […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Space is the new hot topic in advertising thanks to Red Bull's incredible stunt where Felix Baumgartner performed a supersonic freefall from roughly 128,000 feet. Nestle quickly jumped on the concept and launched a Kit Kat bar into space. The end result was some neat footage but we think the spot actually reflects pretty poorly […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel
http://youtube.com/watch?v= 9UvVmMamNgE[/youtube] CHANEL released part two of its Brad Pitt acid trip, and this version is no better. It's the EXACT SAME SCRIPT of him mumbling the exact same nonsense only this time the focus is on models either gazing or walking or strutting or twirling…I'm not really sure. But, this could be a brilliant […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel on 10/17/2012
Nike announced this morning that they had terminated their sponsorship of Lance Armstrong in response to doping allegations. Now, we can look back on all of his self-righteous "I'm not 'on' anything except my bike and how DARE you indicate otherwise" ads: http://youtube.com/watch?v= MIl5RxhLZ5U[/youtube] You can just HEAR the arrogance in his voice. Let's watch […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Bodyform is a feminine hygiene company out of the U.K. The line feminine hygiene usually sends men, like myself, running. The topic makes us uncomfortable and uneasy and there's not much we can do about it. One man – Richard Neill – decided to take a stand against the feminine hygiene ads he had been […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Christmas is a happy, joyful time of the year. Christmas advertising on the other hand is a despicable, ugly beast that's an unfortunate side effect of the holiday that's loved by many. Why do we have so much hate for Christmas ads? Simple. It's not the music or the message. It's the fact the advertising […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 10/16/2012
Ragu is certainly trying out some new concepts with their current campaign. We already had a chance to discuss the most edgy pasta sauce ad we've ever seen and now we get to discuss how two YouTube "celebrities" are now using their online fame to pitch pasta sauce. The "Charlie Bit My Finger" boys have […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel on 10/15/2012
http://youtube.com/watch?v= mGs4CjeJiJQ[/youtube] Okay people, we've reached a new level of creepy that seriously should be studied. Brad Pitt was paid $7 MILLION DOLLARS to utter exactly 40 words. That's $175,000 a word. Obviously Chanel No. 5 just wanted an easy, round, number to throw at their CFO. But money isn't the issue here (well, it's sort of […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Animals are a great vehicle in advertising. They're cute, fuzzy and capable of pure hilarity without saying a single word. Toyota opted to go a different route with their ad for the 2013 Corolla, depicting a cat – one that looks like Wilford Brimley – trying to hurt itself so that it can continually ride in […]
0 comments by Dan DiLoreto
http://youtube.com/watch?v= I76LkYUyVzo[/youtube] Hot Pocket's slogan is "Irresistibly Hot" but it really should be "Resistibly Hot". I have never met a person in this world who thinks that Hot Pockets are edible, let alone good. However, their new commercial would like people to think that isn't the case. The spot opens with a guy making the […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel
http://youtube.com/watch?v= d6ZVpOvRfIs[/youtube] I like Aaron Rodgers. Really, I do. He seems like a good guy. You never hear about him pulling NFL player diva like shenanigans, which is refreshing. And up until now, his State Farm commercials have been charming, if nothing else. But then. This commercial with him at career day at an elementary […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel on 10/14/2012
http://youtube.com/watch?v= KLZOhz4qp68[/youtube] I'm not really sure what the point of this NASCAR commercial is. Losing is more painful than (insert idiotic analogy here). The commercial is bad enough to begin with but takes a turn for the WTF when Jimmie Johnson is bottle feeding a porcupine in a rocking chair. Why? Why? No, really. […]
