View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV M&C Saatchi Grows Bee Beard for San Diego Zoo By Erik Oster on Dec. 2, 2014 - 11:43 AM M&C Saatchi has released another ad for the San Diego Zoo as part of its ongoing campaign designed to stoke children’s interest in the zoo’s Tiger Trail exhibit. In the spot, a boy has magically grown a full beard ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital | People | Sports Kevin Hart Takes on Dave Franco in Madden NFL 15 for Heat, EA Sports By Erik Oster on Aug. 18, 2014 - 11:58 AM Heat, San Francisco taps Kevin Hart and Dave Franco (James’ brother) to star in a new online spot for EA Sports’ Madden NFL 15. The spot, which also sees guest appearances from Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lilla ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns W+K Portland Helps Craig Robinson Protect His Dodge Dart By Patrick Coffee on Aug. 5, 2014 - 11:42 AM Amazingly, comedians Craig Robinson and Jake Johnson had yet to appear in any major films, shows or campaigns together before this week. That all changed with the release of these inaugural clips in W+K Portland’s new campai ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV Adams&Partners Launches First-Ever thinkThin Campaign By Erik Oster on Jul. 18, 2014 - 1:28 PM Newly-launched Venice,California-based agency Adams&Partners have debuted the first-ever campaign for thinkThin, which positions the “nutritionally balanced high protein bars” as something you don’t have to f ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Sports | TV | What The?? The Vault Taps Dante Exum for Foot Locker By Erik Oster on Jul. 10, 2014 - 3:46 PM The Vault tapped NBA Draft prospect Dante Exum for a humorous new Foot Locker campaign. The series of 15 second spots, entitled “Everything Changes After the Draft” highlight how things don’t change after the dra ...
View Post Ad Biz | People Bono Tries to Guilt You Into Downloading U2’s New Song By Erik Oster on Feb. 3, 2014 - 10:00 AM You probably saw the trailer for U2’s new music video, directed by Mark Romanek, for their latest release “Invisible” during the big game last night, but here it is in case you fell asleep during one of the most ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns | People | Sports TBWA\Chiat\Day LA Celebrates Peyton with ’51 And Counting’ for Gatorade By Erik Oster on Dec. 23, 2013 - 1:27 PM TBWA/Chiat Day celebrates Peyton Manning breaking the NFL single-season touchdown record with an inspirational campaign for Gatorade. At the heart of the new campaign is the thirty second spot, “51 And Counting.” The s ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Lorraine Bracco Brings Her Signature Rasp to Deutsch’s Holiday Netflix Spot By Erik Oster on Dec. 3, 2013 - 10:54 AM Lorraine Bracco (she of The Sopranos and Goodfellas fame, of course) lends her familiar voice to Deutsch LA’s new holiday spot for Netflix, and predictably, makes the ad work. In the spot, “Tree Topper,” Bracco v ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People | Sports | TV LeBron Kicks Back with Family, Friends for Samsung Galaxy By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 30, 2013 - 9:05 AM We are now in the season of LeBron James commercials. He’s like Victor Cruz, only taller, better, richer, and not a Time Warner Cable lackey. If you happened to watch the opening night of the NBA season, you saw three differ ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns 72andSunny Waxes Nostalgic in New Spots for Samsung Galaxy Gear By Erik Oster on Oct. 7, 2013 - 4:11 PM 72andSunny pays homage to sci-fi and television history in their new campaign for Samsung Galaxy Gear. The spot “Evolution” traces the evolution of wristwatch communication, from Dick Tracy and Star Trek to Inspector Gadget an ...