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Jeff Goldblum Is Out of His Mind in Tim & Eric's Loony Ad for GE Lighting
GE has been doing a lot of poignant ads through BBDO New York lately—the dreamy fantasy world of "Childlike Imagination" (an Emmy nominee this year); the haunting dystopia of "Ideas Are Scary"; the...
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KLM Warms 9 Million Hearts With Adorable Beagle Who Returns Lost Items
Anyone who says flying is a terrible experience hasn't had a missing carry-on item returned by KLM's lost-and-found delivery beagle. Say what, you say? It's simple, says KLM: Its trained beagle traces...
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Ad of the Day: Dove Shows Moms Just What They're Teaching Their Girls About...
Over the past decade, Dove has established itself as a brand that initiates conversation about real beauty and self-esteem. It latest long-form spot, "Legacy," at less than three minutes, is shorter...
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Teens in Horror Movie Make the Stupidest Decisions in Amusing Geico Ad
Geico introduces its latest advertising theme, "It's what you do," in this amusing horror-movie sendup from The Martin Agency that breaks just in time for Halloween. Much like the insurer's "Did you...
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Here's the First Condom Ad Aimed at Sex-Positive, Environmentally Minded...
Sustain has become the first condom brand to aggressively market to clearly unmarried women for the sake of recreational sex with globe-trotting good Samaritans. Jeff and Meika Hollender, the...
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Ad of the Day: Leica Recreates 35 Famous Photos to Celebrate a Century of...
Not every famous photograph was taken with a Leica. But they were all taken thanks to Leica. The German camera brand on Wednesday unveiled this incredible new ad from Brazilian agency F/Nazca Saatchi...
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Inspired by the City's Ex-Con Mayoral Candidate, Providence Agency Turns to a...
Buddy Cianci served as the mayor of Providence, R.I., for two decades and is running again this fall, despite having been convicted of two felonies over the years—for assault and corruption—and...
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Viagra Airs Its First Ad Featuring Only a Woman, and She Gets Right to the Point
This minute-long BBDO spot for Viagra is, apparently, the brand's first to show only a woman, and its first to use the word "erection" outside of the description of side effects. Here, an attractive...
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Why the Perfect Modern Creative Is Fierce, Fearless and Female
The perfect modern creative is a woman. Because we have enough men, and men like it the way it is right now. She will seek change. And her finest qualities will be frustration and discontent. The...
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Inside Philips' Lovely, Time-Traveling Stop-Motion Ad Showing How Lighting...
IDEA: Still using that same old incandescent lightbulb that was invented in the 19th century? Get with the program, Luddite. That's the basic message, told more charmingly, of this expertly constructed...
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Ad of the Day: New York City Is Dying in Y&R's Gorgeous Organ Donor PSA
The iconic clock from Grand Central Terminal symbolizes the heart of New York City in this impressive 90-second animated film from Y&R, part of its campaign backing the New York Organ Donor...
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Walter White/Heisenberg and Other Classic Alter Egos Get Their Own Business...
Online printing company MOO.com does some pretty great self-promotions. And its latest one is particularly inspired—a set of business cards for famous fictional alter egos like Walter...
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Jerry Seinfeld Gets Brutally Honest About Advertising in This Hilarious...
Host Whoopi Goldberg brought the funny all evening long at Wednesday's 55th Clio Awards in New York. But it was Jerry Seinfeld who brought down the house with a brilliant, hilarious speech about why...
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Fake Batman Dances to Fake Michael Jackson in Tire Ad That's Ludicrously Real
Usually if something sounds too good to be true, you can bet dollars to doughnuts there's going to be a catch. Well, what if I told you there's an ad featuring an Irish dude dressed in a homemade...
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Getting Insurance Shouldn't Be Like Dealing With a Hideous Pig-Faced Bathtub...
This lunatic British ad admits dealing with life insurance can be "a bit of a nightmare." How much of a nightmare? It feels like having your nice bubble bath interrupted by a screaming pig-faced beast...
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What Will You Be Like in 2034? Chat With Your Future Self in This Trippy Ad...
Twenty years from now, I'll be a silver-haired fox and speak with a British accent, judging from this "Future Self" campaign created by Publicis Conseil and Jam3 for European telecommunications giant...
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Strongbow Cider Goes for Newcastle-Style Humor With 'Slow-Motion Horse'
Droga5 has won raves for its Newcastle Brown Ale work, which skewers beer-marketing clichés. Now, the agency is bringing a similar sensibility to another Heineken-owned brand: Strongbow Hard Apple...
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Ad of the Day: James Harden Plays the Internet at HORSE for Foot Locker
Remember the old basketball game HORSE? The one where you and a friend take turns trying to make baskets, and whoever doesn't make one gets a letter, and if you get enough letters and spell HORSE...
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How Two Millennials With a Talent for Writing Apps Founded Their Own...
SpecsWho Co-founders and co-CEOs Mark McDonald (l.) and Josiah HumphreyWhat App development companyWhere Headquarters in Melbourne, Australia Mark McDonald and Josiah Humphrey were barely teenagers...
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Attention Brands: This Is How You Get Millennials to Like You
How can a brand get that coveted millennial nod? It's all about talking to them in their own language. "Ever since youth culture became a defined concept, marketers have been using the unique values...
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