Dr Pepper Ten Brings Back Fizzly Adams in Another Amusing Spoof of '70s Beer Ads
IDEA: Masculinity was different in the '70s. It was gentler, hairier, John Denver-ier. And it was captured memorably in the outdoorsy beer ads of the era from brands like Coors and Hamm's. Lately it's...
View ArticleTerry Crews Can Shave Anything With His Old Spice Razor, Including Tiny Terry...
It's been almost a year since we've seen Terry Crews psychotically scream his way through an Old Spice sales pitch. So, to make up for lost time, we get twice the Terry in one spot. "Get Shaved in the...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Canadian Zombie Stops Being So Damn Nice in Hilarious...
A lot of U.S. zombies don't get the chance to see things through the eye holes of their neighbors to the north, mostly because of the constant and distracting craving for brains. The Canadian Film...
View ArticleColorado PSAs Advise Stoners to Act Stupid Everywhere but Behind the Wheel
Colorado is proud to be the first state to legalize recreational marijuana use. Ad creatives in Colorado are happy to have an opportunity to make stoner references. Three new PSAs for the state's...
View ArticleAshley Furniture Launches Creative and Media Agency Review
Ashley Furniture is looking for a new creative and media agency. The Arcadia, Wis.-based chain’s search is in the early stages and the national retailer is offering up $50 million of its annual media...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Tesla Thinks This Fan-Made Ad Is Out of This World, and You...
How do you impress Elon Musk? Combine two of his favorite things into one incredible spec commercial. That's what the enterprising creatives at Everdream Pictures did with the impressive homemade spot...
View ArticleCandid Seat Belt PSAs Show You How to Use a Wheelchair and Change a Colostomy...
Here's an unpleasant if novel way to recommend the use of seat belts: Show people detailed instructions on dealing with injuries from not wearing one. Gyro's Dubai office did just that in a new...
View ArticleMeow Mix Unveils Catstarter, a Kickstarter for Cats
It's a wonder that cat-related brands don't already rule the Internet. Cat-food brand and renowned jingle lover Meow Mix makes a move in that direction with an amusing and even potentially useful...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Afraid of Growing Old? This Beautiful Ad Could Help You...
Getting old isn't the worst thing in the world. In our youth-obsessed culture, that's actually a provocative statement, and it's one that's made in quite moving fashion by ad agency Karmarama in this...
View ArticleDiMassimo Goldstein Shakes Up Leadership Structure
New York-based DiMassimo Goldstein made changes to its leadership team, naming Tom Christmann its new chief creative officer. He took the reigns from Mark DiMassimo, who served as the agency’s CCO...
View ArticleChips Ahoy's New Ads Are Really Dumb and Kind of Perfect
Sometimes a little stupid is just right. Chips Ahoy delivers with a series of spots from The Martin Agency featuring an animated cookie prone to minor, entertaining mischief. The 30- and 15-second...
View ArticleThis Amazing Ad for Guide Dogs Makes You Realize How Much They Really Do
Out of nowhere, we're suddenly seeing some pretty incredible ads for guide dogs. Back in January, we had the Norwegian Association of the Blind's amusing PSA with the menagerie of non-dog guide...
View ArticleBBH's Stylish Ad for Dulux Paint Imagines a World Where Color Is Prohibited
In this new spot for paint brand Dulux, BBH London paints a charming, vibrant fantasy where colors, rather than alcohol, are outlawed during America's Prohibition days. Everyone's feeling as glum and...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Walmart Surprises Everyone With a Truly Inspiring Ad
Walmart has been called many things in recent years. Inspirational has not often been one of them. But the retailer's recent pledge to buy $250 billion in products made in America over the next 10...
View ArticleIs This the Most Comically Blunt Agency Self-Promo Video Ever?
The folks at Cypress Entertainment, a film production and local-advertising shop in Louisiana, produced this digestif of a commercial to convince you to dump that crappy agency you're working with....
View ArticleGap Taps Wieden + Kennedy as Lead Creative Agency
Wieden + Kennedy's first campaign for Gap is set to launch in September, following the retailer's hiring of the agency this week. The shop will handle global creative responsibilities—a role...
View ArticleHere's the Last E*Trade Baby Commercial You'll Ever See
After six years of infancy, the E*Trade baby is finally moving on with his life. This week, the online brokerage began airiring what is said to be the last ad featuring the longtime spokeschild, a...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Firestone Gets Impulsively Romantic With an Adorable Tale of...
You don't expect strong storytelling or cinematic filmmaking from tire companies. But that's what Leo Burnett has been delivering for Firestone in an ad campaign that continues with this gorgeous spot...
View ArticleStatue of Liberty Gets a Makeover in DigitasLBi's New Ad for Frizz Ease
A new campaign by DigitasLBi for John Frieda's Frizz Ease hopes to get at a woman's emotional connection with her hair. The push centers on a 60-second digital ad, which will be posted tonight on the...
View ArticleNew Logo Reintroduces the National Park Service
The National Park Service’s 100-year anniversary isn’t until 2016, but it's celebrating early by getting a face-lift for its logo. It’s all part of a new campaign rolling out in the next two years...
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