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Silverado's Super Bowl Ad Is a Livestock Love Connection
Sure, most Super Bowl ads feel like they're just a bunch of bull, but that's the literal and likable truth of Chevrolet's game day ad for the Silverado."Romance" puts a lighthearted spin on the...
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Stamos, Saget and Coulier Going All Out for Full House Super Bowl Reunion
As the clock ticks toward the Super Bowl kickoff, few people are working the pre-promotion circuit quite like John Stamos, Bob Saget and Dave Coulier. The former Full House co-stars make a reunion...
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Why Captain Morgan and Starz Are Pointing Cannons at Each Other From Duelling...
Duelling billboards? Yes, indeed, that's what Starz is going for—in a fun partnership with Captain Morgan—with this outdoor campaign in Los Angeles for its new Michael Bay-produced pirate show Black...
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Olive Garden Offers to Pick Up the Babysitting Tab for Date Night
A common lament among parents is the expense of going out after having children. Beyond shelling out the cost for dinner, there's usually also a hefty price of paying someone to tuck your kids into...
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GoPro's Super Bowl Ad Looks a Lot Like Red Bull, Circa 2012
When we heard GoPro was going to be a Super Bowl advertiser again this year, we were prepared for something epic. And while the event the camera brand chose to feature is definitely a monumental...
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We Ask an Expert: Why Do Dogs Dominate the Super Bowl?
With a cute canine-powered commercial from Budweiser chewing up its competition ahead of the big game, I decided to ask dog expert Brian Hare why a pooch is so often an adman's best friend."We share a...
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Lorde Takes Out Full-Page Ad in New Zealand to Thank Fans in a Handwritten...
Lorde is a humble, homegrown New Zealand star, and she's taken out a full-page ad in the New Zealand Herald to make sure everyone back home knows she hasn't forgotten that. Ahead of her performance at...
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Here's the Groovy Little Pepsi Ad That Will Launch Sunday's Halftime Show
Pepsi famously dialed back its volume of TV ads for this year's Super Bowl to focus on its sponsorship of the halftime show. Here's the ad from Mekanism that will run right before the halftime show...
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Q&A: GoldieBlox Founder Debbie Sterling on Scoring a Super Bowl Spot
Most businesses can only dream of growing big enough one day to advertise in the Super Bowl. So when an 18-month-old startup finds itself running an ad in the game for free, there's no playbook to...
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Esurance Buys First Ad After Super Bowl, Will Give the $1.5 Million in...
Esurance is doing a fun little stunt tonight that should get some attention. The online insurance company has bought the first commercial slot after the the final whistle of the Super Bowl. The...
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Georgia Lawyer Makes the Year's Most Ridiculously Badass Local Super Bowl Ad
If you weren't bowled over by any of the Super Bowl commercials last night, well, you weren't watching in Savannah, Ga. The folks there, as Tenacious D would say, had their asses blown out—thanks to...
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The Year's Bleakest Super Bowl Ad Ran in Utah, and Is Tough to Watch
Every region had its own odd selection of local ads during last night's Super Bowl, but Utah surely takes the prize for most uncomfortable viewing-party moment. In an eerily quiet and hypnotically...
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Spam Accounts Swarm In as Esurance Giveaway Sparks 3 Million Tweets
Esurance definitely pulled off a last-second marketing coup at the close of last night's Super Bowl, but now spammers are seizing the moment, as well.More than 100 fake Esurance accounts have been...
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Your Hair Can Now Leap Off Your Head and Hit on Women, Thanks to Old Spice
Attention men: Want hair-care products that turn your hair into a sentient toupee capable of the most charming antics? No? Really, it's better that it sounds. It's great for when you're in a business...
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This Whisky Ad From South Africa Is More Heartwarming Than Most of the Super...
Scotch whisky brand Bell's and ad agency King James might just lift your spirits with this South African ad with an elderly man struggling to overcome his illiteracy so he can celebrate a family...
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Tegan and Sara Sing the Latest Oreo Commercial, and It's Pretty Great
I never thought I'd hear Tegan and Sara in an Oreo commercial, but I also never thought Tegan and Sara would make bouncy dance pop, so everything's up in the air at this point. The Canadian duo...
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Flickr Flips Its 'About' Page Upside Down, Revealing Fossilized Job Ad in the...
Back in the aughts, when Google wanted to recruit developers, it famously put up a billboard with a complex math problem that led to a website with an even more complex math problem. Last year, when...
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Diet Dew Helps You Hunt Ducks with Dale Jr. and Rail-Grind a Horse
One of my favorite ads from Super Bowl night actually ran before and after the game, when Diet Mountain Dew bought some slightly discounted time for its new spot, "Dale Call." We see a duck hunter...
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Sites I Visit Are Now Following Me on Twitter, and It's Super Creepy
Yesterday, I had a turkey and ham sandwich for lunch. I know that's incredibly uninteresting, which is why I didn't mention it online. But then, 30 minutes after browsing their menu, @FirehouseSubs...
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These Snacks Taste Sweet as a Bag of Kittens and Puppies in Odd British Ads
In a loopy but memorable attempt to symbolize the sweetness of its biscuits and tea-cakes, McVitie's new British TV campaign shows cute, cuddly critters emerging from its snack packages. Ordinary...
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