• advertising

    Nestle Quik Flipbook Ad On DC Metro Walls Is Kinda Magical

    As the DC red line train I rode last week shot through a tunnel, a happy brown bunny jumped up and down on the walls, lofting up a bottle of Nestle Quik. It wasn't a video, it was a series of back-illuminated panels, each one a successive frame in the animated cartoon. It was like running through flipbook in real life. I found a clip of it on YouTube, posted inside, the cartoon starts at 15 seconds in. More »

    4:13 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By Ben Popken
    8,380 views, 73 comments

    Most discussed Hamtronix: They have something similar in the Boston T underground. more »

  • Teacher Sells Ads On Tests To Cover Printing Costs

    Left to fend for himself after budget cuts, His tests cost over $500 a year to print, but this year he only got $316, one calculus teacher resorted to selling ads on quizzes and tests to cover his printing costs. $10 for quizzes, $20 for tests, and $30 for a final. More »

    2:13 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By Ben Popken
    36,313 views, 179 comments

    Most discussed Skankingmike: This is a horrible concept and one that's been ruining American education system. From Coke sponsored text books to now more »

  • badvertising

    Motrin Retracts Ads After Babywearing Mamas Protest

    So, Motrin made an ad trying to target babywearers, that is, parents, who wear their babies in a sling. The ad spoke with winking and jaded knowingness about how babywearing was a fashion statement and caused various back pains that could be alleviated with Motrin. Unfortunately, it seems they never tested the ads before actual babywearing parents. That knowingness? Yeah, it wasn't actually based on knowing anything. More »

    8:00 PM on Mon Nov 17 2008
    By Ben Popken
    10,426 views, 68 comments

    Most discussed thewriteguy: I'm a little baffled here -- are the "babywearers" offended by the campaign, or have they just been pointing out more »

  • badvertising

    Old Cigarette Ads: Doctors, Nurses, And Rock Hudson Say It's Good For You

    Man, cigarettes were awesome in the past, if these old ads collected by Stanford University are to be believed. They calmed your nerves so you'd stop humming nervously! They soothed your throat! They made you a movie star and helped you capture animals on your big game hunt! We don't know what tobacco was made of before the mid-80s, but no wonder everyone smoked. More »

    5:20 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
    By Chris Walters
    8,868 views, 62 comments

    Most discussed Corporate-Shill: My City has a smoking Ban. Life if good. more »

  • weirdvertising

    Extended Stay Hotels Must Smell Really Bad

    Okay, we got the bathroom humor of Kellog's All-Bran commercial last year. We're not sure if this commercial for Extended Stay Hotels, which shows guests so relaxed that they pass gas—or what the French call un petit éclatement—is quite as effective. Maybe they should change the tagline at the end to, "Our windows can be opened." More »

    8:45 AM on Wed Oct 1 2008
    By Chris Walters
    5,519 views, 22 comments

    Most discussed velvetjones: Actually they do. A friend of mine was asked by a hotel chain to work on this. Its more »

  • badvertising

    Spirit: Now With Mind-Numbing In-Cabin Advertising

    Kick open the exit doors and release the inflatable slides, Spirit is outfitting their entire fleet with cabin-saturating ads. Billed as Spirit's "latest innovation," the ads will litter "seat backs, window shades, overhead bins, tray tables, drink carts, napkins, cups, menus (what menus?) boarding passes, trash bags, soap dispensers," and probably even barf bags. More »

    12:00 PM on Sat Sep 20 2008
    By Carey
    5,026 views, 54 comments

    Most discussed EricLecarde: I can't help but feel this is a double edged sword. On the one hand, if it means Airfare pricing, more »

  • advertising

    These Old Ads Remind You To Drug Children And The Elderly

    Sometimes gentleness is required of your toddler. Sometimes ill-tempered old folks get too agitated and threaten you with canes. That's why sometimes the best solution is a good old fashioned thorazine pill, or a barbiturate elixir. Weirdomatic has a collection of bizarre ads like these from the past. Our favorite, aside from the drug ads, is the one showing Olympian speed skater Jack Shea taking a break from his skating to enjoy the rejuvenating effects of a Camel cigarette. So that's how Phelps did it. More »

    12:18 PM on Tue Sep 9 2008
    By Chris Walters
    6,941 views, 26 comments

    Most discussed MayorBee: These girls look like this guy+ Watch video You really have to watch the whole video to get the full effect. more »