Slate has released their list of the most atrocious ads of the year, and I have to say I agree about most of them, though they left out some egregious offenders, like Philips Colon Health. Regardless, here’s the list…enjoy!
Ads we hate (Slate)
In honor of the ongoing holiday season, a classic ad for one of my favorite foods – DListed
Another awesome DListed ad article, this time about a classic board game ad – DListed
Indie music in advertising (full disclosure: the article was written by a friend) – Quiet Color
The D&G threesome ad! – Grazia Daily
Least thought given to a product award: Aciphex (my thoughts exactly!) – MLS Debris
Don’t copy that floppy! – DiggNation (via YouTube)
Axe is a total tease – Copyranter
Isn’t it great that swindlers have gone back to actually selling snake oil? – AdFreak
Whoa! Definitely NSFW condom ads – Copyranter
Clever 100 years war ad – Ads of the World
An “exciting” new Yahoo ad is debuted during “Advertising Week”…kill me – Advertising Age
A birther infomercial? Say it ain’t so – NY Mag
Fun fun links!
Dentyne tries to be hip by referencing blogs and “I can has cheezburger” – AdWeek
An amateur version of a cool big-budget Budweiser ad – AdFreak
A really weird farting-themed ad for air freshener (I think) – I Believe in Advertising
A compilation of some awesome commercial work by cartoonist Cyriak Harris – The Presurfer
A weird Mentos beatboxing-themed ad- I Believe in Advertising
Not an ad, but still fun to watch – Viral Video Chart
Here are just a few of the interesting ad-related newsbits floating around the web right now.
Burger King’s Sexy Seven Incher…not a foot long? – DListed
Not officially an ad, but it’s very possible it’ll turn out to be viral marketing – Socialite Life
The Kush is going to be so overexposed soon. It’ll be the new ShamWow – Mail Online
Some cool stop-motion Spam ads – BrandFreak
Unnecessarily sexy car ads – Jalopnik
Overused metaphors are hilarious – AdFreak
Knob Creek running out of liquor??! – AdRants