This week’s 5 most-read stories on AdFreak
Creativity
1. Aflac cans Gilbert Gottfried for Japan jokes 2. Adidas fires up its largest ad campaign ever 3. Is Fancy Feast spot the 'WASPiest' ad [...]
‘The Rack’ is totally some old man’s walker
Creativity
I don’t know if it’s really “the perfect way to build bigger, sculpted muscles,” but I do know this: The Rack is blatantly a geriatric walker that’s been repurposed into [...]
Terminix creates ad with 5,000 live roaches
Creativity
Nothing makes a point quite like 5,000 live cockroaches. That's how many vile critters Publicis Dallas wrangled into a squirming display for Terminix earlier this week. The roaches, originally bred [...]
Action-starved? Don’t join Swedish marines
Creativity
If you're Swedish and looking for a white-knuckled thrill ride to the bleeding edge of advanced combat, then you'll probably want to look somewhere other than the marines. In two [...]
Adidas fires up its largest ad campaign ever
Creativity
Adidas today launched what it's describing as its "largest marketing campaign in history," packed with enough pro athletes, pop stars and adrenaline overload to finally put it on par with [...]
Is Fancy Feast spot the ‘WASPiest’ ad ever?
Creativity
Some might call it romantic. Others might call it cloying. But my first thought on the new Fancy Feast ad was the same as that of YouTube commenter vwong86: "This [...]