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Abe Vigoda Did It All in Advertising, From a Live 1951 TV Spot to the 2010...
Not many actors can boast a career spanning seven decades, but Abe Vigoda—who died Tuesday at age 94—was one of them. And his commercial career was just as long, beginning not long after the advent of...
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This Art Director Built an Igloo in His Backyard in Brooklyn and Listed It on...
Looking for a cute little "Boutique Winter Igloo for 2" that you can rent on Airbnb for a few nights of chilly bliss? This one in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, sounds awesome:"Dripping with ingenuity and...
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Giant Ben Franklin and Giant Cheesesteak Battle in Inexplicably Weird Philly...
The City of Brotherly Love looks hip, inviting and postcard-perfect in a scenic new tourism ad ... that is, until a skyscraper-size Benjamin Franklin starts pounding the pavement to do Godzilla-style...
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Can Bissell Clean Up This Year's Puppy Bowl, Which Promises to Make a Giant...
What's just as important to advertisers as the Super Bowl? The Puppy Bowl, of course. The Animal Planet event has now run for 11 "seasons," and this year's sponsors include Bissell, Geico, Dairy...
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Fiber One Returns with a Few Uncomfortably Irregular Constipation Scenarios
Saatchi & Saatchi is getting awfully regular at crafting goofy, effective spots for Fiber One. Following its pregnant man and rubber biscuit ads from last year, the New York agency has squeezed...
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Old Spice Is Opening Futuristic Twitter Accounts for Some of Its Fans' Future...
Wieden + Kennedy is doing a fun little real-time Twitter stunt for Old Spice today. It began with the brand asking a simple question: If you could ask your future self one question what would it be?—...
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Feel the Urge to Netflix and Chill? Have We Got the Airbnb Listing for You!
It's no igloo, but finally there's an Airbnb apartment specifically made to Netflix and chill.Available in New York for a paltry $400 a night (almost the same price as a Sofitel when you book at the...
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Barbie Suddenly Looks (More) Normal, Right in Line With the Marketing Zeitgeist
After 50 years of sporting an oft-criticized combo of thin waist, thin limbs and large breasts, Barbie finally has a new body. Actually, a few new bodies. The new Barbie Fashionistas line features...
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A Ground Beef Company Just Made This Random but Pretty Hilarious 'Like a...
P&G's Always scored a smash hit with "Like A Girl." Now, that women's empowerment campaign has a new parody—about the expectations society puts on hamburgers. Ground meat purveyor Schweid &...
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This Ad About Barbie's New Makeover Is Rory Kennedy's First as a Commercial...
There's been a lot of debate today about Barbie's introduction of curvy, tall and petite dolls to go with the original, and whether the Mattel makeover represents real progress in the area of girls'...
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Mumbai Police Just Started Using Twitter, and They're Already Masters at It
We haven't seen a government social-media account this fun since the TSA's Instagram (which, among other quirky wonders, features a ninja star collage). The Mumbai Police joined Twitter in December...
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DeMarcus Ware Predicted a Skittles Rainbow for Super Bowl Sunday in Real TV...
Celebrities doing weathercasts is nothing new, but Skittles got into the action Thursday by recruiting Broncos star DeMarcus Ware to offer a real forecast for Super Bowl Sunday—and his prediction...
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This Writer Just Schooled Us All on Suspenseful, Awkwardly Comic Twitter...
Joe Craig, a British writer and children's novelist, just demonstrated his mastery in adapting long-form copy to the medium of Twitter ... by recounting the apparently true tale of a very awkward...
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Tesla Electrifies a Charred World in Automaker's Latest Striking Fan-Made Ad
The breathless Tesla spec ad parade continues. In 2014, there was the car-as-kid's-spaceship spot, made by fans. Last year, we learned that Teslas are actually made of fireflies, in another video...
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Today in PETA Promises: Steamier Sex, and Avoiding Accidental Death, When You...
Feeling perhaps that their previous advertising efforts were too subtle, PETA's new "Last Longer" spot shows people having sex to highlight an upside to the vegan lifestyle: Avoiding various health...
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This Paintbrush Brand Covered Everything Within a Billboard-Size Space in Fun...
Deutsch did some fun out-of-home work recently for Purdy—the Sherwin-Williams professional painting supplies brand—showing the versatility and accuracy of its paintbrushes in action. The really...
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Lego Unveils Its First Disabled Minifigure in a Good Week for Inclusivity
Lego has released its first young disabled minifigure, and everyone wants to talk about it. I know what you're thinking. With all the millions of kinds of Legos out there, how could this possibly be a...
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Canal+'s Soccer Fan Hasn't Missed a Match in 30 Years, but Hasn't Seen One...
Soccer fun fact: A "clásico," which originally referred to a Real Madrid vs. Barcelona game, now means any game between fierce rivals within the same country—like Manchester United vs....
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Deadpool's Wildly Unpredictable Ad Campaign Finds Time for a Testicular...
In this quirky PSA, Deadpool tells you to tweak the tomatoes before you go cucumber-crazy. Still don't get it? He can be clearer: Touch yourself tonight. Deadpool took a moment out of his busy movie...
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Keyboard Cat and Other Real-Life Shelter Pets Star in These Adorable Adoption...
Celebrities star in a new PSA campaign to increase pet adoption, with a slight twist: The stars in question are two dogs and a cat, all shelter animals before their respective rises into the...
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