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 Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital | People | Sports | TV W+K Taps World’s Soccer Talent in ‘Winner Stays’ for Nike By Erik Oster on Apr. 25, 2014 - 12:05 PM W+K Portland went all out in getting celebrity talent for “Winner Stays” the latest iteration of their “Risk Everything”campaign for Nike. The 4:12 film plays off the idea of pretending to be your favorite ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People | Sports | What The?? Kobe Bryant, Lionel Richie (!?) Star in New Nike/Foot Locker Spot from W+K By Erik Oster on Mar. 11, 2014 - 11:10 AM W+K’s trademark nonsensical humor is on full display in their latest, the new spot “Made by Kobe” promoting Kobe Bryant’s Kobe 9 Collection for Nike, which launched on March 6th. The spot imagines what it w ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital | TV Let Us ‘Join Together’ for W+K’s Celebration of Sony Artistry, Engineering By Erik Oster on Jan. 13, 2014 - 5:19 PM If you were watching the Golden Globes last night, you may have caught the debut of W+K Portland’s “Join Together” spot for Sony, which will run for the next six weeks. The new work (perfectly set to The Who̵ ...
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 Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Microsoft, CP+B Send Xbox One ‘Invitation’ By Erik Oster on Oct. 25, 2013 - 11:03 AM I may be something of a Sony loyalist, but I’ve got to admit CP+B’s new spot “Invitation” makes the Xbox One shine. Even some of Sony’s biggest fanboys might concede it looks a lot better than the rec ...
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 ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns | TV | What The?? Trolli Candy Goes to a Strange, Strange Place By Jordan Teicher on Sep. 25, 2013 - 3:26 PM Trolli gummy candy wants to get funky. Apparently, the bright colors and odd shapes weren’t quirky enough, so the candy company called upon Minneapolis-based Periscope for some creative legwork. The result is the new “ ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People ‘The Replacer’ Returns, with JB Smoove in Tow, in New ‘Black Ops II’ Clip By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 8, 2013 - 12:37 PM Nearly three months after 72andSunny introduced us to “The Replacer”–aka Fargo baddie Peter Stormare–in its campaign for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Revolution trailer, the agency ...
Campaigns Terry Crews Takes Over, Yells Aplenty in Latest Old Spice Work By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 12, 2012 - 10:12 AM When he’s not filming Sly Stallone’s sequel to the bloody, guilty pleasure opus that is The Expendables or cracking us up as the penny-pinching pops on syndication in Everybody Hates Chris, Terry Crews is once again sc ...