View Post Agencies | Campaigns W+K Portland Helps Craig Robinson Protect His Dodge Dart By Patrick Coffee on Aug. 5, 2014 - 11:42 AM Amazingly, comedians Craig Robinson and Jake Johnson had yet to appear in any major films, shows or campaigns together before this week. That all changed with the release of these inaugural clips in W+K Portland’s new campai ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV Adams&Partners Launches First-Ever thinkThin Campaign By Erik Oster on Jul. 18, 2014 - 1:28 PM Newly-launched Venice,California-based agency Adams&Partners have debuted the first-ever campaign for thinkThin, which positions the “nutritionally balanced high protein bars” as something you don’t have to f ...
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 | People Samsung Bombards Oscars, Complete with Tim Burton-Starring Spot By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 25, 2013 - 10:39 AM Now that the fictional game, “Unicorn Apocalypse,” created by 72andSunny in its ongoing campaign to promote Samsung Galaxy has come to fruition, where else to turn but the movie version and a pitch to the one and only ...
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 ...
View Post Ad Biz Tuesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 15, 2013 - 4:30 PM -Fast-food company A&W, which we all know for its root beer among other things, has appointed Lexington, KY-based Cornett Integrated Marketing Solutions as its new creative AOR. link -Women’s apparel brand lucy activewea ...
Campaigns | TV | What The?? We Suppose This is the Best SFW Way to Promote Adult PPV By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 22, 2012 - 11:01 AM Seeking to push its pay-per-view adult channel Amour in mainstream media, Manitoba Telecom Services enlisted the help of Dare Vancouver, which in turn came up with a campaign that adds an unlikely twist to the most cliched porn sc ...
Agencies | Brands | Campaigns eBay’s New Mobile App Will Keep You Fashionable By Bob Marshall on Sep. 15, 2011 - 2:25 PM “Mom jeans” are pretty bad, but as a young man frightened of losing all fashion sense with age, I have to say that I am personally more terrified of finding myself wearing a pair of dreaded “dad shorts.” At ...
Campaigns Olivia Munn, Kareem Ride Jet Skis, Devour Burgers for Carl’s Jr. By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 25, 2011 - 10:29 AM Using the tagline “Just the way it is” (is Bruce Hornsby getting royalties?), David&Goliath serves up another ad (directed by Matt Aselton of recent FedEx ad fame) for its client, Carl’s Jr., this time with c ...
Campaigns | Digital Christopher Nolan Never Dreamed of This By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 25, 2011 - 9:13 AM The agency formerly known as T.A.G., agencytwofifteen, was asked to come up with a marketing program for pharma brand Help Remedies and here’s one of the end results. One of nine–yes, nine–spots were delivered fo ...