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...
View ArticleCan 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...
View ArticleCan 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...
View ArticleHusband 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...
View ArticleMan Develops Sweet, Hilarious Friendship With Applebee's Facebook Page
The Applebee's in Barrie, Ontario, has a Facebook strategy that's familiar for chain restaurants. It posts a lot of images of food and asks the blandest questions imaginable of its 2,000-odd fans. Who...
View ArticleArcher Runs Revealing Banner Ads in Reddit's Nude-Photo Forum
How do you market an animated comedy about a horndog spy? Duh—post ads on a NSFW Reddit forum, where tons of young horndogs in your target demographic are hanging out all the time anyway. FX series...
View ArticleIkea App Makes Shopping Suggestions Based on Your Chinese Zodiac Sign
IKEA continues its pairing of austere design and New Age pseudo-friendliness with a campaign that uses customers' Chinese zodiac signs to help them shop. BBH Asia Pacific has dedicated the IKEA...
View ArticleIn Frozen Chicago, Giant Sunbathing Woman Lifts Spirits and Crushes Cars
Temperatures dropped dramatically in Chicago this week, and so did a pair of 16-foot-long, 400-pound flip-flops. They were kicked off, or at least looked to have been, by a bikini-clad vacationer...
View ArticleESPN Celebrates Brazil's Legacy and Love of Soccer in First World Cup Promo
It's 2014, which means the World Cup is back—and back in Brazil for the first time since 1950. To get fans excited (as if they needed help), ESPN has released a nearly two-minute anthem for the FIFA...
View ArticleGym Ad Skips the Beautiful Bodies, Goes With a Weathered Biker in His Underwear
Fitness chain Virgin Active brings a free-spirited, born-to-be-wild attitude to this minute-long spot, showing a determined guy in underpants riding a motorbike at high speed across a dusty South...
View ArticleFashion Model Moonlights as App Developer, Despite Industry's Advice to 'Be...
Here's a new spin on geek chic: Lyndsey Scott is a Victoria's Secret model who moonlights as an app developer. With a double degree from Amherst in computer science and theater—along with modeling...
View ArticleColon Cancer Group Raises 314% of Goal With a Public Letter to Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt recently turned 50, so a Belgian nonprofit called Stop Darmkanker, dedicated to ending colon cancer, sent the star a public letter highlighting his greater risk for the disease. Not only was...
View ArticleHow Do You Test a Truly Canadian Battery? In a Truck Made of Ice
This is the coolest promotion we've seen in a while. Ice cold, in fact. To prove that Canadian Tire's MotoMaster Eliminator Battery would start under any conditions, the company and agency Taxi...
View ArticleJaguar's Super Bowl Teaser Reveals Its First British Bad Guy, Ben Kingsley
Lunging out of the gate a bit earlier than its rival automakers, first-time Super Bowl advertiser Jaguar has launched a teaser clip for its game-day ad and a related microsite called...
View ArticleWorld-Traveling Copywriter Will Work for Free in Exchange for Room and Board
Need some copywriting help with an international flair? Does your hiring budget consist solely of expired Cliff Bars and six coupons for Vitaminwater? If so, I've got good news: You can still hire...
View ArticleCheerios Takes Home Dubious Honor of Most Hated Ad During the Golden Globes
Twitter is a tough crowd during any high-profile live TV programming, when snark levels always spike. Cheerios learned that the hard way during the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday when it aired a...
View Article'Christians Make Better Lovers,' Claims Ad Campaign
Christian singles in the U.K. seeking like-minded partners to share romantic dinners of fishes, loaves and vino on Saturday nights might want to check out these cheeky posters launching today in...
View ArticleIf You're Into Stuffed Animals Licking Your Nipples, You've Come to the Right Ad
Oddvertising is catching on in Hong Kong with this absurd spot for Rio Mints featuring what Shanghaiist calls "just the right amount of nipple licking." The scene opens with a young couple on an...
View ArticleRingo Starr Wishes He Was a Powerpuff Girl. No, Really, He Does
The Powerpuff Girls have been rebooted for a onetime special with a new animation style, and the first look anybody has gotten of the new design is this short where Ringo Starr dons a dress and sings,...
View ArticleWorking Out at Equinox Will Make You Tough, Naked and a Little Dumb
Getting ripped at a luxury gym will make you want to get more naked everywhere, says luxury gym Equinox. OK, if your prerequisite for being comfortable getting more naked everywhere is having the body...
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