Posted in Hump Day Update, tagged American Idol, Commercials, Kiefer Sutherland, Kurt Loder, Mad Men, Mindy Kaling, MTV, Paula Abdul, Star Trek, The Wire on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Wednesday. Paula Abdul is performing on the Idol Stage. Hilarious. Pyrotecnics were involved.
Speaking of American Idol, a stage manager fell on the stage yesterday. She’s okay but needed some stitches.
Guess who’s a lot older than he looks? MTV Correspondent Kurt Loder. The original MTV News guy turned 64 yesterday. Shocking!
Kiefer Sutherland headbutted a [...]
Posted in Advertising, tagged Commercials, Jason Alexander on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know if you’ve heard or not, but times are tough. Folks are running out of money, losing their jobs and homes left and right. When the trouble hits Main Street, the big companies suffer too. One way they’re saving some serious dough? Re-using their old commercials.
It makes good sense. For some companies, the [...]
Posted in Advertising, tagged Commercials, Easter, M&Ms, Sound of Music on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When you don’t go to church, Easter is basically Thanksgiving’s annoying little brother. No days off of school, no turkey, no football.
On Easter’s side?
1. They always play The Sound of Music or the 10 Commandments on TV.
2. This commercial.
Why did the little black girl have to be in a barn? Haterz. [...]
Posted in Advertising, Something Silly, tagged Commercials, ShamWow on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Full disclosure: I purchased a ShamWow for my mother for Christmas. Her idea, not mine. Regardless, I’ve felt a little ridiculous ever since. Making a homemade Snuggie didn’t help much.
This song made me feel better though. Thanks to the musical stylings of Rhett & Link, the ShamWow is finally cool…as cool as a weird towel [...]
Posted in Advertising, Friday Funnies, tagged Commercials on February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yes, the girl in question was fit and the shoes probably made her fast too. But to Jason’s credit, I also imagine it’s hard to run with a chainsaw.
Posted in Advertising, Friday Funnies, Something Silly, tagged Commercials, Verizon on February 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I don’t think I would’ve been able to keep my cool as well as this kid.I get spooked when I think one person is following me, let alone several dozen. Nice stunt though. It beats the hell out of the regular commercials.
Hat Tip to Boy Genius Report
Posted in Advertising, tagged Commercials, McDonalds on December 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is a true battle royale edubbers.
In this corner, the latest effort from McDonald’s. Mickey D’s has always had a strong urban campaign push, but this one really takes it up a notch. After I was done watching it I didn’t know whether to place an order for a 10-piece or make a booty call. [...]
Posted in Something Silly, tagged Commercials, Parody, SNL, Triathlon on September 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I did a triathlon today and I’m tried. I really could’ve used some of this.
At least I wasn’t this guy…yikes.
Photo: http://mixmakers.net
Posted in Advertising, tagged Commercials, Orangina on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This French ad for the popular juice drink Orangina is taking some serious flack for being way too provocative. I don’t consider myself a prude, but after watching the 60 second commercial I couldn’t help but blush. That’s not an easy thing to do when you’re Black.
See for yourself:
I don’t think [...]
Posted in Advertising, tagged Bravo, Commercials on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just in time for the conclusion of Pride Month, Bravo made a little TV history and ran the first lube commercial targeted at the gay community.
If you missed the spots when they ran on Monday night, you can check them out here.
The commercials aren’t that amazing but it’s still a nice step forward. And [...]
Posted in Advertising, tagged Commercials, TV on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This JCPenney ad never saw the light of day because the bigwigs thought it promoted teen sex (it totally does). But the ad-wizards who made it submitted it to the advertising competition at Cannes…and it won.
Now everybody wins! Check out the hilarious ad that would’ve made JCPenney cool again.
Posted in edubTV, tagged Commercials, SCTV on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nerve put together a hilarious list of the top 50 commercial parodies of all time. If you feel like spending a good hour watching old SNL, MadTV and SCTV favorites, I highly encourage you to check it out.
One of my favorite parodies came in at number seven, just in time for Mother’s Day.
Mom Jeans commercial [...]
