RPA and Honda have conjured up some terrific animated videos to help promote three worthy causes this holiday season. The videos feature favorite nostalgic toys such as Gumby and Pokey and Skeletor and He-Man singing their renditions of familiar or newly created holiday tunes. Each video has a charity associated with it. The video that garners the most views through December 21 will win a grand prize of …
Diet Coke-Fueled Taylor Swift And A Room Full of Kittens (Need We Say More)
Cats rule the internet. But does the feline brand of cuteness transfer well to TV? Let's look at this new Diet Coke spot, “Kittens,” developed by Droga5 New York for evidence. http://youtu.be/okTokQgOo6I Filmed in New York City and directed by Keith Schofield, “Kittens” is the third TV spot for Diet Coke’s “Get A Taste” campaign. The new spot joins “Economy Class” and “Car Wash,” which were released earlier …
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Jerry Seinfeld Wins A Clio, Treats It Like A Lesser Emmy
Jerry Seinfeld won a Clio and made an anti-advertising speech. Yes, that is working both sides of the silver dollar. Personally, I don't want to watch or hear Seinfeld's whine. I think the following ad from Adobe is better. http://youtu.be/7d3VAYGnXjY …
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Salute Garage Rock With A Captain & Coke
Given that many lifestyle brands are also publishers today, brands have an opportunity to bring beauty and intelligence into the world, not just more "Look at Me!" adverts. For instance, King Tuff's new single, "Danger in the Dark," was created for the Captain Morgan brand's new global advertising campaign, The Tavern Series, which premiered in Mexico last week. "Danger in the Dark" will also appear on …
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Today on TV: Mama Sherman and the Legion of Super Fans
The freakiness of fandom is on display in this new "Copter Caper" from Y&R/New York and Campbell's Chunky soups. Post by AdPulp. As a Seahawks fan, I love that the team and Richard Sherman is getting this kind of prime time commercial coverage. As a fan of soups, the chunky cheese, beer and bacon soup featured in the spot also sounds pretty enticing. Ergo, this is clearly six points for the Campbell's …
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Today on TV: Foreigner Gets Played By Hot Pockets
Hot Pockets is making fun of Foreigner. http://youtu.be/fSldY-AYK8s Man, that's cold as ice. http://youtu.be/lMqfWoFjgto "With the protein of real hickory ham and 100% real cheese, it's food that fires you up." Sure it is. Rock on, Hot Pockets. …
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X-Men Love X-Tra Bacon
One may need to employ mutant superpowers to take down the two X-Tra servings of bacon on the new Western X-Tra Bacon Cheeseburger and X-Tra Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit from Carl's Jr. and Hardee's. The brands' promotional tie-in with 20th Century Fox’s release of X-Men: Days of Future Past kicked off today with the premiere of “Mystique”. http://youtu.be/EJs8zC-AnQk Additional spots from creative agency …
For $399, You Can Trust Your New Distance Off the Tee
Don't trust Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, and Justin Day. Don't trust robots. Don't trust reviews. Trust your new distance," care of a new TaylorMade SLDR driver. http://youtu.be/vq6S_IzRGNU According to TaylorMade, many golfers have yet to experience the phenomenon of low-forward center of gravity (CG), which is at the foundation of SLDR’s performance. Low forward CG greatly reduces spin, and when coupled …
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