Mutant 'Doberhuahuas' Attack the World in Audi's Super Bowl Ad
Audi's 2014 Super Bowl ad, like the mutant animal it imagines, is a bit of an odd beast. Following two teasers, the automaker on Monday released the full spot, from Venables Bell & Partners and...
View ArticleTrojan's New Ads Are Subtle, Playful and Even Safe for Kids
Colangelo's new TV ads for Trojan are refreshingly quiet and subtle, with adults and a male teenager alluding to sex without snickering or blushing. That said, the subject behind the dialogue-driven...
View ArticleLingerie Ads Star Plus-Size Model With Ovarian Cancer … Hair Loss, Scars and All
When a model's livelihood relies on her looks, what happens when her appearance changes? For Elly Mayday, the answer is to just keep on modeling. While undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer, the...
View ArticleBudweiser Gives a Single Soldier a Hero's Welcome Home in Super Bowl Spot
Anheuser-Busch InBev is certainly personalizing its Super Bowl commercials this year. While its Bud Light work will depict an elaborate prank on a single unsuspecting person, the brewer revealed...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Visits Lambeau Field in One of Its Two Super Bowl Ads
While the Broncos and Seahawks battle it out Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Coca-Cola will visit an almost completely deserted Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.—in one of its two 60-second...
View ArticleA Real Woman Will Quit Her Real Job in GoDaddy's Second Super Bowl Ad
GoDaddy will try a real-world prank/stunt in the second of its two Super Bowl commercials this Sunday, as a woman will quit her job in front of the world to pursue her dream of starting her own...
View ArticleSinger Is Photoshopped From Regular Girl to Pop Star in This Incredible Music...
Well, this is just all sorts of amazing. Taking the time-lapsed Photoshopping of Dove's "Evolution" to a new level, Hungarian singer Boggie has created a music video in which she is digitally...
View ArticleDream of Beer Delivery by Drone Is Closer to Reality, Thanks to Ad Agency
Lakemaid Beer, a beer created from scratch by ad agency Pocket Hercules and sold throughout the Midwest, put out a fun new ad that explains who their primary demographic is—ice fishermen wearing dorky...
View ArticleDelta's New In-Flight Safety Film Is One of the Most '80s-tastic Videos Ever...
Dudes, strap yourselves in and get ready for the most righteously rad 1980s-style flight safety video ever. Delta graces Gen X nostalgiasts with this five-and-a-half-minute opus from Wieden + Kennedy...
View ArticleQuietly Amazing Subaru Ad Is About So Much More Than a Girl Changing a Flat Tire
This new ad in Subaru and Carmichael Lynch's "Love" campaign opens on a scene we all dread—a car with a flat tire, and of course it's raining. We see a girl in a raincoat crouched down next to her...
View ArticleQ&A: Sarah Silverman on the Joys and Terrors of Politically Charged Advertising
Sarah Silverman is no stranger to controversy stemming from her politically charged PSAs. In her latest polarizing video, released last week, she bonds with Jesus Christ while they watch an NCIS...
View ArticleSee a Most Excellent Guinness Ad That Will Be Pulled Off YouTube at Midnight
BBDO New York is on a roll with Guinness. Following last year's "Basketball" spot, truly one of the best of 2013, here's a great new commercial starring U.S. biathletes Tracy and Lanny Barnes. If you...
View ArticleJCPenney Awesomely Remixes 'No Diggity' as 'Go Ligety' for the Olympics
Let's take a break from the pre-Super Bowl ad madness to take a look at a spot for that other big February sporting event—that's right, we're talking about the Sochi Winter Olympics—that might be...
View ArticleEllen DeGeneres Is a Dancing Goldilocks in Beats Music's Super Bowl Ad
Ellen DeGeneres will be among the parade of celebrities in this Sunday's Super Bowl, as she dances with bears and wolves in a stylish and amusing Goldilocks and the Three Bears parody for Beats Music,...
View ArticleVillains Revel in Their Britishness in Jaguar's Super Bowl Ad
As Super Bowl ads continue to roll out days before the event, Jaguar has joined the trend and released its first game day spot, "Rendezvous." The 60-second ad from Spark 44 features a trio of "British...
View ArticleKraft Mac and Cheese Is a Hell of a Drug in Addiction-Themed New Ad
It’s a well-established fact that Kraft Macaroni & Cheese lovers are a fanatical lot, hopelessly addicted to their chosen comfort food. So for them (and me), most of the scenarios in this spot...
View ArticleAgency Creates App to Break the Cycle of Over-Hashtagging
You think you're clever, but you're not, with your #amirite, #notgonnalie, #bitchesbetrippin and (God forbid) #epic. You, wanton hashtagger, must be stopped. Threshold Interactive, an independent...
View ArticleStay in School or Unbelievably Bad Things Will Happen to You, Says Horrifying...
Well, this is something—a (probably fake) PSA from Australia that tries to scare its audience into staying in school by warning them of some pretty intense consequences should they play hooky. The ad...
View ArticleAnna Kendrick Isn't 'Beer Commercial Hot' but Is Hilarious in Newcastle's...
Newcastle Brown Ale, which didn't buy airtime in Sunday's Super Bowl but is doing a wonderfully silly campaign about how it almost did, rolled out more content from Droga5 this week—including the...
View ArticleSaucy TV Ad Gets Viral Boost After Being Made Into an Animated GIF
How do you get your ad to the top of Reddit? Try erasing all the audio and bad copywriting, leaving only a few silent scenes of a sweaty, stripping tutor. At least, that seemed to work for European...
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