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Grizzly Dude From '70s Beer Ads Gets Lost, Wanders Into Modern Spot for Dr...
Oh, how I've longed to get away from it all and live in the woods, wild and free, with some guy in a bear suit as my only companion. The scruffy protagonist of Deutsch LA's new "Mountain Man" spot for...
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Steve Jobs Memorial Site Designed in Style of the Original Mac OS Interface
A new startup called Rememberum, which gives people tools to create online memorials to their loved ones, has unveiled a promotional example for Steve Jobs—a site most notable for being wonderfully...
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Facebook Pitches Home Sweet Home in New Commercial
Be it never so humble. Facebook is ratcheting up its ubiquitous presence in people's daily lives with its "Home" software for Android devices that more or less turns handsets into Facebook Phones....
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Wyoming Anti-Smoking Ad Is Strange and Two-Faced
Ad agency Sukle in Denver made this "Need Someone" spot promoting the Wyoming Department of Health's counseling services for people who want to quit smoking—hopefully before they go into full-on...
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W+K's Facebook Home Ad Shows Your Life Becoming Even More of a Circus
Facebook just posted the new ad below, from Wieden + Kennedy, on its own site—it will also air Saturday evening during the Final Four on CBS. The social network has had trouble connecting with...
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Old Spice Cleans Up With Hilarious Parodies of '80s Soap Ads
Few brands have mastered the marketing non sequitur quite as well as Old Spice, which just rolled out two new, fascinatingly bizarre ads for its Fiji Bar Soap. Parodying similar spots from the 1980s,...
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OMG, Creatives Track God Through Tweets
Ever wondered what God is doing right at this moment? Thanks to social media and the lovely infographics over at god-was-here.com, you can spy on His Omniscience and see exactly where he's helping...
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W+K Writer David Neevel's Latest Harebrained Project: Writing Emails With a...
First, Wieden + Kennedy physicist and copywriter David Neevel broke the laws of God and man by using weird science to separate Oreo cookies from their creamy filling. Now, he's changed his tune,...
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Michael Bolton Makes Everything More Juicy, Particularly Starburst
Michael Bolton follows up his Optimum campaign with a cameo in the Starburst ad below, part of a new campaign from DDB Chicago that offers theories on why the candy is so "Unexplainably juicy." In...
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Billboards Ask: Should George W. Bush or Barack Obama Be Added to Mount...
Residents of Cincinnati, Phoenix, Sacramento and San Antonio have probably seen billboards asking them to vote for adding either Barack Obama or George W. Bush to Mount Rushmore. I'm sure those...
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Carl's Jr. Reacts to Banning of Racy TV Ad by Describing It in a Radio Spot
Carl's Jr.'s notorious Memphis BBQ Burger commercial, which features two half-dressed women fighting over pulled pork on a cheeseburger—aka, "barbecue's best pair"—recently arrived in New Zealand. It...
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J.B. Smoove Joins Peter Stormare as Replacer Wingman for Call of Duty: Black...
Activision needed some high-impact firepower to tout its downloadable Black Ops 2: Uprising content, which is set for release next week on Xbox 360. Two riotous "replacers" answered the Call of Duty....
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DirecTV Throws Your Best Friend a Bone With DogTV Channel
People who unironically think of their dogs as children are probably a) not well and b) overjoyed about DirecTV's announcement that it will be carrying DogTV, a $6 per month premium channel whose...
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McDonald's Apologizes for Mental-Health Parody Ad It Says It Didn't Approve
Are you addicted to the Big Mac, or can you stop anytime you want? Whatever your emotional issues with the burger, McDonald's is distancing itself from the mental-health parody ad above, which...
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The Complete Taxonomy of College Sports Mascots
We've been in love with taxonomies ever since the agency-name infographic a few months ago. Here's one that's truly stunning to behold—Pop Chart Lab's new Chart of Collegiate Sports Teams. For sale...
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Does Your Best Creative Idea Always Happen in the First 60 Seconds?
Nick Entwistle and James Clancy, a creative team at McCann in Manchester, England, are reaching out to those who are creatively inclined and have at least a minute to spare. Calling themselves The...
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Leon Sandcastle Signs Fake but Funny Endorsement Deal With Under Armour
Leon Sandcastle isn't real, but that doesn't mean he's not going places. In fact, the imaginary Hall of Fame cornerback, played by Deion Sanders in Grey New York's amusing Super Bowl spot for the NFL...
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Kit Kat Breaks, Melts, Paints Candy Bars Into Lovely Posters
Over in Australia, Kit Kat decided to commemorate its limited-edition white-chocolate Kit Kats by taking the last 50 and getting illustrator Mike Watt to melt them down and create 50 original...
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Isaiah Mustafa Not Killing Himself Trying to Branch Out With Ad Roles
Isaiah Mustafa seems perfectly content simply being the Man Your Man Could Smell Like—or drink beer like, or do another manly activity like. And who can blame him? This new two-minute spot for an...
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Slip Into Underpantones, Underpants That Come in Pantone Colors
South African design agency Mark recently mocked up some Underpantones—underwear that come in various Pantone colors. They're intended for both men and women, and each pack is helpfully labeled with...
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