May
14
The evolution of computer commercials.
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Ah, I remember most of those games and computers – and the ads too!
May
12
One man, must follow his dream, to become an orthodontist.
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May
08
Emergency Party Button
Posted in: UncategorizedStaples Easy Button, bow your head to the Emergency Party Button!
May
06
What if life was more like Facebook?
Posted in: UncategorizedThanks Darryl at brandflakesforbreakast for reminding why I loathe facebook so while giving me a laugh. 🙂
May
06
The 50 best commercial parodies of all time according to Nerve (Non US IP version)
Posted in: UncategorizedFolks that have US IP numbers or feel like being clever proxy surfers may head straight to the Nerve.com list of “The 50 best commercial parodies of all time“. Europeans, Aussies and all ye other fine adgrunts around the world hop inside where I’ve collected all the videos that don’t say “The clip you selected isn’t available from your location”, “the requested video can not be displayed in your region” or “this clip is no longer available” to save some time.
Apr
17
OMG! Microsoft has a sense of humor? Spoofs Springsteen for SP1.
Posted in: UncategorizedBEHOLD the terrible spoof of Springsteen’s Dancing In The Dark video, complete with a super-cheesy Bruce Springsteen impersonator used an an internal Microsoft “Pep-talk” promotion thingie for Vista SP1. Wow. I think my jaw just shattered on the floor, will someone please wipe that up?
Apr
11
Digital Grunt: the glamourous life in the visual effects industry
Posted in: UncategorizedA glorious Friday yet again, so I present to you todays eerily accurate timewaster. Post-production is always like this! (also note the client picks out that one bad pixel, arrrgh!) Do read the credits kids.
Apr
02
Google vs. Sonox: wa the hell?….
Posted in: UncategorizedI found this at http://great-ads.blogspot.com (so I can’t exactly vouch for its provenance) but it seems to be a German viral/guerilla ad for Google Video.
Mar
21
Great scenes from TV an cinema told using only typography
Posted in: UncategorizedHey adgrunts. I was busy today, wallpapering my bedroom in fact, so the glittering gold walls in there are the reason I did not update today. And likely the reason for future nightmares, holy cow is it ever gold. Fit to be a King Midas bedroom. 😉
So here’s my friday treat for those of you not busy getting drunk for easter, the Jewish festival of Purim, or partying down for the Persian new year of Narouz; or if you are Sunni celebrating Eid Milad an Nabi which the birth of the Prophet; or digging the Small Holi for Hindus. (in short there’s a lot of partying going on around the world right now peace be with us all!).
You can see many more Great scenes of television and film told using only typography under that link. Well worth a click. Now go!
Mar
19
Feel the magic of Adland – Everything is simple with Adland.
Posted in: UncategorizedI’ve been playing with the Sloganizer for a few minutes to see what slogans it might suggest for dear old Adland. Well:
Be alive with Adland
Endless possibilities with Adland
Adland – Now!
Adland, since 1845
Naughty little Adland
Can you feel it? Adland.
Easy Adland
Sheesh! It’s getting kinkier by the minute, don’t worry, your jobs are safe copywriters. That’s not to say it isn’t fun. Go on, you try.
Mar
18
Here it is, Madonna’s Sunsilk ad debuting “4 minutes”
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Madonna’s first single from her new album debuted last night in a new Sunsilk hair products TV advert. I have nothing else to say about this, except the Sunsilk campaign has more money than brains.
Mar
17
Advertising is like a cult
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“but not like a cult in a bad way or anything like that, like a uh, good cult.” The Mentorship do their best Tom Cruise impressions talking about something that they say is different from traditional advertising internships (though they fail to explain how – I had live briefs and real clients at my ad school already, and every day on my internships, plus senior creatives watching over me specifically… and I even got paid a wee sum of money.. so what’s the difference guys?)
Mar
17
Advertising comes to Goa – Goafest spots
Posted in: Uncategorized“Circumstances are conspiring to create a catastrophe of colossal proportions! A Caucasian colleague of mine who was cavorting in the sea has been cloaked by the cruel convulsions of the choppy sea, and unless you make a concerted charge right now the countenance of my colleague could be clouded by the specter of calamity and it could be…”
oh bother I can’t even hear all the words he’s saying! How the actor managed to memorize this I’ll never know.
Watch (on youtube) Societal Truths, Maria Dsouza, a slight jab at the Art Directors in Prohibited Board (although I don’t interpret it as if he can’t read, he’s just not swimming – duh!), Soaking sand, Sand Broom, and Goan boat all created by ad agency Contract in Mumbai advertising the Ad Goa Fest.
Hat tip to our pal Anantha.
Mar
10
What An “Exquisite Corpse” – Little Minx shows off skills with web films
Posted in: UncategorizedBased on the French Parlor game of the same name, this series of short films known as “Exquisite Corpse” was created by the commercial production company Little Minx, a division of RSA Films to allow their talented lineup of new directors to strut their stuff.
Assembling a roster of unique directors that work in film, television and commercial production, Little Minx chose four directors – Chris Nelson, Josh Miller, Malik Hassan Sayeed and Phillip Van to write and direct their own short films, all following two golden rules: they must respond to the last line of text from the previous director’s script and they must feature the Little Minx brand in some unique way. Every played the game blogstop? Well, it’s like that but with film.
What resulted is anything but ordinary. You can see the results of this hybrid of filmmaking and advertising at www.littleminx.tv and you can rate the films here in the archive as well giving the guys props as you see fit.
Mar
07
I’m getting bored of Facebook… Sing along!
Posted in: UncategorizedRebelvirals have created this anti-facebook anthem and since I so utterly hate facebook, I’ll make this my youtube exeption for the day. Sorry all ye who can’t see youtube stuff, quit poking me!
Previous facebook posts.
Facebook fertile grounds for adware and phishing scams
Facebook dials down the ad creepyness a tad after ruining more than Christmas
Feb
29
David Ogilvy shows off his red suspenders.
Posted in: UncategorizedApologies for the youtube post guys who can’t see it – but this was too good to pass up. David Ogilvy shares some of his insights while showing off his trademark red suspenders. You ain’t fooling me David, it’s not because it’s hot in India that you removed your jacket.
Feb
27
Mid week lunch distractions
Posted in: UncategorizedJames Avery, a.k.a Uncle Phil was on a diet, someone out there has remixed “pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes” into my favorite song of the moment. My diet consists of dancing to it instead of eating pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes. Groovy baby!
Sarah Silverman let Jim Kimmel know that “I’m Fucking Matt Damon” . Now here’s Jimmy Kimmel’s F@cking Response to Matt and Sarah.
Feb
26
Teaching the machine.
Posted in: UncategorizedA nice little short about text, digital text, and the future of ideas.
Hat tip to Ã…kestam & Holst.
Feb
22
cramersweeney – Smart Marketing IQ Test
Posted in: UncategorizedHow much of an ad geek are you? Know your logos, jingles and mascots?
Take the cramersweeney – Smart Marketing IQ Test.
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