Under Armour Brings Drug-Free Drama Back to Baseball

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New York Mets base-grabber Jose Reyes makes an appearance in “Instinct Fast,” a new spot for sports label Under Armour.

…and Don’t You Just Love How the Doc’s Poppin’ Candy Post-Op?

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Skittles continues its mile-high “WTF?” spree with “Transplant,” which illustrates a new pack of cross-breed candies with a guy who recovers from an operation — only to find he’s been crossed with a dude named Jose.

Just Imagine, for a Sec, that Jellyfish were Table Lamps

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Here, Nordpol envisions a secret world populated by IKEA furniture.

A Stirring Encounter of Coke Kind.

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McCann Erickson/Madrid’s “Encounter” is an increasingly emotional progression toward the meeting of a centenerian and a just-born child.

Eliza Dushku Busts Out For Hulu

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In this new commercial for Hulu, Eliza Dushku, while strutting across the set, describes her new FOX show, Dollhouse, saying, It’s a potent blend of twisty plot lines and insane action that’ll keep your eyes glued and your brain rotting.”

Red Bull Big Tune is Coming.

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This April BET will be airing a “documentary webisodic series” called Red Bull Big Tune.

Okay, It’s Not Quite a Sing-Along.

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Comcast’s “Sing-Along” kinda reminds us of Dunkin’ Donuts’ “Moving” — except in this case, the scruffy guy sings about Comcast offerings in a chill dry un-make-fun-of-able monotone.

You Know, I Must’ve Missed the Fire-Breathing Seahorses Exhibit.

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If this new Visa Go ad is any authority, America’s favourite check card wants you to take your kids to the (apparently CGI’ed-out!) aquarium. On a Tuesday.

‘Gonorrhea? Oh … You Shouldn’t Have!’

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In “21st Birthday,” Trojan illustrates how nobody wants to get an STD with help from a girl who gets one for her birthday — and is pretty stoked about it, actually.

You Don’t Have to Quit, but At Least Leave the Building.

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With help from Cactus, ONE Step focuses on protecting the health of young children by encouraging smoker parents to go outside before lighting up.

Fictional DIRECTV Rival Seeks to Euthanize — Er, Youthenize — America

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DIRECTV reminds us all of its relevance (…?) with help from fictional rival Cable Corp Inc.

Trusted Voice Used to Herd Generation Next into Higher Ed

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CollegeClickTV.com hopes to encourage more kids to get a college education — and possibly get into football? — by broadcasting soothing pro-college messages, spoken by President Obama, on network TV.

Man Seeks Credit for ‘Hyundai Sunday’ Stroke of Genius

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On Super Bowl Sunday Hyundai launched “Angry Bosses,” an ad that depicted corpos all over the world angrily shouting Hyundai! in various states of aneurysm-inducing rage.

Entourage Appeals — Ever So Coolly — to FiOS Users

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Don’t know if you’ve ever seen Entourage, but it’s ridiculously sexy and cool.

Think Marines Are Hot? Go to War with Ukraine

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We knew a guy who got drafted into the Ukrainian military. As the day of his departure drew closer, he turned into a person we hardly knew and who sort of freaked us out.

Think the Marines Are Hot? Go to War with Ukraine

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We knew a guy who got drafted into the Ukrainian military. As the day of his departure drew closer, he turned into a person we hardly knew and who sort of freaked us out.

Despite what ‘Mad Men’ Would Have You Believe, Things Back Then Sucked.

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To promote its pension plan, AMF uses tact and a tongue-in-cheek tang to explore the actual merits of the good old days.

Scion Whips Out Fresh Sample for xD

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Here’s “Samples xD,” the latest spot from Scion’s fresh-out “Samples” effort.

Ibiza Targets the Skaters of Yesteryear

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Hmm. “Skaters,” an ad for the Seat Ibiza, features a nostalgic cover of Forever Young that made us tuck a chin in our collective hand and sigh, because we were thinking about Freaks and Geeks and childhood in general.

Yep, NASCAR’s Still NASCAR. Next!

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Superfad partnered with The Martin Agency to jazz NASCAR up for the Sprint Cup.