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Park Bench Makes You Feel Guilty

Hamilton Nolan · 12/09/09 05:16PM

"To the glory of Kathleen (Kay) Mandell: Who at age 32 was stricken by Lou Gehrig's disease that caused her muscles to waste away, one by one, until her throat paralysed and she choked to death while fully conscious." No!

Sado Masochism and Beastiality Combined to Sell Soda

Mike Byhoff · 12/09/09 10:53AM

Here's an animated she-panther whipping a man in underwear into submission in an Orangina ad. It would be great to be a fly on the wall with the creative team when they came up with this. (NSFWish—manbutt)

Experts: Ad Spending Will Rise by Some Number

Hamilton Nolan · 12/09/09 09:58AM

Good news, near-suicidal media executives: Expert forecasters say ad spending will rise next year! Two caveats: Print media will still plummet. And, the expert forecasters barely have any idea what they're doing.

Tiger Woods Will Have to Look Elsewhere for Stress Relief

cityfile · 12/08/09 06:03PM

The revelations about Tiger Woods' extra-curricular escapades may now be catching up with him, or it may just be a coincidence, but Gatorade confirmed today that it plans to discontinue Tiger Focus, the sports drink "inspired" by Woods' "legendary mental toughness" that promises to reduce mental and physical stress. The company says the decision to drop the beverage had nothing to do with recent events, though, and was made more several months ago. [CNBC]

Japanese Utilize Every Part of the Baby With the Baby Mop

Mike Byhoff · 12/08/09 09:18AM

This is really a product that was begging to be made. Your baby is dirty. It crawls around, babylike, tracking dirt all over the floor. Why not turn that smelly, crawling, crying mess into a mop? Mother's little helper, indeed.

The Secrets to Making Fast Food Appear Palatable

Mike Byhoff · 12/07/09 02:55PM

For millennia, man has questioned how Burger King tricks consumers by making Whoppers look edible in commercials. The answer is simple: In order to make fast food look good, you must make it even more disgusting.

Lazy Sex Pervs

Hamilton Nolan · 12/07/09 12:08PM

An ad for a body waxing business shows a hairless beaver. There's also a hairless kitty and a hairless cock. When did we stop trying? [Copyranter, who would also like to show you Mona Lisa's tits.]

Perv Dogs Support Nude Angel, From PETA

Hamilton Nolan · 12/04/09 04:34PM

Catholic lady Joanna Krupa's pose in this new PETA ad (click to enlarge) has the Catholic League's Crazy Bill Donohue upset, but you know who looks like they really like it? The dogs, and that's the point. [Adfreak]

Vintage Holiday Paintings Come to Life

Whitney Jefferson · 12/03/09 01:38PM

Take still paintings of holiday gatherings, add moving human arms, and dub some risque conversation over it all and you've got this series of holiday ads by Schweppes. The result is funny, confusing, and kind of uncomfortable. Watch!

In Mother Russia, Horse Rides You!

Mike Byhoff · 12/03/09 10:39AM

I, for one, welcome our new equine overlords with welcoming arms. And maybe a sign. "Welcome Horse Overlords," it will say. And maybe they will spare me from a life of painful and neverending hard labor.