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Taco Bell Brings the Sex Song 'Afternoon Delight' Back to Its Foodie Origins
If you think it's a stretch that Taco Bell is repurposing mid-day bang ballad "Afternoon Delight" as a metaphor for going to Taco Bell, you're really going to be shocked to hear this: That's almost...
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Taco Bell Brings the Sex Song 'Afternoon Delight' Back to Its Foodie Origins
If you think it's a stretch that Taco Bell is repurposing midday bang ballad "Afternoon Delight" as a metaphor for going to Taco Bell, you're really going to be shocked to hear this: That's almost...
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Terry Crews Can Shave Anything With His Old Spice Razor, Including Tiny Terry...
It's been almost a year since we've seen Terry Crews psychotically scream his way through an Old Spice sales pitch. So, to make up for lost time, we get twice the Terry in one spot. "Get Shaved in the...
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Marketing Predictions for Season 18 Cast of Dancing With the Stars
By David Schwab, Octagon First Call Season 18 of Dancing With the Stars kicks off Monday night with some big changes—most notably, Erin Andrews is the new co-host, replacing Brooke Burke. Like Burke,...
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The Year's Oddest Celebrity Endorsement? Shin-Soo Choo Pitches Korean Meat...
What a load of bulgogi. The grilled, marinated meat from Korea is suddenly on the media's plate after this strange ad was placed in The New York Times last week. Texas Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo...
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Colorado PSAs Advise Stoners to Act Stupid Everywhere but Behind the Wheel
Colorado is proud to be the first state to legalize recreational marijuana use. Ad creatives in Colorado are happy to have an opportunity to make stoner references. Three new PSAs for the state's...
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Erin Go Blah: Brand Tweets Won't Make You Green With Envy This St. Patrick's Day
It's that time of year again, folks. St. Patrick's Day! A day to commemorate something about snakes and a potato famine, or drinking green beer and singing a little ditty, or ... what is it about,...
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Buses and Trains Are OK, but Mass Transit Could Use a Few Giant Waterslides
Artist Luke Jerram is turning one street in Bristol, England—specifically, Park Street—into a giant waterslide for a day. Sanitary issues aside (what happens when pigeons crap in it?), the stunt is...
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Infographic: The Incredible Taxonomy of Almost Every Beer in the World
Pop Chart Lab makes some impressive taxonomy charts. Following last year's complete taxonomy of college sports mascots, the poster company has turned to everyone's favorite subject—alcohol—for its...
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Activia Shows That Inside Shakira's Famous Stomach Are ... More Shakiras!
Activia managed to drag Shakira out of wherever she's been hiding and put her in the brand's new "Dare to Feel Good" ad, which gives us an interesting and cartoonishly idealized peek into the pop...
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Sarah Silverman Breaks Up With an Overly Attached Coffee Cup for Orbit
Sarah Silverman breaks off her romance with a walking, talking coffee cup in EnergyBBDO's snappy new spots for Orbit Gum. As the comic pitches ideas to Hollywood producers ("My character can solve...
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Candid Seat Belt PSAs Show You How to Use a Wheelchair and Change a Colostomy...
Here's an unpleasant if novel way to recommend the use of seat belts: Show people detailed instructions on dealing with injuries from not wearing one. Gyro's Dubai office did just that in a new...
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Meet AT&T's 'Network Guys,' Who Are Here to Help You and Quietly Judge You
Cable guys have been a staple of pop culture for years, but now it's time for their next-generation replacements to get some time in the spotlight. Two new spots for AT&T from BBDO New York show...
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Meow Mix Unveils Catstarter, a Kickstarter for Cats
It's a wonder that cat-related brands don't already rule the Internet. Cat-food brand and renowned jingle lover Meow Mix makes a move in that direction with an amusing and even potentially useful...
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When KISS Delivers a Baby, Things Get Weird Fast
Just when you thought you'd seen it all from KISS, one of the most prolific brands in the history of rock 'n' roll, here we find the dynamic duo of Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons prepping to deliver a...
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GoldieBlox Apologizes to Beastie Boys, Saying It Was Naive Rather Than Malicious
Four months after it began, the legal battle between GoldieBlox and the Beastie Boys appears to be winding down, as the band has agreed to drop its lawsuit against the toy maker over the unauthorized...
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Sexist Ads Get Recast, With the Men Degraded Instead of the Women
As we saw in our December roundup, there's no shortage of sexist ads—the vast majority of which are degrading to women rather than men. But what if the tables were turned? BuzzFeed's new video, "If...
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Chips Ahoy's New Ads Are Really Dumb and Kind of Perfect
Sometimes a little stupid is just right. Chips Ahoy delivers with a series of spots from The Martin Agency featuring an animated cookie prone to minor, entertaining mischief. The 30- and 15-second...
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Branding Behind Bars: Check Out These Ads Made by Federal Prison Inmates
There's an ad blog called Creative Criminals, but here's the real thing—federal prison inmates who are trying their hand at copywriting and art directing thanks to a program called Concepting With...
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This Amazing Ad for Guide Dogs Makes You Realize How Much They Really Do
Out of nowhere, we're suddenly seeing some pretty incredible ads for guide dogs. Back in January, we had the Norwegian Association of the Blind's amusing PSA with the menagerie of non-dog guide...
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