Over at AdFreak the comments have been coming in hot and heavy over this ad for a Boise bagel shop that ran in a local alt-weekly: But scroll down through all the cream cheese and schmear jokes and you'll find a comment from Brian at Idaho Ad Agencies: There's no reportedly about it -- it did run in the Boise Weekly. Even though it was supposed to be in support of the Vagina Monologues, what you see here is what was …
The Consumer Is Not A Moron. She’s Your Skinny Wife.
Seriously, can someone tell me what it was like to concept, present and shoot an idea like this? Because I just can't imagine working in an ad agency that would've done this. It's so far removed from the reality of my life as a copywriter in 2007. …
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Disney Goes Bridal
Talk about some big time brand extensions: BusinessWeek reports on Disney's new line of designer bridal gowns. Disney is taking a bold step into a market dominated by designers like Vera Wang with high-end cachet. But Mickey Mouse is no stranger to the altar. In 1991, Disney World in Orlando, Fla., launched its Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons service. The popularity of the program and the number of available …
Big Sister
I've said it before and I'll say it again: The best consumer-generated ads we've seen out there are for political campaigns. And this is just a sample of what we're in for in 2008: As I understand it, this wasn't sanctioned by the Obama campaign. But I love it. …
The Ten Biggest Cocks In Advertising
Can I get the U.S. rights to do this over here? …
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The Law Of The Advertising Landscape
With the recent bi-partisan effort to enact further restrictions on tobacco advertising, I decided to explore the issue further. Just how much does advertising and marketing need to be regulated? It doesn’t matter who’s in power in Washington—there are both Democrats and Republicans who want to impose the additional tobacco regulations. It seems we are living in an ever-growing nanny state, and there are other types …
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Peter Krivkovich Talks About CareerBuilder’s Stupid Move
Over at The Hot Mic at Radio Talent Zoo, TZ's Bobbin Wages scores an exclusive podcast interview with Peter Krivkovich, CEO of Cramer-Krasselt. C-K, if you'll recall, decided to tell CareerBuilder.com to take a hike when the client decided it wasn't happy with its agency because its Super Bowl commercial failed to make the Top 10 in this year's USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter. Krivkovich also talks about agency-client …
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Can An Agency With A Name Like “Arnold” Be Anti-Male?
Adweek reports on a war of words between Arnold and Glenn Sacks, a blogger who thinks Arnold's commercials denigrate men. Glenn Sacks, on his Web site glennsacks.com, yesterday wrote, "We are asking Volvo not to award the contract to Arnold and instead award it to one of the other agencies, preferably Euro RSCG." He objects to several of the agency's recent commercials, notably an execution for Fidelity Investments, …
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