AdLand Advertising Roundup- The Ad Part

AdLand Advertising Roundup- The Ad Part

We started off with missed the Bestest and Mostest Lists (with list goodness including most watched and worst voted) and followed it up with the Roundup- Newsy Part (a look back at the year of advertising) and now it's time for the Best and Worst ads of the year.
Except this year with the increased number of ads to go through in the archive, and large number of so-so or just plain bad ads, it seemed better to stick with a list of the better ads of the year. Because really, are you going to look at the worst? Well, some might. But we figured it'd be better candy for you to have some good stuff to look at.
Read on to see the list of TV spots, Print ads, Virals, and much more. Enjoy!

Commercials

Inspirational. Excellent. Lipsmacking good stuff.

, From Back East, Snooze
Best Show Promo:
Channel 4 - Lost Dancers
Best stunt:
Sure - Stunt City
Best Traveling Through Time:
Guinness - NoitulovE
Smurfiest:
Unicef bombs the smurfs!
Best Swag:
In third place, Médecins Sans Frontières - Gaining ground. In second place Aides.org film, tsunami vs Africa... And the number one best swag of the year goes to:
AIDES - The Right One (aka Vibrators)
Best Self Promo:
Marc and Tom's commercial
Best Remix:
Cillit Bang - the eurotechnotrash version
Best Shoe:
Nike Free - Run Barefoot, AKA Chariots of Fire and Nike train barefoot
Best Special Effects:
Hewlett-Packard - François
Best Dancing:
Volkswagen Golf gti - Gene/Singin' In The Rain and Orange - Dancing.
Best Use of Movie Plots:
Aquafina The Fruitrix and Dirty Fruiting and Virgin Trains - Return of the train
Best Hair Care:
Dove - Wilma, Velma and Jane/Unstick Your Style
Best Mortgage:
Ameriquest Cat/Surprise Dinner and Robbery/MiniMart
Best Financial:
Nationwide - Robot / Science Project
Best Medieval:
IBM - Sir Arthur's Business Roundtable Catapult, Cave/Big Picture, The Vile Hex, and Change.
Best Tooth Pulling:
Parmalat - Pulling teeth
Best Epic:
Carlton Draught - Big ad
Best Pork:
Pork / The Other White Meat - Forbidden Love
Best Analogy:
ESPN - Without Sports - Nothing To Say
Best Metaphor:
Tango Clear - Metaphor
Best Tattoo:
Grendene Ipanema - Gisela Tattoed
Best Drop:
Heineken - Big Drop
Best Safari:
Jack Link's Chopper, Release, and Decoy
Best Kung Fu:
Lynx Unlimited – Kung Fu
Best Retro Art Direction:
Jack Link's Wild Side Tip #17: The "Talker" in 5B, Wild Side Tip #28: The Rabid T-Ball Fan, and Wild Side Tip #9: The Workplace Loincloth
Best List:
FedEx - Ten Things
Best Co-Branding:
Cheez-it – Maytag guys
Best Old School Product Demo:
Tostitos - Checkers
Best Breaking Out:
McDonald's - Inner Child
Best Art Sculpture using Product:
Starburst - Hello
Best Taco:
Taco John's - Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey West-Mex Rescue, Viva Las Fajitas, Crunchy Chicken Rides Again, Burrito Rider!, and Blazing Chickens
Best Nose-Thumbing:
Diet Pepsi - Make Up Your Mind
Best Break:
Kit Kat - Butcher
Best Credit Card:
Capital One - Pillagers - New Jobs Garth, Ivan Jr., Marty, Halloween, and Holidays
Best King Kong:
Ford – King Kong
Best Back To School:
Target - Baby Got Back...Packs ver 1 and ver 2
Best Teaser:
GameTap - How Will You Die?, Pac-Man Puppet Show, Sonic-Latte, Pitfall - Sensitive Teeth, Pitfall - Alligator Arms, Pac-Man - Time Is On My Side, Pac-Man - Bidding War, Pac-Man - Sopranos, Galaga - Come In, DigDug - Expecting, DigDug - Joey, and Video Game Theater.
Best Soda:
Dr Pepper Stacy's Mom, Anything For Love, Miracle, and You Sexy Thing
Best Gymnast:
Skoda Octavia 4x4 - Gymnast
Best Love Story:
Virgin Atlantic - Love Story
Best Impressions:
Axe Effect - Impressions (2005) 0:30 (USA)
Best Rivalry:
XM Satellite Radio - Rivals
Best Lemonade:
Gatorade - Lemonade Stand
Best Suckage:
Dish Network Binky, Dinner, Skunked, Dr. Stein Broeder and Arm & Leg
Best Distorted:
Olympus - Distorted Dog
Best InAction:
Degree for Men - In-Action Heroes The Suck-Up, Mama's Boy, and The Wuss
Best Masks:
Nike Pro Apparel - Warriors / Masks
Best Scarecrow:
Weetabix - Scarecrow
Best Pirate:
FedEx - Pirate / Counseling
Best gratuitus nudity:
The Beach
Best awkward family moment:
KFC - Musical Dinner
Most ambiguous line of the year:
"You do more than just cleanse in the shower."
Best Acronym:
U.C.S.A.A.K.W.Y.H.Y.F. from Guinness.
Top Trend Biggest breakdancing trend - the transformers:
In 2004 there was the Citroen transformer...then in 2005 there was the old CV spoof and the Danish - Bump and Rind .
Most Bizarre

General weirdness running amok in adland.

Motorola bunnies in the movies
Biggest Ad Scandal

The news items that was the most controversial in the world of advertising.


* Marmite Blob Advert Restricted
* Young Designers Emporium quits spanking ads and More spanking used to sell
* Tom Waits sues Opel over "voice theft" in advert
* Parent group boycotts 50 Cent's Reebok Advert
* Street art "guerilla" campaign causes backlash from real street artists
* Another KFC advert under fire
* Viagra, is that a C&D in your pocket....?
* Coke threatens fan-site due to a link to Cokes homepage.
* Ad campaign disparages real apples
* ASA wants proof prayer heals for SA church ad
* Coca Cola India demand "unconditional apology" from photographer
* Million Moms go against DishTV sucky ad campaign (which doesn't suck).
* Dinner Party With Mild Nudity Causes Mild Ad Bannage.
* iTunes ad too close for Lugz? and Lugz wants Apple to pull plug on Eminem iTunes ad
* No "squish" please we're British.
* Sony and Paddy Power ads upset Catholics
* Boeing/Bell Helicopters puts out a print ad and unleashes PR hell on themselves
* Burger King advert is offensive to cows
* Naked Mannequin Mazda spot gets cleared
* San Fran folks miffed at Sony graffiti advertising
Ad Things That Made Us Smile

Whether it was a viral game, web site, joke or short- these were some of the best advertising related things out there.

* It's a small ad. Such a small ad.
* Citroen CV2 - dancing citroen spoof
* Ellen Feiss unreleased G4 spot
* Another buncha Switch parodies
* Ogilvy Düsseldorf – No real beauties.
* Burger Duke - Killer King - (Burger King Spoof)
Fun Brand Swag:
* In-Action Heroes - For Real, part two!
* In-Action Heroes - For Real!
* Burger King masks on sale now.
* Cheap and easy- pushing it with Staples
Well folks, that's it until next year. Remember, vote throughout the year on ads. And if you've missed the Roundup- Newsy Part or the Bestest and Mostest Lists check them out.

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