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John Jameson Saves His Whiskey Again, This Time From a Runaway Train
Which way to the bar car? John Jameson returns in another fun, rollicking tall tale from TBWA\Chiat\Day, this time rescuing comely lasses and barrels of his namesake Irish whiskey from a speeding...
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Ad of the Day: Velveeta
In a classic print campaign for the Citibank AAdvantage credit card nearly 20 years ago, Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners raised the question of what motivates men to buy presents for women—suggesting...
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Women Are Getting Down and Dirty in the Latest Fitness Fad
Last year, some 100,000 women showed up at events with names like Utopian Tubes and PMS (that’s Pretty Muddy Stuff) where they scrambled up rope ladders, sloshed through mud pits and managed various...
View ArticleFanta-Flavored Print Ad Probably Not Quite as Tasty or Refreshing as Fanta...
I was just thinking how much I'd like to eat a magazine ad right about now, and along comes this edible effort from OgilvyOne in Dubai for citrus-flavored Fanta. There's abundant text, which begins,...
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We're More Awesome Than Disgusting Chipotle, Says Hooters Ad
Possibly in an effort to prove it's more than a Chuck E. Cheese for misogynists, Hooters hired Skiver Advertising for its new "Step Into Awesome" ad campaign. The work, including these "Burrito" and...
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Ad of the Day: Oreo
I must say that if "physicist David Neevel" (who also appears to be Wieden + Kennedy creative David Neevel—yes, all right, he says he's a copywriter in the video) really did design this Oreo-dividing...
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Audrey Hepburn Back From the Dead Again, This Time in an Ad for Chocolate
I see dead people. In commercials. Eating Galaxy chocolate bars. Well, just one corpse, actually. It's Audrey Hepburn, 20 years dead but still cute as a button and seamlessly integrated into the...
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Australian Ad Suggests Eating Bread That Walks Around Outdoors on Its Own
If you eat Abbott's Village Bakery bread, don't be surprised if it bleats a little, or feels a little woolly, on the way down. That's because Abbott's Village Bakery loaves are essentially free-range...
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Ad Agency That Put 10-Year-Olds in Charge Has Now Made a Feature Film
Not content with the traditional advertising methods of TV spots and simple product placement in movies, Canada's Labatt Brewing is financing a feature-length film through its Kokanee brand. The film...
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No Means Yes in Schneider Beer's Somewhat Rapey Salute to Immature Men
Oh grow up! This ad from Argentina's Schneider beer focuses on the time needed for the "slow-brewed" draught to achieve its optimal consistency and flavor. It does so by showing lots of guys who...
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Ad of the Day: Panera
Tired of Rube Goldberg machines in advertising yet? Sorry, here's another. But after you finish your long sigh, you might actually enjoy this one. A month from now, it will be 10 years since Wieden +...
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Toy Scientists Are Much Better at Separating an Oreo Than Ad Guys
Oreo just released the second video in its Oreo Separators series from Wieden + Kennedy, dedicated to finding absurdly mechanical ways of separating the cookie part from the creme part. The first...
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How Grey Poupon Recut the Mustard
IDEA: Pardon me, are you a brand whose only real equity comes from a campy TV spot made 30 years ago that's been parodied to death in pop culture? Grey Poupon, of course, is exactly that brand. And...
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Domino's Thanks 8 Million Facebook Fans by Toppling 50,000 Dominos
Domino's doesn't make much use of its namesake domino logo—until now. The pizza chain topples more than 50,000 dominos in the video below from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, as a thank-you to fans after...
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Conceptual Artists Get Their Chance to (Poorly) Separate Oreo Cookies
"Maybe you should just use a knife." That's one of the less charitable reactions to this latest Oreo Separators video from Wieden + Kennedy—part of a series in which inventors and technologists...
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Campbell Mithun Asks Intern Applicants to Plan the Future of the Twinkie
Life is sweet and golden on the outside with a creamy middle, baby! Would-be summer interns at Campbell Mithun might want to ponder such points, because the Minneapolis agency is asking hopefuls to...
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Doritos Builds Tweet-Powered SXSW Stage That's More Awesome Than the Acts on It
Doritos has built a 62-foot-tall, tweet-powered concert stage designed to look like a giant vending machine that turns your tweets with the hashtag #BoldStage into a real-time concert-control...
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Wrigley Rolls Out Caffeinated Gum 'Alert'
Wrigley is entering the energy gum market with its new Alert Energy Caffeine Gum brand, targeting 25-to-49-year-olds who, per the company, "want a portable product that lets them control their caffeine...
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HERB the Robot Separates Oreo Cookie Before Turning on His Creators
For the fourth and final Oreo Separators video, Wieden + Kennedy got a nonhuman to separate the Oreo cookie from its creme. Say hello to HERB (short for "home exploring robotic butler"), a robot built...
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Heineken Man Really Only Feels Comfortable Stealing American Girls
You're just the average Heineken drinker. A 35-year-old hedge-fund manager who hit it big betting against the market in 2007. You're doing your jet-setting around the world thing, party hopping the...
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