Australia beats up on junk-food ads for kids

My week on AdFreak has been an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord of foolish food follies. But I had to dig deep—all the way Down Under—for this final course, which puts the whole grotesque gastronomical journey in perspective. The Coalition on Food Advertising to Children, via ad agency I.D.E.A.S. in Sydney, serves up this sublimely silly slice of social awareness designed to lobby the Australian government to bank junk food ads aimed at kids. That nicotine-addicted "shamburger" (that's what they call him) is as gooofy and poorly costumed as the menu items from Dixie's campaign.