Car commercials and dumb disclosures
You’ve probably seen this Mercedes commercial. It’s been running for a while now. What’s silly about it is the fine and extremely unnecessary print that appears when the car crashes […]
What’s wrong with this picture?
Anyone else notice something wrong with this ad? I normally go out of my way to ignore political ads, but this one caught my eye because of the “bar graph.” […]
Of course McDonald’s uses food stylist
You already knew all this, right? This sort of thing goes on with every food ad you see. In fact, we should probably give McDonald’s some credit for using all […]
Canada, anyone?
885. That’s how many ads the Obama campaign has bought to run in the Denver area just this week. The Romney campaign has purchased 825 spots for the same period. […]
May The Force be with you, Max
Max Page, the 7-year-old who charmed the world as little Darth Vader in Volkswagen’s famous Super Bowl commercial last year, is undergoing open heart surgery tomorrow to repair a congenital […]
Cain commercials crossing the line
What’s with Herman Cain and the weird ads? They were strange enough while he was actively campaigning for the GOP nomination. (I’d still be having nightmares about that leering smile […]
Update: Cartier ad campaign includes website
There was a big spike this morning in the number of hits on my recent post about the new 3.5-minute Cartier commercial. Apparently it aired again during the Sunday morning […]
Limbaugh advertisers know a bad thing when they see it
(Updated March 11 at 11:00 am MT) Last week conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh attacked a young law school student who spoke to a congressional committee about insurance coverage for […]
