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Ad of the Day: Winged Fairies Spread Magic and Joy in Marks & Spencer's...
John Lewis went the heartwarming, emotional route for Christmas, while Boots and Waitrose took more down-to-earth approaches. Now, Marks & Spencer eschews its celebrity focus of the recent past to...
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Cam Newton Gets Primal for Beats by Dre, With Help From Kendrick Lamar
Beats by Dre is back to motivate you, and this time it's enlisted Cam Newton. The Carolina Panthers quarterback sweats it out in a new ad for the headphone maker's wireless offering from R/GA,...
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This Agency Is Livestreaming a Virtual Tour via a GoPro Strapped to a Dog's Back
It really is the best way to see an agency: the dog's-eye view. Toronto animation, design and VFX studio Crush did it last year, attaching a GoPro camera to its dog Sadie and livestreaming her travels...
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Stressed Out? This Kitten Therapy Office From Tidy Cats Will Cure You With...
Kittens are notorious advertising stars, and as it turns out, they're miniature therapists too. At least, that's one takeaway from this stunt in Los Angeles, where Purina Tidy Cats invited...
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Leo Burnett Motivates Employees by Making Them Do Shots and Slapping Them in...
Here's the last parody video we're going to post from Strategy magazine's Agency of the Year event in Toronto. It's Leo Burnett's entry, and it seems the agency has found a unique way to make its...
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Man Cleans Up the Hairy Apartment in His Pants in Schick's Manscaping Musical
If you have an animal, you can surely identify with having their dander all over your living space. It can be tricky to clean up after them and make the space presentable for guests. Well, what if...
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Ad of the Day: Grandmas Know What Grown Princesses Want for Christmas, and...
Christmas creep is pretty much here, so it's time for an ad about opening gifts. Luckily, this one's good for some laughs. The spot, for Mulberry, is adam&eveDDB's first work for the high-end...
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Tesco Puts On an Insane Christmas Light Show, Proves Commitment to Holiday...
The annual British Christmas ad wars are heating up, and Tesco wants people to know it's armed with lots of the obligatory bright lights and endearingly ridiculous ornaments. A new TV commercial from...
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Wil Wheaton, Giant Beer Geek, Humorously Introduces Newcastle's Scotch Ale
Newcastle has tapped Wil Wheaton as its latest anti-advertising star, enlisting the actor and Internet folk hero for a couple of amusing online videos introducing a new Scotch Ale. Wheaton does an...
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All of Britain Sings 'Let It Go' in Vodafone's Christmas Ad
"Let It Go" is so played out at this point, some might consider it a lump of coal in their stockings. But that hasn't stopped Vodafone U.K. and RKCR/Y&R from thawing out the Frozen anthem for this...
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Ad of the Day: Sainsbury's Recreates Famous 1914 Christmas Truce in Stunning...
Monty the penguin has his first real competition for best Christmas ad of the year, as Sainsbury's just rolled out a remarkable long-form spot that couldn't be more different than the John Lewis...
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Mike Myers Does a Hilarious Sears Ad With His Brother, Who's Worked There for...
Sears Canada is struggling mightily, but it has a secret weapon in a celebrity connection. Peter Myers has worked at Sears Canada for 32 years. And it turns out his brother is Mike Myers, who agreed...
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A Topless Miley Cyrus Licks and Fondles a Blow-up Toy in Ad for Seamless Tights
In case you were wondering where Miley Cyrus was hiding, look no further than this little ad with everyone's favorite wrecking ball wearing nothing but a smile and some Golden Lady seamless tights....
View ArticleAdweek's Top 5 Commercials of the Week: Nov. 7-14
It's only mid-November, but it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas—thanks to British marketers jostling for position in their Super Bowl-like holiday ad season. Two U.K. Xmas spots make our list...
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Swarovski Charms Women With Personal Ads in Craigslist's 'Missed Connections'...
Red Tettemer O'Connell + Partners placed some faux personal ads in the New York, Philadelphia and Chicago sections of Craigslist's popular "Missed Connections" department on behalf of crystal jeweler...
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Toyota Dealer Makes the Year's Most Cringeworthy SNL Parody With 'Keys in a Box'
Almost eight years later, "Dick in a Box" lives on as one of Saturday Night Live's more hilarious digital shorts. And since there are no rules that say that jokes become stale after that amount of...
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Why Everyone From Cameron Diaz to Gwyneth Paltrow Is Praising Two Random...
Proud of your dozens of LinkedIn endorsements? You're going to look like a right tosser next to Matt Roach and David Lawrie. The creative team at M&C Saatchi in London have secured testimonials...
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Ad of the Day: Anna Kendrick Makes Something Out of Nothing in Kate Spade's...
No one does bored better than Anna Kendrick. The actress, who turned in one of the most amusing ad performances of the year for Newcastle, is back for more comedy in this seasonal spot for Kate Spade,...
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10 Ad Mascots You Probably Didn't Know Were Related to Kermit The Frog
Jim Henson creations have a storied history in advertising, going back to the 1950s, when a violent proto-Kermit pitched Wilkins Coffee with 10-second TV spots. Tappy, the latest creation from Jim...
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What Do So Many Celebrities See in Ray-Ban's Wayfarer Sunglasses?
Style and color are very important when it comes to sunglasses, but as any fashionista—or just anyone who lives in L.A.—will tell you, no frames get hot until celebrities put them on. In 1955, James...
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