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Make Your Own Skittles Ad on 'Create the Rainbow' Holiday Site
I can make my own wacky Skittles holiday commercial on this Create the Rainbow site from BBDO Toronto and Jam3? Do I have to? Can't I just strangle myself with a string of festive lights instead?...
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Google Imagines a Real World That's as Irritating as the Internet
Google Analytics has put together a series of videos demonstrating what poor web design can do to an online commerce site—crap we'd never put up with in a brick-and-mortar store. There's unintuitive...
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HBO and Ommegang Brew Up 'Game of Thrones' Beers
To capitalize on what Forbes calls the "upscale geek" market, HBO and Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y., are collaborating on a line of Game of Thrones beers that will hit stores in 2013. So far,...
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The Walking Dumb: A 'Dumb Ways to Die' Parody With Zombies
Zombies have been done to death. But that didn't deter Teddie Films and the crew from Utah's Rocky Point Haunted House from creating an undead-themed parody of McCann Australia's much-praised "Dumb...
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Wallace and Gromit Spread Holiday Cheer Through Google+ Hangouts
Wallace and Gromit are back, and pitching Google+ Hangouts, the group video chat client that allows people to spend quality virtual time with one another, in this fun 60-second spot from Adam &...
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Denver Agency's Great Holiday Card Inspired by 'A Christmas Story'
See a larger image here. Denver ad agency Cultivator has one of the best holiday cards of the year with this group portrait inspired by a certain famous scene in A Christmas Story. Via The Denver...
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Hill Holliday Spreads Happiness With 'Social Experiments' in Boston
All advertising strives to sell happiness, implying that buying certain goods or services will make you feel better than you did before. Pitching happiness itself, striving to communicate the gravity...
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The 20 Biggest Brand Fails of 2012
Judging by the traffic trends on this blog, it seems the only thing more enjoyable than a brilliant, uplifting, inspirational marketing success is a horrible, embarrassing, cringe-worthy marketing...
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Warning: You Don't Want to Be MySpace Tom's Enemy
Here’s one thing the Mayans never could have predicted about the December 2012: The renewed relevance of all things MySpace. Not only is the relaunched site earning a decent amount of praise, but...
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AdFreak's Top 50 Stories of 2012: Nos. 50-41
Starting today, we're counting down the 50 most-read stories posted to AdFreak in 2012. We begin with No. 50 down to No. 41. Check back all next week as we count down to No. 1. Newspaper's Poor...
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Before Life as Call Girl, Olympic Runner Starred in Controversial Nike Ad
A three-time Olympian and star of a controversial Nike ad from the 2000 Summer Games has recently been living a double life as a high-price call girl, according to a new investigative report by The...
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When Pigs Fly: Geico Brings Back Maxwell for Airplane Ad
Maxwell the talking pig returns in an amusingly twisted tale (tail?) from The Martin Agency and Geico. The oinker uses the company's smartphone app to pay his insurance bill while he travels on an...
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Fiat Raps About Motherhood and Faking Orgasms
In the U.K., mommies apparently don't rock gas-guzzling minivans. They go for cute little Fiat 500Ls. So, to entice them, Fiat has released yet another example of the hilarity that is white people...
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Happy New Year! Here's a Horrible, Disgusting Anti-Smoking Ad
Britain's National Health Service decided to close out 2012 with a feel-good PSA offering plenty of heartwarming holiday cheer. Just kidding. They released a super-disgusting anti-smoking ad. This...
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Nike Scores With New Ad as Fans Declare, 'Hockey Is Ours'
Hockey die-hards should be stirred by this Nike spot that captures fans' passion for the game and, by implication, their displeasure with the ongoing NHL lockout. The company and its agency, Wieden +...
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Cookie Monster Falls Off Wagon Early in 2013 in Google's New Year Spot
Going cold turkey was never the best strategy for Cookie Monster in ramping down his cookie intake. You've got to step down gradually from all that sugar. That's the main takeaway from this amusing...
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Apple's 'Do Not Disturb' iPhone Ad Is Brilliant, but Terribly Timed
Apple takes a stroll in dreamland in this superb spot highlighting the iPhone 5's "Do Not Disturb" feature, which silences the ringer on calls during overnight hours (or any hours you specify). It...
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'Kentucky Kicks Ass' Campaign Doesn't Kick Ass, State Officials Say
Three ad executives billing themselves as "Kentucky for Kentucky" have launched an unofficial tourism campaign rebranding their home state with the memorably irreverent slogan "Kentucky kicks ass."...
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Pixar Parodies College Recruitment Ads for Monsters University
This is delightful: a campaign by Pixar for its upcoming film Monsters University that spoofs those wonderfully cheesy college-recruitment ads that air during NCAA sporting events. The spot below,...
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Romeo Beckham, 10, Makes Spirited Ad Debut for Burberry
Burberry's new spot for its spring/summer 2013 collection features a number of British models: Cara Delevingne, Edie Campbell, Charlotte Wiggins, Charlie France, Alex Dunstan and Max Rendell. But it's...
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