Politics Vote. Please. Gawd. Vote Today. By SuperSpy on Nov. 4, 2008 - 12:14 AM So, a bunch of celebrities decided to use their mind control powers and incredible acting skills to persuade you to vote. I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but… please listen to Tom Cruise, Justin Timberlake ...
Agencies | Politics Tor Myhren’s Contribution To Obama’s Campaign By SuperSpy on Nov. 3, 2008 - 12:23 PM ECD of Grey New York, Tor Myhren, and his team of rabble- rousers have thrown their hats into the advertising ring with the poster above. Not sure of where these will be posted street level, but we’ll let you know, as soon a ...
Agencies | Politics An Internal PSA For Ogilvy By SuperSpy on Oct. 31, 2008 - 5:08 PM Shelly Lazarus wants her staffers to know that they need to vote. Yes, voting is a good thing, but internal PSA’s? Not such a good thing. You know all the employees at Ogilvy are going to vote and be out of the office for th ...
Politics | What The?? Goodby Silverstein & Partners Present: The Best of Sarah Palin By Matt Van Hoven on Oct. 31, 2008 - 11:15 AM Submitted for your approval, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, with the help of Clay Weiner of Biscuit Filmworks put together the best Sarah Palin clips. More: “Why Sarah Palin Should Sponsor Coca-Cola”
Agencies | Politics The Political Bubble Will Burst; Media Spend Will Burn Baby Burn By SuperSpy on Oct. 27, 2008 - 10:56 AM Ugh. Ack. Blech. More reality comes your way by NYT columnist David Carr this morning: “In the last presidential election cycle, all political advertising spending was about $1.7 billion. This year it will be $2.5 billion, a ...
Politics The Cricket Club/AB5TRAX on Obama ’08 By Matt Van Hoven on Oct. 22, 2008 - 11:40 AM Thanks to the interwebs and YouTubes, we can all stump for, well, anything we want. The video you see above is an example of what you’d call…opining at its smartest. The Cricket Club of New York and LA based AB5TRAX (w ...
Politics | What The?? “McCain and Palin are in the ‘W’ Bubble” According to Eric Williams By Matt Van Hoven on Oct. 16, 2008 - 2:21 PM Created by Eric Williams, graphic and web designer. More: “Goodby, Silverstein Line Up Against McCain”
Politics PalinAsPresident By Matt Van Hoven on Oct. 15, 2008 - 1:56 PM A copywriter and some of his friends have put together a fun Web site, where you can see what they think the world could be like if Sarah Palin makes it into the White House, and apparently John McCain is no longer around. Cue Pal ...
Agencies | People | Politics End Piece: “The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear It’self…” By SuperSpy on Oct. 10, 2008 - 5:43 PM There’s a lot of fear running through America and the results ain’t pretty. I know that we write about advertising on this blog, but I just have to comment. Fear prevents progress. We all know this, but just in case yo ...
Ad Biz | Politics Obama’s In Game Advertising By SuperSpy on Oct. 10, 2008 - 4:55 PM Check out Obama’s in game advertising in Xbox’s Burnout Paradise. There is some speculation that the captured images are actually photoshopped, but no one is certain. Looks darn good though and the idea of political ad ...