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Test Your Online Endurance With Dodge Durango's Punishing 'Hands on Ron...
Taking its cues from the great 1997 documentary Hands on a Hardbody, Dodge and Wieden + Kennedy will launch a contest Tuesday called Hands on Ron Burgundy—an online test of endurance that will feature...
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Rob Ford Flawlessly Replaces Van Damme in Epic Split Parody
Sometimes, the best parodies are the most subtle. Case in point: This truly impressive face dub of disgraced Toronto Mayor Rob Ford onto the body of Jean-Claude Van Damme in his "Epic Split" ad for...
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Chucky Crashes Through Bus Shelters and Chases People With a Knife in Latest...
Proving John St.'s point that prankvertising has gone way too far, here's a stunt from Brazil in which an actor dressed up as Chucky, the diminutive Child's Play villain, ambushed people at bus stops...
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Exploding Chipmunks Bloodily Remind You of the Dangers of Dodgy Electronics
Here's one for the file on unexpected PSAs: Exploding chipmunks that warn you against purchasing bootleg electrical goods. U.K. charity Electric Safety Council is using a gruesome, two-minute mock...
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Michael Bolton Warms Your Frozen Heart With Song in Honda's Holiday Ads
Honda loves Michael Bolton. Maybe even more than the Bobs, the doofus business consultants from Office Space, who really, really, love Michael Bolton. The 60-year-old pop crooner—who has popped up in...
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UN Women Take Famously Empowering Autocomplete Campaign Into Video
UN Women sparked a global debate last month, surprising even the group itself, when their modest print campaign, The Autocomplete Truth, went viral across the Web. Now, the organization and agency...
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How to Totally Freak People Out Simply With the Info They Share in Social Media
Every once in a while, it's good to be reminded just how much information we're giving to complete strangers every day, and I'm not talking about the NSA. In the clip below, comedian Jack Vale finds...
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SNL Helps Obama Through Presidential Depression With Paxil Second Term Strength
Most presidents go through a second-term depression, but Obama's has been particularly dismal. To help out, Saturday Night Live has introduced Paxil Second Term Strength, a depression medication for...
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Fun Parody of Gravity Trailer Is Set in That Other Huge, Terrifying Void: an...
Few things are more perilous and panic-inducing than getting separated from your companions in an Ikea—an experience that some young filmmakers have now captured in a perfect parody of the trailer for...
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3 Girls Smash Gender Roles to Smithereens in Toy Company's Glorious Debut Ad
One of the most anti-feminist songs of the 1980s, "Girls" by the Beastie Boys, is recast as an empowering theme for young women in a new toy ad looking to break gender stereotypes. The spot is a...
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Famous Instagram Pets Adorably Urge You to Adopt One of Your Own
Arrghh … can't breathe … too much cuteness! TBWA\Chiat\Day in Los Angeles crafted these 60 seconds of adorable hi-jinks as part of Best Friends Animal Society's pro bono campaign to raise awareness...
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Create Your Own Overly Emotional, Click-Baiting Headline With the Upworthy...
You've undoubtedly seen them: the saccharine-slathered headlines of Upworthy.com, promising you'll "never see the world the same again" after watching some YouTube video about bullied kids or racism...
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Channing Tatum Does His Own Epic Split on the Set of 22 Jump Street
The parodies of Jean-Claude Van Damme's "Epic Split" for Volvo Trucks are already getting old, but this one's good for a chuckle. Channing Tatum set aside some time on the set of his upcoming sequel...
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Site Promises Talk About Birth Control That's 'Not Awkward,' but the Ads Sure...
Bedsider.org, a free online resource for birth control, has teamed up with BET Networks to target African-American women ages 18-29 through a series of TV spots from Havas Worldwide portraying...
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Coke Zero Invites You to Design, and Perhaps Even Wear, the Ugliest Christmas...
Christmas is coming, and along with it comes the worst part of the year: ironic ugly sweater parties. Formerly the sole domain of grandmothers and Bill Cosby, ugly sweaters are some kind of awkward...
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This Romantic Ice Cream Ad Got 26 Million Views Without You Noticing
You've seen most of the big viral ads of the year, but not this one—because it was made for the Turkish market by Unilever's Cornetto ice cream brand. It's a short film about a fateful teenage...
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JCPenney Advises Kmart After Boxers Ad: Cover Up Those 'Twigs and Berries'
Kmart has a big viral hit with the guys playing "Jingle Bells" with their privates. Now, another retailer, JCPenney, is trying to draft off that popularity by tweeting a coupon for pants in Kmart's...
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Golf Shop Owner Creates the Year's Most Oddly Hypnotic Ad on His Phone
The single most amazing thing about this insane ad? It's actually running on TV. Mike Mixson, owner of Mike's Golf Shop in Chattanooga, Tenn., has already racked up nearly 100,000 YouTube views for...
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Emotionally Charged Ad Asks, 'Why Bring a Child Into This World?'
Unilever asks a heavy question—"Why bring a child into this world?"—in a four-minute video touting Project Sunlight, its new global sustainability initiative. The consumer-goods titan created the...
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Duck Commits Gingerbread Wedding Massacre for Oatmeal Crisp
Not since Kill Bill has there been a wedding this disastrous and darkly mesmerizing. As some adorable gingerbread people prepare to wed, a duck descends on the scene in savage fashion, mutilating the...
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