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Saatchi & Saatchi Defends Its Much-Ridiculed 'Stoner Sloth' Anti-Marijuana Ads
Amid the chorus of derision aimed at Australia's "Stoner Sloth" anti-marijuana ads, one group still wholeheartedly believes in the campaign—the agency behind it, Saatchi & Saatchi."The videos have...
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Watch Motörhead's Lemmy Slow Down 'Ace of Spades' for a Kronenbourg Beer Ad
Metalheads worldwide are quoting Nietszche in the wake of Motörhead singer/bassist Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister's death on Monday, but some may not have noticed he was in a Kronenbourg 1664 ad back in 2010....
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Subway Returns to a Pre-Jared Era of Innocence in First BBDO Campaign
You might not have known this, but Subway practically invented fresh food. BBDO has unveiled its first campaign for the sandwich chain. The post-Jared Fogle approach features a wholesome,...
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Can This Existentially Distressed Family of Bears Convince You to Go on...
When life gets unbearable, you need an escape claws. If you're thinking such silly wordplay heralds a campaign with ursine imagery, you're right. In "Bears," a delightful minute-long TV spot touting...
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Ad of the Day: Grey Just Designed a Bicycle That Has the Symptoms of MS
This is a terrible bike to ride. Those are the first words you'll hear in "This Bike Has MS," a campaign by Grey Australia for nonprofit MS to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis ahead of the MS...
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Millennials Don't Care If You Don't Get Them, Samsung Says in Its Latest Grab...
Samsung is looking to cozy up with the youths by proving it gets what it means to be a millennial ... and that it's cool with it. A new commercial from R/GA for the Galaxy A series of phones opens on...
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DirecTV Ridicules Cable Users as 'Settlers' in Frontier-Themed Ads
DirecTV: the final frontier? A bunch of "Settlers"—a modern suburban family dressed like the cast of Little House on the Prairie—settle for cable rather than DirecTV in Grey's latest ads for the...
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Physics Geniuses Illustrate the Mind-Bending Simplicity of TurboTax in W+K's...
Winning a Cannes Lion or a Gold Clio would make George Smoot's Nobel Prize for Physics look like garbage, right? In Wieden + Kennedy's latest TurboTax campaign, some of the world's greatest...
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This Indian Retailer's Ad Draws Praise for Its Modern Take on Arranged Marriage
A new clothing ad is making waves in India with a modern depiction of negotiations for an arranged marriage. The two-minute commercial by Brandmovers for fashion brand Biba opens on a young woman...
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A Claw Machine Dispenses Sunscreen on This Cool Beachside Bus Shelter Ad
Sun protection has become a game at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Cancer Institute NSW, JCDecaux, UM and Soap Creative teamed up to build mechanical-claw-game-style SPF50+ sunscreen dispensers to...
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Hospital Films Its First Birth of 2016, Seconds After Midnight, for Ad...
J. Walter Thompson in New York had film crews ready and waiting at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens on New Year's Eve to capture the hospital's first birth of the year—for a TV spot it...
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The Holidays Weren't So Happy for the Boy in This Haunting, Heartbreaking PSA
Not everyone in the family may have been looking forward to the holiday onslaught, as evidenced by this dark PSA from France. Publicis Conseil created the ad, which follows an anxious boy through his...
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Ad of the Day: Honda's 'Dreamer' Is an Acid-Level Romp Inside an Auto...
A Honda designer blows his own mind in this visually rich ad for the 2016 Civic. As our hero brainstorms some concepts, the vehicle suddenly bursts through the back of his head, exiting via thick...
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Unicorns Are a Bold New Power Source in This Epic British Utility Ad
Unicorns. They make streetlights shine whiter, televisions brighter and food cook quicker, says a new ad from VCCP London for a U.K. energy provider. A herd of the mythical beasts gallops through...
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T.J. Miller Warms Up for Critics' Choice Awards Hosting Gig With Booze-Soaked...
Actor and comedian T.J. Miller was "dumb, and not in a funny way," in the big-screen flop Yogi Bear in 3D. And he's game for trotting out the memory of that critical drubbing if it means driving...
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These Fake Local Grocery Ads Brilliantly Skewer Northern Canada's Surreal...
If you want to pay $48 for a bag of flour, head to northern Canada. It might even come with the same cheesy smile that your local grocer promises in its own ads. A new public-service campaign uses...
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Ad of the Day: Geico Expands Its Brocabulary to Sell Brotastic Brosurance
Bro bro bro bro BRO! That word will be lodged in your brain but good thanks to its unholy repetition in The Martin Agency's latest work for Geico. A 30-second "Flextacular" spot presents two dead-eyed...
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No One on This Earth Loves McDonald's All-Day Breakfast More Than This Guy
Meet Will Perkins, a cardigan-clad Milwaukee resident who loves all-day breakfast at McDonald's so much that he's composing power ballads in its honor. Thanks to the parody mavens at Jingle Punks, we...
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Taco Bell Announces Its Super Bowl Return With an Amusingly Redacted Press...
Taco Bell said Thursday that it is returning to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2013 with a 30-second spot in the first quarter of the Feb. 7 game. The ad will unveil one of Taco Bell's...
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Old Spice Has a New Spokesman, and He's Legendary in an Utterly Foolish Kind...
Sweat. It's the reason men have never quite reached their full potential ... until now, Old Spice's latest campaign proclaims. Its new line of body wash and antiperspirant comes with a new spokesman,...
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