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Dora sells insurance for GEICO

GEICO makes funny commercials - it’s what it does. So it makes sense that a decade after starting main stream advertising they have no trouble finding a new slogan and a few funny commercials to go along with it. From “It’s So Simple a Caveman Could Do It” to its current “It’s What You Do,” […]

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Bud Light releases and ceases rape-suggestive beer slogan

Bud Light has found themselves in a bit of hot water over with their latest #UpForWatever campaign. Their brand of Anheuser-Busch beer was printed with the line, “The perfect beer for removing ‘No’ from your vocabulary for the night,” which can easily be interpreted to being about the blurred lines of rape. That’s not exactly something a company wants to […]

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Footlocker and Pacquiao get meta

It’s really happening! Six years in the making Pacquiao and Mayweather are finally fighting. Pacquiao might be too old to win, but he can still cash in on that sweet, sweet guaranteed fight payout of $60 million.

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Jeff Goldblum is mesmerizing in weird yet successful Apartments.com campaign

Apartments.com has proven weird advertising campaigns can work. The website has launched a series of successful advertisements featuring Jurassic Park actor Jeff Goldblum playing fictional Silicon Valley maverick Brad Bellflower. The push was to promote their new site redesign and features, as they’ve invested more than $100 million into the campaign and have blitzed the ads everywhere, including during television’s most […]

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Multiple Nick Lacheys star in confusing Twix ad

It’s weird to think about, but at one point in time Nick Lachey was one of the biggest stars in the world. He was the breakout star of 90’s boy band 98 Degrees, spurning out hits like Because of You and The Hardest Thing. After his music career slowly faded away, he became one of the first big reality stars, […]

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Benedict Cumberbatch stars in bizarre Chinese commercial

Have you ever watched a celebrity starring commercial and immediately thought, if the spot didn’t have said celebrity it in than it would have no chance of making it to air? Well, that can easily be said about this Benedict Cumberbatch MG advert. This bizarre Chinese spot features the Oscar-nominated actor in Sherlock mode, investigating and having visions […]

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Sprint gets Populist (Well, tries to…)

I try not to be annoyed all the time. I really do. If you’re anything like me, your innate primate rage response is about to kick in, which will likely cause you to chew through your computer screen in a vain attempt to reach and destroy the tiny digital southern belles with a righteous fury […]

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Red Bull ad brilliantly capitalizes on Kris Bryant’s MLB call-up

Kris Bryant’s call-up to the Chicago Cubs was inevitable. The young phenom has been widely praised and his debut was greatly anticipated both among fans of the Cubs and those who simply love baseball. Red Bull hoped to take advantage of the hype and created an ad which sheds some light on what Bryant was up […]

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Adidas: Good things come to those who take

Adidas has fallen by the wayside in the world of sports. They are not the main clothing or shoe provider for the MLB, NFL, NHL. They do have a few top world athletes who are signed with them. Among them are Andrew Wiggins, John Wall, Joakim Noah, Derik Rose, Dwight Howard, Lionel Messi, the Real […]

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Fake Irony and Carl’s Jr.

We’ll begin with this Carl’s Jr. ad: They have a supermodel slowly, suggestively sucking peppers and jamming sandwiches into her mouth. It’s so over the top and sexualized that it looks like one of The Hamburgler’s dirtiest thoughts. The first time I saw it, I could hardly believe how disgusting it was. Surely, though, they […]

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Peter Dinklage voices new Game of Thrones inspired Fiat Chrysler ads

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles wants viewers to know that power and royalty can be attained by the new Chrysler 300. In the first of a new series of advertisements titled “The Kings & Queens of America,” starring Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage, the spot channels the GoT world in many ways with a powerful tone and similar […]

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Reviewing the Apple Watch… commercial

The Apple Watch preorders are beginning and so are the tech writers’ reviews of the newest gadget on the market. Every product launch by Apple creates a buzz in the air and at the forefront of creating buzz is the Apple commercial for the new item. Since Apple’s inception, the marketing has been a focus […]

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Xarelto brings in big name celebrities to sell medicine

I never thought I’d get excited about a blood-thinner, but this Xarelto commercial is a tour de force of manliness I just can’t ignore. The ad features Kevin Nealon, Brian Vickers, and Arnold Palmer who at first glance are an unlikely trio. My theory is that the combination of Nealon (a big name comedian from […]

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Sex sells as Kate Upton and Game of War: Fire Age creates brilliant ad campaign

Every successful celebrity advertisement is memorable for a reason. Apple embraced their inner quirkiness with Zooey Deschanel for the launch of Siri on the iPhone 4s. Lincoln went for the introspective look in the Matthew McConaughey spots that were widely mocked, but still plenty effective and talked about. Now, a Kate Upton led advertisement for a […]

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