AdViews is the newest of Duke University's digitized advertising archives (see
previously). Unlike the earlier sites, devoted to print advertising, AdViews is all about American TV commercials--several thousand of them, to be exact, from the agency Benton & Bowles (later D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles). Viewing the commercials requires ITunes.
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posted by thomas j wise
on May 25, 2010 -
9 comments
Sex sells PEZ. A visual survey of the "PEZgirl," as used in PEZ advertising. Slightly NSFW, as one image at the bottom of the page shows bare breasts. That's right, PEZ ran topless advertisements.
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posted by OmieWise
on Dec 10, 2009 -
28 comments
In a series of sixteen advertisements screened in Japan, Tommy Lee Jones plays extraterrestrial 'Alien Jones', who has taken the form of a man to check on the world of humans, all the while drinking a Japanese brand of coffee named
BOSS. I have no idea how Tommy Lee Jones got talked into doing these advertisements, or why. And after watching them for yourself (
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16), you probably won't either.
posted by Effigy2000
on Nov 23, 2008 -
85 comments
Duke University has three image collections of old U.S. and Canadian advertisements.
Ad*Access a database of over 7000 print ads from 1911 to 1956.
Emergence of Advertising in America has 9000 images of ads from 1850-1920.
Medicine and Madison Avenue has 600 medical ads and documents from 1911 to 1958. You can browse the collections by product, company, subject, year and categories or you can use the search function. Here are some of my favorites:
Miss Clairol,
They're Both in the Swim Today,
Fancy Goods and Toy Bazaar,
Sky Blue Pink,
SAS Makes Airline History,
A Montgomery Ward Hat that Becomes Nearly Every Woman,
Radiant Peony and
Hitler's Death Warrant.
posted by Kattullus
on Apr 14, 2008 -
11 comments
Back in the day when... Mens fashion wasn't cutting it, modern Kiwi males welcomed in
Stubbies ...
Depth charges were the best because you always soaked Teresa McKee...You were there, and so was
L & P. World famous in new Zealand since ages ago.
posted by clearly
on May 27, 2007 -
30 comments
Kruschen Salts and Camus' Stranger: "A bit later, for want of anything better to do, I (Mersault) picked up an old newspaper that was lying on the floor and read it. There was an advertisement of
Kruschen Salts and I cut it out and pasted it into an album where I keep things that amuse me in the papers."
Dave Till has collected some other
advertisements that Meursault might like.
posted by eighth_excerpt
on Feb 20, 2006 -
7 comments
Got Beer? Which came first, the Stella Artois or the Ostrich? Does this makes sense
after I drink a few Stellas?
posted by spicynuts
on Jun 30, 2005 -
30 comments
The London Underground is home to some of the most interesting,
weird and fun adverts, which have been tailored to the fact that they have huge posters that passengers are often looking at for minutes at a time while waiting. In Copywriting goes Underground, they challenged ad agencies to write an ad which had at least 50 words in it. Some are crap, but some are pretty innovative -
check them out.
posted by adrianhon
on Jun 21, 2005 -
15 comments
Specs spots are commericals shot by people who hope that they'll be considered for shooting real commercials. Because they are vying for attention, some of them can be pretty
outrageous. This site allows you to rank them ala hotornot mode.
My personal
favorite pertains to that "make a wish" ritual around blowing out birthday candles.
What are your favorites?
(Spots themselves are Quicktime links)
posted by jasper411
on Aug 10, 2004 -
10 comments
Joshua Green wrote an interesting and insightful piece regarding the current state of political advertisements.
Here is an example of an ad by a media consultant he refers to, based in Pittsburgh.
Another spin here. I've often wondered why they're so predictable. The Atlantic gives us a glimpse into poly. ad history and, quite possibly, its future.
posted by BlueTrain
on Jul 6, 2004 -
8 comments
Google To Start Selling Banner Adverts From the that-didn't-take-too-long-department, Google's ad sales VP Tim Armstrong says Google will now start selling graphical banner adverts. One concession to their old mores is that, for now, the banner adverts will only appear on affiliated websites running their
AdSense referral program (as does MeFi), and there is an opt-out. However...
"We have no plans to show images on Google.com", said Mr. Armstrong
"but we are not opposed to it".
posted by meehawl
on May 12, 2004 -
27 comments
CocoWeb (
trans) is a project which has assembled 516
manifestations of the Bogeyman in Latin America. The list includes the well-known Coco or Cucuy, a dark figure who makes an appearance in the art world as
the subject of one of Goya's
Caprichos. Any Hispanic child can tell you about
La Llorona, a grieving woman who walks in the night (familiar enough to be used in a controversial
got milk? ad). In South America they can tell you about the
Sack-Man, on of the original bogeymen, who walks in the darkness, looking for children to throw into his sack.
posted by vacapinta
on Oct 31, 2003 -
4 comments
Kodak, in an
effort to alienate move goers everywhere, will introduce technology that could replace pre-movie, slide based still advertisements with full motion video and other digital media ads (and "other entertainment").
posted by alan
on Mar 6, 2003 -
43 comments
Dude, You're Under Arrest Ben "Dell Dude" Curtis, was arrested in New York last night on charges of criminal possession of marijuana. Thanks to The Smoking Gun we now have something to make us laugh on a Monday.
posted by mkelley
on Feb 10, 2003 -
34 comments
Freedomads.org is sponsoring a contest that challenges visitors to create video, print, or audio ads that "inspire people with an advertisement for freedom." How would you sell freedom?
posted by pjdoland
on Jan 28, 2003 -
22 comments
Solemates: The Century in Shoes is the most ridiculously well developed site on shoes I have ever seen. Journey through the decades with advertisements, movie clips, well-researched history, and most importantly -- 360 degree Quicktime views of shoes. How many shoes have you collected over the years? Do you still wear them? Why do women have to buy so many anyway? Are you more concerned with comfort or style now? Of course, I'm still saving up to buy some of those Fish Tank
platform shoes from
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.
posted by Stan Chin
on Jan 24, 2003 -
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