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Coke Zero Zero 7, New James Bond Packaging
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]...In Videos: Chalk Fight Scene in Japan Dairy Council Ad
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....Crazy Craigslist Cookie Ad
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...Gates, Seinfeld Discuss Computers That Are 'Moist and Chewy Like Cake …'
"... 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....Voiceover Master Don LaFontaine's Frozen Vegetable Commercial
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....Risqué Orangina Ads Stir Controversy
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...Sex Sells, But Even With Pasta Makers?
Doesn't this strategically placed pasta scarf make you want to order a Marcato brand pasta machine? Leave it to a half-naked woman to sell just about anything. Call the long distance Italian number if the marketing tactic worked (or you're just craving homemade pasta). [via Erin Doland]...For Vitamin D, Drink Schlitz Beer!
Schlitz, with Sunshine Vitamin D, gives you the sunny source of health you need the whole year round. Beer is good for you—but Schlitz, with Sunshine Vitamin D, is extra good for you. Now that's good marketing, not like today's ads that try to sell us sex and youthful energy. If only I had grown up in the 1930s—then I totally could have gotten my vitamin D from Schlitz Beer. [via copyranter]...Coaches Push NCAA for Alcohol Ad Ban
Photograph of beer cans from viZZZual.com on Flickr A letter from over 100 college coaches recently urged the NCAA to phase out beer and other alcohol ads from its sports telecasts, stating that they were "troubled by the prominence of alcohol advertising in televised college sports." The petition received support from the Campaign for Alcohol-Free Sports TV at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, whose director George A. Hacker deplored the "hypocrisy and illogic of NCAA's sell-out to beer peddlers." The letter was also supported by 59 college presidents and 239 athletic directors. Alcohol advertising is currently limited by the NCAA to one minute per hour of any telecast, and may only promote products with alcohol levels of...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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