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Another Handy Map of the U.S. Shows Each State's Biggest Liquor or Beer Brand
The only downside to Steve Lovelace's Corporate States of America map, showing the most famous brands founded in each of the 50 states, was that there wasn't enough liquor involved. Only two were...
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Biker Bee and Friends Swarm a City in Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey Ad
The Jack Daniel's biker bee is back in this new spot from Arnold in Boston, and this time he brought a whole swarm of friends to tear through a weirdly empty city to find a bottle of Tennessee Honey....
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Epic Meal Time Guys Bring Their Supersize Appetites to Carl's Jr. Ads
It was only a matter of time. YouTube's gurus of gluttony, the EpicMealTime guys, have partnered with the burger pornographers at Carl's Jr./Hardee's to promote the chain's new Super Bacon...
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Newcastle Ambushes July 4 by Inventing 'Independence Eve,' Celebrating...
British brands, understandably, don't have much to say around the Fourth of July—until now. Newcastle Brown Ale, among the cheekiest of U.K. marketers, has turned America's most patriotic holiday to...
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Nickelodeon Partners With Frozen Vegetable Brand Birds Eye
Birds Eye wants to rally kids into eating veggies this summer, so it’s serving up a main course of Nickelodeon with a helping of gamification. The frozen foods maker today will announce a cross-media...
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BBH Finally Gets to Add Storybook Ending to Its Wimbledon Ad for Robinsons
Britain had to wait 77 years—until Sunday's win by Andy Murray—to celebrate another British male singles champion at Wimbledon. So, BBH London should feel fortunate that it had to wait only four years...
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Purina's Beneful Goes for Maximum Viral Appeal With Dog-Operated Rube...
Wook at the poochies! Wook at the widdle poochie-woochies! What else do I really need to say about Deep Focus's "Dog Goldberg Machine" commercial for Purina's Beneful dog-food brand? It's doggone...
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Ad of the Day: Oreo
If Oreo's "Wonderfilled" song hasn't wormed its way into your head yet, allow Kacey Musgraves to try to rectify that. The young country-music singer-songwriter from Texas delivers her own take on the...
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Thirsty for the Hoff? He's Back, and Singing About Iced Coffee, for...
Hey, David Hasselhoff, want to make a cheesy video? That rhetorical question came from East Coast convenience-store chain Cumberland Farms. His answer? Well, what do you think? The Hoff, long past the...
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Little Caesars Pulls Off the Most Explosive Twitter Stunt in World History
Barton F. Graf 9000 just sent around this amusing case study outlining its social-media activity for Little Caesars during the week of July 4. Without giving too much away, let's just say the Twitter...
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British Ad With Mom Showing Off Cleavage to Her Son's Friends Escapes Censure
Undeniably stupid, but worth banning? That was the tough call facing Britain's ad watchdog as it dealt with 176 complaints over the spot below, for soft drink Irn-Bru. The plot, such as it is,...
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Kung-Fu Farmer Beats Pesticides With More Cowbell in Trippy Spot for...
In this strange ad by Made Movement for Stonyfield, a woman with an Oompa-Loopa-ish complexion and a deeply annoying voice asks her lunchroom friend if she ever wonders about pesticides. Stonyfield...
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Heineken Dares JFK Travelers to Ditch Their Plans, Press a Button and Board a...
Here's an airport stunt from Heineken that truly embodies the brand's adventurous spirit. Twice this week, Wieden + Kennedy in New York set up a board at JFK's Terminal 8 and dared travelers to play...
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Kids Watch Cheerios Ad With Interracial Parents, Don't Understand the Fuss
Kids have the oddest perspective on things. For example: They're not even very racist! This truism is brought home once again in this video by the Fine Brothers, in which children between the ages of...
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Denny's Is Now a Top 5 Client at Erwin Penland
The consolidation of the Denny’s creative account at roster shop Erwin Penland makes the restaurant chain a top five client. The Interpublic Group shop, which is based in Greenville, S.C., has worked...
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Hidden Message in New Wendy's Logo Is So Subtle, Not Even Wendy's Noticed It
StockLogos recently suggested that Wendy's sneakily put the word "mom" in the Wendy character's collar in the chain's new logo—to subliminally associate the brand with motherly cooking and the "safe...
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Here Are the Crazy Ones Who Dropped Everything and Flew Off to Oblivion With...
Last week we wrote about Heineken's JFK airport stunt, in which the brand dared travelers to drop their existing plans and go somewhere new and exotic with the push of a button—without knowing where....
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Ad of the Day: Cheerios Finds Its Sweet Spot Once Again
General Mills always seemed quite embarrassed by the firestorm around its now-famous "Just Checking" ad for Cheerios—the one that was set upon by racist trolls on YouTube for featuring an interracial...
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Advertisers React Negatively to Rolling Stone Cover
If the recent history of controversial magazine covers is any guide, Rolling Stone may get a boost in Web traffic and newsstand sales for its Boston Marathon bomber issue. But the situation could have...
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Coca-Cola's 'Smile Back' Video: Cute or Kind of Creepy?
Coca-Cola's new "Smile Back" out-of-home stunt (scroll down to see it) is cute and nicely done, and everyone everywhere will love it. But let's overthink it for a moment. Coke is famously skilled at...
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