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Mitsubishi vs. Volkswagen

 Post date: Apr 19 2002 - 18:37

I scream, you scream, we all scream for originality! But, sometimes the creatives just can't help but have similar ideas.

These two car commercials have two things in common: 1) the airport and 2) kids eating ice cream.

The Volkswagen spot was created by BMP DDB UK and the Mitsubishi spot was created by Deutsch LA.

Click read more to view the spots.

Badland get watered down - Big time

 Post date: Apr 8 2002 - 01:37

Good Grief - How blatant can you get?

Two products: Evian and Aquafina
Two awards shows: The 2002 Academy Awards and MTV 2002 Movie Awards
Two spots each.
Too many similarities to mention here, so read more to see more...

The Snuggle Struggle - a badland counterstrike

 Post date: Apr 8 2002 - 01:18

What do eggs, tanks, dryer sheets, bunnies, lions, lobsters and bears have in common? No, it's not The Wizard of Oz II -- They're all part of the latest Badland entry, with one helluva twist. (Read more for more and two - count 'em two QT's)

Adhesive Commercial Rip Off

 Post date: Apr 5 2002 - 09:41

A commercial here in India has been ripped off from one of the old showbook, but for the life of me I cannot remember which showbook *exactly*.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

To view this TVC click on link.

http://www.agencyfaqs.com/tvc/sboard/m_seal_0110_2001.html.

distracting TV : Fox sports

 Post date: Feb 25 2002 - 22:48

Distracting TV!

An email dropped in saying these four films were ready for Badland, since they are all based in the distracting TV idea, with various executions. Click on and follow links to see the four films from two different campaigns.

Levis vs. Harp

 Post date: Feb 23 2002 - 21:40

At first I thought it was the kid's Levis that made him walk funny... but I later found out, it wasn't what he was wearing, but what he was drinking!

Click read more for the full story.

Doodle Trouble

 Post date: Feb 11 2002 - 18:24

Doodling in class is fine. But when you cheat off your neighbor's paper, that's just bad! Ad-rag takes you back to school with these two nearly identical ads.

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Levis copies Levis uk?

 Post date: Feb 11 2002 - 03:41

Two films use the same post trick, to explain "twisted to fit" vs.. well.. what exactly? Flyweight? Lightweight jeans?
The alleged copy-catter is the by now infamous TBWA/Chait/day San fran who seem to be getting in the habit...

Hyundai vs. Volkswagen

 Post date: Feb 1 2002 - 21:38

What do we have here? Two very different car companies with the exact same TV commercial, even down to the music!

Bates USA West is Hyundai's agency (for now!) and the Volkswagen commercial is a spec spot created by director Shawn Driscoll (now at Coppos Films).

Read more to load the quicktimes. You'll need the latest quicktime 6. You probably have it by now.

homage to a better ad?

 Post date: Feb 1 2002 - 19:57

Us adgrunts loove ads. Us adgrunts know adhistory. Us adgrunts are sometimes waaay up our own butts with self referential ads. Yes, we're wankers.

I mean really kids, look at this. A wee bit too much of an injoke you think? Maybe. Perhaps. A tad underinspired? Maybe. Perhaps. Or maybe it's just a homage to a better ad?

(read more to see a QT clip and double page spread..)
Us adgrunts loove ads. Us adgrunts know adhistory. Us adgrunts are sometimes waaay up our own butts with self referential ads. Yes, we're wankers.

I mean really kids, look at this. A wee bit too much of an injoke you think? Maybe. Perhaps. A tad underinspired? Maybe. Perhaps. Or maybe it's just a homage to a better ad?

(read more to see a QT clip and double page spread..)

ART IMITATING ART

 Post date: Jan 23 2002 - 17:48

Err umm there is a disturbing similarity between the D&AD award winning Britart.com campaign from Mother and the ADCNY award-winning L.A. Museum of Contemporary Art campaign from TBWA/Chiat Day. This is probably old news but it's my first post so there.

Deer friendly ad offends hunters.

 Post date: Jan 18 2002 - 15:14

The jeep ad that had hunters up in arms was pulled off the air by Chrysler. This withdrawal is the second time in two months that Chrysler has changed advertising plans after some consumers complained. Previously, the company had PentaMark rework some dialogue in a commercial for the Chrysler Concorde sedan after protests that it was too "racy".

Too graphical?

 Post date: Jan 15 2002 - 16:14

Two southamerican posters, cheekily refering to each other.

Last years banned ads

 Post date: Jan 6 2002 - 00:10

Every year, the amount of ads that are banned or pulled seem to rise. British regulators are too quick to ban complain ad agency heads and creatives in the UK.
In Sweden - liberal land of the free - more ads are banned as they are discriminating against women. Though nudity isn't always the reason ads are banned - sometimes humour is.

Read more to see a selection of banned ads.

Body Shop's "Ruby" Barbie doll banned from the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway

 Post date: Nov 27 2001 - 22:21

Ah, Ruby, you nipless plump anti-Barbie. It's been in every Body Shop window since 1998. First you tick off Mattel, and now you're banned from the Hong Kong rail system. Something about pubic hair & nipples. Or the distinct lack of either. (No, this isn't a banned ad per se, it's just refused from certain media venues, but the Hong Kong transit system is large enough to count for a sorta-ban).

Anti Roddick says it best;

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