View Post What The?? Campbell Ewald Fires CEO Jim Palmer After ‘Ghetto Day’ Email Controversy By Patrick Coffee on Jan. 29, 2016 - 10:20 AM The email ended, "Word, my cerebral gangsters."
View Post Campaigns | What The?? Online Asian Grocery Brand Enlists Creepy Pitchman to Utter its Name Ad Nauseum By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 2, 2015 - 4:15 PM Three spots introduce Mr. Bapmart, whose vocabulary seems limited to the brand name itself.
View Post Campaigns | What The?? Team of ‘Rogue Creatives’ Reintroduces Us to Newly Paroled OG Hamburglar By Kiran Aditham on May. 13, 2015 - 12:14 PM He's a free (spokes)man.
View Post Ad Biz | What The?? Blind Item: About That ‘TV vs. Integrated’ Debate By Patrick Coffee on May. 12, 2015 - 12:26 PM BREAKING: Young man regrets proving old(er) men right.
View Post Campaigns | What The?? Taipei-Based Rules Creative Turns the Fitting Room into a Treadmill By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 22, 2015 - 10:49 AM Fashion meets fitness in this stunt.
View Post Campaigns | What The?? PETA Gets Graphic (Surprise) to Rail Against Classroom Animal Dissection By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 10, 2015 - 2:38 PM Controversy! Outrage! High school science class!
View Post What The?? Someone Spoofed That Awkward Amazon Echo Ad By Patrick Coffee on Nov. 7, 2014 - 1:54 PM We are fairly sure that the ad for Amazon’s new product “Echo,” which premiered yesterday, was created in-house. No agency has taken credit for it, and Amazon Advertising’s homepage does have a great bio: & ...
View Post What The?? Agency CEO Reminds Managers That They’re in ‘the Service Business’ By Patrick Coffee on Sep. 5, 2014 - 1:35 PM Earlier this week, we received what seems to be a legitimate email supposedly written by the president/CEO of a “mid-level agency” who’s not quite happy with his or her team’s recent work — or their h ...