David Hasselhoff Reaches Peak Self-Parody in Promo for Kung Fury
Dinosaurs, fingerless gloves, punks, skateboards, hacking and traveling back in time to try to kill Hitler. It's everything you ever loved about the '80s in one film—now including David Hasslehoff....
View ArticleFort Lauderdale Really Heated Up Bus Shelters in Boston and Chicago This Winter
At the height of winter, a goofy costumed dude called "Mr. Sunny," the official mascot of Fort Lauderdale tourism, hung out at Pompano Beach and bantered in real time via satellite with people at...
View ArticleBen & Jerry's Has Brought Back Apple's '1984' as a Burrito Anthem for Stoners
Parodies of Apple's "1984" continue to surface at the oddest of times—such as 4/20, America's unofficial day of marijuana appreciation. Ben & Jerry's has created the spot below to celebrate the...
View ArticleA 5-Year-Old Girl's Real Call to the Police Saves Her Mother in This...
Real audio of a 5-year-old girl calling 999 (Britain's version of 911)—after her mother has had a seizure—anchors this compelling new PSA from Grey London aimed at getting more parents to teach their...
View ArticleMilton Glaser Explains the Value of Design Beyond Just Selling Stuff
"By the time I was in kindergarten, I had been designated as class artist. Some of the older kids discovered that I could draw girls doing unspeakable things, and I could get a nickel apiece for...
View Article3 New Businesses in Omaha Are Making People Cringe, but They're Doing Good Work
Three strange storefronts have popped up in Omaha recently that you wouldn't want to enter—but they're part of a PSA campaign telling residents that, unfortunately, sexually transmitted diseases are...
View ArticleHow Pepsi, HBO, Denny's and a Dozen Other Brands Are Celebrating 4/20
Brand tweets can seem unnecessary, even annoying, on many holidays. But 4/20? Seeing them get creative with cannabis references? Well, that's actually kind of fun. We've rounded up some of the better...
View ArticleThis Cool Tumblr Imagines If Ad Agencies Were Ice Cream Flavors
If famous ad agencies were ice cream brands, what flavors would they be? Aditya Hariharan and Joshua Namdar, a pair of students at the Miami Ad School in New York, took a swing at visualizing the...
View ArticleMen Face a Gut-Wrenching Choice of Their Own in This Parody of Dove's Doors Ad
Men, if you saw a door marked "Big Dick" and a door marked "Average Dick," which would you walk through? Two weeks ago, Dove released a new video in its long-running Real Beauty campaign where they...
View ArticleThis Guy Decided to Turn His Boring Office Job Into an Exhilarating GoPro Ad
GoPro has spared no expense in traveling the world to create pulse-pounding footage that reminds us we're living hollow lives devoid of excitement. Now, an everyman office drone has decided to prove...
View ArticleSouth Dakota's Official Ad Campaign Asks: 'Why Die on Mars When You Can Live...
South Dakota sets the bar low with a new ad campaign that basically says, "Hey, at least we're not Mars." Aimed at both tourists and potential long-term residents, the campaign—developed by Sioux...
View ArticleCheck Out the Amazing Welcome Kit This Ogilvy Office Gives Each New Hire
It's a red box, but in some ways it's more like a red carpet. Ogilvy Cape Town has been giving a remarkable welcome box to employees over the past year. And now, it's been shortlisted in the design...
View ArticleGoogle Joins the Hunt for the Loch Ness Monster With Underwater Street View
People have been looking for the Loch Ness Monster for centuries, but now Google has brought some high-tech dragon-hunting software to the search. The company, with help from London agency...
View ArticleTokyo Airport Terminal Is Designed Like a Running Track Ahead of the 2020...
Tokyo's Narita International Airport has built a new terminal with walkways outfitted in the style of indoor running tracks—a fitting precursor to the 2020 Olympic Games, which the city is hosting...
View ArticleW+K Travels to 1960s Iceland for This Wry and Beautiful Yogurt Commercial
Somebody get this kid a bike! (And snowshoes, while you're at it.) Orri, the plucky lad in this fanciful Wieden + Kennedy London spot introducing Arla's Skyr Icelandic yogurt to the U.K., Germany and...
View ArticleCraigslist User Warns Against Buying Secondhand Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer
If you're not into Star Wars, you might as well sign off the Internet for the rest of the year. Not only are the filmmakers going to bombard you with content, everybody else is, too. Case in point: A...
View ArticleWhat's Better Than the Star Wars VII Trailer? Babies Watching the Star Wars...
If your eyes grew a bit wider and your jaw a bit slacker when you saw the new Star Wars Episode VII trailer, you're bound to love these kids' reactions to it. America's Funniest Home Videos compiled...
View ArticleKmart and Joe Boxer's High-Tech Bracelet Measures Inactivity and Celebrates...
Nike FuelBand may have fizzled out, but luckily the Joe Boxer Inactivity Tracker is here to take its place. Kmart is promoting its Joe Boxer pajamas with a new digital bracelet that's just like any of...
View ArticleBlindfolded Kids Try to Recognize Their Moms in This Lovely, Smash-Hit...
Are you unique enough that your child could pick you out of a lineup by touch alone? The charm-bracelet pushers over at Pandora Jewelry have just released The Unique Collection, but you won't see much...
View ArticleNoooooooooo! This Loony British Ad for Mints Ends With a Comic Shocker
This Trebor Mints ad from Wieden + Kennedy London has a bit of that 1990s Gushers weirdness to it, either as a tribute to nostalgic thirtysomethings or just for shiggles. It opens with a teen...
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