*FEELING FREAKY?
Here I'm dealing with a parody ad that makes me feel ignorant on so many levels: I don't know who French soccer star Franck Ribery is, I don't know the intro to the '70s Pink Panther Show (check it: the Pink Panther has a theme song that's not super-famous and is very, very dated), and I was unaware that ridiculously-colored shoes are acceptable in the European soccer world.
When I saw this video today, I thought, "huh." But alarms went off. My ad-dar is on high. I'm not missing another one this week. Also, from my sources, there is no official mention of this impact at the Canadian Meteorite and Impacts Advisory Committee website. Hmm. Let's watch:
Just like in Lord of the Rings, where the One True Ring needed to be unforged in the fires of Mount Doom, the horror that has been "fun with faces" must end where it began: Office Max's "Elf Yourself" campaign, which is now in its third year. Today, agencies argue over who should get credit. Tomorrow, they will each be blaming each other for the debacle. Let's discuss:
Teenage and twenty-something boys spend their days in cramped rec rooms playing video games. That's the culture that we, teenage and twenty-something girls, must deal with when they come out of their caves and into the real world.
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm disappointed in Tom Dickson. Instead of blending his way through what was ostensibly an ad for a live appearance, he just talked. No blending, just persuading. Boo! Well, he's built up enough good will over the years for me to let this one slide. Let's watch:
It took The New York Times basically forever to write about a phenomenon that we in the post-advertising age have known about for years: Hollywood's recent failures as a storytelling machine. To quote from today's article lamenting the death of the art of narrative in American movies, "How do you compete with Transformers?"
The new social media brand, Twitter, is notorious for giving people something they didn't know they wanted and now can't live without, while also having terrible customer service. Yet, it grows and grows. Here at PostAdvertising.com, Twitter has become a large part of what we do. It's a great way to talk with our friends in the ad community. Something tells me that when the service is back up, we're going to see a deluge of anti-Twitter tweets. Click here to follow ours.
In this time of economic hardship, it's nice to know that not just investment banks are getting a handout. Well, in a way.
This was almost a candidate for "Is It an Ad?" But alas, the pitch for RoyalMail.com is much more direct than I thought it would be in this video that is pretty certain to go viral. Not because it's a dancing animal (though that always helps) but because of the unnaturalness of the movements of the CGI cat. It's so strange. Watch:
Soon, coming to a mall near you (if you live in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia or San Francisco), a Sierra Mist Re-Gift Rap Battle. Essentially: A travelling mall show, rap battles. After that, it gets confusing. Hold on:
What was 42 Below thinking when they signed off on this spot by The Glue Society? Were they high?
After putting together this uber awk spot for Guitar Hero World Tour, the BMs at MTV decided to mix it up. I mean, were we supposed to imagine a world where Tony Hawk, A-Rod, Michael Phelps and Kobe Bryant are all friends? Even the stupidest of us realized this is the athletic version of a multicultural print ad. So, what did they do?
