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'World's Strongest Coffee' Has 200% More Caffeine
Here's a fun competitive niche: An upstate New York roaster has created what it calls "the world's strongest coffee," an eco-friendly gourmet brew with 200 percent more caffeine than the average dark...
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Visa Ad Honors Phelps as 'Most Decorated Olympian'
By winning his 19th Olympic medal yesterday, Michael Phelps didn't just secure the title of "History's Greatest Olympian." He also earned an honor everyone on Earth has always wished for: A personal...
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FedEx Saves Face for Golf-Loving Metalheads
If Alice Cooper has taught us anything—which is highly debatable, I'll admit—it's that freaky, leather-clad rockers with reputations for raising hell really just want to play golf. So you have to love...
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When Civilization Collapses, at Least You'll Have a Skateboard
When the end days come, you're going to need a few key things to survive: fresh water, durable footwear and, of course, a thematically appropriate skateboard. Ohio-based agency Real Art Design Group...
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Mountain Dew Subway-Snowboarding Ad Banned in U.K.
Britain's ad watchdog dropped its mighty ban hammer on a Mountain Dew spot this week, following complaints that the digital video was unsuitable for young people. The ad, which ran in gaming apps and...
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'Gooks of Hazzard' Shirt Blasted for Racial Slur
If you like retro TV and racist slurs, have we got the T-shirt for you. Baker Skateboards is taking some heat this week for its shirt called “The Gooks of Hazzard,” which refers to two Asian men as...
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New Leibovitz Images Show More Celebs as Disney Icons
Two new teaser images from Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait series have been released as a prelude to a massive magazine ad blitz coming this fall. The first depicts Russell Brand as Captain...
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Andy Richter Irrationally Afraid of Cheerios Man-Bee
Andy Richter can make any situation funny. Or so I thought until I watched "Scared of Bees," a Funny or Die clip that both promotes and spoofs Honey Nut Cheerios' summer "Tour Across America," in...
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Game Studio Trashes Rivals as Children, Old Men and Sellouts
Taking pot shots at your competition is always a ballsy move. This week, the award for biggest gonads goes to game studio Kixeye, whose raunchy recruitment ad is drawing quite a bit of attention for...
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Jason Priestly Goes Back to School, This Time as a Teacher
Old Navy's 1990s TV flashback advertising continues, moving on from the stars of Blossom to the dreamboat king of Beverly Hills, 90210. This time,Jason Priestly's been cast as an elementary school...
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Student's Difficulty Finishing Book Could Be Its Best PR Yet
In one of the more ironic literary moments of recent Internet history, a lazy student's refusal to read a book for school might end up inspiring thousands of others to pick up a copy. Why? Because he...
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Hated the London 2012 Logo? You Might Like Rio 2016 Better
The London 2012 Olympic logo was all about dissonance, and intentionally so—and was met with a pretty dissonant reaction, too. As we look ahead to Rio 2016, we have a logo that couldn't be more...
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Flo Suddenly a Problem for Progressive in Its Social-Media Crisis
Progressive Insurance is surely longing for the days when the Internet's most pressing question about its spokeswoman Flo was whether she is hot or not. Matt Fisher's devastating Tumblr post...
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McCann Says Farewell to the London Olympics With Ad
McCann Worldgroup, the American ad agency that shockingly won the ad account of the 2012 London Olympics in 2009, notoriously defeating Britain's WPP Group, led by Sir Martin Sorell, bids a fond (and...
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Mountain Dew Soda-Naming Contest Crashed by Pranksters
I always assume the worst will happen when companies solicit ideas from the Internet. For the latest evidence of this, look no further than this Mountain Dew "Dub the Dew" fiasco. An effort by a...
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Ben & Jerry's Enables Rampant Spooning With New App
Imagine my disappointment when I realized that the name of Ben & Jerry's new Facebook app "Wanna Spoon?" refers to sharing Greek frozen yogurt rather than engaging in a snuggly, utensil-inspired...
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Lego Celebrates 80th Birthday With Animated Short Film
Lego turns 80 this year. To celebrate, the company released this really neat cartoon short about its humble origins (key words are "fire" and "low sales") and how it revolutionized the toy industry by...
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Another Tyrannical Vending Machine Barks Orders at People
It seems confirmed without a doubt: Humans enjoy being told what to do by vending machines. Last month, we saw Australians literally bowing down before the almighty Fantastic Delites machine. Now, we...
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'Siesta World Cup' Ad Launches Comedy Central in Latin America
Comedy Central began broadcasting in Latin America in February, and now it gets an epic introductory commercial from Wieden + Kennedy, São Paulo, and famed Super Bowl director Bryan Buckley of Hungry...
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1995 Student PSA Predicted Internet's Future Pretty Accurately
Most old PSAs look fairly ridiculous nowadays, but not this gem of a spot from 1995, shot by the 5th-grade students at Ray Bjork Elementary School in Helena, Mont. These kids were pretty spot-on in...
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