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To be perfectly honest, I don't know much about the HBO "Voyeur" thing that won a lot of Lions last week. Seems that it involved a lot of production in all kinds of media. But apparently, an agency that worked with BBDO to produce the idea thinks it deserves more credit. From Ad Age: In an interview, Michael Lebowitz, co-founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, one of the shops instrumental in executing "Voyeur," criticized …
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There's still a small part of me that sees the value in awards shows. But boy, it's getting really hard to defend this type of shit: J.C. Penney Co. officials are upset about a racy, fake advertisement on YouTube in which the retailer appears to be endorsing teen sex, and they are blaming the company's ad agency, Saatchi & Saatchi. The purported ad, which surfaced on the Internet after winning a prestigious …
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That's all I have to say. George Carlin was the best. Nobody had a better understanding of the nuances of language. I can't say I'm totally shocked--his last couple of specials on HBO showed him to be a little slower than usual. But I have at least 10 of his comedy albums and they're wall-to-wall hilarious. US comic George Carlin dies at 71. …
According to The Financial Times, a Y&R subsidiary in Zimbabwe has been assisting the re-election campaign of Robert Mugabe. Below, an example ad courtesy of British political commentator Iain Dale. Now that the light has been shined on this batch of cockroaches, WPP is divesting itself of the Y&R subsidiary. I really like the "100%" callout at the top. What's next? "Now--with extra thuggery!" …
So this graphic landed in my e-mail box today from Canon: Now, will there be an increase in shipping costs that negate the gas savings you'd have from not driving to Best Buy? I also saw some BMW commercials last night touting their energy efficiency. Something about the entire line of cars averaging 28 mpg. Yes, BMW. Boy, the times are changin'. …
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Here's one print ad in a campaign for Energizer, courtesy of DDB South Africa. See the rest here. …
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This, for a Dallas Kia dealer: UPDATE: I guess they do a lot of impersonations: …
I'm not an NBA fan, but this Ad Age story is wild: According to a new survey of 907 people released exclusively to Ad Age today, more than one-third (37%) of respondents believe that the National Basketball Association somewhat or very likely alters the outcomes of its games. The YouGovPolimetrix Omnibus Poll found that among "casual" or "avid" fans, an even higher number, 41%, think it's either very likely or …
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