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Coke and Santa Are Ready For Christmas

That Coke Christmas commercial which was teased last week is out in full form.

Seatbelt Ad Removes All Emotion, Gets Clinical

OK here's another one of those "wear your seatbelt, idiot" commercials.

Pay-Per-Tweet, Obama Goes FDR, Vespa Gets Web-Lift

- Transport for London spoofs Clue for cyclist awareness.

Clearway: Your Direct Connection to The Wolf.

Remember The Wolf, the cool operative summoned in Pulp Fiction to clean up the remains of a guy who had his brains blown out in a moving ...

Why Would You Want a Body Spray that Smelled Like Your Deodorant?

That's the question my friend Elinora asks herself every time she sees this suspiciously meditative ad for Dove Go Fresh Body Mist, "in the same cool scents ...

Bob Greenberg Wants Adrants to Connect With Creatives

Just how many social networks do you belong to? Well, here's another one for you.

Twitter Ignites Motrin Mania

This is one of those thing's that causes one to scream, "Oh for fuck's sake!" Or better yet, "Jesus, fucking Christ!"

Motrin Mania Ignited on Twitter, Mad Moms Mobilize

This is one of those thing's that causes one to scream, "Oh for fuck's sake!" Or better yet, "Jesus, fucking Christ!"

Facebook Ads Go for the Groin

Maybe after observing I never bit the bait on its muffin top ads, Facebook's opted to start serving more, uh, hygienic messages.

One Black Brightens Up a Nation.

It merits saying that there are plenty of countries where people don't get as nuts as we do when ads zero in on race.

Elf Yourself Returns for Year 3

While logic for continuing the campaign may be suspect, I guess it speaks to its undying faith that for the third year in a row, OfficeMax is ...

Sloggi Annoints World’s Best Bottoms

Last week, international underwear brand Sloggi held its second annual World Most Beautiful Bottom competition at Club Quartier Latin in Paris.

Seemingly, Crispin Porter + Bogusky Can Do No Wrong

Microsoft has handed its $41 million Zune account, previously handled by 72andSunny (among others), to the shop without review.

Hey, Pothead. Like Burritos?

...Good, because eating them is the only contribution you'll ever make to society.

38DDs Pushed Up, YouTube Ups Ads, Asses Baldwin’d

Wipe your ass with. Oh wait, we wrote that story already. Anyway, here's a new one. Now you can wipe your ass with Alec Baldwin.

Pole Dancer Makes Burger King Chicken Sandwich Longer

OK so here's one of the most unlikely scenarios ever to unfold in real life.

One of These Blatant Instances of Eyeball-Rape Just Doesn’t Belong

For Park Shore BMW, agency concerto conjured up a sneaky way to get people staring at rows and rows of BMW logos for a long, long ... ...

For Dog Food So Tasty You Might Be, Uh, Compensated.

Adrants reader Martha pointed us to this Nutrecan "senior" dog food ad by Gomez Chica/EURO RSCG out of Medellin, Colombia.

Coke and Santa Get Ready For Christmas

Mexico is gearing up for Christmas.

Carb-Loving Americans Get Relief From Tooheys Beer

Hmm. In what appears to be both a relief effort and a back handed slap at American's love for carbohydrates, Tooheys has launched Carb Relief.

Digital Designers Face Off in Intel’s Digital Drag Race

Launching November 17, a collection of professional designers will spend 70 minutes on a computer powered by the brand new Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition Processor using ...

This Gossip Rag Skews Younger.

It's never too early to get hooked on human drama.

Should Flinging Owls into a Hot Tub Really Be This Hard?

Because there's no limit to the kind of insanity that seizes people as December draws near, Equifax -- yeah, the credit report people -- gets into the ...

Burma Viral Honored, ‘That Guy’ Ovulates, Maggots for a Cure

- MTV's "Burma Viral," produced by Shilo for Ogilvy & Mather, won a London Int'l Awards Gold Statue for TV/Cinema Animation, and a Silver Shark for ...

Attraction Between Clothes More Powerful Than People

Sometimes the clothes are simply more important than the people wearing them

Dior, Dior, Dior!

Here's a cool collection of what appears to be a Dior campiagn or, perhaps, the making of one.

Christine Dolce’s Assets Fight Fur For PETA2

Christine Dolce, internet superstar, model (FHM, Playboy), actress, radio personality, designer, make-up artist, is, again, fronting a PETA2 Fur is Dead" campaign.

Mickie Rosen No Longer A Fox

Wow, there's nothing like being called a fox and then having the label removed because you change jobs.

Ford SYNCs, Cat Dances, W+K Getds $150M From Nokia

Common Craft helps Ford explain how Microsoft SYNC works in its vehicles.

Dog Licks Outdoor Board, Wins Pedigree $100,000

Outdoor company JCDecauz held a competition to determine the "most innovative and engaging concept."

Just Do(uche) It

No, this is not a real Nike ad.

Kotex Makes Beaver Joke: Reason #4324324 Why We Need a Category Labeled ‘Indescribable Horrors’

Seizing a pun so vapid and obvious that we honestly thought we'd never see it happen, Sydney-based Brandshop paired Kotex to beavers.

Wonderglen Brings Back Glory Days of Viral Wonderment

What happens when your highly elaborate, intricately planned, deeply seeded viral accomplishes nothing but rack up less than 6,000 views on YouTube and a handful of mentions ...

Hip-Hop for Bad Presents and Cranberry Juice.

To compel holiday shoppers to try Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash, Creature organized the Re-Gift Rap Battles, which will hit shopping malls in most major cities coast to ...

Toshiba Embraces ‘Redefined’ Entertainment Experience. Kind Of.

Hoping to make an impression on a market where content consumption meets user manipulation, Toshiba launched the world's first TimeSculpture ad. Totally fun to watch after the beat-drop. Ends with "When what we ...

Shocker! First Female Polygamist Revealed!

So Australia promotes itself with "Where the bloody hell are you?" and mini cinematic masterpieces by Baz Luhrmann. How do the "cool capitals" of Europe do it?

It’s the World’s Cuddliest Healthcare Site!

To encourage Greenville, South Carolina-based users to explore the Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, Brains on Fire and Grow Interactive created Happy in Greenville, a deliciously ...

Get It? It’s a Play on that ‘Full Coverage’ Thing.

In what I guess can be called a witty effort to explain the Collins reinsurance ad at left, a rep at Yamamoto Moss Mackenzie wrote us an ...

Get It? It’s a Play on that ‘Full Coverage’ Thing.

In what I guess can be called a witty effort to explain the Collins reinsurance ad at left, a rep at Yamamoto Moss Mackenzie wrote us an ...

Dying of Boredom? Become a Bookie

November in Canada sucks. There's neither sun nor snow, no Thanksgiving, no Obamamania to call their own.

HoneyShed Was Fun. Puma’s $100 Million Is, Like, Way Better

Droga5? Puma? Wait, what? This is confusing. Isn't Droga5 supposed to be the agency that creates whacko stuff like HoneyShed?

Uptown Minneapolis Doesn’t Want Agency to Move In

Ah hahahaha. Funny. Not really but there's not much else you can do to hype something as boring as an agency moving from one location to another.

Honeyshed: The Tech Diva’s QVC.

"This is Honeyshed: the online shopping site for the digital generation."

42 Below Out With Grandiose Trippiness

Here's some trippy new commercials from 42 Below, the folks famous for creating really, really weird videos

Greenpeace Spoofs Pirates of the Caribbean.

The Curse of the Bluefin Tuna Industry.

Smokerman: The Superhero that Needs a Breather

Tearing the chapter in irony out of theTruth.com's tattered playbook, Crowell Advertising brings us Fight the Ugly, home base to a lame-duck action figure named Smokerman. ...

Girl Meets Boy, Visual Orgasm Ensues

Part Matrix, part classic Maxell ad, this commercial for Gran Centenario Tequila unleashes all the visual stops and assaults your senses with a spectacle far unlike any liquor ...

Dear War Veteran: You Are Not Alone

A new campaign from BBDO and the Ad Council for the Irag and Afghanistan Veterans of America reminds people the one percent of Americans who put their life ...

New York Festivals Offers Year’s Worth of Fame!

Its time for New York Festivals again! And there's no boring call for entry email on this one. Nope. The organizers went all out this time, pulled out ...

GLAAD is Sad, Dentsu Grabs McGarry Bowen, Cannes on DVD

Burger King does the dropped wallet thing. Hey, it's a whole lot more fun that shoving coupons in people's faces.

Target Helps Christina Aguilera Hype ‘Greatest Hits’

Probably because the bulls-eye has more brand cachet than she does, Christina Aguilera's paired up with Target to promote Keeps Gettin' Better, a slightly premature greatest-hits album.

Microsoft Does ‘I’m a PC’ UGC Mash-Up Thing.

"I'm a PC ... and I love the slimming effect of a purple striped shirt."

F-150 Does Trucky Things, PLUS.

Ford's latest campaign for the F-150 couple live-action truck footage with graphic word salad -- something the Chrysler Town & Country did with less success.