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Haunted Connecticut Ad Agency Has In-House Ghost Writing Its Twitter Posts
Plenty of ad agencies have skeletons in their closet, but Keiler apparently has a ghost haunting the attic of its early 18th century Connecticut farmhouse offices. Naturally, they've put the snarky...
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Jeff Goodby Sings About Agency's New App, Which Lets You Reach Out and Touch...
The techies at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners' GSP BETA Group have whipped up a new app, which the agency is now promoting in decidedly offbeat fashion. The app is called Touch Room, and it's...
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Ad of the Day: Audi Finds a Most Unlikely Endorser in the Boxing Ring
You're not the first guy who climbs into the ring and beats the crap out of the second guy. You're the third guy who makes sure the two muscle machines punching each other in the face are following...
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Taco Bell Brings Doritos Locos Tacos to Canada, Makes Impatient Critics...
Be careful what you say about Taco Bell in Canada. The chain is liable to etch your angry rants on taco shells and force them down your throat. That's what happened in this stunt from ad agency Grip...
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Agency Creates Greatest Ad for an Executive Assistant in the History of...
Rich Silverstein is apparently not an easy boss to have. The notoriously demanding co-founder of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco is looking for a new executive assistant, as his...
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Barton F. Graf 9000 Denies Involvement in Horse Stunt Outside Wieden + Kennedy
Barton F. Graf 9000 says it wasn't involved in a stunt early Thursday when a guy in a horse suit appeared to be trying to poach staff for the agency outside Wieden + Kennedy in New York. W+K's Kevin...
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Monistat Is Sorry (not Sorry) for Making Wearers of 'Granny Panties' Feel Bad
Monistat used "granny panties" in a recent ad as a metaphor for how women feel when they have a yeast infection. Now, though, after supposed complaints from the granny-panty-wearing community,...
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Ad of the Day: Rubio's Gets Deep in Salute to the Ocean
In today's culinary environment, a restaurant needs more than good food, solid service and aesthetically pleasing décor to gain public acclaim. Its ingredients need to be coddled, too. Beef must be...
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The Weird, Sweet Story of Chocolate Bars in Europe That Are Mysteriously...
Chocolate is both the medium and message in this Milka campaign from Paris agency Buzzman. Some 10 million of the chocolatier's flagship Alpine milk bars destined for sale in France and Germany, the...
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AT&T's Guinea Pigs Kim and Carl Are This Year's Funniest Talking Ad Animals
Here's a brilliant spot starring two god-fearing guinea pigs arguing over whether their house is possessed by an angel or a demon. The ad is just one execution in a tiny, Web-only BBDO campaign...
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Aardman Crafts Haunting Trailer for Tom Stoppard's Pink Floyd Radio Play
IDEA: Aardman Animations is best known for the Plasticine cheeriness of Wallace and Gromit. But the British animation house turns to grimmer subject matter with a disturbing yet utterly rich and...
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Up-and-Coming Actress Frenches the Rainbow in Latest Weird Skittles Ad
Skittles continues to walk the line between cute and creepy. How successfully it does so is, of course, a matter of personal taste. This new spot from DDB Chicago, "Skittles Smile," sets my choppers...
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Universe's Most Indulgent Gum Gets a TV Commercial to Match
Stimorol Sensations, a South African gum that appears to be the same thing as Trident Layers, claims to be the most indulgent gum in the universe. In its latest spot by Ogilvy Cape Town, an office...
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The A.1. Steak Sauce Card: It's Everywhere You Want to Eat
If anyone out there considers themselves a card-carrying A.1. steak sauce enthusiast, you'll soon have the actual card to prove it. The venerable steak sauce and Crispin Porter + Bogusky have launched...
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Ad of the Day: Old Spice Perfects the Stupid-Funny Parody Jingle in NFL Spots
Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write: The bar for deodorant ads has gotten really, really high over the last few years. Don't look at me. I didn't decide this was the category that needed...
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Kraft Invents a Past That Never Existed for 'New-stalgic' Mac & Cheese Flavors
Here's a fun bit of false advertising from Crispin Porter + Bogusky for Kraft Mac & Cheese. After 75 years, the brand is adding four new flavors: Garlic & Herb Alfredo, Buffalo Cheddar, Three...
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A Stylish New Magazine Mixes Food and Fashion
SpecsWho Editorial director Kerry Diamond (l.) and creative director Claudia WuWhat Niche food magazineWhere New York offices Food and fashion haven’t always had the best of relationships. But these...
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Ad of the Day: Jean-Claude Van Damme Weirdly Keeps the Beat for Go Daddy
Over the years, Go Daddy has developed a reputation for raising eyebrows with provocative ads starring very voluptuous women wearing very little clothing. The Web-hosting company's latest effort might...
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If You Love Animals, You're Really Going to Love Petco's New Commercial
There's two ways to go with animal ads: funny and poignant. Understandably, most choose the former—animals, after all, can be pretty damn funny. But the poignant ads, when done well, can get even more...
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Dodge Goes From Zero to 100 in W+K's Latest Comical Dart Spot
Dodge Dart hits the bull's-eye with this spot from Wieden + Kennedy and Caviar director Keith Schofield that demonstrates how to make the vehicle in "100 Easy Steps." "Step 1: Study the competition,"...
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