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Mean Ads That Work Creatives discuss how to be provocative and effective

It's OK to be antagonistic in your ad. Just make sure it's sympathetic, too. That idea—that attack messaging works when it also resonates with viewers—was among those kicked around at Adweek's…

May 08 2012

Ad of the Day: Call of Duty: Black Ops II 72andsunny blurs the line between war and entertainment in an audacious new campaign

The link between war-themed video games and the living, breathing military is an uneasy one. War is not entertainment, after all, and packaging it as such is always hazardous and…

May 03 2012

Johnny Cash's 'Hurt' Anchors Prototype 2's Live-Action Trailer Activision then re-creates spot in London square

Prototype 2, a follow-up to the highly successful 2009 video game Prototype, is set to release today. Given that gaming campaigns now start years in advance, Activision has decided to…

April 24 2012

Kenny Powers Unveils the Fastest Shoe You've Ever Seen: K-Swiss Blades Made from cheetahs, missiles and Bruce Lee

Kenny Powers, the MFCEO of K-Swiss, does his best foul-mouthed Steve Jobs impression—complete with the jeans-and-black-turtleneck look—in this hilarious new video from 72andSunny for K-Swiss Blades, the "fastest shoe you've…

February 23 2012

Kate Upton Sinks Her Teeth Into a Hardee's-Carl's Jr. Commercial A beefy behind-the-scenes look

"My spice I bring to it is lingerie." Thus spake Sports Illustrated swimsuit-issue cover model Kate Upton of her role in a Carl's Jr./Hardee's commercial breaking on Sunday. Truer words…

February 23 2012

Ad of the Day: Shock Top A-B's wheat beer joins the gleeful march toward the Mayan apocalypse

Rest assured: If the world does come to a dramatic, fiery end in 2012, it won't stop advertisers from hawking their wares. Extinction-level events have become a popular theme for brands…

February 22 2012

The Spot: Freeing the Fanboys Samsung wraps its campaign poking fun at the cult of Apple with a circus-like Super Bowl spot by Bobby Farrelly

GENESIS: With Apple's position in the smartphone market strong and getting stronger, Samsung has been trying to siphon off share by humorously portraying its rival's fans as slaves to an…

February 14 2012

Bobby Farrelly Directs :90 Super Bowl Ad for Samsung Galaxy Note 72andsunny spot will feature video shot with the phone

Samsung is going long in its first Super Bowl. In a lineup already packed with 60-second spots (mostly from auto brands), Samsung is prepping a :90 for the fourth quarter…

January 31 2012

Apple Gets 'Samsunged' Yet Again in Latter's Super Bowl Teaser Will it really dent the iPhone?

Samsung will try hard to sell us a line about Apple in its upcoming Super Bowl commercial by 72andsunny, but I'm not buying. As in the client's similarly themed spot…

January 23 2012

Ex-U.S. Paratrooper Rips 'Hideous' Ad for 'Modern Warfare 3' D.B. Grady says celebrated spot 'trivializes combat and sanitizes war'

Author and former U.S. Army paratrooper D.B. Grady lays down some heavy fire in The Atlantic, blasting 72andSunny's hugely popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ad with Sam Worthington…

January 04 2012

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