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Mercedes M-Class Survives a Demolition Derby Without a Scratch in Fiery New Spot
Mercedes-Benz USA puts the "demo" in demolition derby for this fun 60-second spot by Merkley + Partners touting the latest high-tech safety features of the automaker's M-Class vehicles. All hell...
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Doritos Picks 5 'Crash the Super Bowl' Finalists, and There's Already a Clear...
You've got to hand it to "Finger Cleaner" for nailing an edgy, icky tone that really sticks out among the five finalists in Doritos' annual "Crash the Super Bowl" contest for consumer-generated...
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Leave It to Ben & Jerry's to Write the Best Tweet About Colorado's New...
On Jan. 1, Colorado became the first state to allow the sale of recreational marijuana to anyone 21 or older. Sales have become so successful that stores are unable to keep up with the demand. Ben...
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Studio Prints a Single Tweet in Full-Page New York Times Ad for Inside Llewyn...
The media revolution has come full circle. To promote Inside Llewyn Davis as Hollywood awards season ramps up, CBS Films paid The New York Times a lot of money to run a full-page print ad on Saturday...
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Spray-Paint Cans Bearing the Colors and Logos of Famous Brands Are Oddly...
Art director Antonio Brasko made a series of branded Montana spray-paint cans bearing the logos and colors of high-roller fashion labels like Chanel and Gucci, as well as ubiquitous sportswear brands...
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Restaurant Cooks Up a Hot Ad for Char-Grilled Steaks by Just Lighting the...
Today in crazy Russian advertising news: A restaurant in Yekaterinburg decided to promote its flame-broiled steaks by flame-broiling its billboard as well. It is a pretty hot idea, if maybe overly...
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Time Freezes, and Doomed Drivers Talk, in Amazing and Heartbreaking...
This eerie safe-driving PSA from New Zealand employs an Outer Limits-style time freeze to impressive, heartbreaking effect as we watch two drivers, poised to collide in a matter of seconds, emerge...
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Netflix Revels in the Clichés in DDB's Amusing 'Pep Talk' Ad
You guys remember that blog post about that ad that did a familiar thing in a fresh way? When a creative team took a clichéd trope and offered a meta commentary illustrating how hackneyed it was, but...
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Stephen Colbert Gets Crackin' as Super Bowl Star for Wonderful Pistachios
At this year's Super Bowl, Wonderful Pistachios will take a break from its usual "what's hot this minute" approach and feature a star with a bit more lasting power: Stephen Colbert. The host of Comedy...
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NBC Celebrates NYC and Its Own Past in First Ads for Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is moving from one smug cultural petri dish to another, thanks to Jimmy Fallon, who will be taking the show back to NYC when he replaces Jay Leno next month. To commemorate this...
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Life and Taxes: TurboTax Celebrates Your Milestones in Super Bowl-Bound Campaign
Don't think of your tax return as an annual blood sacrifice to our merciless bureaucratic overlords. Think of it more as a delightful recap of your exciting and eventful life! That's the upbeat...
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See Denny's Devilish Tweet to Auburn Fans After the BCS Championship Game
Raise a giant Cherry Coke and toast Denny's for this great tweet after the BCS Championship Game—offering distraught Auburn fans a road map for where they can comfort-eat their miseries away on the...
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Hefty Is Now Sexing Up Garbage Men
Following the trend of hunky men peddling not-so-hunky products (like Liquid-Plumr and Kraft salad dressing) is Hefty with its new "Ultimate Garbage Men" commercial. In the spot by Havas Worldwide...
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Nissan Delivers a Versa Note to One Lucky Buyer in an Enormous Amazon Box
When Nissan offered to sell its Versa Note on Amazon last fall, it promised to ship the cars to three lucky buyers in actual Amazon boxes. Well, this weekend it was delivery day! A Reddit user on...
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Louis CK One Is a Mashup That Smells Like Perfection
What do you get when you combine the soulless, artsy advertising imagery of CK One with the doughy, balding, angst-sweaty magnificence of Louis C.K.? One awesome Tumblr, that's what. Louis CK One is a...
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Indian Ad Challenges Men to See How Stupid They Look Ogling Women
Objectification and rape go hand in hand—it's easier, after all, to take advantage of a person if you don't see her as a person. But what if you catch a glimpse of yourself in the act of objectifying...
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Ads for Comedy Central's Kroll Show Imagine the Dumbest Award Show Ever
With those saucy Two Broke Girls hosting and a category that pits the Bible against Sharknado, the People's Choice Awards, airing live Wednesday night on CBS, should be a hoot. No, not really. It'll...
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Can You Spot the BS Headlines in This Clickbait Quiz?
With so many clickbait headlines flooding social media these days—promising to blow your mind, make you cry or change your life forever—have we reached a point where people will literally believe...
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Can Ad Agencies Teach Women to Love Their Bodies?
Female empowerment was a major advertising theme in 2013, particularly in the area of self-esteem—led by Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches." But freed of client constraints, can ad agencies alone get women...
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Husband Accidentally Uses Summer's Eve, Then Proves He's the Real Douche
Here's the setup: A brawny dude's in the shower, and his wife tells him how Summer's Eve cleansing wash is specifically formulated for a woman's "V," and he's like, "Huh?" And then (gasp!) she asks...
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