Danny Trejo Is a Prison Dog in This Zany PSA for Friends of Animals
If you ever wondered whether Danny Trejo could successfully pull off a role dressed as a floppy-eared mutt, you can rest easily at last. The dude from Breaking Bad and Machete delivers a memorable...
View ArticleMariah Carey's Game of War Ad Is Here, and It's Actually Not Terrible
It's just another day getting knocked on your ass by hordes of medieval soldiers and a fire-breathing dragon, and then Mariah Carey suddenly comes along and saves you. A new ad from mobile...
View ArticleBarton F. Graf's First Campaign for Bai Drinks Makes No Sense, Just Like the...
Barton F. Graf 9000 dives into absolute nonsense, quite literally, in its first campaign for Bai, an independent maker of low-calorie health beverages. Three comical spots play off the fact that Bai...
View ArticleNetflix Made a Button That Dims the Lights, Silences Your Phone, Orders Food...
If you thought Domino's Grand Prix-winning emoji ordering was a cool one-click trick, check this out from Netflix. The streaming service, working with Pittsburgh-based agency Deeplocal, created a...
View ArticleAT&T's New 'It Can Wait' Ad Tells the Quietly Tragic Story of a Would-Be...
"Fletcher's Drive" is the latest entry in AT&T's "It Can Wait" campaign, which warns against texting, web-surfing, emailing and other forms of potentially dangerous smartphone use while driving....
View ArticleFiber One Unveils New Line of Delicious, Zero-Calorie, All-Rubber Desserts
Your dog has chew toys. Why shouldn't you have chew treats—particularly if you shouldn't really be eating actual calorie-laden desserts in the first place? Well, now you can. Sit back and enjoy this...
View ArticleYamaha Tries to Capture the Meaning of Music in This Epic Six-Minute...
It's tricky to pull off a six-minute dramatic commercial, but Yamaha might have managed it—with a few caveats."The Gift" is an odd mix of epic tearjerker and cheesy promo. On the one hand, it's a tour...
View ArticleAds for Colleges Are Usually Terrible, but McCann Melbourne Just Made a...
Creative ads for universities are very rare. Most rate about a D+ (particularly this 2010 campaign for Drake University, whose actual theme, hilariously enough, was "D+"). But now and again, you see a...
View ArticleJessica Biel, Whitney Cummings and Joy Bryant Joke About Sex in Uncomfortably...
A new PSA series from Funny or Die and WomanCare Global features actresses Jessica Biel and Joy Bryant and comedian Whitney Cummings making a bunch of dick jokes. But these aren't your run of the mill...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Is Now on Twitter, and He's Picked the One Perfect Account to...
He made his name by showing us all that the NSA can and very well might be listening in on our conversations, and now Edward Snowden is having a bit of fun turning the tables. Snowden's just-launched...
View ArticleLeo Burnett Invents Temporary Tattoos that Scan Like QR Codes
At international tourism expos, competition to attract attention from foreign tourists is high—and most vendors still rely on flyers to get the message across. So, the Tourism Authority of Thailand...
View ArticleThese Wrecked Toy Cars Found in Cereal Boxes Send a Sobering Drunk-Driving...
It's always so much fun to get a little toy inside your cereal box! Until that toy is a mangled vehicle reminding you of the dangers of drunk driving. Canadian agency Rethink pulled off a clever stunt...
View ArticleInfographic: The 24 Most Inspirational Company Mission Statements
Whatever they're actually selling, many companies are pretty high-minded when it comes to crafting their official missions statements. Sure, they provide a product or service—but they also, more often...
View ArticleDoritos Is About to Try a 12-Hour-Long Periscope, and It Should Be Quite...
Doritos on Thursday will introduce Canada to Doritos Collisions, featuring two types of chips in the same bag—at first, habanero and guacamole. To celebrate, BBDO Toronto has planned a mammoth,...
View ArticleKeystone Light Hired Chuck Testa to Shoot a Commercial, and It Went Horribly
You remember Chuck Testa—the California taxidermist who became famous after Rhett & Link made a ludicrous local commercial for his business in 2011 (the spot ended up getting 16 million views). We...
View ArticleSamsung Is Sending One Person to a Tibetan Monastery for 100 Days to Watch TV...
Hey, monks, keep that chanting down, I'm trying to watch Empire! As if binge-watching your favorite TV show weren't enough of a religious experience, Samsung is taking it to new heights with a...
View ArticleIf You Can't Leave Your Agency Job at Night, at Least Get Yourself a Proper...
Everyone knows that ad people, along with other white-collar employees everywhere, are working longer hours and losing productivity to fatigue. But what's the solution? Some have suggested letting...
View ArticleEven Zombies Find Sexually Transmitted Diseases Horrifying, Particularly in...
Omaha, Nebraska, trends curiously high for STD rates. So, to lower instances of infection, Get Checked Omaha is doing its part to get people more interested in sexual health with videos like the new...
View ArticleHow 2 Creatives Made It Easier for English Speakers to Pronounce São Paulo's...
Worried about how you'll get around on your next trip to Brazil? Seeing how much trouble tourists have pronouncing Portuguese street names—which is crucial even in major cities like São Paulo, where...
View ArticleThis Sexy Bra Ad Got 16 Million Views, but Not for the Reasons You'd Expect...
The element of surprise is always useful in advertising storytelling, and this Thai commercial for Wacoal Mood bras certainly brings the unexpected—which has helped the spot tally almost 16 million...
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