Barbara Lippert

The 'Crazy Ones'

October 25, 2009

"Most advetising is shit. Always has been," Lee Clow said calmly, to resounding laughter, at The New Yorker Festival last week.

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Amp App Fails to 'Score'

October 21, 2009

You have to give Pepsi credit for the outrage it recently generated over its "Amp Up Before You Score" app, concedes our ad critic, Barbara Lippert.

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Friendly's Must Be Kidding

October 12, 2009

Our ad critic, Barbara Lippert, says, "It's not often that a commercial pops up that's so bad it's hard to believe it's not a relic from the Reagan era."

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Michelin Man Carries a Heavy Load

October 07, 2009

Our ad critic, Barbara Lippert, kicks the tires on TBWA\C\D's first global work for Michelin.

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I Love You, Tomorrow

October 06, 2009

The future remains bright for Intel in Venables Bell's stylish campaign.

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Tampax, Serena Hit Winning Volley

October 05, 2009

Barbara Lippert approves of Tampax's decision to stick by Serena Williams -- and she approves of the campaign.

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The Trouble With Y!ou

September 27, 2009

Hey there! You, with the oddly placed exclamation point! Yeah, y!ou! As in, "It's y!ou," the new tagline for Yahoo's $100 million global ad campaign.

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Good Vibrations

September 20, 2009

I grew up with great affection for the simplest, most primitive environmental  public service announcements -- the spots with Smokey the Bear and the Native American canoeist with the (glycerin?) tear.

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GM's Chairman of the Bored

September 14, 2009

Our ad critic, Barbara Lippert, laments the lack of real reasons to support GM's promise of "Reinvention."

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PS3: The Game Is On

September 13, 2009

Our ad critic explores how PlayStation's winning ads go for a wider audience.

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