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Teaser for Zune, Microsoft’s iPod
By 7.27.06
Fu Qinzhu Pimps Fu Qin KFC
By 7.25.06
In the mid 1600s, Fu Qingzhu paused from his campaign against the mindless slaughter being committed by those Manchurian Bastards to preach the perfection of the KFC Chicken Burger to his seven sword apprentices. Or so claims a KFC commercial currently airing in China and playing off of the 2005 success of Tsui Hark’s Seven Swords. Unfortunately, the Chinese don’t quite dig Fu Qingzhu’s recast as a sort of Asiatic Colonel Sanders.
Head-On Gives Slate Hard-On
By 7.24.06
Slate discovered everyone’s favorite ad you ad apply directly to the forehead and uncovered the method, yes there is one, behind the madness! behind the madness! behind the madness!
Spirit Air Endorses Jeb Bush in $20.08
By 7.22.06
If you like to leave your politics on the ground when you fly, you might be interested in this new promotion Spirit Air is running.
Redux; Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead!
By 7.21.06
Last month we posted the commercial for Head On! – a headache relief stick that you rub on your brow. The commercial repeats “Head On! Apply Directly to the Forehead!” over and over again.
Andy Warhol Teaches You Japanese Colors
By 7.20.06
Andy Warhol certainly has a cool command of Japanese in the 80’s ad for TDK, doesn’t he? “Aka… Midori… Ao… Gunzyouiro…Kirei!” Red, green, blue, ultramarine, beautiful, for the record. Not that you’ll care after Warhol’s eyes horrifically snap open and appear to be black pools of staring blood.
US Airways to Sell Ads on Barf Bags
By 7.19.06
Desperate to squeeze dollars from every possible orifice, US Airways announced plans to turn air sickeness bags into revenue streams.
Ads Call Graffiti ‘Pollution’; Grafiiti Says, ‘Likewise’
By 7.19.06
BBDO launched a pro-bono advertising campaign for the city of San Francisco desgined to curb graffiti.
Vonage Supports Spyware
By 7.19.06
Ben Edelman has put up an excellent portrait of how Vonage, embattled internet phone company, supports spyware. Quite thorough, Ben traces the money trail from Vonage, through its advertising partners and to the guys downloading adserving programs on your computer without your consent. Screenshots and logs bolster his thesis.
Lucky Strike Means WTF
By 7.18.06
Back in the 50’s, these Lucky strike stop motion ads were almost as pervasive as smoke in a maternity ward.
Mary Tyler Moore, Oven Sprite
By 7.11.06
We might have unicorns in Wendy’s commercials but in the 1950’s, they had magical fairies, and Mary Tyler Moore. Before she became Mrs. Dick Van Dyke, Moore was was Happy Hotpoint, a blithe, dancing, 3-inch pixie shilling for Hotpoint appliances on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
Burger King: The Movie!
By 7.10.06
Why bother to pay for product placement when you can just make a whole damn movie? Burger King and Crispin Porter & Bogusky agree and have announced their intention to bring the burger to the big screen.
Sony PSP: Racist?
By 7.5.06
The internets are burning, aflame with outrage over this allegedly racially charged campaign Sony launched in Amsterdam to intro the new white PSP. The argument seems to hinge around that showing a black person and white person together, in combat, is racist. Previously, the PSP was only available in black. We don’t particularly find the ad racist, or even that interesting, just another shiny TBWA drop of gloss.
Chrysler’s Final 0% Solution
By 6.30.06
There are absolutely no new ideas in advertising. In this latest proof, Chrysler rips off Volkswagen ripping off Mitsubishi by playing up the combustible engine’s ethnic heritage, in this case, as in VW’s, German. The campaign introduces Dr. Z as CEO and spokesmensch. To cries of “I can’t see any lederhosen,” Daimler replies, “Farfegcocca.”
Time To Look Up Attorneys In Verizon SuperPages
By 6.30.06
It’s nice to tell Verizon they can’t have any more of your money. Less nice? When they decide to just take it anyway.
