The Week on AdFreak

Osama vs. SEALs, getting Mom off Facebook, Flo goes rogue and more

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The death of Osama bin Laden dominated the week's news, but others things did happen! Gerry Graf told mothers to get off Facebook. Progressive's Flo did some un-Flo-like things. Google made people cry with its Chrome ads. And Uma Thurman revealed that she'll have Schweppes with just about anyone. Let's have a look back at the week on AdFreak.

  1. Osama bin Laden

    The al-Qaeda leader didn't have a great commercial history—mostly popping up in hack ads as shorthand for evil, often alongside Hitler.

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