Entries tagged with 'advertising'
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According to the Ad Freak blog, the following videos (after the jump) are the first national ad campaign for Oberto beef jerky. They're mildly amusing and somewhat bizarre, and maybe they'll go some way toward elevating jerky beyond a road-trip snack, for which it is ideally suited. Still, I prefer the weird mom-and-pop local brands that you find at truck stops and gas stations. No clever marketing campaign can top the regional flavors of jerky that you find as you drive cross-country. And as far as jerky commercials go, there's no topping the old Randy "Macho Man" Savage spots for Slim Jim. Those were truly surreal and memorable....
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Gum brand Dentyne's latest ad campaign features Internet lingo implying that you should stop reading this website, get off your butt, and make face time. Don't even think of hugging or kissing another person if you're not chewing Dentyne Gum. The ads are cute, but as I rarely find myself rolling in the grass with another human being or being part of a five-person pile-up, looking at these ads just reminds me how severely lonely and Internet addicted I am. Seriously though, I make most of my friends through the Internet, so this ad probably isn't targeted towards me. [via AdFreak]...
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Crest Whitening Expressions needs a fresh, clean catchphrase, so who better to reel in video submissions with ideas than the Catchphrase King. Emeril Bam! Lagasse. Who cares if his teeth are white (not enough close-ups in this ad to say for sure) or if he actually uses Crest. (What if he's a Colgate man? Gasp.) So far, he isn't working with much. Submitted catchphrases include: "Aiee, chihuahaha," "Boo-yah," and "Owwwa." They're getting pretty desperate. Watch Emeril flex Bam! in the Crest campaign, after the jump....
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Photograph by 2wenty5ifthfloor on Flickr Unfortunately it's not real sausage, because that would be messy. A fake sausage foosball table is still pretty good. The "Sausage vs. Sausage" custom foosball table is the genius creation of Red Tettemer, a Philadelphia-based advertising agency, for client Hatfield Quality Meats in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. Twisting plastic meat tubes for the win sure makes me want to eat real meat tubes! Very effective marketing....
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To promote the latest Bond film, The Quantum of Solace (out mid-November in the States), Coca-Cola and Sony Entertainment shook hands on this numerically-convenient special edition Coke Zero Zero 7 bottle. The bottles will roll out next month, but only in the UK. According to the Coca-Cola brand director across the pond, the edginess of the Bond persona matches that of the Coke Zero identity. The core audience is 20-something men who dream of wearing more tuxedos and carrying a license to kill card. [via The Dieline]...
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What does a student-teacher brawl involving launched chalk missiles with Matrix-like martial arts moves and music have to do with dairy? After watching it four times, I still don't really know. But maybe somebody out there wants to drink milk and eat cheese after watching this. Video, after the jump....
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From i y e r s on Flickr I've seen my fair share of crazy Craigslist ads, but this one takes it to a whole new level. A bright clean bedroom on Manhattan's Upper West Side can be yours for only $1 a month, if you agree to bake the owner 50 cookies every day by 6 p.m. It sounds easy enough, but there are some pretty specific restrictions attached: Forbidden ingredients include anise, marjoram, allspice, caraway, and oats. I will nevertheless request oatmeal cookies from time to time and you must find a way to make them without oats. Good luck with that. This apartment is clearly being rented out by the Cookie Monster. To anyone who responds...
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"... so that we can eat them while we’re working." So goes some of the pointless banter in this dreadful commercial for Microsoft, after the jump. Fast forward to about a minute in for the relevant food-related drivel....
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King of voiceovers Don LaFontaine died yesterday after complications from a collapsed lung. If you've ever been to a movie, you've more than likely heard LaFontaine's voice as you've munched your popcorn during the previews. From the Hollywood Reporter: Before his death, he had provided voiceovers for an estimated 5,000 movie trailers, including Batman Returns, The Terminator, Cast Away, The Elephant Man and Dr. Strangelove. Many of those began with his catchphrase, "In a world where …" Here's a video (after the jump) where LaFontaine lends his famous voice to a commercial for Birds Eye Steamfresh frozen vegetables....
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Bow-chicka-bow-wow sums up recent ads for Orangina, where an anthropomorphized animal kingdom shakes, shimmies, and lap dances, wearing lingerie and strategically-placed leaves. It's quite a jump from the vintage French ones with an orange peel serving as a harmless umbrella. The commercial itself is even worse. Soda bottles explode between the thighs of zebras, then squirt onto the chests of other animals. Not sure how much that and a scantily-clad gazelle fits into the fizzy French soda vision. Parents and children groups are offended, as reported in the Independent, inspiring the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) to reconsider the ad. Do you think it meets the standards of good taste and decency? Watch the Orangina commercial after the jump. [via...
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