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| Adfreak | May 16, 2017 | | Today's highs and lows of creativity |
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McDonald’s Apologizes and Will Pull This Tactless Ad About a Boy and His Dead Father Approach to a sensitive topic goes awry By Patrick Coffee UPDATE: Immediately after we published this story, a McDonald's U.K. spokesperson confirmed that the chain had reversed course and decided to pull the ad. "We can confirm today that we have taken the decision to withdraw our 'Dad' TV advert," the statement read. "The advert will be removed from all media, including TV and cinema,...
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This Mother’s Day Ad for Skittles Was So Unsettling, They Pulled It Off YouTube Wrigley explains why it was taken down By Tim Nudd Skittles has a long and mostly proud history of celebrating anatomical oddities and physical ailments, from the famous "Touch" and "Beard" spots a decade ago to more recent work like "Bleachers." But the brand's Mother's Day ad for 2017, by DDB Chicago, apparently went a little too far, with its dramatization of a mother and...
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Got Plumber’s Crack? Everyone Does in This Revealing Ad for Liquid-Plumr It's about 'empowerment and confidence' By David Gianatasio Liquid-Plumr cracks wise in this new commercial from FCB Chicago. Various folks, ranging from a firefighter and florist to a bowler and boxer, expose some backside cleavage (though nothing overtly NSFW) as Rosemary Clooney's jaunty "Too Marvelous for Words" plays in the background. "There's a Plumr in all of us," proclaims the voiceover. A spiffy...
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This Ultra-Rare Car Unlocks a Special Song for Its Owner If It Ever Meets Another One on the Road The only way to hear an Empire of the Sun exclusive By Angela Natividad DS Automobiles--a premium sub-brand from Citro?n--is releasing a series of limited-edition 2017 models, including the DS 3 In?s de la Fressange (named after the French model and fashion designer) and the DS 4 Crossback Moondust. Only 500 of the former, and 150 of the latter, will be produced for the French market (out of 1,000...
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Toyota’s Cars Are So Safe Today, Its Crash Test Dummies Are Looking for Other Work Meet Stan, mired in an existential crisis By Gabriel Beltrone It's the plight of the crash test dummy. As automatic safety features on cars improve, life-sized plastic dolls are becoming obsolete, and they're not happy about it. So goes the silly but illustrative concept behind a new campaign from Toyota and Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles. A third ad launching today joins two from April...
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Watch Budweiser’s Stirring Tribute to Derek Jeter as the Yankees Retire His Number Long-form spot says 'This Bud's for 2' By Tim Nudd Derek Jeter's retirement from the New York Yankees in 2014 inspired some of the most memorable sports advertising of that year, from Jordan Brand's "Re2pect" campaign to Gatorade's "Made in New York" spot. Now, with the Yankees set to retire Jeter's number 2 this Sunday in the Bronx, it gives marketers another chance to celebrate...
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Moms of HBO Actors Recite Crude Dialogue From Their Shows in Fun Ad for Mother’s Day Give Mom some better dialogue this weekend By Tim Nudd If you're Danny McBride's mom, watching Vice Principals on HBO, you've ... gotta be proud? Or are you cringing a little every time he opens his mouth? In a fun Mother's Day ad for the network, agency Mekanism assembled six mothers of HBO stars and had them recite reprehensible lines of dialogue that their offspring...
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