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Budweiser’s Super Bowl spot features Dame Helen Mirren admonishing anyone that might consider driving while under the influence. Hello, I’m Helen Mirren, a notoriously frank and uncensored British lady. The Collective “We” are dumbfounded that people still drive drunk. So...
Campbell’s latest ad for their “Made for Real Real Life” campaign features two dads giving it their best dueling Darth Vader impressions with the most apropos line from Star Wars.1 That’s gotta be the worst Vader ever… The other offering...
Not having cable TV anymore means I miss out on gems like this. Per General Mills’ YouTube channel, this ad is a few months old, but I only just noticed it this past weekend while out at brunch. Welcome to...
I absolutely hate moving, but while looking over a friend’s shoulder at craigslist apartment rental ads this weekend, I noticed the following house for rent that made me think, “Hm… maybe moving wouldn’t be so bad!” At $2,999, it’s a...
I attended a Super Bowl party last night, but it was more about the people, food and drinks. The game was certainly on, but aside from glancing up every now and again to look at the score, I wasn’t really...
It’s never easy to look back at a relationship that recently ended. We cared for each other very much, but in the end we both wanted different things.
From Expedia’s “Find Yours” campaign comes this tale of Artie Goldstein traveling across the country to attend his daughter’s wedding. You may want to have a tissue or handkerchief handy: You have to make a decision: are you gonna have...
I am not a chocaholic. I like chocolate, but confronted with a Golden Ticket and the resulting lifetime supply of chocolate, I’d still be a little, “Eh.” My partner, however, is and even he balked at Philadelphia’s newest product which...
Presented without–immediate–comment. I’m sure that the producers of this local ad thought it was very funny and the actress was paid well for her time, but I still question the wisdom of using heifer like that, even with the obvious...
You’ve got to wonder if someone pitched this ad just to see if they could get away with it. Or this was the ad they wanted the client to turn down to make their other ad look better and it backfired–you designers know what I’m talking about.
