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'The Walking Dead' Hungers for Its 10 Million Facebook Fans
AMC zombie show The Walking Dead just topped 10 million Facebook fans, and is celebrating the only way it knows how—by confirming that it would attack, kill, and consume every last one of them if it...
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Denis Leary Once Again Strongly Suggests You Buy a Ford F-150
For anyone still stinging over Denis Leary's violent and untimely death at the hands of a giant half-lizard guy in the latest Spider-Man flick (oh sorry, were you waiting for the DVD?), you can catch...
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Meet Adam Reposa: Lawyer, Patriot, Champion, Maker of Insane Ads
Witness this ludicrous commercial for Texas lawyer Adam Reposa titled "Lawyer, Patriot, Champion," wherein he rams his giant Chevy into a Chrysler Cirrus, kicks in the window and repeatedly yells, "I...
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The Week on AdFreak: Aug. 31-Sept. 7
The five most-read AdFreak stories from the past week: 5. Men's Clothing Store Called 'Hitler' Agrees to Change Its Name 4. Mitsubishi Identifies Your Most Pretentious Facebook Friends, and Runs Them...
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Kitty Crime Boss Lobotomizes Milkmen in 'Cats With Thumbs' Sequel
An underground crime syndicate of cats kidnaps milkmen, lobotomizes them, and sends them back into the world to steal all the milk in this new "Catnapped" spot for British milk brand Cravendale—a...
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Agency Uses Another Agency to Crowdsource New Name
The debate over Santa Monica, Calif., agency DW+H's decision to use fellow agency Victors & Spoils' crowdsourcing platform to rebrand itself has unfolded predictably over the past two weeks....
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Advertising's Cutest New Mascot Is Not Ready to Accept Your Love
Fluzone, a flu vaccine being marketed by Sanofi Pasteur, is trying to harness some of Geico's cute-animal-mascot mojo with a hedgehog who decides to get his quills trimmed to match Fluzone's smaller...
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Order Condoms Online, Avoid Messes Like This (NSFW)
Here we have the year's least subtle condom ad, featuring lots of messy, Oozinator-like scenes of people being assaulted with what is hopefully vanilla frosting. The advertiser is Britain's One Pound...
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Honda's Plug-In Vehicle Gets a Plug-In Billboard to Match
Here's a nice outdoor execution by RPA for the all-electric Honda Fit EV, which gets a remarkable 118 mpg. The billboard shows the car plugged into Honda's iconic "H" logo, with a few letters turned...
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Hypnotic Airline Ad From Norway Almost Makes You Believe in Magic
McCann Oslo and director Marius Holst pull a rabbit from a hat with this deceptively simple commercial for Widerøe airlines. Beautiful scenery, amazing acting, stunning cinematography—and a...
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WWII Propaganda Posters Reimagined as Modern Protest Ads
The Chamomile Tea Party, an organization created by graphic designer Jeff Gates and dedicated to easing the gridlock of partisan politics, has ponied up cash to buy billboard space on the Washington,...
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Old Spice Throws an Incomplete Pass to Greg Jennings
Old Spice's first ad with Green Bay Packers star Greg Jennings tries hard to replicate the inspired, random weirdness of the brand's work with Isaiah Mustafa and Terry Crews. Alas, this latest effort,...
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Google Chrome Sends Grieving Daughter to College in New Ad
This latest Chrome spot from Google Creative Lab and BBH in New York—part of the brand's long-running and generally excellent "The Web is what you make of it" campaign—doesn't skimp on the pathos. At...
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Jessica Simpson in Weight Watchers Ad: 'I'm Not a Supermodel'
Jessica Simpson has been very public about wanting to lose her pregnancy weight now that her baby is out in the world. And in her new Weight Watchers ad, she talks about the pressure to return to her...
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Milwaukee Unveils the World's Best-Looking Police Website
After getting a ticket recently, one of my relatives, who shall remain nameless, vented his anger at the police department in the only way he knew how: He wrote them an email gloating that their...
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Old Milwaukee Makes Funny Ads. Too Bad No One Can Find Them
Old Milwaukee has the most random approach to putting its content online. The classic Will Ferrell spots from last year mostly appeared as amateur uploads (although an HD version of the brand's...
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Obama or Romney? Vote With Your Coffee Cup in 7-Eleven's 7-Election
Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by 16 points in the only poll that matters: the 7-Election. Yes, 7-Eleven's politically themed promotion is back, letting shoppers enjoy their coffee in blue cups...
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Grey Poupon Only Accepting Facebook Fans Who Have Good Taste
Pardon me … do you have any sophistication? Grey Poupon wants to know as it returns to mass-market advertising for the first time in 15 years—with a campaign from Crispin Porter + Bogusky themed...
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New Ikea Commercial Is Full of Colorfully Colorful Colors
Is Ikea selling theatrical lighting fixtures now? They're easily the most prominent part of this new British ad from Mother London that shows off the Swedish furniture retailer's colorful (super,...
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Angry Cheeseburger Defends Itself in 265-Word McDonald's Print Ad
Do you want your McDonald's food talking to you? A cheeseburger does in this print ad from DDB Stockholm—which, at 265 words, is surely one of the longest-copy ads ever written for a fast-food...
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