View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV The Martin Agency Revisits ‘Camels’ for Geico By Erik Oster on Dec. 22, 2014 - 1:08 PM According to Adweek, The Martin Agency’s “Hump Day” ad for Geico was the brand’s most viral ever, so it’s no surprise that the agency (who have been known to recycle its ideas for the brand) riffs on ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns BBDO and Foot Locker Bravely Defend Against Sports Cliches By Patrick Coffee on Dec. 9, 2014 - 2:39 PM BBDO New York and Foot Locker continue their extended winning streak with this just-released spot in which Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook promotes the client’s new Air Jordan line: We like that the spot plays o ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV The Martin Agency Asks Salt-N-Pepa to Spice Up Geico By Erik Oster on Nov. 26, 2014 - 12:45 PM The Martin Agency makes sacreligious use of Salt-N-Pepa’s iconic 90s hit “Push It” — as well as the group itself — in its latest spot for Geico. The 30-second ad opens on a man trying to pull open a ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns BBDO and Foot Locker Predict John Wall’s Entire Career By Patrick Coffee on Oct. 28, 2014 - 6:25 PM The latest spot in the BBDO series for Foot Locker is a bit more forward-looking than others: it involves Wizard Point guard John Wall’s colleagues predicting his entire career arc. Here’s “The Process”: ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Digital | Sports BBDO NY Pits Harden Against the Internet in Game of Horse for Foot Locker By Erik Oster on Oct. 3, 2014 - 3:39 PM BBDO New York has a new spot for Foot Locker that pits James Harden against the Internet in a best of three game of Horse. It’s a really fun idea, in a “Why hasn’t anyone though of this before?” kind of way ...
View Post Agencies | Campaigns Landon Donovan Forgets Everything in New BBDO Foot Locker Spot By Patrick Coffee on Aug. 13, 2014 - 11:45 AM The hits keep coming for BBDO New York and Foot Locker. Yesterday saw the release of the agency’s second spot in the “Short Memory” series, which launched last week by partnering James Harden with old-school NBA ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital | TV | What The?? BBDO NY Taps NBA Greats for Foot Locker By Erik Oster on Aug. 6, 2014 - 11:13 AM BBDO New York taps Houston Rockets star James Harden and retired NBA greats Charles Barkley and Scottie Pippen for a funny new spot entitled “Short Memory,” which promises to be the first in a series. When Harden asks ...
View Post What The?? Delta’s ’80’s In-Flight Safety Video’ Crams as Much Decade’s Worth of Nostalgia Into 5 Minutes By Erik Oster on Jan. 28, 2014 - 4:40 PM We’re not sure who’s behind it, but “Delta’s 80’s In-Flight Safety Video” manages to turn the normally insufferable flight safety video into something totally rad (Update: It is W+K NY, credit ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People BBDO Brings More Funny to Foot Locker in Star-Studded Spot By Erik Oster on Nov. 19, 2013 - 3:26 PM BBDO’s solid streak for Foot Locker continues with a new spot promoting the chain’s annual “Week of Greatness” event, “the one time each year when the most premium kicks come out.” Entitled “All ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Sports | What The?? Stephen Curry Bests James Harden with Soulful Diss Track for Foot Locker By Jordan Teicher on Aug. 20, 2013 - 3:30 PM Here’s an update on the James Harden/Stephen Curry commercial-pretending-to-be-a-music-video we covered last week: while Harden may have uncorked his vocal cords first, Curry is back with an unsavory r&b diss track that ...