Wendy's Keeps the Burgers Old-Fashioned but Freshens Up the Logo
Wendy is growing up, just a little. Fast-food chain Wendy's on Thursday unveiled a new logo—its first refresh since 1983—giving the iconic redheaded pigtailed girl (based on founder Dave Thomas's...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Costa Coffee
Do you love coffee? Probably not as much as your average barista at Costa Coffee, the U.K.'s biggest coffeehouse chain (and the world's second largest, behind Starbucks). According to this crazy new...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Fred
Sugar sure is taking its lumps this week. "Sugar Is Killing Us," the title of this short animated film made in-house by bottled-water vendor Fred, should provide a clue about where the creators are...
View ArticleTop 10 Commercials of the Week: Oct. 5-12
This week, DDB hijacked the #FirstWorldProblems hashtag for a good cause, polar bears wanted you to skip the Coca-Cola, and your family could never love you as much as HBO Go does. Many of the...
View ArticleRed Bull Triumphs With Baumgartner Jump by Getting Out of the Way
It always seemed quite risky for Red Bull to be sponsoring a stunt that could, if things went wrong, result in a human being exploding 24 miles above the Earth. But the energy drink took that chance,...
View ArticleSnoop Wants You to 'Pocket Like It's Hot'
The newly christened Snoop Lion, the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg, is back and has remixed his 2004 hit song "Drop It Like It's Hot" into "Pocket Like It's Hot" for none other than Hot Pockets....
View ArticleRare Tub of McDonald's McJordan Barbecue Sauce Sells for $10K
Michael Jordan might not remember the McJordan burger, which graced Chicago-area McDonald's locations in the early 1990s, but clearly someone does, as an unopened gallon of the barbecue sauce...
View ArticleThe World's Shortest Free Fall, Brought to You by Slim Jim
While we're setting records, how about this stunning video of a stuntman on Conan attempting the world's shortest free fall? It looks easy, but it doesn't end well. The stunt was ostensibly sponsored...
View ArticleDear God, Save Me From the Monsters in the Drambuie Ad
Samuel Beckett meets Salvador Dali in this crazy new Drambuie ad from London ad agency Sell! Sell! and HSI director Chino Moya. We've seen some wacky liquor commercials in the past few weeks—notably...
View ArticleBrothers From 'Charlie Bit Me' Recall Their Tough Childhood in Ragú Ad
Harry and Charlie, the kids from 2007's superviral "Charlie Bit Me" YouTube video—which is closing in on half a billion views—make a humorous return in this new Ragú spot, where they recall the pain...
View ArticlePerspective: Testimonial Dinners
For all the wonders that 21st century technology has brought to the world of packaged foods—for people and pets alike—there’s one nut that’s proven perennially tough to crack: Appraising the taste of...
View ArticlePortrait: The Hive
Specs Who Anne Smith Rainey (l.), director of client services, and DeeAnn Budney, founder, CEO, creative director What Marketing and communications agency Where San Francisco offices Looking to avoid...
View ArticleBolthouse Farms Is Fine With You Shaking Your Carrots in Public
Bolthouse Farms once made its Baby Carrots seem sexy, extreme and futuristic. Now, it's shaking things up—with a new spot for Baby Carrot ShakeDowns that gets even more suggestive, as it recommends...
View ArticleWill Ferrell Now Making Old Milwaukee Ads for Swedish TV
Old Milwaukee's Will Ferrell campaign keeps getting weirder, and that's not a bad thing. After airing low-budget ads in Davenport, Iowa, Terre Haute, Ind., and Milwaukee itself last year, and then...
View ArticleTop 10 Commercials of the Week: Oct. 12-19
This week, a cute kitty with a love for its owner's Toyota Corolla trades all nine of his lives for car rides, the kids from 2007's superviral "Charlie Bit Me" YouTube video make their return in a...
View ArticleDéjà Vu All Over Again
There’s no question that Burger King is a major brand that needs marketing help as it tries to reverse a market share decline. But are the agencies dancing with BK ignoring a series of red flags? BK,...
View ArticleCoke Zero Gives 'Skyfall' Tickets to Only the Most Bond-Like People
Coke Zero released a pretty mediocre James Bond spot last month, tied to Skyfall, in which the hero hummed the Bond theme throughout. Now, the brand is back with a more dynamic clip—a video showing...
View ArticleCadbury Screme Eggs Are Amusingly Rotten in Halloween Spots
Cadbury has finally started recognizing Halloween with its Cadbury Screme Egg, and these three Canadian TV spots for it—by ad agency The Hive in Toronto—are as spooky as ads for candy eggs will allow....
View ArticleVillains Step Up in Kellogg's Crunchy Nut's Superhero Campaign
You've already seen Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cereal personified as a '60s-style, yellow-spandex-clad superhero fighting to restore flavor to breakfast. Now, in a new video created in collaboration with...
View ArticleBreakfast-Cereal Mascots as You Never Wanted to See Them Before
If you've ever wondered what your favorite breakfast-cereal mascots would look like as real people, I've got good news and bad news: Someone's brought them to life, and the results are horrifying....
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