If you follow sports closely, or the world of competitive hot dog eating casually, you likely know the name Takeru Kobayashi. You may not know the name Hofmann Hot Dogs. The two are joining forces to take a local central New York hot dog brand national. The Japanese wunderkind won six straight 4th of July […]
0 comments by David Rogers
It's baffling why so many advertisers believe they need to force cute, annoying children down our throats. It's not that I don't like children, it's more that I don't like how most of the commercials on TV choose to use children in their spots. This ad is atrocious without even touching on the fact that […]
0 comments by Dan DiLoreto on 9/17/2012
The Nissan Altima has a cool new feature. When you are filling your tires with air, the car will let out a little honk when you have reached the right PSI. Pretty cool, right? No more checking the PSI with the tire gauge and having to put more air in or let air out. This […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel
This Lindor Truffles commercial reaches a new level of fail. Roger Federer has done a LOT of commercials (Nike, Wilson, Rolex, etc), all of which were relevant to him as an athlete (although one of the Rolex ads I have an issue with but that's another post for another day). This one? Not so […]
0 comments by Dan DiLoreto
Twitter user @CamilleBTurner hit us up and asked if we had seen the Geico commercial with Eddie Money singing Two Tickets to Paradise. Oh yes, Camille, we have and we are just as terrified as you are by hearing Eddie Money go a cappella. But instead of just ripping one of the new Geico "Happier […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 9/15/2012
Remember those awful yet memorable ads from back in the day? We do too. Starting today we will be running a series titled "Awful Classics" where we hunt down some of the worst and most iconic commercials from yesteryear. Join us for a trip down memory lane – for better or worse. If you turned […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel on 9/14/2012
http://youtube.com/watch?v= P2rf225OoqA[/youtube] I like Erin Andrews. I do not like this commercial starring Erin Andrews. So many things are wrong with this ad and it's only :15 long! First of all, if, as she says, the core of our health is truly on the inside, why as she at a gym, where people are working […]
0 comments by Dan DiLoreto
http://youtube.com/watch?v= yjayxnZBd4w[/youtube] Healthy Choice hasn't really been in the captivating commercial business. That's a personal opinion because I can't seem to remember any of their other commercials, assuming there are some. This one is different though. It is meant to cast the "no carb dieters" in a negative light. The spot starts off in the […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel on 9/13/2012
This promo for Dr. Phil's one-on-one sit down with Dina Lohan is 60-seconds of pure gold. Seriously, whoever put this gem together deserves a PhD in Avid. The reaction Dr. Phil has to pretty much everything she says is classic – he's completely dumfounded. Is she even listening to herself? Probably not. Is she […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6gcL2NHRTrA The people at Bic's advertising firm should probably start looking for new jobs after the Bic for Her shenanigans we wrote about on Tuesday. The above ad was pulled in Canada after numerous complaints claiming that the ad was racist. In the commercial, an Asian military official is condemning various prisoners, and chooses to […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Shame on you, Fiber One. Shame. You took a perfectly acceptable product, an 80-calorie cereal, and made one of the most annoying commercials currently on television. http://youtube.com/watch?v=kXCHcYoeLKg?rel=0 The video above isn't the best quality but it's the best we could find on YouTube. Evidently those behind the ad didn't think it was worthy of appearing […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel
This Buick commercial featuring one Shaq, is ridiculous on so many fronts, I don't even know where to begin. First of all, I think the door to the MANSION he walks out of is bigger than the actual car. Second of all, there's a reason we don't actually see him get in the vehicle. It […]
0 comments by Dan DiLoreto
http://youtube.com/watch?v= uN_D3YasVZQ[/youtube] "Does this make me look fat?" Every man is pre-wired to answer that question with an "absolutely not", "no way", "of course not" or something along those lines. If a man somehow says yes, they he should turn in his man card. I don't care if your girl looks like the Stay Puff […]
0 comments by Ben Koo
Not a lot of companies do advertising at the same level as Nike. That's more of a compliment to their ad agency Wieden and Kennedy who also is ESPN's ad agency. The ad below was debuted during the NFL draft but is now in heavy rotation now football season is under way. It features the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/12/2012
http://youtube.com/watch?v=T2EsPCYWf-4 Political attack ads are usually the same twisted talking points over and over again. This one, supporting Shelley Adler for Congress, is one of the more unique ads I've seen (while still hitting on the same talking points we're hearing ad nauseum). Her target in this ad isn't some bland politican, though. It's actually […]
