As we already knew, the Fruit of the Loom guys are a talented bunch of musicians. Here they are singing “Daddy Was the Apple of My Eye” with country star Vince Gill. And yes, that’s Wayne Wilderson (of Washington Mutual…
While Danny Bonaduce atones for his sins, another former child star, Macauley Culkin, is making fun of his own predicament: forever being known as the kid from Home Alone. In this cinema spot for Orange in the U.K., Culkin is…
The new Prius spot by 22Squared takes a smug-but-fun look into a future dominated by hipsters driving hybrids. Two things seem to stick out. First, in the future, the pinkie salute is apparently neither a critique of your manjunk nor…
CBS Mobile’s first original animated series features Danny Bonaduce (why not?), who will serve as a “life coach” in eight animated episodes set to premiere Nov. 12 on CBS’s mobile network and on CBS.com. The show takes a tongue-in-cheek approach,…
The top advertising news out of Iowa this week: A woman named Martha Heller “took out an ad in The Gazette newspaper offering 100 ounces of her breast milk for $200 or the best offer.” So far, business is slow….
A company called Flavor Paper recently began marketing scratch ’n’ sniff wallpaper. Someone has to, I guess. Oddly, the most intriguing designs (“Fishnet,” “Party Girl” and “Pleasure Dome”) are just to look at, not sniff. Still, this concept has possibilities…
Nice billboard here from South African electricity company Eskom. Reminiscent of the “Use only what you need” billboards for Denver Water. —Posted by Tim Nudd
Whenever the collapse of Western civilization comes up, it’s always blamed on hedonism or TV or R-rated movies. But what’s also to blame is our approach to pet ownership. Not only do we insist on clothing these animals, which are…
Here’s a spoof Saturday Night Live ad for the iPhone, presenting a cool new use for it—cheating on one’s pregnant wife. (The site makes you watch a real ad first, though not for the iPhone.) Sure explains why they included…
Giant pink bunnies. Bass-drum portal to the ocean. A swim with the jellyfish. It’s the first spot in T.A.G.’s trippy new Microsoft Zune campaign, with the slogan, “You make it you” (or a hallucinatory version of you). An ad manager…