24 People Who Applied for the World's Toughest Job Were In for Quite a Surprise
Here's a pretty cool project from Mullen for a client we won't immediately reveal, lest we spoil the surprise. (Scroll down to the bottom of credits, or watch the video to find out.) The Boston agency...
View ArticleCops Aren't There to Check Your Balls for You, Cancer PSA Reminds Guys
In every sense, testicular care is a delicate matter. So while it can be a bit weird and uncomfortable to feel yourself up every so often, nonprofit Testicular Cancer Canada makes the point that it's...
View ArticleMarionette Wives Feel Pretty Insecure in an Age of Wireless DirecTV
If DirecTV is trying to position its Wireless Genie Mini device as a high-tech toy for doofy bros who view women as puppets—mission accomplished! Perhaps that's a tad harsh or too literal. Still,...
View ArticleMiller High Life Celebrates the Least Interesting Man in the World
Miller High Life would like you to meet Rich, the least interesting man in the world. The champagne of beers, absent on national TV since 2012, is returning to the airwaves Monday with a new campaign...
View ArticleAs Singer's Last Wish, 'I Touch Myself' Is Beautifully Reborn in a Breast...
Here's something I never thought I'd say: I just got weepy listening to "I Touch Myself" by the Divinyls. In an incredibly touching tribute to the group's frontwoman, Chrissy Amphlett, some of...
View ArticleSouthwest Shines With Flight Attendant's Viral Video as Social Media Sours...
It's been a weird week for airlines in social media, and it's only Tuesday. On Monday a Dutch teen was arrested for tweeting a threat to American Airlines, and US Airways accidentally tweeted a photo...
View ArticleKlondike Bar Plays Doctor With a Hot Candy Nurse, and a New Product Is Born
Best ice-cream bar ever conceived? That would be the Klondike Kandy Bar, born an indeterminate number of months after an illicit tryst between a regular Klondike Bar and a tall, striking, chocolatey...
View ArticleJoin a Conversation Headed for Catastrophe in Honda's Anti-Texting Ad
On the heels of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's sobering scenario announcing National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, Honda and agency RPA bring us the latest campaign in the...
View ArticleSamsung Ad Introduces the Cutest, Pluckiest Smartphone Memory Card Ever
A Samsung SD smartphone memory card morphs into a cute, miniature robot action hero in this engaging 45-second clip from Cheil Worldwide in Seoul and Museum Film. The ad, running exclusively online at...
View ArticleDon't Drink and Drive. In This Powerful Ad, It Really Does Sound Like a...
This is what it sounds like when you drink too much, then get behind the wheel. Surprise: It does not have a happy ending. A new PSA by ad agency La Chose for French road safety organization...
View ArticleMini-Documentary Looks at Advertising's Most Unsung Artists
It's easy to forget that for every flashy, handpainted wall advertisement you see in a city, there are a handful of people who endure discomfort (and risk death) to put it there. Online tabloid...
View ArticleSt. John Ambulance Hits the Pool for Its Latest Shocking First-Aid PSA
St. John Ambulance, the first-aid teaching and awareness organization, has put together some incredible, horrifying PSAs through the years. We've covered many of BBH London's ads for the group. Last...
View ArticleMazda Takes One Awesome Road Trip Through 60 Instagram Posts in Grid View
For brands, the road to standing out in social media can be a slippery slope. But Mazda and JWT Canada collaborated on a pretty interesting marketing journey on Instagram. Over the course of three...
View ArticleHere's Another Freaky Brand App That Shows How Much of Your Private Life Is...
If you're anything like me, you might get a little freaked out by the Internet. Whatever you put out there exists, in some capacity, forever! But that neurotic voice in your head is probably drowned...
View ArticleSkier Sets Off Avalanche and Records the Whole Terrifying Experience on His...
Considering its position as the No. 1 brand channel on YouTube, it's really of no surprise that this insane video comes from today's prime purveyors of adventuretime content, GoPro. What appears to be...
View ArticleJust Watching This Pedigree Ad With Adorable Dogs Helps Ones Who Aren't as Lucky
The Internet really is a boon for pet-food marketers clever enough to capitalize on animal-obsessed web culture without seeming too mercenary. Pedigree New Zealand gets extra brownie points for this...
View ArticleSeattle's Best Tried to Take a Dig at Dunkin, but Taco Bell Stole Its Thunder
Imitation is the sincerest form of fla—rather, great minds think alike. Seattle's Best Coffee's new spot features various dudes who happen to be named Duncan proclaiming their love for the...
View ArticleShow Your True Colors With Betabrand's Gay Jeans
"It's proof that some denim really is just born that way," Steven B. Wheeler, lead designer at Betabrand, says in this promo for the fashion company's Gay Jeans. What's cool about these pants is that...
View ArticleDodge Celebrates 100 Years With Great New Ad Starring Centenarians
Elderly people tend to get short shrift in commercials, much as they do most everywhere in life. Kudos to Dodge and The Richards Group, then, for celebrating the automaker's 100th birthday by putting...
View ArticleLease-to-Own Retailer Promises You'll Go From Rags to Riches in No Time
Can't afford that furniture, those appliances or those electronics? Sure you can. Aaron's, the lease-to-own retailer, has unveiled a new ad campaign that suggests leasing products from the company...
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