Erbert & Gerbert’s Subs and Clubs: Candle Cannon

Erbert & Gerbert's Subs and Clubs: Candle Cannon

Advertising Agency: Colle + McVoy, Minneapolis, USA
Executive Creative Director: Mike Fetrow
Creative Director: Mike Caguin
Copywriter: John Neerland
Art Director: Dustin Black
Head of Broadcast: Ramon Nunez
Producer: Kelly Kytola
Account Supervisor: Sarah Townes
Account Executive: Jenny Stoltenow
Production Company: C+M
Directors: Dustin Black & John Neerland
Directors of Photography:
Ben Krueger & Aaron Ripplinger
Editor: Ben Cohen
Cannon Creator: Yellow Dog Scenic, Todd Stenson
Prop Master: Ryan Tallant
Lighting: Dave Underhill
Creative Producer: Dominic Simonetti
Production Assistant: Rick Hankes
Production Assistant: Laura Field
Aired: March 2008

Have You Considered the HUMANITY of Your Fast Food Chain of Choice?

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Maybe because the white space technique wasn’t sufficiently saucy, DDB Stockholm’s latest McDonald’s campaign has gone all red.

NIB ‘Fastrack to Cannes’ for Sale on Easy Street — er, eBay

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London-based Enter the Chapel swears it has an ad idea that’s instant Cannes-bait. But oops, the idea was castrated internally, so now it’s for sale on eBay.

Backer & Spielvogel Employees Reunite for a Night


Backer & Spielvogel was not only one of the hottest shops of the early 1980s, it also proved to be one of the hottest agency reunions last night.

Art vs. Furniture – Endless Nile Table by Karim Rashid (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The beautiful Endless Nile table by famous multi-talented designer Karim Rashid takes its inspiration from the slow and perpetual flow of the Nile river. The new design combines the inspiration by the past with a futuristic deconstruction of conventional table and seating concepts resulting in an or…

Victor Chandler Casino Launches ‘Chip Challenge’ by NPB

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How to get new blood into a casino:

– Promise the newbs free money
– Launch an addictive but impossible game (extra points: call it a “challenge!”)

Asimov’s First Law – Friendly Scales By Alice Wang (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Alice Wang is one of my favourite concept artists. Everything she does is interesting and thought provoking. This also is the case with her newest project, that is called Asimov’s First Law.

Let’s talk about artificial intelligence. Let’s talk about how machines could harm us. Let’s talk ab…

Beauty Through Coffee – Caffeine Rubs Rid Cellulite

(TrendHunter.com) With the winter season soon over in the northern hemisphere, women might have a look at their sisters in the southern hemisphere where the summer slowly comes to an end. With the sunshine in front of us, women start dreaming about light summer clothing and beach parties to enjoy in bikinis. Typicall…

Red Cross Hearing Test Harnesses Senses for Meaningful Message

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How does your hearing compare to others in your age group? Find out in this quick hearing exam, sponsored by the Red Cross and Oslo Health.

A Modest Forecast for 2008 National Ad Spending


ORLANDO, Fla. (AdAge.com) — A prominent advertising-industry analyst predicted 2008 would be a year of modest ad-spending growth, even as the Labor Department released weaker-than-expected jobs data today.

Humans reach out to aliens with Doritos ad

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If there is intelligent life in space, it might get a little bit dumber in the coming weeks, as British scientists are reportedly preparing to blast a consumer-generated Doritos commercial its way. According to press reports, which don’t appear to be a joke, “the British public is being asked to shoot a 30-second ad about what they perceive life on Earth to be as part of Doritos’ ‘You Make It, We Play It’ user-generated-content campaign. The winning advert in the competition will be beamed past the Earth’s atmosphere, beyond our solar system and into the universe, to anyone ’out there’ that may be watching.” It’s one thing to beam a Beatles song into space, as NASA did recently. It’s another to bombard potentially hostile life-forms with a potato-chip commercial. Then again, if they’re advanced enough, they’ll surely be able to fast-forward through it without any trouble.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

Video Game Footwear – Nintendo Right in your Sneakers

(TrendHunter.com) You would have to be a seriously dedicated gamer to buy a pair of sneakers with a built-in NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) crammed into it. But I’m pretty sure the shoes will attract quite a few die-hards out there who live to play video games. The sneakers are fully functional giving the user o…

New Free Research OS – Microsoft Singularity

Microsoft has finally lifted the curtain on its research-oriented Singularity OS that has been in development for half a decade. The operating system was unveiled at the TechFest 2008 research event in Redmond, and will be made available at no charge for academic and non-commercial use. The system i…

Protecting Your Plastic – Credit Card Sleeve Hides Number

This is a pretty clever invention, and one that probably will be adopted by businesses as giveaways. It’s name is lame: Peek-a-Bye, but it’s purpose is great. It’s a opaque sleeve to put your credit card in but still allows your name and the last few digits of your card for I.D. The back of the slee…

Chandelier With a Message – The End of an Era (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) ‘The End of an Era’ by Ian Burns is a chandelier of sixteen small monitors hanging from the ceiling, all displaying a live-feed image of a light bulb created by the “perversely archaic method of a camera obscura.” By focusing on the ubiquity of the screen and our ever-more sedentary relationshi…

Adam & Eve and AMP win TMG brief

The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has appointed Adam & Eve and AMP as its new advertising and direct marketing agencies.

Adam & Eve takes Telegraph account

Adam & Eve has picked up its third new account in a week by scooping the Telegraph’s advertising business.

Adam & Eve scoops £8m Telegraph Group account

LONDON – Telegraph Media Group has appointed Adam & Eve and AMP as its new advertising and direct marketing agencies, following a final shoot-out against the partnership of TBWA and Tequila.

Telegraph hands £8m ad account to Adam and Eve

LONDON – Telegraph Media Group has appointed Adam and Eve and AMP to handle its £8m advertising and direct marketing accounts respectively.

One Thing Matters in a Fragmenting Landscape: Content


ORLANDO, Fla. (AdAge.com) — The theme of this year's 4A's annual Media Conference and Trade Show, "Digital changes everything," is slightly flawed, because there is one constant in the media business: content.