Groupon’s Tibet spot pisses off the Chinese
Creativity
Which is most surprising: that Timothy Hutton is an Oscar winner, that he's still alive, or that he appeared in the most controversial Super Bowl spot of the night? In [...]
‘Bruno’ ads too racy for Hong Kong subway
Creativity
An ad agency handling the placement of electronic posters and billboards in Hong Kong's subway has refused to put up an ad for the movie Bruno. I initially assumed the [...]
Air freshener that handles visible butt odors
Creativity
My colleague Dave Kiefaber probably thought he'd found the goofiest odor-related ad of the year when he posted that Doc Bottom's Aspray spot. Sure, that had cartoon-style green smoke wafting [...]
Creativity a staple of China’s butt-cream ads
Creativity
Continuing our (well, OK, my) butt theme, here's a hemorrhoid-cream magazine ad from China that's actually somewhat subtle with its message. Binding the ad into the middle of the book [...]