The Week on AdFreak: April 27-May 4, 2012 Art-director fails, Miller Lite's shotgun can, and a QR code that's actually cool
1. Miller Lite's New Can Lets You Drink So Fast, You Almost Don't
Taste the Beer
2. Shadow-Activated QR Code Actually Useful and Cool
3. Newspaper's Poor Advice for Readers Blamed on Art-Director
Fail
4. Most Amazing Ad Yet Made Starring a Huge Naked Man (NSFW)
5. Kraft Personally Thanks 4,632 Facebook Fans in 'Likeapella'
Music Video
6. Pizza Hut Stuffs Crust With a Dozen Mini Cheeseburgers
7. Steve Jobs Plays FDR in Long-Lost '1944' Apple Video
8. Feast Your Eyes on the Pretzelnator, the First Crowdsourced
Burger at McDonald's
9. Ashton Kutcher Is Back on the Market in Popchips Campaign
10. Kindle Ad for Third 'Hunger Games' Book Spoils the First Two
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