Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People | Sports | TV David&Goliath Present ‘Showdown’ with Blake Griffin for Kia By Erik Oster on Dec. 22, 2014 - 11:15 AM After teaming up with LeBron James back in October, David&Goliath returned to working with Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffinin its latest effort for Kia, entitled “Showdown.” The spot features Griffin cast in ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Sports | TV W+K Asks You to ‘Choose Your Winter’ for Nike By Erik Oster on Nov. 17, 2014 - 10:58 AM W+K Portland launched a campaign for Nike’s Hyperwarm line with the 60-second broadcast spot “Choose Your Winter.” The spot enlists an unexpected guest for the brand in Chris O’Dowd (who you probably remem ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital | People | Sports | TV | What The?? W+K Portland Launches ‘Never Finished’ for Nike, Starring Richard Sherman By Erik Oster on Sep. 25, 2014 - 12:23 PM W+K Portland got Richard Sherman to star in its new spot “Never Finished” for Nike, following on the heels of Sherman’s recent appearances for Neff earlier this month and Campbell’s in August. The new spot ...
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 BBDO and Lowe’s Respond to Your March Madness Twitter Jokes By Patrick Coffee on Apr. 4, 2014 - 5:13 PM Ever feel like your tweets are answers to questions that no one asked? Are they trees falling in a forest so remote that no one even knows whether they existed (much less whether or not they made a sound)? Snap out of it, dude. Ac ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns | Sports Goodby Silverstein & Partners Ring in Holiday Season with ‘Jingle Hoops’ for NBA By Erik Oster on Nov. 14, 2013 - 3:08 PM Last year, Goodby Silverstein & Partners celebrated the holidays with their “BIG: Color” spot for the NBA, which they sometimes refer to as “Carol of the Balls” (sounds a bit gross to me.) Following on ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Samsung Galaxy S4: Great for Confused, Tired Young Dads By Ella Riley-Adams on Jun. 5, 2013 - 11:16 AM Sure, 72andSunny and Samsung have had some fun comparing the latter’s smartphones to Apple’s in recent years, but in the last several months, it seems like the brand’s finally getting over their complex and showcasin ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns | Digital | TV Samsung Tells a Meandering Tale About Unicorns, Business Things By Bob Marshall on Jan. 23, 2013 - 3:24 PM Hey, look! It’s that dude who was on 30 Rock for a few seasons before they realized his character was totally worthless. This guy. Man, has that dude fallen on hard times or what? Let’s all hope he gets back on his fee ...
Brands | Campaigns | Digital Let’s Spend Some Time with LeBron On His First Day Back, Shall We? By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 1, 2012 - 11:41 AM 72andSunny’s marketing blitz for Samsung continues with this new spot for the Galaxy Note II starring none other than LeBron James (whose other, more charitable ad for Samsung was launched simultaneously). We admit we were i ...
Ad Biz | Brands | Digital The Future Looks Bleak in ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 2’ Doc By Kiran Aditham on May. 2, 2012 - 4:45 PM Following the reveal trailer that aired during last night’s NBA playoffs and showed actual game play, Activision has now unveiled the full-length, two-minute documentary for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 which was created by The ...
