Sexist vintage ads: some of these have been circulating the net for the longest time, still, there’s a few I hadn’t seen before.
[via:Daniel Brahneborg/RT]
27 May 2010
12 March 2010
10 February 2010
Old Spice Commercial: The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (I’m on a Horse)
More well written and cut ads in their channel.
[via:Janne Strang]
30 July 2009
How to Avoid Gmail’s Sponsored Links/ads
“…include a sentence or two that mentions catastrophic events or tragedies [...] After extensive testing I’ve discovered you need 1 catastrophic event or tragedy for every 167 words in the rest of the email.”
[via:Waxy]
18 July 2009
Facebook using user faces for ads
Failing contextual advertising is always hilarious. You might want to opt out, though.
[via:Mashable]
30 June 2009
Microsoft’s strange new online video ads for Internet Explorer 8
I kind of liked F.O.M.S. and to some degree, G.R.I.P.E.S.. It can’t be easy to come up with something clever to say about a product known to everyone who cares as utter shit. But hey, IE9 is likely to be good enough for basic users in a Safari-like way.
[via:Estraye]
11 May 2009
24 March 2009
21 March 2009
The CEO’s Guide to Jetting (hilarious JetBlue ads)
Direct links to each video: Chapter 1 (Welcome Aboard), Chapter 2 (The Airport), Chapter 3 (The Flight)
[via:Dvorak]
4 February 2009
17 January 2009
Christian UK bus driver refuses to drive a bus with atheist “There’s probably no God” ad banner
See also: The home page of the ad campaign
26 July 2008
Meat commercial from Soviet-era Estonia
The words being chanted are “chicken” and “meat“, kanahakkliha=chicken minced meat. Edit: Harry Egipt, the man behind this and many other.. powerful Estonian tv ads has been discussed in-depth elsewhere.
[via:Kottke]
25 July 2008
Beijing 2008 Amnesty International ad
Amnesty International ad: Beijing 2008 - Stop China's World Record of Executions
Full size and more info on Ads of the World.
4 July 2008
2 July 2008
1917 US propaganda: Gee!! I wish I were a man, I’d join the Navy.
“A WWI recruiting poster from 1917 by artist Howard Chandler Christy showing a young woman in a Navy uniform: “Gee!! I wish I were a man, I’d join the Navy. Be a man and do it. United States Navy recruiting station.”"