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"The Handjob" Combines Function With an Extremely Marketable Name
Mike Byhoff · 12/10/09 09:42AMHaving trouble doing...anything? There's a handjob for that.
Park Bench Makes You Feel Guilty
Hamilton Nolan · 12/09/09 05:16PMDon't Let Anyone See You Posing in the Tattoo Sticker Mirror
Hamilton Nolan · 12/09/09 04:05PMAds That Make You Crave Death's Embrace
Hamilton Nolan · 12/09/09 12:21PMSado Masochism and Beastiality Combined to Sell Soda
Mike Byhoff · 12/09/09 10:53AMHere'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 09:58AMBefore You Even Knew It, All the Tiger Woods Ads Were Gone
Hamilton Nolan · 12/09/09 09:34AMTiger Woods Will Have to Look Elsewhere for Stress Relief
cityfile · 12/08/09 06:03PMThe 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 09:18AMThis 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 02:55PMProof That American Apparel Advertisers Are Probably Actually on Crack
Sergio Hernandez · 12/07/09 02:36PMGlenn Beck Advertiser: Pundits 'Say What You Pay Them to Say'
Pareene · 12/07/09 12:41PMLazy Sex Pervs
Hamilton Nolan · 12/07/09 12:08PMProfanity? In New Orleans Mayoral Campaign Ads? It's More Likely Than You Think
Matt Cherette · 12/06/09 07:30PMPerv Dogs Support Nude Angel, From PETA
Hamilton Nolan · 12/04/09 04:34PMQuentin Tarantino Right at Home in Nonsensical Japanese Commercial
Mike Byhoff · 12/04/09 09:40AMGrandmothers and Ice Cream Should Not Get So Close
Hamilton Nolan · 12/03/09 05:20PMVintage Holiday Paintings Come to Life
Whitney Jefferson · 12/03/09 01:38PMTake 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 10:39AMI, 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.