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Dewar's: The Drinking Man's Scotch Preferred by English Women
Dewar's is trying to convince young drinkers that Scotch whiskey isn't just a drink for your irrationally angry grandfather. It's also a drink for irrationally angry hot English women with Scottish...
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Swimming Pools, Cakes and Mockery Are Like Facebook
"Swimming pools are filled with people. Some you know. Some you don't. And every once in a while you see something that maybe you shouldn't. That’s why swimming pools are a little like Facebook."...
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Hyundai Beats Rivals on Track, Consoles Them With Sympathy Cards
Hyundai and its agency, Innocean, are so proud of the Genesis Coupe R-Spec, and so unaware of the concept of a sore winner, that they made four "sympathy card" ads directed at the four cars Hyundai...
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Buyral: When Your Video Absolutely, Positively Has to Go Viral
Clients are obsessed with it—how do you make a video go viral? Now, there's a simple, foolproof solution. Just call Buyral, the pioneer in getting children, interns, the elderly and an increasingly...
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Delta Takes Off With Pair of New In-Flight Safety Videos
When airlines launch new in-flight safety videos, frequent fliers like myself feel a certain nerdy excitement, not unlike Steve Martin's The Jerk yelling "The new phonebook's here!" Thankfully, Delta...
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Will Ferrell Will Do Anything for You, If You Just Vote for Obama
Will Ferrell delivers the silliest and perhaps the most inspired presidential endorsement of the campaign season, donning a red smoking jacket and sporting a porny mustache as he offers to do...
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Little French Maids Will Clean Your Tank, Says Gasoline Ad
In Romania, gasoline brand Rompetrol keeps your engine clean like a horde of miniature, synchronized robot women wiggling and thrusting in skimpy French maid outfits. Because horny ad dudes in Romania...
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All's Well That Doesn't End Well in Romantic Comedy From Sears
Here's a fun trailer for a romantic comedy about two lost souls (bloggers, obviously) who reconnect in an airport … with a twist ending. Spoiler alert: Because love is a lot like hurtling headfirst...
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Alligator Sinks Its Teeth Into Acting Job for Jeremiah Weed
London ad agency Johnny Fearless used an actual alligator in this new ad for Jeremiah Weed Brew, in which the beast plays an ordinary household pet—the kind of arrangement, much like the beverage...
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Meet Pumpkin-Headed Turkey Claus, King of Holiday Shopping Mascots!
Daily-deal sites are a dime a dozen, but how many have their own holiday? RetailMeNot.com has invented OctoNovemCember, a magical time of year when Pumpkin-Headed Turkey Claus travels the Web to...
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Is It Worth It? Notes on Life and Career From a Late Adman
"So was it worth it? Well, of course not. It turns out it was just advertising. There was no higher calling. No ultimate prize." That's one conclusion drawn by Linds Redding in "A Short Lesson in...
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Don't Steal This Agency's Parking Spots, Unless You Want a Good Caning
Partners + Napier in Atlanta recently gave its copywriters license to spice up the signs next to its parking spots, warning people not to use them unless they have business with the agency. The signs...
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Sally Draper's New Iron in the Fire: Waffles
In the intensely metaphorical, self-reflective universe of Mad Men, ad campaigns mirror aspects of Don Draper's tortured psyche, and by extension, become revealing meditations on the greater human...
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Help This Man Turn Billboards Into Hanging Bamboo Gardens
The phrase "L.A.-based artist" often describes someone who is a total dingus, but Stephen Glassman is a rare and welcome exception to that rule. He's developing a large-scale art project that turns...
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Knifing People on Trains Is a Great Idea, Says PlayStation Ad
Here's a successfully creepy spot from Deutsch LA for Assassin's Creed III on PlayStation's Vita handheld. Because when you're bored and disgruntled from your commute, what you really want to do is...
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Mad Magazine's Old Parody Ads Were Better Than the Real Thing
Back in its glory days, better known as the 1960s and 1970s, Mad magazine was full of awesome fake ads like the ones archived in this Flickr account. Do yourself a favor and just start the slideshow...
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Horrible Client Feedback Turned Into Hilarious Works of Art
Sometimes, bad client feedback is so bad, it becomes a work of art. And that's exactly what you'll get with "Sharp Suits: A Creative Catharsis." This Irish art exhibit, originally on display in a...
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Dos Equis Invites You to Call the Most Interesting Voicemail in the World
The Most Interesting Man in the World is a man of few words—except when he's recording his outgoing voicemail message. Then, he (or possibly a parrot who sounds just like him) sets up elaborate...
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Little Caesars Looks to Mimes, and the Stars, for Latest Goofy Ads
Barton F. Graf 9000's latest spots for Little Caesars are so splendidly, self-consciously stupid, I want to punch myself in the face and watch them all day long. Check out the kid in "Mime." He's a...
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Mom Blogger Shocked to See Her Photo in Ad for Spanish Psychic
Mild-mannered Christian mom and marketer by day, Spanish psychic by night? No, but thanks to a photo stolen from her social-media profiles, popular blogger Sarah Pinnix is now trying to stop her image...
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