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Oily Bohunk Josh Button Makes Landfall in Ad for Diet Dr Pepper Yet another one-of-a-kind

Damn you, hot hunks of advertising! Damn you to hot, hunky hell! Your Grecian glutes mock me as I polish off another nacho platter, and your six-pack abs shame me…

May 20, 2013, 12:10 PM EDT

Meet San Diego's Worst Rapper, Real Estate Agent Rafael A. Perez With initials like those, it was meant to be

Today, everyone does everything. You have actor-writer-rappers (Donald Glover, Jamie Foxx), dancers turned actors (Jennifer Lopez, Channing Tatum), pro athletes attempting to rap (Shaq, Allen Iverson), and so on. So,…

May 20, 2013, 11:08 AM EDT

Charmin Welcomes Fans to Nascar Race With Billboard Potty Humor Important message from giant underwear

I love it when brands finally catch on to jokes the rest of us were making in fourth grade. This time it's Charmin, which treated fans at the Charlotte Motor…

May 20, 2013, 8:18 AM EDT

Goodby, Silverstein Brings the Funny for YouTube's First-Ever Comedy Week Ads and masthead hype Sunday's kickoff

To hype its inaugural Comedy Week, which begins Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET, YouTube turned to an ad agency known for generating its share of laughs: Goodby, Silverstein &…

May 18, 2013, 1:16 PM EDT

Better Eyewear Means Fewer Dead Cats, Says Amusing Specsavers Ad Look closer

The best performance by a cat in a TV commercial this week goes to the fluffy mess in this new British spot for eyewear maker Specsavers. Not that the veterinarian…

May 17, 2013, 3:53 PM EDT

British Advertising Hits New Low With Commercial Starring Talking Butt Crack Seriously?

What a week it's been. As Friday draws to a close, I see your defecating man in the exercise video and your threesome-inducing Sexual Chocolate wine, and I raise you…

May 17, 2013, 3:21 PM EDT

Dumb Ways to Die Is Now a Video Game for the iPhone and iPad McCann Australia extends beloved train-safety ad

There are now even more "Dumb Ways to Die"—and smart ways to live—as McCann Australia has made a video game out of its beloved, superviral train-safety ad from last year.…

May 17, 2013, 2:38 PM EDT

He Shoots, He Scores: David Beckham's 10 Most-Viral Commercials Pepsi, Adidas, H&M and more

David Beckham is retiring from professional soccer, but he'll never stop making ads. One of the world's most prolific pitchmen, the former England captain has sold everything from underwear and…

May 17, 2013, 12:14 PM EDT

YouTube Star Tobuscus Forced Into Making Insane Musical Ad for Hot Pockets Bullied by a voiceover

Stand-up comedian, actor, songwriter and noted YouTube personality Toby "Tobuscus" Turner made this fourth-wall-shattering musical ad for Hot Pockets in which he is bullied by an unseen voiceover into singing…

May 17, 2013, 10:15 AM EDT

Microsoft Hammers Google in Leaked Parody of a Chrome Ad 'Chrome has you commercialized'

Microsoft takes a break from perfecting its blue screen of death to ape Google's ad style—abundant white space, bouncing Chrome ball, Beethoven's Fifth on the soundtrack—in this anti-Google video that…

May 17, 2013, 9:19 AM EDT

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