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Is Apple or Pumpkin the Ultimate Fall Flavor? Vote Your Allegiance at Dairy...
It's getting real at Dairy Queen this month, as the venerable fast-food chain stages an online battle between two of its Blizzard frozen treat flavors for autumnal supremacy. The showdown: apple vs....
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Meet the Adman Who Really, Really Likes Laughing at Adolf Hitler
Anyone who knows Jim Riswold knows he has a bit of a Hitler obsession—or more specifically, an obsession with making the Nazi leader look stupid through art. Speaking to Vice in 2011, the legendary...
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This Guy's Replies to 9/11 Brand Tweets Sum Up Everything That's Wrong With...
Brands that try to get in on the social conversation around 9/11 can come off as crass and opportunistic. But it takes a witty foil to really show how dumb some of the tweets are. Luckily, Mike...
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This Probably Isn't the Billboard the Westboro Baptist Church Wanted in Its...
The award for best trolling billboard this week goes to this impressive display in Topeka, Kansas, which just so happens to be the hometown of the not exceedingly gay-friendly Westboro Baptist Church....
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Save the Children Follows Up Its Brutal Syria PSA With a Similar One About...
Attention, dads. If you take a nap instead of reading with your son, he will grow up to be the kind of illiterate, all-around failure who gets misspelled tattoos about having no "ragrets." At least,...
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One Bite of Chocolate Puts Everything in Perspective in This Lovely Spot From...
This video spot for Freia chocolate shows a young, impressively bearded Norwegian man living by the "full life, empty fridge" principle in New York City. His hectic lifestyle as a fashion stylist...
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Incredible Ikea Billboard Tips an Apartment Sideways to Become a...
Psst, maybe we shouldn't take this apartment—the floor seems kind of slanted. Ikea promoted the opening of its 30th store in France by building an apartment into a vertical rock-climbing wall....
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The 'Apparently' Kid From That Viral Newscast Apparently Just Made His First Ad
Last month, a video of a 5-year-old went viral (15 million views and counting) after a local news station interviewed him at Pennsylvania's Wayne County Fair. Noah Ritter's raspy voice, cute little...
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Kotex Tells You to Be Gentle With Your Cat (What's Another Word for Cat?)
Cats are very sensitive. And when you apply sticky tape to them, they tend to walk funny. Just like when your pad won't stay in place and decides to adhere to your crotch. Ogilvy & Mather Shanghai...
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Burger King Japan Comes Out With the Blackest Black Burger Yet
Want a burger to match your soul? Burger King Japan's black burgers may fit the bill. The Kuro Burger—translation, "black burger"—and deluxe sibling the Kuro Diamond Burger don dark trimmings,...
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Chicken Keyboard Is One of Many Prizes in Finger-Lickin' Weird KFC Contest
Because fried chicken is the greatest thing in the history of the world, and considering Japan is from the future, it's surprising they got their first KFC only 30 years ago. To celebrate that...
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When Irish People Describe Their First Time, It Gets Pretty Weird Pretty Fast
Sure, the old "they're not really talking about sex" gag is an ancient red herring, but we still enjoyed this bit of low-budget advertising from Cork, Ireland. Obviously we won't spoil it by telling...
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Urban Outfitters Just Hit a New Low by Selling Bloody Kent State Sweatshirt
Filed under: The most WTF thing we've seen in months. Urban Outfitters, purveyor of clothing and home goods, big-ass floppy hats and occasionally offensive T-shirts, has outdone itself with this...
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Smart Car Makes Crosswalks Safer (and More Fun) With Dancing 'Don't Walk' Guy
How do you get people to stop for the "Don't walk" guy in the crosswalk? Make the "Don't walk" guy a little more interesting to look at. That's what Smart car did in Portugal, giving the icon more...
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Watch GoDaddy's New Ads, and Tell Us What on Earth You Think You Just Saw
GoDaddy has tried various things to break out of its reputation for sleaze. First, it kept the attractive women but added some geeky guys. Then it had an attractive woman make out with a geeky guy....
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Jennifer Garner Returns to TV as Capital One's Newest Spokes-Celebrity
Jennifer Garner is back on TV and very upset with chairs in two new ads for Capital One's Venture Card. The visuals in the two spots, titled “Seats” and “Musical Chairs,” are bright and whimsical,...
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This Brilliantly Designed Alarm Clock Wakes You by Brewing a Cup of Coffee
Tired of being awoken by talk radio or the dulcet default chimes of your smartphone? Maybe you'd like a nice cup of Ethiopia Yirgacheffe instead?The Barisieur is here to help. Or at least it will be...
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4 Things Marketers Should Know About This Season of Dancing With the Stars
By David Schwab, managing director of Octagon First Call Entering its 19th season tonight, ABC's Dancing With the Stars features a new judge (former pro dancer turned actress Julianne Hough), a large...
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Why This BBDO Creative Director Is Lying on the Ground and Licking a Screen...
You can be proud of your ads. But reenacting them in real life? That can get awkward. Carlos Moreno, though, takes one for the team in the video below—a promo for the Bessies, which is a big ad awards...
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12 Ordinary People Who Beat Major Brands to Their Own Twitter Handles
You know when you try to find a brand on Twitter, and you just assume the handle will be the brand name? Well, not so fast. A surprising number of brand-name handles aren't run by the brands at all....
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