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Tim Nudd

News Editor Tim Nudd has contributed to Adweek since 1997. His work has appeared in the Village Voice, The Onion, Life, and People. The grandson of a Fleet Street journalist, Tim was born in England, educated in St. Louis, and now lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. A soccer junkie, Tim is also a former winner of the prestigious Golden Boot award in the leagues at Chelsea Piers.

Liquid-Plumr Double Impact Has Twice the Uncomfortable Innuendo Woman gets 'pipe flushed' by a pair of plumbers

Liquid-Plumr has a product called Double Impact. So, really, what choice did DDB San Francisco have but to create the innuendo-stuffed spot below with a housewife who daydreams about two…

February 22 2012

Kellogg Creates Totes Amazeballs Cereal in Response to Single Tweet Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess gets his wish

Totes Amazeballs might seem like an un-Kellogg-like name for a breakfast cereal. But the company has created it anyway over in the U.K., following a Twitter request from Charlatans frontman…

February 22 2012

It Is the Most Interesting Horn Solo in the World Dos Equis icon turns to music

"If you were to hear one of his horn solos live, you would feel every emotion you've ever experienced, simultaneously." That's the somewhat painful-sounding description on the video below, starring…

February 21 2012

Serra Honda Man Terminates the Rusty Forces of Evil Superhero of savings returns for new ads

Everyone's favorite corpulent Alabama-based automotive superhero, Serra Honda Man, is back with a new commercial co-starring Serra Honda Girl. Together, they put a rusted hunk of metal in his place—by…

February 21 2012

The Spot: Rhapsody in Vegas The Cosmopolitan hotel maintains its witty, surreal edge with a spoken-word homage to an iconic Queen song

IDEA: An artful, highly curated hotel, more urban and less contrived than many of its Sin City peers, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas caters to what it calls the "curious…

February 21 2012

M&M's Wins YouTube's Super Bowl Ad Blitz Contest Chrysler finishes second in voting by site's users

In the end, it was a shell game. M&M's "Just My Shell" commercial from BBDO New York, introducing the new Ms. Brown character, was crowned the winner of YouTube's 2012 Ad…

February 20 2012

For the Love of God, Don't Lose Everything, Says Carbonite An ominous warning at a wedding

Here's some new work from Arnold for Carbonite. No, not the stuff Han Solo was encased in on Darth Vader's orders—the online data backup company. The 60-second spot takes place…

February 20 2012

The Week on AdFreak: Feb. 10-17, 2012 Ford's fake model, the weepiest dog ad ever, and a marriage proposal via infographic

The 10 most-read AdFreak stories from the past week: 1. Man Proposes to Woman Using an Infographic 2. Ford Sneaks a Fake Swimsuit Model Into 'Sports Illustrated' 3. Purina's Latest Ad Leaves Dog…

February 18 2012

Ad of the Day: Lexus The automaker builds a racetrack in the shape of 'SI' swimsuit model Tori Praver

Automobiles and women in skimpy clothing. They've been together probably since cavemen finished chiseling the first stone wheel. These days, it's not really acceptable for mainstream auto brands to just…

February 17 2012

Purity Bear Is Back, and Now He's a Sassy Black Woman Best to abstain from these commercials

Ah, Purity Bear—that cute, cuddly, morally indignant stuffed animal who ambushes teenagers just as they're about to have life-ruining sexual intercourse. We first encountered P.B. last month, when he swooped…

February 17 2012

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