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Justin “Scrappers” Morrison long ago entered into ad folklore with his scene-stealing role, alongside stuffed-raccoon sidekick, in this video about WK+12, the in-house Wieden + Kennedy ad school that Morrison attended in 2006. One thing that’s been lacking over the years, though, is a good Scrappers Photoshop contest. Luckily, one of Scrappers’ buddies, a guy named Dickbird, has organized one. Visitors to Dickbird’s site can upload a background image, pick a Scrappers headshot, and let the hilarity ensue. Over on his Flickr photo stream, Scrappers explains: “My buddy dickbird and I have had an ongoing photoshop war for a couple years. He might have just destroyed me with this website.” Quite the opposite, we feel. We attempted a couple of entries here and here. If you feel likewise inspired, we can add yours to the gallery, too.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

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From The Consumerist comes this story of a dollar bill that appears in the lettuce of a KFC sandwich commercial:

in this spot:

It’s not exactly subliminal advertising, but really, who has the inclination to do something like this? Is anybody photoshopping tits in the ice cubes, too? Have you ever done anything like this at your agency?

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DEBUT is a new trend site from Hamburg, Germany. With the intention of shedding light on innovations arising in Germany, Sturm und Drang set up Debut to expose the country’s latest trends and insights.

Sturm und Drang is a Hamburg-based research agency doing insight and foresight research. This is…