June 2008
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Don't Ca-ca-ca-ca-ca-copy That Floppy!
June 30, 2008
[qf="The SPA, Masters of Irony"]The Software Publishers Association gives you permission to copy this video for the non-profit purposes of promoting the ethical and legal... Read More
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Wexley School for Girls
June 30, 2008
Glass jars filled with white powder labeled "cocaine" in the bathroom? A Chinese-restaurant themed conference room? Rows of rubber chickens in the window... Read More
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Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Fights to Maintain City Wall Monopoly
June 27, 2008
[ql="Concerned Philadelphia resident Jill Maguire"]I really wouldn't want my daughter looking at it. She might think it's cool and say 'Mom, Dad, have you ever tried Colt... Read More
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Thinking Inisde The Box
June 27, 2008
Sometimes you just gotta go. That's why the Brown Corporation invented "the amazing shit box." Two kinds of stool in one.... Read More
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Globo: A Survey of Country Logos
June 25, 2008
[qr="Amnesty International"]Dubai definitely breaks our hearts all the time, and I think they really captured that in their logo.[/qr] Wow, it's pretty bizarre that entire nation-states have logos. It's also strange that there seem to be semi-regional trends... Read More
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Chinese Water Torture Demonstration Sport at Beijing Olympics
June 25, 2008
Maybe China will win more Gold than any other nation... Read More
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Illegitimate J.C. Penney Ad Cannes Winner
June 24, 2008
[qr="J.C. Penney"]No one at J.C. Penney was aware of the ad or participated in the creation of it in any way. The commercial was never broadcast, but rather was created by... Read More
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No Skin Off My Tusks
June 24, 2008
Volcano, I feel like I'm on safari trying to find out exactly what this ad is supposed to be. A little bit abstract in both directions. Read More
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Another Festival For Those With A Cannes Don't Attitude
June 23, 2008
Not everybody gets to go to Cannes. Some advertising people are too busy worrying about what their clients actually want, or what will actually score with consumers as opp... Read More
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"The Pet Product With A Funny Name"
June 23, 2008
With Poop Freeze, the days of walking my dog and coming home covered in feces are finally over! Read More
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Live From Cannes...
June 19, 2008
These are the people our parents warned us about. And no, they didn't win a Grand Prix. Read More
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VCU Brandcenter Masters the Art of Junk Mail
June 19, 2008
Dear VCU Brandcenter,I get enough junk mail that has been imagined and designed by your former students in their real-world jobs, why would you clog up my mailbox with... Read More
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42 Entertainment Steals Viral Grand Prix From Bird Flu
June 18, 2008
The air in Cannes this morning was thick with a palpable tension as the Cannes International Advertising Festival prepared to announce the Viral Grand Prix winner... Read More
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A Different Kind of "Wonder" Bread
June 18, 2008
There can only be one way to make healthy bread... Read More
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McDonald's Finds Own "Jared," Fires Hamburglar
June 17, 2008
It's almost to good to be true for the morbidly obese: eat McDonald's three times a day for six-months and lose 86 pounds? Apparently that's what happened to Chris Coleson... Read More
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Terrific Traffic Tactics
June 17, 2008
When it comes to having a successful website, we all know it's all about getting the "hits." The more traffic you get the better. All the giants out there, the Classmates.... Read More
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Underpants Not Included
June 17, 2008
Your freelance biz has never been better! No really, with the Businessbib "you can work from home in your underwear while presenting a polished appearance to the people t... Read More
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Drink, Drank, Drunk
June 16, 2008
Energy drinks have been around since John Pemberton threw some cocaine into his cola recipe during the 1880's... Read More
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It's An Erection Year
June 16, 2008
Are you hung like an elephant, or a donkey? Read More
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MySpace To Get Much Needed Facelift, Tom Gets Botox
June 13, 2008
Tom—yeah, we're friends—announced at an afternoon press conference today that MySpace would be getting a long overdue makeover... Read More
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Maybe You Shouldn't Have Spent It All On Ad School
June 12, 2008
Meet Andy, Liza, Karen & Katy. Their first mistake was thinking they had to go to some expensive advertising school to learn the biz... Read More
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Summer Interns Picket After Agency Rejects Binding Arbitration
June 11, 2008
Summer interns at J.W.T.'s North American regional headquarters in New York City walked off the job early this morning after J.W.T. refused late last night to enter into binding arbitration with them... Read More
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Now You Can Print Out Your Phone's Incredibly Lo-res Images
June 11, 2008
Some things should stay ones and zeros... Read More
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Haben Sie einen Bierstick?
June 10, 2008
[ql=""The Bierstick People""]If you think you can drink, you haven’t seen anything yet.[/ql]Sometimes products are just so damn good they sell themselves... Read More
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Sent From My iPhone 3G
June 10, 2008
I thought I was watching a trailer for Ocean's Fourteen. For serious... Read More
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AdPricks At The WWDC 2008 Keynote Address
June 9, 2008
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Comic Sans Relief
June 9, 2008
Whether you need your toilet fixed or your gutters cleaned, Frank has it covered like a fifth grader... Read More
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The Roof, The Roof, The Roof (Of My Mouth) Is On Fire
June 9, 2008
Buses dressed up like fire trucks—ladders included—have been popping up all over Antwerp... Read More
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Old Movie, New Ad
June 9, 2008
Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand put this gory street scene ad together in Auckalnd for the television premiere of Kill Bill Vol. 1. Pretty straightforward... was this really... Read More
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Apple In Search of New Hand Models
June 6, 2008
Or at least they should be... this guy's hand is skeevy. Read More
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Airline Weighs In On Global Warming
June 6, 2008
"Wow, this is weird," I thought when I found out about this new airline, Derrie-Air that uses a pretty novel business model for airline pricing: weigh and pay. Their websi... Read More
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Musical Pseudo-Viral Marketing
June 5, 2008
The manufactured "viral" video is striking once again! This time for Lastminute.com. Read More
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"AYDS Helps You Loose Weight Safely and Effectively"
June 5, 2008
An oldie but goodie... sometimes a great product and great advertising just have bad luck. Read More
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Race To Collect All Three
June 5, 2008
Everybody loves famous people who die at tragically young ages. If you expire in the prime of your career, your legacy is pretty much guaranteed... Read More
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StrawberryFrog
June 4, 2008
When a friend first told me about StrawberryFrog back in 1999, I thought to myself... Read More
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Smugers?
June 4, 2008
Folgers and Smucker's are merging and they need a new name... via Adland. Read More
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M. Night Shyamalan's Latest Movie?
June 4, 2008
We eagerly await! Read More
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Bad Taste In Advertising
June 4, 2008
So, Welch's ran a grape juice ad in February that featured a lickable taste strip. It was a big hit... Read More
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Rest In One Piece
June 3, 2008
A moment of silence for Mr. Fredric J. Baur please, inventor of the "Pringles potato chip packaging system." Baur was recently put to rest, and some of his ashes were were... Read More
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Clearly McCann Worldgroup Has Issues With Clarity
June 2, 2008
So the other day I get my invite to the McCann Worldgroup Party... Read More
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Adrants Cares
June 2, 2008
Adrants announced today that is planning a complete site redesign, and they want to know what you think. Does the martini glass stay or go? Na na na na, na na na na, hey h... Read More
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Math Teacher Sells Ad Space On Tests To Fill Budget Gaps
December 3, 2008
Somebody give Tom Farber a job in advertising. The Rancho Bernardo High School calculus teacher decided that he would make up for cuts in his Xeroxing budget by selling ad... Read More
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PepsiMax's Suicidal Calorie
December 2, 2008
Look at these new PepsiMax print ads from BBDO Dusseldorf. That cute little blue thing that looks like it's probably a brain parasite or Herpes simplex virus type 1, it's... Read More
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Are We Out Of A Job?
November 17, 2008
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What's Wrong With This "Before & After" Picture?
November 13, 2008
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You will see it. The children won't.
November 5, 2008
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What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.- Vihjalmur Stefansson
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Mother
September 8, 2008
Nothing says "we're too cool for school" more than having a website like this...Read More
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Wexley School for Girls
June 30, 2008
Glass jars filled with white powder labeled "cocaine" in the bathroom? A Chinese-restaurant themed conference room? Rows of rubber chickens in the window...Read More
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