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Canine Plastic Surgery Advertised on Billboard in Los Angeles
Is your dog a total "dog"? So asks this billboard spotted in Los Angeles, purportedly offering canine plastic surgery from one Dr. Steven Armond. It turns out it's a promotion for Kroll Show, an...
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Roommates Get a Little Too Close in Kayak's Latest Spot
When looking for great travel deals, make sure to wear a small sweater, not some great tent-like monstrosity. That's one lesson learned from this latest Barton F. Graf 9000 spot for Kayak, the latest...
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How Red Robin Bought Priceless PR for $11.50
It doesn't cost much for a brand to polish its image and generate lots of positive media attention. In fact, $11.50 will get you a ton of it. That's the amount Charles, the manager of a Red Robin...
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British Department Store Makes Life Quieter With 'Debranded' Products
British department store Selfridges, a purveyor of products from hundreds of corporate brands, is so sorry about how you are assaulted by corporate branding. So, as part of its new "No Noise" campaign...
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Cinemax Premieres Entire First Episode of New Show as Animated GIFs
TV viewers don't have to work for much. That's the whole point. But those eager to check out Cinemax's new drama Banshee before its Friday premiere—and who don't mind doing a little work—can watch the...
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Kaley Cuoco and William Shatner Team Up for Priceline Spot
Shatner's back, bitches! Sure, Priceline killed off his iconic "Negotiator" character in a bus crash a year ago. But we all knew that creative shift had about as much chance of sticking as a bad...
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Do Not Consider These Funny but Fake 'For Your Consideration' Ads
The litany of "For Your Consideration" ads that precede each year's Academy Awards are just about the saddest display of desperation in modern marketing—which is saying something. The countless pleas...
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Modern Dancers Are 'Human Sushi' in Crazy Seafood Ads
Ad agency Try/Apt put together a series of spots for the Norwegian Seafood Council that show modern dancers frolicking around as pieces of fish in an attempt to make sushi more appealing. That's one...
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Ad for Alabama Football Museum Reveals Downside to All Those Trophies
Here in Alabama, our unshakable dominance over college football has become practically ridiculous. And while the clip below is supposed to be a farce, there's a certain amount of believability to it....
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Lego Scores Again With Great Reply to Boy Who Lost His Ninja
Lego is making great customer service look like child's play. Last year, there was the heartwarming story from Massachusetts about the boy whom Lego sent a discontinued set he'd long coveted. Now,...
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The Week on AdFreak: Jan. 4-11, 2012
Here are the five most-read AdFreak stories from the past week: 5. Allstate Features Home Ravaged by Hurricane Sandy in Ad, but Fights Owners on Claim 4. Lego Scores Again With Great Reply to Boy Who...
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More Honest Titles for This Year's Best-Picture Oscar Nominees
College Humor has unveiled its annual "Honest Titles" gallery of parody movie posters, suggesting more accurate names for this year's Oscar-nominated films. You don't need to be familiar with the...
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs Have Early Contender for Year's Craziest Album Cover
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have a new album, Mosquito, coming out April 16, and it's already getting tons of attention—partly for its insane album cover. South Korean filmmaker and animator Beomsik Shimbe...
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White House Declines to Build a Death Star in Best Response to a Petition Yet
In Adweek this week, Charlie Warzel writes about We the People, the online petition site that lets anyone propose an idea to the White House—which is obliged to respond to suggestions that get 25,000...
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British Journalist Puts Ad in Chicago Tribune Telling Oprah What to Ask Lance
Lance Armstrong is reportedly ready to confess to drug use in an interview being taped today with Oprah Winfrey. In the lead-up to the interview, David Walsh, sports editor of Britain's Sunday Times,...
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Maker of Stupid Banana Slicer Thrilled by Sarcastic Reviews on Amazon
It's become a tradition among Amazon users: Find the stupidest products for sale on the site, and write sarcastically glowing reviews of them. The examples are legendary: the Three Wolf Moon T-shirt,...
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Target Rolls Out Four More Amusingly Fashionable Grocery Ads
If you enjoyed the first four Target grocery ads that pretended to be fashion spots, here are four more—selling diapers, lightbulbs, oatmeal and fruit snacks. They broke Sunday night during the Golden...
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Agency Pronunciation Guide: Tips for Those Hard-to-Say Names
From the YouTube description on the video below: "Do you sometimes struggle when contacting agencies, worried about getting their names right? With so many unusual names and logos, it can be tricky....
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Star Wars 'Gay Planet' Upsets Advocates and Opponents Alike
If you run a popular video game and you're on the fence about including gay themes, what's the best way to make everyone happy? Not like this. Bioware, creator of Star Wars: The Old Republic,...
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Dunder Mifflin to Air Super Bowl Spot in Scranton, Pa. (Yes, Really)
How times have changed for Dunder Mifflin. The paper brand from The Office, which was defictionalized in 2011 when NBC teamed up with Quill (part of Staples) to market real Dunder Mifflin paper, is...
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