0 comments by Liam McGuire on 7/18/2015
America. Freedom. Gasoline? This ad by Marathon Petroleum has pulled out all of the cliches to make their new commercial for gasoline as Americanized as possible.
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 7/12/2015
Everybody loves bacon apparently, according to the Internet and this Taco Bell commercial for their bacon club chalupa. Personally, I think bacon is overrated, which is apparently a very unpopular opinion. Anyways, in the ad a man goes up a mall escalator and notices that everything around him has been baconized. Bacon Couture, bacon sunglasses, bacon shoe […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 7/9/2015
This might be the funniest ad I’ve ever seen. Pampers decided it would be a good idea (it was) to film babies ‘poofaces’ aka their reactions of when they soil themselves, and did so in glorious 400 FPS. Throw in possibly the greatest use of music from the classic 2001: A Space Odyssey outside the film over […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 7/8/2015
I’ve talked about KFC’s relaunch of Colonel Sanders in the past, and my conclusion then was the results of the rebranding effort were mixed. The ads were bizarre. Instead of the sweet old Colonel that was shown in the ads of old, they replaced their iconic founder with former SNL impressionist Darrell Hammond - and that’s a […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 7/5/2015
One of the most bizarre, amazing commercials has won a gold award this week at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The spot called ‘Three Second Cook,” by the Japanese company Docomo is a pleasure to watch. Things start off pretty normal, as two women prepare to cook shrimp. The hook? They’re going to do it […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 7/3/2015
At this point it’s no surprise when Nike releases a commercial that’s loaded with your favorite sports stars. Their latest ad “Find Your Fast” is no exception. The new spot features Kobe Bryant, Serena Williams, Wayne Rooney, Rafael Nadal, Richard Sherman, Odell Beckham Jr., Marcus Mariota, Mo Farah, Allyson Felix, Dion Phaneuf, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/28/2015
When there is a rain delay at Wrigley Field, expect things to get shiny. The Chicago Cubs and Reynolds Consumer Products have reached an agreement where the new tarp during rain delays will resemble aluminum foil (one of the company’s products) and have a Reynolds branded tarp. Mike Mazza, marketing director of Reynolds Foil says told […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/20/2015
Terminator: Genisys, the fifth installment of the Terminator franchise, is coming to theaters soon (June 25th to be exact) and the film’s big star Arnold Schwarzenegger is lending his iconic voice to the GPS navigation company Waze. The feature they’re promoting, which will be around for the next three weeks, will allow drivers to use Arnold’s […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/16/2015
Last time we checked in with the freemium mobile game Game of War: Fire Age, they were reaping the benefits of creating a pretty brilliant ad campaign featuring supermodel Kate Upton. The game itself was nothing special, but the $40 million ad campaign transcended it. It got people playing and in turn made the mobile […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/14/2015
Sometimes promo videos combine two subjects that shouldn’t mix well together, yet totally work. Case in point, this new promo for Jurassic World by ESPN took previously seen trailer footage for the film, and put in Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman. The results are pretty hilarious. Watch Sherman entering Jurassic Park. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INuLOy4LBOM This is a lot […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/12/2015
Pride Month is underway and with it Target has released a very beautiful and poignant ad promoting inclusivity. The ad is titled ‘Take Pride’ and Target’s message on their YouTube page says “Pride isn’t something any of us were born with. It is something we take, by finding purpose in every challenge, experience, victory and feeling. Join […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/10/2015
On the heels of the new Entourage film, based on the HBO television series of the same name, Cadillac has released a series of teaser ads featuring the show’s most popular character Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven). In the spots Gold talks about how he’s OK with his retirement, when throughout the ad he’s miserable. See him sporting […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/9/2015
YouTube has named its best advertisement of the decade. The ad Kobe vs. Messi: The Selfie Shootout, by Turkish Airlines has received the honor based on public vote, and that makes perfect sense. The spot features Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and FC Barecelona’s Lionel Messi, two of the highest profiled and paid athletes on the […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 6/5/2015
What happens when a moustachioed hipster decides on a whim to adopt a puppy? A Purina dog food ad of course! This spot produced by Buzzfeed does a very solid job as coming off as a short video, opposed to being an actual advertisement. Make no mistake - Purina logos are everywhere and there are […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 5/30/2015
Johnsonville released a new commercial for Brat Original sausages and it’s pretty funny.
