View Post Agencies | Campaigns Zambezi, Hungry Man Release Another Awkward fruitwater Spot By Patrick Coffee on Oct. 23, 2014 - 2:00 PM Last month, vitaminwater’s fruitwater brand got a little weird with Christina Applegate in the first of its new ads in a campaign created by Venice agency Zambezi and production studio Hungryman. Today the company released ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People | Sports TBWA\Chiat\Day Taps Peyton Manning, Cam Newton for Gatorade By Erik Oster on Aug. 18, 2014 - 3:31 PM The late comedian Mitch Hedberg had a joke that went: “You don’t have to be sweating and holding a basketball to enjoy a Gatorade, you can just be a thirsty dude. Gatorade forgets about this demographic. I’m thir ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital | TV Venables Bell & Partners Go ‘West of Expected’ for Skyy Vodka By Erik Oster on Jul. 8, 2014 - 3:32 PM Venables Bell & Partners have an off-center campaign for Skyy Vodka, introducing the new tagline “West of Expected” for the California brand. The new campaign sees improv actor Paul Welsh play a spokesman for the b ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns WPP’s David Documents the Rise and Fall of ‘Subservient Chicken’ for Burger King By Patrick Coffee on Apr. 30, 2014 - 5:39 PM Today Burger King dropped the first spot by its new global AOR, WPP agency David. As a faux “where are they now” covering the CP+B original’s fall from fame and return to viral advertising, it’s about a ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns GSD&M Launch Zales Holiday Campaign with ‘Balloons’ By Erik Oster on Nov. 5, 2013 - 10:49 AM GSD&M has Zales’ “Let Love Shine” holiday campaign with the spot “Balloon,” featuring the surprisingly not terrible music of Lord Huron. I say “surprisingly not terrible” because of th ...