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Pace Salsa Twitter Debacle Was a Prank By Comedians on a Comedian
UPDATE 2: The truth (or as close as the Internet gets to the truth) is finally revealed. This whole fracas was a prank by comedian Randy Liedtke and (we're guessing) podcasting partner Brendon Walsh,...
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This Brand Decided to Charge More on Black Friday, and People Loved It
Most Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals make sure that everyone's aunt gets her memory-foam slippers and reindeer sweater at 50 percent off. But Cards Against Humanity decided to do a completely...
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Instead of Pointing at Airplanes, Domino's Parody Billboard Points Out...
Remember British Airways' interactive "Look Up" billboard with a kid pointing at airplanes as they flew by overhead? Well now Domino's U.K. is spoofing the concept with its own "Look Down" billboard....
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Star Wars Launches Its Instagram Feed With the Best Selfie Ever
Star Wars has made its official debut on Instagram with one of the most stellar selfies of all time. In one of the brand's first shots on the photo-sharing site, Darth Vader is seen snapping a quick...
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Lady Gaga Creates Life-Size Doll That Sings When You Press Your Face to Its...
Mother Monster has created her own monster clones. That's right, Lady Gaga has created a line of life-size real dolls of herself, hand crafted in Japan, experts in all creepy, real-life doll things....
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Want 1 Million Skittles Delivered to Your House? Of Course You Do
Canadians, you better be in a video-sharing frenzy today, because it's your last chance to be crowned a new Skittles Millionaire. The end of the day will mark the end of BBDO Toronto's crazy Get...
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This Japanese Tire Ad Might Leave You With Skid Marks
While plenty of marketing stunts these days take great joy in scaring innocent people with everything from fake telekenesis to nuclear war, it's rare that the viewer is actually the victim. This...
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D.C. Metro Ad Says Women Care More About Shoes Than Train Reliability
The D.C. Metro's newest ad campaign, dubbed "Metro Forward," took a giant step backward recently with a sexist print ad that suggests women would rather talk about shoes than public transport...
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New Attention-Grabbing Mannequins Are Modeled After Disabled Public Figures
It was Junot Diaz who said, "If you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves." So Pro Infirmis, a European advocacy organization for...
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How a 1926 Print Ad Inspired One of Today's Fastest Growing Websites
If you needed proof that there's really nothing new under the sun, look no further than the explosively popular site ViralNova, which credits its addictive, highly clickable content to a famous...
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Liquid-Plumr Lets the Hot Faucet Flow With Its Sexy Plumber Calendar
The Liquid-Plumr marketing team is following up its innuendo-filled, sexually charged "Double Impact" and "Need it Now" spots—both by DDB California—with a 2014 calendar dedicated to sexy plumbers....
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Celebrities Strip Down and Snuggle Seafood to Support Sustainable Harvests
Here's one of the odder celebrity-centric campaigns out there. FishLove, a British organization that advocates for sustainable fishing practices, has just launched its third annual photo campaign in...
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Season 2 Trailer for House of Cards Is Literally Just Robin Wright Smoking
Netflix's political series House of Cards got a rapid renewal on the heels of its watercoolery first season, and now it's taking the less-is-more approach to promoting season two. The first spot for...
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Watch the Most Shared Ads of the Past 8 Years on Unruly Media's 'Viral Spiral'
To get a sense of the scale of online ad-sharing growth since 2006, look no further than Dove. The Unilever brand had a major viral advertising hit that year, and again this year—"Evolution" and "Real...
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Ad Agency Tries Letting Clients 'Pay What You Want'
Interactive design and branding company 8k in Poland is getting some visibility from its "Pay What You Want" pricing system ($1 minimum) that covers services including logos, slogans, letterheads,...
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Burger King Creates Pre-Roll Ads That Share Your Hatred of Pre-Roll Ads
Everyone who's ever tried to watch a video on the Internet knows that pre-roll ads are generally annoying. The Burger King marketing team also knows this. But marketers always want to have their cake...
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100 Naked People Create Beautiful Stop-Motion Video to Make You Proud of Your...
If you're disgusted by the nude human body, this video's probably not for you. If you're disgusted by your own nude body, then this video most certainly is for you. London agency Man+Hatchet spent...
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Downton Abbey's Carson Makes for One Intensely Unhinged Santa
Jim Carter, who plays Downton Abbey's reserved and dignified butler, Carson, brilliantly interprets Santa Claus as a disheveled, on-the-edge shadow of his jolly old self in this striking British...
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Here's Why Some Internet Celebrities Grudgingly Allow Brands to Rip Them Off
What do you do when your catch phrase becomes so popular, major brands start using it on their own merchandise without permission or compensation? If you're the VlogBrothers, you reluctantly do...
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President of Marc Jacobs Announces a Brand Event in the Creepiest Way Possible
What the hell is going on here? That may be the main question on your mind as you watch this Marc Jacobs video, in which the brand's president, Robert Duffy, announces something about a photo truck...
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