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 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…
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…
"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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
