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Enjoy Chicago based DesignKitchen’s dancing holiday elf/intern/brave soul. What’s it called when you dance behind someone who isn’t aware that you’re there?

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Sometimes, when ad placement goes awry, it’s nice to sit back and enjoy the show. Take the above image for example (thank you anon tipster). Toyota’s advertising has been at issue for some time now, namely because of, ‘Saved by Zero, (coincidentally, we already wrote about it earlier today). But the ad above (Saatchi-born) for the ever-lame ‘Toyotathon’ makes us feel increasingly indifferent about the brand.

Why? Because even though they make great cars with cool interiors, buying one means $xx,xxx.xx dollars just went to Japan. But, who can get a loan these days anyway? We’ll stick to the ever-awesome MTA and gas-guzzling Crown-Vic cabs.

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Oh look, It’s Trailer Crashers with new clothes on. Yes, Samsung is out with Rumble in the Jingle

In response to findings that tire air pressure is directly related to fuel efficiency, Michelin Tires rolled out two series of “low rolling resistance” tires to meet consumers’ ever-growing need for fuel saving goods. But the legitimacy of claims made in ads for the new products has been called into question and now the tire maker may have to do some back-pedaling to clear things up.

According to TireReview, a Web site dedicated to all things rubber and road related (not to be confused with rubber and rode), Bridgestone filed a complaint with the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (NAD) calling ‘bullshit’ on claims made in Michelin ads that all their products are the most fuel-efficient (and more &#151 see this article for more details).

NAD has made recommendations to Michelin about modifying the fine print to be more clear about their wares &#151 but let this be a reminder to you all: if you lie about what your product does, you’ll probably have a few months before anyone catches on. And by then enough widgets will have sold that it will all have been worth while. Let’s hope they cover this riveting subject on TNT’s ‘TrustMe’.

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(TrendHunter.com) If you really love a certain piece of furniture, but have no room for it, then what more could you want than these awesome wall stickers? The whole site in general rules and has some really amazing and…

LONDON – Upmarket magazine Monocle is launching a weekly radio podcast, The Monocle Weekly, with Blackberry signed on as the programme’s launch sponsor.

LONDON – Kellogg is promoting the £3m Special K Slimmer Jeans Challenge with a new online tool that is designed to encourage people to lose weight.

(TrendHunter.com) I have noticed recently a sea of words for walls–a trend that is very much taking over traditional pictures. They say a picture speaks 1,000 words but I am beginning to think that when it comes to interior…

TV ad sales people take note: there’s a recession on, so you may want to start dropping them prices, mmmk? OK well you might not have anything to do with it, but from what we’re hearing (and reading) few networks have responded to the down economy like the rest of the world has: with recession specials that help offset decreasing media budgets.

The standard for most companies facing said cuts has been two-fold: lower product prices (whether it be socks or filet mignon) and lay-offs. Trim the fat and charge less for the meat, baby. So, why are TV ads still going for the going-rate? Because they can! But shouldn’t they be?

When it comes to having ones head up his/her ass, no one does it better than the proverbial TV/cable network. Overpriced, under-delivered content is the status quo in TV &#151 especially when compared to digital offerings. Yet gobs of money are still wasted there. Sure sure, TV gets eyeballs, but as we near the end of the first decade of this century that phenomenon is going the way of the reality TV show (though no one has told MTV that, it seems…16 new reality shows planned for ’09).

Like newspapers, we assert that TV advertising will decline (at least until we all get our shit together) in relevancy. Well, we think it’s already happening, but catching up takes time.

Maybe we’re not the best example, but over the weekend we took in nothing but OnDemand and HBO content (Summer Heights High, watch it, love it). Nonetheless, as user selectivity increases networks will be hard-set to sell ad space for as much as they once did. It’s going to happen &#151 it is happening &#151 and if you don’t believe us, just ask yourself: what did you watch this weekend?

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(TrendHunter.com) You may think you don’t know what a Munny is, but you would have most certainly seen one. They are the decorate-it-yourself vinyl toys that allow the user to personalize their Munny with markers, pens…