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 Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People | TV Grey NY Introduces Yet Another Rob Lowe for DirecTV By Erik Oster on Nov. 25, 2014 - 11:02 AM Grey New York has introduced yet another Rob Lowe in its ongoing campaign for DirecTV. Following on the heels of “Painfully Awkward Rob Lowe,” which apparently drew some criticism from shy bladder sufferers, the agency ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV | What The?? W+K Sings ‘Dadsong’ for Old Spice By Erik Oster on Nov. 24, 2014 - 11:25 AM W+K has a new spot for Old Spice’s “#SmellcometoManhood” campaign entitled “Dadsong,” a follow-up to to the goofy musical “Momsong,” in which mothers lament Old Spice turning their sons in ...
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 | Campaigns | TV Grey NY Gets Painfully Awkward with Rob Lowe for DirecTV By Erik Oster on Oct. 17, 2014 - 2:32 PM Last month, Grey New York debuted a new campaign for DirecTV, introducing the world to Super Creepy Rob Lowe and Less Attractive Rob Lowe in the process. Now the agency is back with a follow-up effort, this time contrasting DirecT ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV Grey NY Gets Creepy with Rob Lowe for DirecTV By Erik Oster on Sep. 23, 2014 - 3:54 PM Grey New York has a new campaign for DirecTV, utilizing the services of Rob Lowe. Lowe plays himself and “Creepy Rob Lowe” in the 30-second spot “Creepy.” Regular Lowe has DirecTV, while “Creepy Rob L ...
View Post Agencies ESPN, W+K Enlist NFL Stars for Their Fantasy League By Patrick Coffee on Sep. 2, 2014 - 1:54 PM ESPN and the NFL have reminded us several times over the past week that the football season is about to begin with help from Wieden + Kennedy New York. In the latest pigskin-flavored spot to promote SportsCenter, the network plays ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV TBWA BEING Gets Goofy for Wheat Thins By Erik Oster on Aug. 14, 2014 - 10:22 AM TBWA BEING gets goofy in their latest spot for Wheat Thins, entitled “Trap Door.” In the 15-second spot, a man explains to his wife that’s he’s created a trap door to keep anyone from stealing his Wheat Thi ...
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 | TV | What The?? W+K NY Gets in on the Shark Action for Southern Comfort By Erik Oster on Aug. 13, 2014 - 11:29 AM The latest in W+K New York’s “Whatever’s Comfortable” campaign for Southern Comfort is a strange one. Timed to coincide with Shark Week, the new spot, which is called “Shark,” opens on a woman s ...