Oh the possibilities, the ad above could have easily been mistaken for an advertisement for Gangland, a History Channel TV series. The Gangland and BBDO Germany ad look as if they could come from the same family. But the ad above is actually a recruitment ad for BBDO Germany. If I would have saw the ad I would have simply passed by it because I would have thought it was promoting a TV show. Well ok, maybe not me because I honestly love the show. But honestly as a print ad the message will not resonate with the intended target audience very well. An online interactive ad would work 10…

Beautiful women dressed in next to nothing have become very popular in some of today’s top selling video games. Electronic Arts (EA) is one of the most famous companies that creates some of these games. To promote some of these games, EA used Promotional girls also known as (booth girls) to attract video game fanatics. But back in 2006 they were banned. This year EA is taking it a step further by holding a contest where at this year’s Comic-Con convention attendees can win prizes if they commit suggestive acts with the beautiful ladies and photograph it. What type of prizes you ask? One lucky winner gets a dinner with…

We know that sometimes moms can get frustrated at the grocery store. Kids crying, wanting nothing but junk food, not having enough cash, but nothing like the commercial above for Mountain Dew Level Up or Die for the brand’s Game Fuel. They take it to a whole new level when they turn into characters from the game “World of War Craft.” The work was created by BBDO New York with visual effects from Zoic Studios. Best,A.B.

I am sure you all know by now that Michael Jackson, the king of pop died today at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The news of the tragedy caused some site to temporarily crash due to so many people logging on to read about the tragedy. A lot of famous people have been dying off recently and I don’t know what its all about. The ad above is a commercial Jackson did for Pepsi. Where a freak accident occurred and his hair caught on fire. I think that may have been his most famous advertising moment. It’s a bit mean spirited to say about a person who just died…

First let me say, the ad above is not a CP+B production, according to Adfreak it came out of Singapore on behalf of Burger King. The copy for this ad, if you can believe it is “Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled.” First, I can’t believe this ad didn’t get censored to hell especially in a conservative country like Singapore, don’t they give you 20 years for being in possession of a single marijuana joint or something like that? Second, the ad is by far the most overtly suggestive ad I have ever seen. I am curious to know how the general public responded to it. Do…

Can religion and recreational drugs play nice together? When you first take a look at the ad above you would think so. This ad directs users to WonderCafe.ca, a forum for religious discussion and debate. The site belongs to the United Church of Canada. They can’t be Catholic because a stunt like this would require a million Hail Marys, or maybe a flogging, whatever works I guess. That’s why if I had a choice I’d go with the other guys. By the way, I haven’t found a similar discussion forum for advertising. I’ve found lots of blogs, now we even have a social network, and several creative sites but no…

Find more videos like this on AdGabber So I found the infamous Agency.com pitch viral video that they did for Subway via Adrants and Adgabber. The only thing is I couldn’t understand what was so inappropriate about it. I understand that it seemed kind of dumb and may have embarrassed the client but I didn’t see anything offensive, did you guys? The article Adrants said, “They publicly masturbate but there was some backslapping. But people have to understand that the video is an agency pitch video so there has to be a congratulatory tone to the video. What do you guys think? Best, A.B.

Sorry for the long delay between posts everyone. But I can’t write posts in my office anymore because of recent changes to my work schedule. Anyway, let’s talk about Bing baby. Bing is Microsoft’s latest attempt to catch up with all mighty Google with respect to search engines. The campaign claims that Bing is the “Cure” to search overload. If you watch the spot you can understand what they tried to do with this particular creative execution. They are simply saying that with traditional search engines your results are loaded with sites that seem related to what you searched for but they really aren’t. The way they visually demonstrate this…

American Legacy “Truth” efforts, are back with a vengeance and what has replaced them are relatively simple. But the dancing, singing, and voice boxes are gone for now at least. The “Truth” campaign brings you humorous mock interviews for tobacco exec positions. Applicants are told that the company kills millions but they have a great benefits package. The theme for the campaign is “Do you have what it takes to be a tobacco exec?” The humor is silly but I think the creative executions got the point across without causing people to become physically ill. Actually, that only happens to me when I think about the voice synthesizers The ad…