View Post Agencies | Campaigns Carmichael Lynch Re-enters the 36 Chambers for Steak ‘n Shake By Patrick Coffee on Aug. 29, 2014 - 2:52 PM Just over a year ago, Carmichael Lynch turned its role as Steak ‘n Shake’s new AOR into an opportunity to demonstrate its love of all things retro kung-fu with the “Hunger Wisely” campaign. This week, the a ...
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 | 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 Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV BBDO NY Celebrates Fourth of July for Guinness By Erik Oster on Jul. 7, 2014 - 10:40 AM BBDO New York solemnly pays tribute to servicemen in their Fourth of July spot for Guinness, entitled “Empty Chair.” The spot, the latest U.S. installment of the brand’s “Made of More” campaign, was c ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV | What The?? Hill Holliday, Leslie Mann Make ‘Mom Confessions’ for LG By Erik Oster on May. 30, 2014 - 10:59 AM Hill Holliday, Boston tapped Leslie Mann (Knocked Up, This Is 40, Freaks and Geeks) to voice the inner musings of a jaded mom in their latest campaign for LG appliances. Mann voices the internal monologue of a character Adweek des ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Campaigns | Digital | People | TV BBDO NY, LeanIn.org Want to ‘Ban Bossy’ for Young Girls By Erik Oster on Mar. 10, 2014 - 10:51 AM Coming on the heels of International Women’s Day, BBDO New York has launched a new educational campaign for LeanIn.org and Girl Scouts of America encouraging achievement and leadership in girls. The new campaign, entitled &# ...
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 | Sports James Harden Can Act for Foot Locker, But He Definitely Can’t Sing By Jordan Teicher on Aug. 15, 2013 - 2:52 PM Not only should you fear James Harden’s beard, but now you should fear his voice, too. There’s a long history of athletes who want to be rappers/singers, and that history stars and ends with this awesomely terrible Dei ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Sports | TV Blake Griffin Might Be a Product-Endorsing Robot By Jordan Teicher on Aug. 7, 2013 - 1:35 PM BBDO New York and Foot Locker know that Clippers forward/dunker Blake Griffin is a commercial machine – Subway, Kia, Jordan Brand to rattle off a few quickly. So for their latest joint venture, “The Endorser,” th ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People | What The?? Snickers Drops Down the Celebrity Hierarchy with Kenny G By Jordan Teicher on Jul. 1, 2013 - 3:28 PM Betty White, Joe Pesci, Robin Williams, and… Kenny G. Aside from picking the most odds-and-sods group of entertainers out there, Snickers and BBDO New York have a knack for choosing celebrities with just enough relevance for ...
