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Kobe Bryant Brings His Mad Beethoven-Playing Piano Skills to Lenovo Ad
Lenovo has moved on (at least for the moment) from comparing itself to Apple to having Kobe Bryant play Beethoven on the piano with symphonic accompaniment for no reason. Really. There's barely a...
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Taco Bell Brings Doritos Locos Tacos to Canada, Makes Impatient Critics...
Be careful what you say about Taco Bell in Canada. The chain is liable to etch your angry rants on taco shells and force them down your throat. That's what happened in this stunt from ad agency Grip...
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Burger King Takes Laziness to a New Level With Its French Fry Burger
Nothing compliments flame-grilled perfection better than golden fries, right? The problem is, it's too much work to eat a burger, then put it down, and then pick up, dip and eat a french fry. It's...
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Dirk Nowitzki's Parody of Geico's 'Hump Day' Ad Is Actually Pretty Awesome
Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, clad in his uniform and flip-flops, horses around in this parody of Geico's "Hump Day" commercial, strutting through the team's administrative offices and...
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'Every Tech Commercial' Packs All the Category's Clichés Into One Handy Spot
If you love live-chatting with babies and put tremendous stock in the opinion of bakers, then you probably love most tech advertising. In its new parody, "Every Tech Commercial," CollegeHumor skewers...
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Barton F. Graf 9000 Denies Involvement in Horse Stunt Outside Wieden + Kennedy
Barton F. Graf 9000 says it wasn't involved in a stunt early Thursday when a guy in a horse suit appeared to be trying to poach staff for the agency outside Wieden + Kennedy in New York. W+K's Kevin...
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Flo Can't Be Your Wife, but Your Wife Can Be Flo, in Progressive's Odd Little...
Do you wish your wife were more like Flo, the ever-peppy, white-aproned saleswoman for Progressive Insurance? Do you wish your home were more like the Superstore, the white-walled setting of dozens of...
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Monistat Is Sorry (not Sorry) for Making Wearers of 'Granny Panties' Feel Bad
Monistat used "granny panties" in a recent ad as a metaphor for how women feel when they have a yeast infection. Now, though, after supposed complaints from the granny-panty-wearing community,...
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Agency Creates Greatest Ad for an Executive Assistant in the History of...
Rich Silverstein is apparently not an easy boss to have. The notoriously demanding co-founder of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco is looking for a new executive assistant, as his...
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The Weird, Sweet Story of Chocolate Bars in Europe That Are Mysteriously...
Chocolate is both the medium and message in this Milka campaign from Paris agency Buzzman. Some 10 million of the chocolatier's flagship Alpine milk bars destined for sale in France and Germany, the...
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AT&T's Guinea Pigs Kim and Carl Are This Year's Funniest Talking Ad Animals
Here's a brilliant spot starring two god-fearing guinea pigs arguing over whether their house is possessed by an angel or a demon. The ad is just one execution in a tiny, web-only BBDO campaign...
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Why Brands Should Be Wary of Animated GIFs
Attention brands in social media: Just because you can now use animated GIFs on Facebook doesn’t mean you actually should use animated GIFs on Facebook. Or, to be more specific, you probably shouldn’t...
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Facebook Just Can't Handle Boobies, Human or Otherwise
Whether they're nourishing babies or enriching the biodiversity of islands in the Indian Ocean, boobies just don't sit well with Facebook. The social network has long been criticized for its...
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President of Volvo Trucks Isn't a Daredevil. He Just Plays One in This Insane...
Claes Nilsson, the president of Volvo Trucks, talks up the Volvo FMX while standing—it is soon revealed—on a truck being suspended over the water by a crane in this crazy YouTube video, which calls...
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Dunkin' Donuts Apologizes for Blackface Ad, but Not Everyone Is Sorry
Dunkin' Donuts in Thailand has just seen a 50 percent bump in sales on the heels of a new print, TV and Facebook ad campaign, and the CEO of the local franchise is crowing about the sugar rush. So...
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Up-and-Coming Actress Frenches the Rainbow in Latest Weird Skittles Ad
Skittles continues to walk the line between cute and creepy. How successfully it does so is, of course, a matter of personal taste. This new spot from DDB Chicago, "Skittles Smile," sets my choppers...
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The Band Gets Back Together in NBC's Brilliantly Cheesy Promo for The Voice
We've all been there. Heartbroken, bearded and alone. This is place that some might call "the dumps," an unbearable place full of darkness, loneliness and misery. It's all because you've been without...
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Universe's Most Indulgent Gum Gets a TV Commercial to Match
Stimorol Sensations, a South African gum that appears to be the same thing as Trident Layers, claims to be the most indulgent gum in the universe. In its latest spot by Ogilvy Cape Town, an office...
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Yahoo Will Unveil a New Logo at Midnight. Do Any of These 30 Options Beat the...
Yahoo is just hours away from that terrifying moment for any brand: the unveiling of a new logo. But the company has approached this rebranding a little differently. A month ago, it launched "30 Days...
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The A.1. Steak Sauce Card: It's Everywhere You Want to Eat
If anyone out there considers themselves a card-carrying A.1. steak sauce enthusiast, you'll soon have the actual card to prove it. The venerable steak sauce and Crispin Porter + Bogusky have launched...
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