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Pepsi Review

Rhaomi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:38:23 -0800

The 27 Best (Non-Super Bowl) Commercials of the 2000s: Balls [Bravia] - Birthday [Got Milk?] - Bubble Boy [Volkswagen] - Bus Station [Starburst] - Carousel [Phillips] - Cog [Honda] - Dangerously Low [Levi's] - Diorama [Halo 3] - Evolution [Dove] - Freestyle [Nike] - Gorilla [Cadbury] - Grrr [Honda] - Hello Tomorrow [Adidas] - Lamp [IKEA] - Like [Volkswagen] - Mountain [Playstation] - Noitulove [Guinness] - Odyssey [Levi's] - Rabbit [Comcast] - Sheet Metal [Saturn] - Stork [Monster] - Swear Jar [Bud Light] - Tag [Nike] - Tea Partay [Smirnoff] - Touch [Skittles] - Wedding Toast [Budweiser] - Yes We Can [Dipdive]. Part of Adweek's "Best of the 2000s" competition, which also includes rundowns of the 22 Best Super Bowl Spots and the 15 Best Print Campaigns of the last decade, among many other voting categories.

Battle for Milkquarious

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:46:45 -0800

Battle for Milkquarious - The greatest Rock Opera ever made. About milk. [Flash, dairy advertising] From the California Milk Processor Board. There is also a director's commentary.

Advertising in the public interest

Rhaomi — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:54:54 -0800

"What if America wasn't America?" That was the question posed by a series of ads broadcast in the wake of the September 11th attacks, ads which depicted a dystopian America bereft of liberty: Library - Diner - Church. Together with more positive ads like Remember Freedom and I Am an American, they encouraged frightened viewers to cherish their freedoms and defend against division and prejudice in the face of terrorism (seven years previously). The campaign was the work of the Ad Council, a non-profit agency that employs the creative muscle of volunteer advertisers to raise awareness for social issues of national importance. Founded during WWII as the War Advertising Council, the organization has been behind some of the most memorable public service campaigns in American history, including Rosie the Riveter, Smokey the Bear, McGruff the Crime Dog, and the Crash Test Dummies. And the Council is still at it today, producing striking, funny, and above all effective PSAs on everything from student invention to global warming to arts education to community service.

Additional resources: A-to-Z index of Ad Council campaigns - Campaigns organized by category - Award-winning campaigns - PSA Central: A free download directory of TV, radio, and print PSAs (registration req'd) - An exhaustive history of the Ad Council [46-page PDF] - YouTube channel - Vimeo channel - Twitter feed

Coal.

brownpau — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:51:56 -0800

Coal. Cheap, Abundant, Clean.

Filter for president! It's a mildly amusing prank that's also a viral ad!

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:08:32 -0800

Hey Meta,

Just saw a news report that you were on. Cool! Here is the link.

Best,

gnfti

Who's on first? YOGURT IS!

blasdelf — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:08:11 -0800

Hey ladies, want yogurt? No? Too bad, because yogurt wants you. (via the very last post ever of Surfer Girl Reviewed Star Wars)

Christvertising

dhammond — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:32:57 -0800

We believe that nothing is possible without the Lord's blessing and consent. Your product is no exception.

All the World Loves a Bronson

brownpau — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:58:46 -0800

Playboy. Cowboy. Mandom. The late Charles Bronson and his perfect chest, in one of his finest early pre-Death-Wish roles. And look out for Percy Helton. Here's a shorter version with more horse. Via here. (Who the hell takes off his shirt or unscrews a bottle of cologne like that anyway?)

Video journalism!

zerobyproxy — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:12:23 -0800

Business POV It is a forum for state-of-the-art business journalism using an innovative format: online video. Viewers can watch new, completely original, locally produced video profiles of companies, people and products that fall into our three main interest areas: innovation, entrepreneurship and the creative culture (advertising, graphic design, architecture, the arts). New content is posted Monday-Friday. Check out the archives section (Jason Fried, from 37 Signals is interviewed). Enjoy!

bing, bang, boing and more fun from the 70s

madamjujujive — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:10:31 -0800

1970s toy commercials. From an era when things were more fun, cool, and fresh. Whether you were a hipster or a genius type, there was some creative and smart toy to be had. Many toys were educational and prepared you for the vicissitudes of adulthood. (YouTube alert!)

Parody YouTube video

forwebsites — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:52:04 -0800

Truth In Advertising - Hilarious video.

Time Harbinger

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 04:38:35 -0800

Until recently solely targeting luddites thru the medium of nubile women with Matrix-style code flittering over their tits, AOL UK has changed tack with a batshit orgy of self-Godwinisation for their latest television advertisement. [partially Adobe Flash video]

Industrial Poetry

jann — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:38:08 -0800

Blixa Bargeld reads the Hornbach Catalog. In a series of ads, finalists in 2004 for an EPICA award, the poet and musician Blixa Bargeld, known primarily as a leader of the industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, read aloud descriptions of home improvement products. With hilarious results.

Auzzie Beer Ad

Mr Bluesky — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:35:25 -0800

Nice Beer Ad from Down Under a 1000 Auzzies in gowns crossing over the sheep strewn plains of Australia. Ahh..foreign ads..perhaps this indeed the next form of cultural worms? I can see those soulless bastards on Madison Ave.."Yes..lets push hard on the foreign angle and prey/pray some poor sod on MeFi picks it up..we'll be rich I tell ya RICH!!!" Forgive me MeFiers.

Viral Chart

Pretty_Generic — Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:48:48 -0800

The Viral Chart tracks British viral marketing videos.

You won't.

WolfDaddy — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:20:39 -0800

So the banner ad turned 10 a few days ago, according to dabitch, but what I find more fascinating is that its first use was in connection with all those AT&T "You Will" television commercials from the early '90s. Here, collected on one page, for your consideration, are those ads. As Frau Farbissina would screech: "Lies. ALL LIES!" Well, perhaps AT&T didn't lie to us about all their predictions, but I'm still waiting for my "intelligent assistant" who'll work on those playoff tickets for me. How many predictions did they make that came true can you find here?

British Television Advertising Awards

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 12:39:47 -0800

It's the best of advertising at this year's BTAA. Flash. Click BTAA Awards, Winners.

Diesel Dreams

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 08 Aug 2004 16:50:09 -0800

Pepsi Blue! I mean, lots of interesting occasionally NSFW Flash video, from some-company-or-other.

Nixon's the One??? (from 1968-Decisions)

amberglow — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:17:37 -0800

The Living Room Candidate --more than 250 political ads aired on TV since 1952 covering each election from Stevenson/Eisenhower thru 2000 (in wmp or real formats). And, as an added bonus, the Desktop Candidate, covering web ads for this election cycle. All brought to you by the American Museum of the Moving Image

Glen! Glen Glen Glen!

kirkaracha — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 11:48:55 -0800

Glen! Glen Glen Glen! [QuickTime]

The Open Video Project

taz — Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:11:57 -0800

The Open Video Project offers nearly 2,000 videos from various sources and collections, including such gems as 34 reels from the 1930s and 40s in the Digital Himalaya Project, a series of classic television commercials, and, from the Library of Congress, some shorts from the early 1900s, including the popular 2 a.m. in the Subway and A Ballroom Tragedy ("Vaudeville" is a good search term for finding more like this). Also, especially for MeFi, Johnny Learns His Manners.

Hondafilter!

jonson — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:25:15 -0800

The latest Honda television commercial, "Sense" being shown in the UK, is the follow up to the widely discussed "Cog." It's quite not as cool as its predecessor, but still, an elegant, interesting concept. Apologies for the somewhat low quality of the java video stream.

Top Bombing

Pretty_Generic — Thu, 08 May 2003 19:53:21 -0800

British Television Advertising Awards [Flash, QuickTime]

....wow...

Pretty_Generic — Fri, 18 Apr 2003 10:19:53 -0800

Remember the Honda advert? It was real. [Previous]

Nike Shox

hama7 — Sat, 25 Jan 2003 15:33:40 -0800

Nike Shox NZ: "And he's off like a bull with gas." [Quick Time video]