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Who's the Fastest Person on the Internet? The 100-Meter Scroll Aims to Find Out
Not since I used to play Summer Games on the Commodore 64 have I bludgeoned computer hardware in an effort to complete a simulation of a track-and-field event. But now, thanks to two creatives at Grey...
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Most Brutal Prankvertising Stunt Yet Might Kill You Before It Can Save You
We've written here and there about prankvertising and the joy marketers seem to derive from scaring the crap out of people in public places. This video eclipses them all, though, for the sheer...
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Comedy Troupe Prepares to Improvise Three-Minute Ad on Live TV
Forgetting that a lot of improv comedy stinks, ad agency 18 Feet & Rising is partnering with British improv troupe Mischief Theatre to produce a live ad that will air on U.K. Comedy Central on the...
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YouTube's 10 Most-Watched Ads in May
Let the games begin! Sony and Microsoft stormed Adweek and YouTube's Ads Leaderboard in May as both companies introduced their next-gen gaming consoles—the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One—in teaser videos....
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Big Mac Beguiles in 8 Crazy, Wonderful Short Ads From Translation
A McDonald's campaign that's so playful and pleasing that you want to watch it again and again? This is not happening! This is not happening! I figured I'd be snug in my grave, providing a happy meal...
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IBM's Outdoor Ads Actually Try to Be Useful and Make Cities Better
IBM's technology is helping cities get smarter in innumerable ways. Now, its outdoor advertising is doing the same—by making simple little improvements to the landscape. A triad of outdoor ads from...
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Soaking-Wet Padma Lakshmi Leads Parade of Bravolebrities Into Network's...
No one feels sorry for Jeff Lewis, and most everybody wants to see Padma Lakshmi in a soaking-wet cocktail dress. These and other truisms come through in Bravo's just-launched summer 2013 commercial,...
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Spirit of 1930s New Deal Murals Lives On in Morgan Stanley Campaign
IDEA: Morgan Stanley is charting the future of wealth management by looking back at public art made almost a century ago celebrating capitalism and the American Dream in their darkest hour—the Great...
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Cat Acts Like a Dog, and So Should You, Says Mobile Company's Ad
Sure, I've tried to cross a dog with a cat. Who hasn't? All I got for my trouble was a face full of claws and another year in therapy. Ad agency VCCP does a better job of it for U.K. mobile telecom O2...
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Ad of the Day: Republic Wireless Sticks to the Facts With a Rascal of a...
Is your wireless carrier working you over like a Carolina Bearded Tick on a baby hog's ankle? Might be time to switch to Republic Wireless. That's the advice from one H. Bud Chadwickson—Southern...
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Kia's Man and Woman of Now: Two of the Most Irritating Ad Characters Ever
Australian yuppie hipsters … crikey, who better to pitch cars in Kia commercials? The answer appears to be anyone, judging by the pervasive negative reactions to the automaker's "Man of Now"/"Woman of...
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espnW Shows You How to Portray Women Athletes in Advertising
Those still annoyed by Roxy's sexualized portrayal of a woman athlete will enjoy this more kick-ass 30-second spot for espnW. The first brand promo for the ESPN property, it broke Tuesday night during...
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TBWA\Chiat\Day Names Top Strategist
TBWA\Chiat\Day has reached into Wieden + Kennedy to find a new strategy chief for its office in Playa del Rey, Calif. Nick Barham most recently was global director of W+K Tomorrow, an offshoot of...
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Belgian Bank Pulls Seriously Creepy Prank to Warn You About Identity Theft
Witness the cautionary prankvertising in this viral spot for a Belgian bank warning you not to give out financial information online. Recounting more than just a simple case of credit-card fraud, the...
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British Ad With Mom Showing Off Cleavage to Her Son's Friends Escapes Censure
Undeniably stupid, but worth banning? That was the tough call facing Britain's ad watchdog as it dealt with 176 complaints over the spot below, for soft drink Irn-Bru. The plot, such as it is,...
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Ad of the Day: Skype Crosses Continents in Evocative Family Spots
When I left Uganda, it was in the middle of the night," says Denis, the newly minted Pennsylvanian in "The Impossible Family Portrait," perhaps the most effective spot in Pereira & O'Dell's series...
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Fishing Ad in Times Square Openly Loathes the Big City
Colle+McVoy has its fishcake and eats it too in a new Times Square ad campaign urging people to get the hell out of New York already … and go fishing. The Minneapolis agency is kicking off the summer...
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Wexley School for Girls Is Neither a School nor Exclusively Female
SpecsWho Partners and executive creative directors Ian Cohen (l.), Cal McAllisterWhat Ad agencyWhere Seattle offices Wexley’s crazy name, perhaps the oddest in the business, is a point of pride for...
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Bruce Lee Rises Again in Johnnie Walker Ad, but He's Not All There
Re-enter the dragon? Johnnie Walker and BBH resurrect Bruce Lee via CGI technology (and footage of lookalike actor Danny Chan) for this boring Chinese commercial. The spot, approved by Lee's daughter...
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Bill Hader Can't Catch a Break in T-Mobile Ads, His First Post-SNL Gig
Saturday Night Live alumnus Bill Hader has teamed up with T-Mobile to become the brand's first spokesperson in several years not to wear a bright pink dress. The spots, directed by Adam & Dave of...
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