Making a Heart Attack Memorable: Ken Jeong
Here’s a clever video from the American Heart Association that might save some lives. Ken Jeong from The Hangover talks us through a heart attack and how to keep someone alive if you’re at the scene where one happens. It encourages us to Push Hard and Call 911. The standards for CPR have changed from […]
Read PostAdidas Megalizer: Music and Hip-hop lovers listen up
Here’s a high energy new spot from Adidas called Megalyzer. Nice way to pump up the Adidas brand without the use of any words.
Read PostSkittles Touch the Rainbow: Odd, very odd
Here’s a peculiar (read odd) commercial from Skittles called Touch the Rainbow. Is it effective? Or just weird for the sake of weird? You be the judge. This seems to be a strategy growing in popularity, at least among advertisers. For some it seems like the stranger the concept, the better – sense be forgotten! I […]
Read PostSkyTV: 60 Seconds – Fun, fast film
Here’s a clever Kiwi ad from SkyTV that offers 60 alternatives for a husband to watching TV. Interesting direction for an advertisement for a Television network. It certainly is memorable, though!
Read PostAlways Open: Denny’s Original Programming
Here’s an intriguing cross promotion of comedic original programming and eating… set in a Denny’s. Branded content gets no clearer when the set is in a Denny’s restaurant. Arrested Development fans should get a kick out of this launch episode, all three + minutes of it. Jason Bateman and Dave Koechner have at it in […]
Read PostPuma Blam Blam: The World’s Fastest Band
Here’s a fun commercial for Puma set in Jamaica, the home of Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man (Olympic sprinter). The spot is lighthearted and fun. Called ‘Blam, Blam’, this video was created by ad agency Droga5. It’s supposed to depict the ‘World’s Fastest Band.’
Read PostPredicting Our Future. It’s Not That Far Away.
Here’s a look at our future via a film created by Corning called ‘A Day Made of Glass’. There are a lot of highly feasible ideas here showing how Corning might change our lives over the next five or ten years…maybe? It’s clearly resonating because nearly 2 million people have viewed this video as of […]
Read PostSuper Bowl XLV Ad Review
All in all the ads were not so impressive this year. Not sure why they were so sub-par but I was disappointed. One of my perennial favorites – BUDWEISER and BUD LIGHT were HUGE disappointments, and newcomer CARMAX’s ads were stupid. Here’s a link to the Advertising Age Web site with ALL the SUPER BOWL […]
Read PostOne NFL Ad You Won’t See During the Super Bowl
An NFL strike is looming once the Super Bowl dust settles. The NFL Players Association launched this ad to motivate fans to sign the petition to get the teams to ‘let them play.’ This ad doesn’t really move me. I would have gone for a more emotional edge, but you certainly feel locked out with […]
Read PostSuper Bowl Classic: Centrum Silver Strip Poker
Here’s a great classic commercial created for the Super Bowl three years ago by Centrum Silver. Great idea…. simple idea. It uses a well known, well established concept we all understand – Strip Poker – and turns it nicely on its ear. Sorry I couldn’t find a better version on the web . Hope you […]
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