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April 27, 2008

seeing is believing

I find this commercial strangely charming.

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July 01, 2007

swine and dine

I like those new Trojan when-pigs-fly commercials, even though they sort of give off a creepy Looking for Mr. Goodbar-by-way-of-Jean-Pierre Jeunet vibe.

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June 20, 2007

if you love something, chuck it

This wonderful terrible squirrel catapult reminds me of the similarly kinetic flying death squirrel from this Vault commercial.

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May 21, 2007

baby patrol-iam

Putting tuneful toon tots behind the wheel to shill gasoline sends all sorts of wrong messages but it's also frickin' adorable.

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January 05, 2007

jimmy dean's jones

"At Sara Lee, Jimmy Dean executives took particular notice when McDonald's in 2003 introduced the McGriddle, the pancake-and-sausage sandwich gobbled by thousands each day. Michael Wellner, director of marketing for new products at Sara Lee's food and beverages division, began scouting restaurants for breakfast ideas that could easily be adapted for the home."

I always figured the introduction of the McGriddle was a seismic event.

Posted by R. at 12:03 PM | | Comments (0)

fresh sell

"Then I got really suspicious. A bag of natural Cheetos seemed so much more appealing than the classic cheese puff. Why? Was it the image of a subdued Chester Cheetah rising gently from a farm field bathed in golden sunlight?"

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October 13, 2006

searing memory

I saw this and immediately thought of this.

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June 27, 2006

watered bottle

That is a pretty, if apparently impractical, bottle. Almost as pretty as those old blue Clearly Canadian bottles (before they got all Fuze-y) and the Smart Water bottles before they got those ugly-busy new labels.

Posted by R. at 11:01 AM | | Comments (0)

May 27, 2006

gag me with

Wendy's: There's already a term for what a Frosty is (besides chocolate-malted slurry): soft-serve. "Soquid" merely recalls benthic organisms, a prospect even more unappetizing than your late-night pick-up menu. And then there's "fpoon," which is not only derivative of "spork," but also a speech impediment. Your ads are as dumb as Donald Trump's apprentices. But since I was suitably bored/incensed to blurb them, well done.

Posted by R. at 12:41 PM | | Comments (0)

April 12, 2006

eye watering

These Sour Patch Kids commercials are hopelessly awesome.

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January 12, 2006

intel inside the reality distortion field

"According to Conrad, it was also Apple's idea to make Intel CEO Paul Otellini hop into a bunny suit."

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January 10, 2006

intelivision

So this is the ad.

I like the concept but it lacks a certain attention to detail. It doesn't go far or deep enough—although perhaps that was an executive decision. It could have been dreamier, more Kubrickian—or even Lucasian, circa THX. You've got sterility. You've got hints of longing. Go there.

I'm too hard on Apple sometimes.

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