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The standout commercial of the weekend. Good? Bad? You decide.

claymore's picture
Posted by claymore on 18. June 2001 - 13:36

Every so often, a spot comes across the airwaves that makes you damn glad you decided to stay in the ad biz for another paycheck or two, only at another agency. This, my friends, is one of those spots.

It's residential. It's pedal pumpin'. It's surprisingly cerebral. It's classical. It's new. It's Nike.

It's not for everyone due to its, umm, subtle nature, but view the spot and, like, decide for yourself if you dig it or not. (more...)

Taliban explains current crunch in U.S. economy

Pablo's picture
Posted by Pablo on 15. June 2001 - 23:01

Forget the usual explanations of the dot-com bust and the out-of-control-uber-hype-of-technology driving the American economy into a tailspin. The Taliban has a better story.

Shots net is back

dabitch's picture
Posted by dabitch on 14. June 2001 - 6:35

For those of you who haven't heard the news, Shots.net is back online in full.

yeay!

Does God need advertising?

bittertruth's picture
Posted by bittertruth on 12. June 2001 - 15:27

O&M's God Campaign

A recent newspaper columnist reports that O&M Singapore
has done a campaign to increase awareness about God..............
A few questions for God:

1. Why did you not invite other agencies to pitch for your account?

2. Did you do this ad blitz because you saw a threat from the competition, Satan?

3. There are no contact numbers in the ads, how do I get in touch with you? Via knee mail?

4. What is the size of the account?

5. Did the ads work? How many atheists now believe in your existence?

But I nit-pick dear Lord. Forgive me.

Bottomline is your ads are brilliant, cutting-edge stuff, and deserve to win at the One Show, D&AD, CA, Cannes and Clio.

We have officially run out words people...

dabitch's picture
Posted by dabitch on 11. June 2001 - 17:26

When making good headlines - have a thesaurus at hand. MMk?

An aspirin a day will keep the heartattack away?

dabitch's picture
Posted by dabitch on 11. June 2001 - 11:10

Like Bayer already has done St. Joseph aspirin will now market itself as not only the fever and pain killer - but also as a heart attack prevention medication.
Whats the matter? People don't have enough headaches lately?

Pigeon-Holed in Spanish

dabitch's picture
Posted by dabitch on 8. June 2001 - 18:40

Creatives in advertising agencies fall into 7 categories. We know who you are. Do you?
Translation provided by targetcom.net
1) El creativo resignado.

Adland-meme?

dabitch's picture
Posted by dabitch on 8. June 2001 - 18:17

Clayton alerted me and the adlisters to a new site out there this morning, Marketing-Myopia.com, and I looked it over briefly, not all too suprised about it's similarities with Adland, until I read the part on how he found it:"FYI: This was found via a June 5 mention at zeldman.com Jeffrey Z's usually against this sort of thing, 'specially since his site's been scavenged by others so many times - is this Alanis Morissette-style

Time to buy some alka-zeltzer

dabitch's picture
Posted by dabitch on 8. June 2001 - 14:08

Cannes Lions is far too soon! Their site revamped, they collected previous winners in a searchable database - bliss! It might be the most 'boring' Cannes Lions site you have ever seen, but it is by far the most useful one they have made. "which seminar did you go to?" is not as common of a question as "which party were you at last night?" , which reaches "did you see the shortlist?" levels of popularity by the middle of the week.. So do your homework: Where will you party once in Cannes?.............. listing here.

Turks live on minimum wages in `Survivor' style reality program

Pablo's picture
Posted by Pablo on 6. June 2001 - 18:16

From AdAge Global:

ISTANBUL - Turkish broadcaster Kanal D will monitor two contestants 24 hours a day as they attempt to survive on a monthly income of $68 -- like millions of other minimum-wage earners struggling in Turkey's financial crisis.

For the full story see adeageglobal

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