The Week on AdFreak: April 20-27, 2012 Aliens in circulars, crazy used-car ads, and the world's most frustrating agency beer fridge
1. Ad in Target Circular Either Photoshopped or Features an Alien
2. Agency's Frustrating Beer Fridge Won't Open Until You Do
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3. Most Absurd Craigslist Ad Ever for a '95 Pontiac Grand Am GT
4. Kentucky Breastfeeding Ad Is a Bit Long in the Tooth
5. 34 Apple Commercials Starring Celebrities
6. Grandmother Gets Killed Over and Over in Ad for Job Site
7. Texas Girl Not Elected Prom Queen Despite Roadside Billboard
8. Dove Lets Women Give Facebook Advertising a Makeover
9. Trade Dog Poop for WiFi, Thanks to DDB
10. Miller Lite's New Can Lets You Drink So Fast, You Almost
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- Sen. John Cornyn Joins the Fight Against Patent Trolls With New Bill
- YouTube CEO is Cannes Lions Media Person of the Year
- Newsweek's All-Digital Relaunch Includes Ad Sponsorship Plan
- The New York Times Reinvents the Boring Banner Ad
- Geico Makes the Perfect Ad for Hump Day
- Samsung Presents Advertising's Most Idiotically Primitive Husband Ever
- Tablets Overtake Smartphones as the Big Shopping Device
- Droga5 Gives Qantas Fliers Paperbacks That Last Just as Long as the Flight
- Ads for Playboy Fragrances Have Plenty of Happy Endings, and a Few Weird Ones Too
- Nutella Thanks Its Biggest Fan, Founder of World Nutella Day, by Sending Her a Cease and Desist
- Introducing Beardvertising: Tiny Billboards That Clip on to Your Beard
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