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The Spot: Saving Breakfast
IDEA: Bored by breakfast? The Crunchy Nut is here to save you. Dreamed up by Leo Burnett for Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cereal, the zealous masked faux superhero—outfitted in skin-tight yellow and red...
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Genderless, Self-Eating Creep Wants to Sell You Some Ice Cream
Little Baby's Ice Cream, a small chain in Philadelphia, made a couple of weird ads recently. But they're not as scary as some people are suggesting, unless you're frightened of hipsterish forced...
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Ragú Is Comfort Food for Kids Who've Just Seen Their Parents Have Sex
This Ragú spot from ad agency Barton F. Graf 9000 sends a kid into his parents' bedroom, where he presumably sees them having sex. A meal slathered with Ragú pasta sauce is then positioned as comfort...
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Marlen Esparza's Co-star Lucky Not to Get Punched in McDonald's Olympics Ad
The American flyweight boxer Marlen Esparza is doing well at the London Olympics, having assured herself of at least a bronze medal. Her biggest challenge leading up to the Games, though, may have...
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Data Points: How We Eat
The rise of TV cooking shows and culinary/nutrition content in magazines insures that Americans are constantly bombarded with pictures, ads and articles about food. Yet for all the focus on what we...
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Cupcake Nation
“Would you like a free cupcake?” Duh. The no-brainer question stops sidewalk traffic as Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne, wearing her signature hot pink apron and matching lipstick, holds out a ribboned...
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Booze Billboard Comes to Life at Night With Luminous UV Paint
Australian brewer Coopers and ad agency kwp! Advertising recently commissioned Chicago street artist and illustrator Pose to create a "Life After Dark" billboard that's visible only at night. The...
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Vodka Brand's Window Washers Invite Office Workers Out for a Drink
Ad agency Amalgamated and Ultimat Vodka got guys in business suits to pose as window washers in Chicago and New York and had them ride up and down high-rise office towers holding signs that read "Have...
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Portrait: The Culinary Agency
Specs Who Alex Kakoyiannis, founder What Food lifestyle agency Where Terroni restaurant, Los Angeles Is the gastronomic craze hot enough to warrant a shop focused on foodies? Alex Kakoyiannis thinks...
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Perspective: Spread 'Em
If you’re one of the millions who grab a hot slice of toast and drop it on a plate each morning, be aware: What you are about to do next touches on a sweeping social, agricultural and political...
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David Lynch Designs Labels for Dom Pérignon
David Lynch recently caused a stir with a coffee commercial. Now, he's moving on to stronger stuff, Dom Pérignon, by designed some special, limited-edition labels for the champagne. Lynch spent two...
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Ad of the Day: California Dairy
There are things that would seem to transcend the need for advertising: sunshine, friendship, happiness … cheese. Because cheese is the best, right? If you don't enjoy cheese, there's probably...
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Information Diet: Alton Brown
Specs Age 50 Accomplishments Creator and host of Peabody Award-winning Good Eats on Food Network; host of Iron Chef America; mentor on The Next Food Network Star; recipient of 2011 James Beard Award...
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New Hooters Ad as Obnoxious and Puerile as You'd Expect
Eastbound & Down is a funny show. So, you'd think its co-creator, Jody Hill, might have done a better job directing this new Hooters commercial from ad agency Fitzgerald+CO. Instead, we get a spot...
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How a Fan Post on Panera's Facebook Page Got Half a Million Likes
Given all the rubbernecking at ChapStick-style social-media fails, and all the hijacking of corporate crowdsourcing efforts, it's tempting to see the Internet as a sea of sharks always out for brand...
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Another Tyrannical Vending Machine Barks Orders at People
It seems confirmed without a doubt: Humans enjoy being told what to do by vending machines. Last month, we saw Australians literally bowing down before the almighty Fantastic Delites machine. Now, we...
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Domino's Seeking Designs for Ultimate Pizza-Delivery Vehicle
Talk about reinventing the wheels. Domino's, which has famously been updating the way it makes its pizzas, now wants to do the same for how it delivers them. Working with ad agency Crispin Porter +...
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Diet Coke's Limited-Edition Can Is So Lovely, It's Here to Stay
"This new concept will only be around for a short time," William White, group brand director for Diet Coke and Coke Zero at Coca-Cola North America, told Adweek exactly a year ago—when a new Diet Coke...
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Tony Scott's Final Commercial, for BBDO and Diet Mountain Dew
Tony Scott, who committed suicide on Sunday at age 68, directed hundreds of ads—many of them award winners—through RSA Films, his and brother Ridley's commercial production company. Here's his final...
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Rum Ad Pities the Catfish and Its Gazillion Wasted Taste Buds
Here's one commercial that sort of got away from its creators. And that's a shame, because the animated catfish in this Bundaberg Red spot by Leo Burnett, Sydney, Australia, is a nice catch. The...
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