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Dish's Bostonians Celebrate Tiny Beer, Recliners and the Death of the TV Spot
The Boston Guys return and local accents abound in Dish's cute campaign for its Hopper DVR with Sling, which lets users skip commercial blocks. That functionality has caused some controversy, and it's...
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Ad of the Day: Monster
You love your job. You wake up every morning, and that's what you tell yourself. Then you go to the office. And you're beset by superficial motivational posters, senseless meetings with pie charts and...
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Citroën's DS3 Cabrio Will Make You Feel Like a Long-Haired Baby on Horseback
MJZ director Tom Kuntz has had some big advertising hits. Most notable, of course, was the original, Emmy-winning Isaiah Mustafa spot for Old Spice. He also directed the great "Cable Effects" ads for...
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Lexus Hides Swimsuit Models in Interactive 'Sports Illustrated' Ad
Automakers seem to love the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue—probably because women wearing little clothing have been a staple of auto ads for generations. Last year we saw Ford sneak a fake swimsuit...
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Litter Genie's Drugged-Out Kitties Are Back, and They're Hotter Than Ever
If it were easy to create a branded video that's smart and delightful, and at the same time completely on message, everybody would be doing it. But they're not. Looking at you, Coca-Cola. The folks at...
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No One Cares About Your Stupid Ad Awards, Especially Not Your Kids
Ha, ha, dumb advertising people, no one in his or her right mind cares about your lame industry awards! Ad agency John St. does a great job of communicating that message in these awesomely acted,...
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It's a Crime That Volkswagen's 'Mask' Ad Isn't More Frightening
Deutsch's new "Mask" commercial for Volkswagen's Beetle Convertible is well crafted—fine pacing, solid direction from Noam Murro, interesting photography, the "Trololo" song tossed in for good...
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Ad of the Day: Nivea
It's not usually the role of advertising to make people experience extreme discomfort. But it works pretty well in this Nivea stunt from Germany—a clever if highly sadistic bit of ambush marketing...
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Ad Urging Doctors to Work in Africa Is Audible Only Through a Stethoscope
Africa Health Placements and South African agency Boomtown collaborated on a neat multimedia idea to encourage foreign doctors to work in Africa, where medical professionals are kind of desperately...
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Inside Chevrolet's Bustling, Magical 'Find New Roads' Launch Spot
IDEA: Four directors. Five vignettes. One brand new global positioning. A lot went into Commonwealth's 90-second launch spot for Chevrolet's "Find New Roads" campaign. And the finished film is a...
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Ad of the Day: Nascar
Nascar isn't just a bunch of dudes driving heavily branded stock cars around in circles. It's also a bunch of dudes spinning out, flipping and smashing those heavily branded stock cars in spectacular...
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RG3 Clarifies Adidas Ad Saying He'll Be Ready for Season Opener
Never let the reality of a serious injury get in the way of a good advertising slogan. That appears to be Adidas's thinking with its new Robert Griffin III commercial from 180la, which declares that...
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Boobs Joyfully Meet, Squish Together in Crazy French Ads for Push-Up Bra
It's not generally assumed that breasts enjoy being squashed together in a push-up bra. But apparently they do, at least according to these bizarre Valege lingerie ads from France, which depict joyful...
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Kayak Campaign Gets So Giddy, It Suddenly Starts Dancing
Kayak.com's travel deals inspire some hotel-lobby hot steppin' in this new spot, as a middle-aged couple treat us to the "wet-dog wiggle" and the "Chattanooga check-in." (Guess which dance features...
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Meet the Oddball Characters From Mother's New Burger King Campaign
Mother yesterday was named lead creative agency on Burger King. Today, the shop released some new ads for the fast-food chain—a :30 and two :15s pushing breakfast items. Long gone are the days when...
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Microsoft Wants You and Your Incredible Hovercraft to Switch to Outlook.com...
Whoa, the personal hovercraft in this new ad for Microsoft's souped-up Outlook.com email service is awesome! Look at it go—va-room! The spot, from Deutsch in New York, works hard to succinctly present...
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Ad of the Day: Dell
This Dell spot from Young & Rubicam in New York is barely a Dell spot, but that's sort of what makes it work as entertainment, if not particularly as advertisement. It's the latest in the "Power...
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Maxwell the Pig Is Pulled Over by Police in Latest Geico Ad
Maxwell the Geico spokespig gets rolled by the 5-0 in this ad by The Martin Agency for the company's new digital insurance ID cards. Call me paranoid, but I would never just hand my smartphone to a...
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Ad of the Day: Google Glass
Google is back to pushing its much-anticipated augmented reality glasses, and it's doing a better job of it. The company announced on Wednesday that it's opening up testing on its Google Glass project...
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Ads Create Optical Illusions to Highlight Hospital's Cramped Conditions
Here’s a creative way to highlight an issue as mundane as cramped working conditions. Instead of using computer-generated special effects, agency Dare creates optical illusions through custom set...
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