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Santa Ditches the Sleigh and Flies Coach in Expedia's Heartwarming Christmas Ad
The sleigh is overrated. Santa Claus ditches it entirely in Expedia's touching Christmas campaign from 180LA, choosing instead to fly coach around the world and ending up at St. Jude Children's...
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FTC: No, Agencies Can't Ask Staffers to Casually Tweet Nice Things About Clients
As brands push their messages through social media platforms like Twitter, the Federal Trade Commission is reminding marketers they need to disclose any bias on their promotional materials—even if...
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Yet another heartwarming Christmas ad makes our list of best spots this week, but it's hardly the only minor miracle on the list. Airbnb and Canon both made exquisitely crafted spots, and Arby's...
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Ad of the Day: Lego Finally Makes an Inspiring, Empowering TV Ad for Girls
It's not like Lego hasn't done great ads with girls over the years. In fact, it was ahead of its time. (Everyone has seen the famous "What It Is Is Beautiful" print ad from 1981 by now.) But lately,...
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The World's Saddest Clown Pines for Love in This Bleak, Beautiful Ad for...
Ladies and gentlemen, now appearing in the center ring … a sad-ass clown with a heavy case of unrequited love. The unhappy hero of this bleak but beautiful 75-second ad for Danish flower-delivery...
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1-800-Contacts Ran the Perfect Ad on 'Eaten Alive' and It Wasn't Even...
Those who were disappointed that Paul Rosolie wasn't completely and totally eaten alive by the snake on Discovery Channel's Eaten Alive last night got a consolation prize—this comical ad for...
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Salt-N-Pepa Tell Football Players and Pregnant Ladies to Push It for Geico
If you're excited by rumors of a Salt-N-Pepa reunion album, you'll thoroughly enjoy this Geico ad where Salt, Pepa and DJ Spinderella don their famous jackets and tell everybody to push it. Divorcing...
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Ad of the Day: JCPenney Has Store Shoppers Surprise Complete Strangers With...
Is giving to others the greatest gift of all? Even the sourest Scrooge might admit the idea has merit after checking out JCPenney's #JustGotJingled campaign from EVB and Victors & Spoils. In the...
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Burger King Surprised Apartment Hunters With One Whopper of a Kitchen Upgrade
If you're apartment hunting for a three bedroom/two bath/one Burger King, this might be the spot for you. Spanish agency La Despensa equipped a tasty pad in downtown Madrid with a BK kitchen and menu...
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Photograph These Ingenious Ads, and You'll Learn How to Save Kids From Eye...
If you take a flash photograph of a child, and one of his or her pupils looks white in the resulting image, it can indicate an eye tumor. In the U.K., a series of ads uses reflective ink to illustrate...
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Santa Is a Hipster, and a Pretty Funny One, in This Agency's Holiday Video
Is Santa Claus a hipster? He's got the unkempt mane and alternative lifestyle down pat. Yet he seems too obsessed with consumer goods and fourth-quarter commerce to qualify. It feels like hipster...
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Ad of the Day: Save the Children Does a Hairy, Hilarious Holiday Spoof of...
If 'tis indeed the season to be jolly—and being jolly involves either putting on some clothes for charity, or taking them off—then today is your lucky day! Save the Children, which created Adweek's...
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This Agency Will Get You in the Holiday Spirit With Its Anti-Christmas Song...
It's that time of year again—agency holiday card season. The pressure is high to come up with the funniest or coolest concept. Or maybe all you really need is lots of holiday spirit, staffers willing...
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Powerful 'Lockdown' PSA Marks a Grim Statistic: Nearly 100 School Shootings...
Classroom lockdown drills—at my first grader's school and every other school in America—have become the norm since the tragedy at Newtown, two years ago this Sunday. The powerfully sad PSA below from...
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Ad of the Day: YouTube's Rewind Takes You on a Crazy Ride Through 2014 Pop...
It's been a good year for YouTube—ad world highlights included a hamster eating tiny burritos, a devil baby terrorizing pedestrians, and strangers making out. The video site's annual Rewind supercut,...
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This Family Is Completely, Ridiculously Pumped to Be Shopping at Kmart This...
If you see this suburban family at your local Kmart, you'd better get out of their way. Mom just got an email confirming their online holiday order is ready, thanks to Kmart's free in-store pickup...
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Supermarket Surprises Shoppers by Playing 'Jingle Bells' Using the Checkout...
Like it or not, you can't escape holiday cheer everywhere you go. Maybe you've already taken care of your shopping, too. But have you ever heard Christmas music coming from the very machines...
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Ikea Gave This Theater a Cozy Makeover So People Could Watch the Movies in Bed
The worst thing about going to the movies is having to sit upright for a few hours to watch the film. Everyone knows lying down is the ideal viewing position for anything on a screen—or anything at...
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State Farm Shows You How to Fit 60 Seconds of Story Into a 30-Second Spot
Creatives often wish their :30s could be :60s. Here, oddly enough, it's the opposite. DDB Chicago covers a lot of ground in its 30-second "Never" spot for State Farm, as we follow a young man from his...
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Ad of the Day: Life Isn't Easy for a Man Made of Skittles in Candy Brand's...
The best Skittles advertising has always been about anatomical oddities. The examples are endless: the sheepboys, the guy with the living beard, the man whose touch turns everything to Skittles, the...
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