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United/Continental new logo is uniting everyone in hating it.

Alissa Walker at Fast Company has taken note - and ripped apart - the new United & Continental logo mashup.
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Badland: Using DTMF tones in radio ads, very clever but not new.

Here's a fun pair - the ad for Amsterdam Arena claims to be the first ad that dials a phone, and as we know here in Badland never say that you�
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Baby Got Back...again. This time for Butterfinger.

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Farfar won an Andy award for Nokia signpost the same day the agency closed

Ouch. The same day that Farfar shut its doors, they won a Bronze Andy award for the worlds biggest signpost.
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90s flashback: Giants stomp around the cities in music videos - again.

Well, since we've already dealt with accusations of ads copying videos today, lets see and example of videos copying videos (and ads), shall we?

Inevitable Creative Outcomes, vs Lazy, vs creative theft - where is the line?

I Badlanded the reverse reading trick last year, hoping we'd end the old Usenet joke trend then and there, but last weeks release of DK groups in
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Tombola Bingo "Thank you Tito" ad banned by the ASA for being racist

Banned ad of the week, last years "Tombola Bingo" advert where a british upper class (and white) bloke sits on the beach in his tuxedo, havi
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Lindsay Lohan sues E*trade for $100M over "Milkoholic" super bowl ad gag

File under "fame-whore needs cash", Lindsay Lohan has filed suit against E*trade for naming the milkaholic baby "Lindsay" in their
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Instant Replay. Lets use that idea again!

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Samsung spam in forums
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Superbowl Coke sleepwalking badlander = Yotvata 2001

Yes, Matt just wrote about it on agencyspy, but I was actually tipped off by the French badland ninja @joelapompe a few days ago.
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Please stop it with the Marilyn visuals.

Copyranter is putting his foot down.
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Badland: NTF vs Wataniya with crashed cell phone ads

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KFC Australia pulls "cricket survival guide" ad after US viewers finds it racist.

Once again, the world wide web causes a local ad to be misinterpreted abroad.

"Career women make bad mothers" ads withdrawn

The Guardian reports that the OAA campaign designed to promote the effectiveness of billboard advertising has withdrawn the poster that read: "Ca
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Audi A5 Suicide vs Citroën Suicide by car: Carbon monoxide poisoning isn't what it used to be

There's a spec ad running around the web right now, touting the clean emissions from the Audi A5 by demonstrating a mans failed suicide attempt.

Heineken vs Mini and the giant boxes in Amsterdam.

This Badlander is hilarious, and classic. The ideas are good, and unusual, they appeared in the same city, only ten days apart (or less even).

Transparent ads as PSA's. Amnesty vs Kids Company

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"HP computers are racist"

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Panlegis exposed as boobs when ogling Larsson's cleavage

More sex and politicians in Sweden! The land of midnight fun never stops giving in the department of ridiculous sexist scandals in a b-cup.
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Triwa & IWA Pilot Watch Bus Handle Ad
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Arvika Festival / Cum to Arvika - (2009)

Arvika festival tried their darndest, but they weren't allowed to air this film on TV in Sweden.
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DN screenshot
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PETA ads showing nude Joanna Krupa clutching a crucifix ticks off Catholic church

bosom has pissed off the Catholic church reports Fox. Imagine that. Peta ads pissing people off. How unexpected.
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Big Bubbles

The Eurobest Badlanders

Old Spice Red Zone now inspires Lynx (Axe) ads.

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Ivar's Undersea billboard was a hoax - but a good one.

The Denver Egotist reports on the undersea billboards hoax, a stunt pulled by Ivar’s Seafood Restaurant in Seattle has veered off the storytelling map
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Paris Hilton VACANT copyright Lathkill96

Paris Hilton not amused by "Vacant" billboard's truth in advertising + Toyotas flickr-pillaging

Paris Hilton is not amused. The American hotel heiress is upset a photo of her is being used to advertise vacant billboard space in Auckland.

Killer Hamster Trend

To be honest, I don't think this is much of a Badlander, but I hafta keep up my title of most hated person on the ad-intarwebs in order to keep m
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Calling Tarek Nour a copy-cat gets you arrested in Egypt.

Looks like I'll never set foot in Egypt again, as I did say Tareknour.tv copies pretty much everyone when I badlanded their series of rip-off fil
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Advertising vs Street Art battle rages in New York

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McDonald's vs Arby's - fast food as erotica has gone too far.

Today's mini-badlander is brought to you by burgers. Or fast food as erotica gone overboard.
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Mr. Sub fires BOS over, like super super gay dad.

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Both Jeep and Hyundai cars park anywhere and everywhere.

Once upon a time, there was a Jeep ad from BBDO Copenhagen where the car was not to be seen.

CSI wants to be Carousel.

Joelapompe calls it "Carousel ripped off, and looking at the CSI CBS trailer one has to wonder. Did they have a slight case of Demo-Love?
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Faggot ass woody
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That hated Microsoft House Party Film, is even hated by Microsoft Sweden.

That by now infamous Microsoft Windows / "house party" ad has had jaws dropping all over the world (and its own 'censored' version

Protect Health Insurance Companies PSA spoof.

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Daily Mail vs HAVAIANAS
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Play-Doh Matches ad
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New Converse mutant creatures aren't that new, really.

Must scratch another Badland itch.
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How to sell hardware stores - show that you can buy tiny men there.

Welcome to this weeks first Badlander - and the first time that The Foundry, Melbourne ended up in here.
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The O'Reilly Factor - FOXNews.com

#Karen26 on The O'Reilly Factor FOX News last night

Braids as bus-handles ambient ads - Badlanded.

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Maytag Gets Dooced

More weeks-old ad news. Kind of. Web 2.0 news? Social media news?
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Twin towers 911 in advertising. Not new, so why the backlash this time?

Scarred adgrunts know that the image of burning twin towers have been used in advertising before. Why the backlash this time?
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DDB Brazil did make a commercial for WWF 911 / Tsunami - it was submitted to Cannes Lions 2009.

Yesterday emails were flying around the globe where people wondered about the consistency from DDB, first denying they ever made a commercial in their
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Cheating Husband = Hoax

So, then, didya hear the one about the guy forced by his wife to stand at a busy intersection with a sandwich board reading "I cheated.
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American Apparel ad banned for looking like jailbait porn

This weeks ban could be filed under "that's what Dov was going for all along"

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