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Guns Don't Kill People. Toddlers With Guns Kill People, Says This PSA From...
McCann New York is taking a satirically Swiftian approach with its latest PSA for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Titled "Keep America Safe," the ad highlights toddler gun violence by...
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This Short Documentary Tells the Story of the Great Volkswagen Ads of the '60s
In his delightful and insightful documentary "Remember Those Great Volkswagen Ads?" British filmmaker Joe Marcantonio explores the transcendent power of advertising to help brands overcome their...
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Ad of the Day: Mads Mikkelsen Is a Riveting, Bizarre Hitman in Ford's...
The new Ford Edge is so enchanting, it will turn the vicious assassin that an arms dealer hired to kill you into a smitten guardian angel—though the killer with the heart of gold might still steal...
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Two (Very) Old Friends Recall the Glories of 1934 in Charming Ads for Steak...
Nothing sells fast food like cranky old people reminiscing and/or bickering with each other. That's what GSD&M is hoping, because their three new spots for Steak 'n Shake depend on it. The three...
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Ad of the Day: Campy Humor Holds Loctite's Latest Spots Together
Loctite really put a lot of itself into these new commercials. In fact, the company's adhesive and insulation products were used to build the long, continuous sets that give the 30-second spots their...
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Facebook Launches a Big Ad Campaign for Facebook Live, With User Videos at...
Facebook Live is a big, important product for the world's biggest social network. But up to now, many users still don't really know what Live is, or how to use it. Or they might be intimidated by live...
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Is This Texas Republican's Campaign Ad the Most Charming of the 2016 Election?
The race for president has been characterized by negativity, partisan extremism and a "lesser-of-the-two-evils" attitude. As the race to the ballot boxes heats up, things are only getting more...
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Wieden + Kennedy Has Been Selling 'Donald Trump's BS' Out of a Food Truck in...
Fact-checking Donald Trump has been a full-time job for a lot of election observers this year. And Wieden + Kennedy has been doing its part, with a food truck in its hometown of Portland, Ore., that's...
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Terry Tate Checks Donald Trump in Timely Throwback to Classic Reebok Ads
Terry Tate, the fictional office linebacker from Reebok's famous ads a decade ago about proper behavior, is back to weigh in on the 2016 election. And the result is spectacular. A new clip from Funny...
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Will Fox Finally Find Some Consistency in Marketing the Latest Wolverine Movie?
When Fox was marketing X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the lead-up to its 2009 release (which went super well, as you'll remember), we were just a few years removed from the last X-Men team movie....
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The Scavenging Raccoons From Geico's New TV Ad Are Doing Gross Cooking Demos...
Usually when a brand unveils a TV spot, any related content online is, at best, a marginal value-add. But lately, Geico's online extras have been at least as good—and in many cases, more fun or...
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Ad of the Day: Stephen Curry Vows to Avenge NBA Finals Loss in Under Armour Spot
Under Armour doesn't seem to mind when its star athletes fall just short of a championship. It makes for a better story when the next chance comes around. UA and its agency, Droga5, have crafted a...
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Hillshire's Ultra-Classy Vending Machine Comes With Its Own Maître d' and Butler
Here's something no marketer has ever tried anywhere before in the history of the universe—a wacky vending machine stunt! This particular machine, set up by VML to plug Hillshire Snacking's meats,...
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Virgin, Unsurprisingly, Gets a Little Smutty While Discussing the Pleasures...
Why take a car when you can take the train? It won't get your back all sweaty. In a pair of risqué ads by TMW, British transport company Virgin Trains is using couples to illustrate why trains are...
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Ad of the Day: Clive Owen Is Back in the Driver's Seat as BMW Films Returns...
It's been 15 years since BMW Films and Fallon released "The Hire," a series of eight original short films that helped define branded entertainment, with help from a menagerie of A-list stars and...
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Can This Empowering Ad Campaign From BBDO Get More Girls to Keep Playing...
Put them in, Coach!Baseball for All, a group dedicated to getting more girls in the game, is launching a pro-bono campaign from BBDO Atlanta that plays off the chorus to "Centerfield," John Fogerty's...
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WD-40 Makes Your Doors Extra Creaky for a Change With This Ingenious...
We would have loved to see the focus group on this. You've probably used WD-40 to get creaking to stop. But what if you need those creaks for effect ... like, say, on Halloween? Never fear. The...
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Kit Kat's Halloween Ad Shows You How to Fend Off a Homicidal Maniac in a Forest
Could Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees be dissuaded from their homicidal ways by a candy bar? Could a sugar fix be a cure for their mass-murdering tendencies? It's likely no one's ever asked the...
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Michael Phelps and Danny McBride Go to Outer Space for Call of Duty: Infinite...
With global temperatures rising and the most obscene U.S. presidential election in recent memory taking place, 2016 might feel like the worst year ever. But whether you're an average joe on the street...
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See the First Two Episodes of Chipotle's Weekly, Minute-Long Snapchat Show
Is Chipotle dishing out some sick stuff? This time, the burrito chain sincerely hopes so. Chipotle's image has taken a beating all year, what with E. coli and norovirus outbreaks and the indictment of...
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