Hasta La Creative!

Remember when the Elmo Song murder brought out the inner-child-decimating sociopath in you? The Bessies can help fuel that sleeping fire.

Courtesy of law firm Hanson Bridgett, here’s another contender for the WTF award.

I was tricked! Duped! Misled! Mis-informed! Arrgg!

Copyranter rants about even more lame 9/11 rip off ads.

We were going to leave this one alone but since it’s beginning to appear in a few places, we feel it’s necessary to cover (with facts, no less).

According to Ad Age, Molson-Coors and Diageo are pouring Canadian ad dollars into a fledgling video network that broadcasts directly to bars.

The Bar Channel broadcasts programming via closed-circuit internet to subscriber bars. Bar Channel’s offerings include short clips of bloopers, extreme sports, scantily clad women and other standard bar fare, set inside a rail that flashes local information, the bar’s name and logo, sponsor logos, the local time and weather, and whatever message the bar wants to send to its customers.

“We’ve seen share gains in the bars where we’ve used it,” said Terry Rudiak, who manages national sales for Molson-Coors in Canada. “So we’re pretty excited about where this can go.”

“Are you self-centered, arrogant or conceited? Do you have a strong need for recognition? You must have a Mac.”

Because we all love ourselves some squirrels (1, 2, 3), consider how you’re robbing them of house and home the next time you get a paper bank statement.

YES Essentials carseats are impervious to a fondue bath.

For some brands, deep association with a celebrity isn’t enough. Air Jordans and Jordan, and Simmons and Phat Farm, only come around once in a … whenever.