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Pillsbury Doughboy Gigglingly Crashes Geico Ad
Hey, the Pillsbury Doughboy appears in The Martin Agency's latest "Happier than" commercial for Geico. I thought he'd done so a while back, but it turns out that was Eddie Money. Eddie's tunes are so...
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Ads for indie film festivals are often quite brilliant. The movies are usually distinctive, so the advertising can be as well. Who can forget Geoffrey Rush as a potato peeler? Or John Malkovich...
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Somersby Cider Builds Its Own Genius Bar Inside a Fake Apple Store
Since every third ad has to be an Apple parody now, Carlsberg makes fun of Apple Store product launches in this TV spot for Somersby Cider from agency Fold7. Some of the computer jargon here works...
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To Catch a Pest, the Orkin Man Thinks Like a Pest in New Ads
Roaches, rats and other pests had the starring roles in Orkin's campaign from The Richards Group in recent years. And while those spots were amusing, in a creepy way, it's the Orkin man himself who...
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Not Real but Maybe Should Be: Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite Pop-Tarts
Brian Altano's concept design of Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite Pop-Tarts was born from silly work conversations about hypothetical Star Wars merch, which is probably how George Lucas came up with most...
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William Shatner Battles the Gorn Once Again in Ad for Star Trek Video Game
Gorn … but not forgotten! To promote a Star Trek video game launching this month, William Shatner and a guy in a lumpy lizard suit winningly reprise Captain Kirk's hand-to-claw struggle with the alien...
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Shirtless Hunk Heats Up the Kitchen in Kraft's Ads for Zesty Italian Dressing
Can salad dressing be sexy? Well, Kraft will settle for zesty. A new campaign for Kraft Zesty Italian dressing from the Playa del Rey, Calif., office of Being features a shirtless male chef whose...
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April Fools' Day 2013: Best of the Brand Hoaxes
Ah, April Fools' Day. The Super Bowl of satire. The one day when brands are free to indulge in off-brand, often hilarious communications without catastrophic repercussions. Click below to see our...
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Meet Sully, Corona Light's Absurd and Amusing Spokes-Sheep
You remember Sully. He was the odd talking sheep in last year's brilliant "Stan" commercial for Corona Light, from director Mike Mills and ad agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. Well, it...
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Perrier Invites You to a 'Secret Place' Where Sparkling Water Makes People...
Perrier is the sexiest sparkling water you'll ever taste, says Perrier. It's so sexy, you'll find yourself transported to a secret party at an underground nightclub in Paris. There, you may...
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Check Out These Hilarious, Super-Cheesy Pre-Roll Ads From Which You Cannot...
It should be the quintessential YouTube video: Funny Baby Panda Kiss. But when you tried to watch it, all you got was an infinite pre-roll ad loop. Because Rhett and Link wanted to trick you for April...
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JetBlue Makes a Fool of Meaner Brands With April 1 Promotion
JetBlue and its ad agency, Mullen, celebrated April Fools' Day with a payout instead of a prank. For the "April's No Fool" promotion, the airline actually offered to refund the entire fare (as a...
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the 1980s in One Coked-Up HTML5 Website
Bonkers candy. Betamax. McRib sandwiches. Madonna. Michael Jackson. Reaganomics. Mountains of cocaine. … Man, the '80s rocked. Or sucked, depending on your point of view. Thanks to Mullen's...
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Finally, a Cable Company That's Honest About How Much It Hates You
"Fuck you. You'll take what we give you." That's easily the line of the year from any parody ad so far, and it comes around the 18-second mark of "The First Honest Cable Company," from Extremely Decent...
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Heartbreaking Hospital Ad Celebrates Too-Brief Life of One of Its Most...
New York Presbyterian Hospital and ad agency Munn Rabôt recently made this video celebrating the life of Danion Jones, who was 3 years old when he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. NYPH...
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NYPD Now Scanning Facebook, Instagram Photos to Identify Criminals
If you're thinking of committing a felony in New York City anytime soon, keep an eye on how many photos of you are floating around on Facebook and Instagram. The NYPD's new Facial Recognition Unit is...
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How Is Bubba Watson's Hovercraft Golf Cart Not an April Fools' Joke?
At first glance, it looks like it has to be a prank. But despite being released suspiciously close to April Fools' Day, Bubba Watson and Oakley insist that the new hovercraft golf cart in the video...
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Idiotic Billboard Celebrating Women Shows Three Grinning Dudes in Suits
Your billboard fail of the day comes from Halifax, Nova Scotia, where Mount Saint Vincent University put up an ad encouraging people to honor the "remarkable women" in their lives through a "Women's...
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Pizza Hut Sketches Art Masterpieces on Pizza Boxes Live on YouTube
Weird, but also pretty neat: On Tuesday, Pizza Hut Canada streamed live YouTube video of an illustrator sketching commenter-suggested images on pizza boxes. It's a bit reminiscent of that artist who...
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Did Kraft Swipe Sauza Tequila's Schtick and Its Spokesman?
Sauza Tequila had a major hit last year with its "Make It With a Fireman" video, starring Thomas Beaudoin—which reached No. 15 on YouTube's list of the 20 most watched ads of 2012. The Jim Beam brand...
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