0 comments by David Rogers on 8/28/2013
A new campaign from Audi in the U.K. has the advertising world buzzing. The ad features Christopher Reeve dressed as Clark Kent alongside a tagline of "Power from a less obvious place." The print ad has been met with mixed reviews. Some appreciate the homage to Reeve, while others feel it's in bad taste to […]
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WXu6l2EVcG4 If there's anyone who should understand the seedy world of autograph peddlers looking to make a buck off the autographs of college kids it's local car dealers. So leave it to Fowler Toyota of Norman, Oklahoma to mock Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel with this "Johnny Savings" commercial. I'm just not sure what the […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 8/24/2013
Got milk? Milk commercials used to be simple. Remember the days when a milk mustache on a celebrity or an athlete was enough? Now milk commercials have taken on an entirely new shape and form - one which might be terrifying if the photo above is any sort of indication. Milk is trying to get […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 8/21/2013
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x_4EiKJkq9I?rel=0 Meet the Super Soft Cooler. It's soft. It floats. You can hit it repeatedly if that's what you're into. The commercial - which resembles an infomercial more than it does an actual commercial - looks like it's straight out of a different decade. Incredibly, I saw it just last week on G4 (soon to […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 8/19/2013
Barclays, the financial services provider and current sponsor of the Premier League, released an ad which depicts what it's like to be a fan of a club competing in the EPL. The ad recognizes that whether you're young or old, male or female, soccer can be a large part of who you are. The ad […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 8/16/2013
Once upon a time the good folks at LEGO decided they needed a mascot. A giant talking brick, perhaps? No, just a kid that really loves LEGO. Cue the LEGO Maniac, otherwise known as Zack the LEGO Maniac. For a stretch of time in the '80s and '90s, Zack the LEGO Maniac was the ultimate […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel on 8/15/2013
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SKmTFqukOBA Leo Burnett's "Photo Booth" commercial for Fifth Third Bank's identify theft protection is equal parts creepy and perfection. You don't see the creepiness coming, which I suppose is the point. Identity theft happens when you're not paying attention. Instead of using cheesy dialogue or exaggerated scare tactics, Burnett gives us just the right combination […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 8/12/2013
Cleatus, the giant animated robot you've probably seen during NFL games on Fox, may be coming to a city near you. In an effort to promote the launch of Fox Sports 1 on August 17th, the network created a large 6'9" suit of the robot which will travel to various cities to promote the newest […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 8/9/2013
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hu1eSceg-3U This Subway ad from the UK features Janet, a rather unexceptional redhead who rarely has things go her way. From booking hotels to dating, Janet never quite gets what she's hoping for. That is, until she goes to Subway where she can get exactly what she wants. Got all that? Sounds like a pretty […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 8/6/2013
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0 comments by David Rogers on 8/2/2013
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k4v0i9wLaYU?rel=0 Back in March we praised DICK'S for their baseball commercial which felt more like a movie than an actual commercial. We're back talking about DICK'S again (that'll never sound correct) and we love their football commercial which was shot in the same style as the baseball commercial from this spring. The commercial spins us […]
Last NFL season, one of the silliest manufactured controversies in sports occurred when David Whitley of the Sporting News wrote a column criticizing San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick for his tattoos. The notion that Kaepernick couldn't be trusted because he didn't look like Sammy Baugh proved to be even more absurd when CK7 led […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 8/1/2013
You'll see a new, iconic athlete promoting Subway in the near future. The world's largest restaurant brand (seriously - they have 39,700+ locations) has named Pele as their new Global Brand Ambassador. The legendary Brazilian soccer star will appear in advertisements as well as various promotions for the company. Subway finally addresses soccer with their […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel on 7/30/2013
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0XnzfRqkRxU?rel=0 If you're a woman, you know that the arrival of Aunt Flo each month is met with one of three emotions: elation when it finally happens for the first time (I'm a WOMAN), relief in some scarier instances, but mostly it is just met with downright disdain. However, for the girls experiencing it for […]
0 comments by David Rogers
By now you’re probably aware that Fox Soccer - also called Fox Soccer Channel - will be disappearing from your television set. The channel which soccer fans have come to know and love will be replaced by FXX, a new entertainment channel. All of Fox Soccer’s programming will shift over to the newly created Fox […]
