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Short Film About Bodybuilder Suddenly Becomes an Ad Meet Phill Pace, a guy who eats a lot

Here's an odd little number from Droga5 in Sydney, Australia. It starts off like a mini documentary about a bodybuilder, and is narrated by his girlfriend. By the end, it…

May 9, 2012, 12:58 PM EDT

Ford Destroys Defenseless Creature in Strange, Emotional New Ad Weep for the toads

This "Cane Toad Road" ad from Australia (via ad agency JWT Melbourne) for the Ford Falcon and its EcoBoost engine leaves me feeling sad for toads rather than impressed by…

May 8, 2012, 11:49 AM EDT

Australian Brewer Diligently Solves All of Your Beer Predicaments Long hours in the Hahn lab yield amazing results

Break out the beakers, there's a beer blast in the lab! Publicis Mojo's "Pioneering beering" campaign for Australia's Hahn SuperDry was successful last year, and these new iterations—starring doofus researchers…

March 20, 2012, 9:20 AM EDT

Bus-Shelter Ad Lets You Pick and Play Songs Insurance company builds special app and QR codes

Australia's NRMA Insurance has outfitted a Sydney bus shelter with a custom sound system that lets you choose the songs with QR codes, just to remind people that its coverage…

March 13, 2012, 9:44 AM EDT

Brilliant Ad for Technical School Will Teleport You to Hell Australian comedy duo honor their alma mater

Two former students of Central Institute of Technology, one of Australia's largest training institutes, have created a delightfully disturbing two-minute promotional video that showcases CIT and serves as a cautionary…

February 21, 2012, 8:20 AM EST

LG Vacuum Cleaner Great at Sucking Up Bikini-Model Fat Kompressor ad is an odd one

In this strange commercial from Australia, an LG Kompressor vacuum is used to pull an ultra-plus-size woman's body impossibly taut so she looks ultra slim in a bikini. Is the…

January 10, 2012, 12:10 PM EST

Australian Retailer Wishes You a Very Inappropriate Christmas This is an actual Dick Smith ad

Dick Smith, an Australian electronics retailer in the Best Buy vein, uses the tagline "Dick does." This presents opportunities for innuendo, as seen most notably in this actual Christmas ad,…

December 22, 2011, 7:46 AM EST

Australia Gets Up for Touching Marriage Equality Spot First-person narrative has slow reveal

Get Up!, an advocacy group in Australia, has just released this touching commercial by the Motion Picture Company lobbying for marriage equality. Research by The Third Way, a think tank…

November 28, 2011, 10:23 AM EST

Meeting Yourself Isn't Altogether Pleasant in Australian Insurance Ads Theme has been done better before

People meet healthier versions of themselves in Clemenger BBDO's campaign for Bupa, an Australian insurance company. Man, I hate when that happens, especially if my healthier self is also better…

November 21, 2011, 8:46 AM EST

Ad of the Day: Volkswagen DDB Sydney delivers another quirky winner with its great-outdoors spot for the Tiguan crossover

There are two types of people in this world: those who like to "rough it," and those who don't. Well, who says you can't do both? DDB Sydney's new Volkswagen Tiguan…

October 31, 2011, 8:01 AM EDT

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