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I miss the 1970s

CunningLinguist — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:29:52 -0800

Times Square before Disney: Ads for 1970s "Leisure Spas" (SLYT)

Here's the Beef

not_on_display — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:14:29 -0800

Joe Sedelmaier showed us where the beef is, and in doing so, revolutionized television advertising (aside from spawning a Clara Peller 7" and influencing the 1984 US elections). Here are some of Sedelmaier's greatest moments: Wendy's: Soviet Fashion Show | "Parts is Parts" • FedEx: "You can't count on anything these days!" | The Classic Speed Talker (John Moschitta, previously) • Pearson's Salted Nut Roll (with Godwin effect) • Fibreglas Pink (Canada) • Kaypro Computers • Alaska Airlines • Clara Peller in Jartran Truck Rental • Hayworth Furniture Systems • GMAC Financing • And for those missing individually, Youtuber jerry7242 has posted a reel of 30 minutes' worth of Joe Sedelmaier's commercials in four parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (#4 includes an interview with Joe Sedelmaier) Enjoy! (Joe is also J.J. Sedelmaier's dad.)

Aint no party like the San Francisco values party!

serazin — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:44:51 -0800

Beware the San Francisco values! (A little detail and Barnes' response.)

Just Commercials... Really Old Ones.

amyms — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:01:23 -0800

An amazing collection of classic American television commercials. Sorted by category: Eat, Drink, Smoke, Clean, Groom, Shop and Travel. Includes descriptions and historical background. The commercials can be viewed in either RealPlayer or MediaPlayer format, and newer ones will work in both IE and Firefox.

We're Gonna Have A TV Party Tonight

fandango_matt — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:33:17 -0800

Light Criticism is the newest project by Graffiti Research Lab and the Anti-Advertising Agency.

"The greatest art form of the twentieth century"

CunningLinguist — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 09:32:25 -0800

BestAdsonTV.com Browse TV spots from around the world at this industry site highlighting new creative work. Highly rated ads include this one for Carlton beer, this sober PSA, this lovely one for the California lottery and a fun take on evolution for Guinness. And then there's this, um, sausage ad. Browse the controversies (mostly complaints about copycats), ads from Romania and Iceland and Belgium, or last year's best ads. Many of the most amusing seem to be for beer.

Superbowl Ad Roundup 2006

FeldBum — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:17:22 -0800

Is is just me, or have Superbowl ads gotten way too predictable. Here's hoping this year offers something new. 2006 brings Fabio sinking a gondola, an approved(!) GoDaddy ad, the first ever bilingual ad, and the commercials being offered on DVD and PodCast. Also keep an eye out for muppets, macgyver and machetes.

I hate linking to heavy, but they have all the banned ads, some of which are funny (especially the anti-mac one) and some were just made to be banned. You can see previous years' ads at iFilm.

You will NOT criticize the Great Leader!

dejah420 — Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:19:22 -0800

Viacom's CBS today rejected a request from liberal group MoveOn to air a 30-second anti-President Bush ad, saying the spot violated the network's policy against running issue advocacy advertising. This, despite running anti-drug and anti-smoking ads. So, is it only issues about which they disagree?

Not Safe For America

boost ventilator — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:16:55 -0800

10 ads courtesy of AdAge.com (N.S.F.America)

the118118experience

ginz — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 07:15:20 -0800

Channel 118. The 118118 experience. [possibly nsfw]

chumptastic — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 21:41:51 -0800

Okaaaaaaaaaaaay Daaaaaaaaaavey! After a 31 year absence, Davey and Goliath are making their return to television. It's funny, I had no idea it was religious programming until years after I stopped watching it. Oh, and this news explains explains those great Mountain Dew ads...

dejah420 — Tue, 16 Jul 2002 09:21:26 -0800

Popup ads on your TV So, the media moguls have decided that they're tired of you ignoring their advertising...and thus, they will now insert popup ads into the live feeds. And you thought product placement was annoying. From Slashdot

thebwit — Sun, 03 Mar 2002 09:39:20 -0800

More on the bad ads that seem to be going around the web. This time, I went to see what was on tv, and a Six Feet Under ad took over the entire screen. Talk about not being able to use the website.

BarneyFifesBullet — Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:42:02 -0800

Bill Maher calls U.S. cowardly; FedEx pulls ads from show It looks like that "Freedom of Speech" thing is too much for some people to handle. What do expect from a show like this? If you can't handle it, don't watch it.

machaus — Sun, 01 Apr 2001 19:27:23 -0800

Has anyone else seen this product advertised on TV lately and thought they were watching a fake SNL ad? Then comes that sinking feeling when you realize that it is real. It just started running on TV here in Virginia. Perhaps our median IQ finally reached a suitable level. Don't even get me started on the domain name!

bkdelong — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:14:57 -0800

The truce shortlived. I thought what I was hearing was great news. But watching TV this afternoon I've seen a Caring Foundation and NARAL commercial back-to-back at least 3 times. It's been years since I've seen it this bad.

physics — Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:30:27 -0800

"Ahhhhh the atmosphere" should get at least a giggle out of you. Commercials at their best.

dcehr — Mon, 07 Aug 2000 09:19:37 -0800

I approached this review expecting it to be of the "major media providers are the problem, not the solution" sort, but discovered something somewhat different: "It’s not that the medium of the modern political campaign–television advertising–failed to do justice to men of substance, but that men of substance failed to adapt to television advertising..."

luke — Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:51:50 -0800

Nike this weekend will unveil a new 50-second commercial. The first 30 seconds will appear in a TV commercial before Saturday's Dolphins-Jaguars game. The second 20 seconds will be available at the Web site. The ad was created by Wieden & Kennedy of Portland.