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New Hooters Ad as Obnoxious and Puerile as You'd Expect
Eastbound & Down is a funny show. So, you'd think its co-creator, Jody Hill, might have done a better job directing this new Hooters commercial from ad agency Fitzgerald+CO. Instead, we get a spot...
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Ad of the Day: Intel
Intel's Museum of Me, created last year by ad agency Projector in Tokyo, presupposed that your online life is so artfully lived that it belongs in a museum—a virtual one, with images and posts from...
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Listerine Flipbook Gives Beautiful Woman Nasty Onion Breath
Sometimes an idea is so simple and perfect, you wonder how no one thought of it before. Today's case in point—the bad-breath flipbook. JWT Hong Kong created a bunch of them for Listerine, shows an...
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Friends Write Tweets Together With Retailer's App
Wait, I missed International Friendship Day? I guess if I had any friends, I would've known. In most countries it's the first Sunday in August. It's July 20 in Argentina (where it's known simply as...
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Ad of the Day: Norfolk Southern
The Norfolk Southern railroad is looking to score real political points with a new ad campaign, timed to the national conventions, centered on a magical world of make-believe. A new spot from...
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StubHub Proves Tickets Really Do Grow on Trees
Here's an outsized marketing mascot who's never stumped when it comes to providing sports, concert and theater tickets. StubHub's talking, animatronic oak tree, which debuted back in the spring,...
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Ad of the Day: Axe
The correct mode of transit to a Caribbean island goes something like this: You are standing, chest forward and chin up, on a speedboat. It is part of a triangular formation of speedboats making a...
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McCann Says Farewell to the London Olympics With Ad
McCann Worldgroup, the American ad agency that shockingly won the ad account of the 2012 London Olympics in 2009, notoriously defeating Britain's WPP Group, led by Sir Martin Sorell, bids a fond (and...
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Ben & Jerry's Enables Rampant Spooning With New App
Imagine my disappointment when I realized that the name of Ben & Jerry's new Facebook app "Wanna Spoon?" refers to sharing Greek frozen yogurt rather than engaging in a snuggly, utensil-inspired...
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Another Tyrannical Vending Machine Barks Orders at People
It seems confirmed without a doubt: Humans enjoy being told what to do by vending machines. Last month, we saw Australians literally bowing down before the almighty Fantastic Delites machine. Now, we...
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'Siesta World Cup' Ad Launches Comedy Central in Latin America
Comedy Central began broadcasting in Latin America in February, and now it gets an epic introductory commercial from Wieden + Kennedy, São Paulo, and famed Super Bowl director Bryan Buckley of Hungry...
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Domino's Seeking Designs for Ultimate Pizza-Delivery Vehicle
Talk about reinventing the wheels. Domino's, which has famously been updating the way it makes its pizzas, now wants to do the same for how it delivers them. Working with ad agency Crispin Porter +...
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Condoleezza Rice Models Cleveland Browns Jersey in NFL Ad
Despite some brief yet fevered speculation a month ago, Mitt Romney did not choose Condoleezza Rice as his running mate. But that's OK, she got another gig—NFL fashion model. The former U.S. Secretary...
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Ad of the Day: Gatorade
And you thought he only ate McNuggets. After his epic performance at the London Olympics, Usain Bolt gets an epic commercial to match—this Gatorade spot from TBWA\Chiat\Day, in which the Jamaican...
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Slackliner Crosses Wire Between Two Speeding Trucks in Volvo Stunt
How, exactly, does one learn "slacklining"? The subject's not taught at my local adult-ed program (though microwave cookery sounds appealing). I imagine, at the very least, that you'd have to be able...
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David Beckham Looms Large as H&M Erects Silver Statues
David Beckham is bigger than ever, in almost every way, now that Spellbound Media and Zenith Optimedia have unleashed giant silver statues of the footballer around three U.S. cities for H&M....
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And Now It's Puma's Turn to Brag About Usain Bolt
All Usain Bolt-endorsed companies are exercising their vicarious bragging rights in the wake of the Jamaican sprinter's extraordinary triple repeat in London—winning gold again in the 100 and 200...
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Ad of the Day: Allianz
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the drunkest of them all? Ogilvy Brazil is more determined than ever to stop you from driving drunk. The agency is actually something of an expert in this area. Its...
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Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Aug. 10-17
This week, sports tickets grew on trees, Olympian Usain Bolt stormed the streets, and Google found a detour around a traffic jam on the Internet super-highway. Many of the hundreds of TV commercials...
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Tony Scott's Final Commercial, for BBDO and Diet Mountain Dew
Tony Scott, who committed suicide on Sunday at age 68, directed hundreds of ads—many of them award winners—through RSA Films, his and brother Ridley's commercial production company. Here's his final...
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