Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV Old Navy Plays into Chicago Bears’ Fans Stereotype By Bob Marshall on Aug. 30, 2012 - 2:03 PM Though most of the actors of Saturday Night Live‘s classic “Superfans” sketch are either dead or probably have no interest in reviving their Bears-loving mustachioed characters, it doesn’t the mean decades ...
Brands | Campaigns | People The ‘90210’ Casting Call Continues for Old Navy By Kiran Aditham on Aug. 8, 2012 - 10:01 AM Well, we have to say once again that the cast from the original Beverly Hills 90210 has aged well as now it’s Luke Perry and Jennie Garth’s turn to take center stage in CP+B’s “Funnovations” ca ...
Brands | Campaigns Hyundai Gives Nod to Queen, Encourages Drivers to ‘Break Free’ By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 26, 2012 - 3:30 PM Queen makes for a good video. Whether a drunk Canadian is singing every word of “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the back of a squad car, Cosmopolitan Las Vegas is getting competitive men involved poolside, or Hyundai is encoura ...
Ad Biz | Brands | TV Presenting NBC’s Pregame All-Star Musical Jamboree By Bob Marshall on Feb. 6, 2012 - 2:45 PM USA Today-ness.
Agencies | TV | What The?? Learn How to Perform CPR Like a ‘Tough Guy’ By Bob Marshall on Jan. 6, 2012 - 11:43 AM From Grey London and Hungry Man UK comes the above PSA for the British Heart Foundation. Fans of violent action movies will immediately recognize the spot’s star as Vinnie Jones, the former Welsh soccer star (and sultry loun ...
Ad Biz | Brands | Campaigns Kevin Butler Takes a Moment to Salute a Real Hero By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 11, 2011 - 10:25 AM Playstation pitchman Kevin Butler tones down his snarky/silly schtick for a tick in order to honor Veteran’s Day in this latest “Hall of Play” inclusion from Deutsch LA. Here, Butler honors a gamer (as well as ...
Brands | Campaigns Now It’s Kevin Butler’s Turn to Salute Gamers By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 3, 2011 - 3:08 PM Deutsch LA launched the next phase of its well-received “Michael” campaign for Playstation that now stars none other than the game console’s brash pitchman, Kevin Butler. After paying homage this week to people w ...
Agencies | Brands McRib is Back, Alright! By Bob Marshall on Oct. 24, 2011 - 12:00 PM Disclaimer: We were given the above spot from Arnold Worldwide on April 1, though were kindly asked to take it down as it was sent to us “in error” (which explains some of the older comments). As it turns out, the McRi ...
Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | People Method Man, Sour Patch Kids Roll Deep By Bob Marshall on Oct. 4, 2011 - 12:43 PM You know what’s a real thug-ass candy? Sour Patch Kids, that’s what. Know how I know? Because Method Man, the 40-year-old rapper and actor of Wu-Tang Clan and How High fame, made a music video co-starring Sour Patch Ki ...
Agencies | Campaigns The Budweiser Frogs Were Never this Jumpy By Kiran Aditham on May. 13, 2011 - 12:26 PM Has it already been a week since CP+B and VitaminWater became more intimate (no AOR)? My, how time flies, but here’s the second advert in the “You’re Up” campaign for the Coke brand called “Frog.̶ ...