On Friday night, The Mister and I popped into The Walker Art Center for the 2008 British Advertising Awards. Y'all? That sh*t was gooooood. Granted, I love ads because
a) I used to work in advertising
b) I am a huge culture whore
c) I have a thirty second attention span
but I think we can all admit that the ads are the best part of, well, a lot of rubbish that's on television these days.
a) I used to work in advertising
b) I am a huge culture whore
c) I have a thirty second attention span
but I think we can all admit that the ads are the best part of, well, a lot of rubbish that's on television these days.
Here are some of my favorites
My new favorite interpretation of 'Toy Story"
Delicious cinematography for insomniacs:
Because your friends rock:
An ad that appeals to every clean freak ever:
Beautiful and startling anti-gun ad:
Dead sexy jeans:
What's your favorite ad these days?
17 comments:
AHAHAHAH That Toy story interpretation is fantastic!! It's my fave movie, now Ill never watch it the same way again!
Those are freaking awesome! My TV doesn't get reception (I'm too cheap for cable - there's enough crap online for free to watch!) so sometimes I just get on youtube and watch commercials. It's sick.
The best ad jingle I've ever heard:
"Gravox, it sounds a bit like gravy ox"
Bridey! That's fantastic. I don't know what Gravox is, but I'd probably buy it based on the strength of that slogan.
I've always hated ads since having to analyse them for a term with a trainee teacher a few years back....
But I do love that perfume ad with Josh Hartnett...
For your 30 second attention span, try this:
http://prettyfaceshelpinraces.blogspot.com/2008/08/movie-magic-in-30-seconds.html
xx
Pretty face - those bunny movies are FANTASTIC. The pairing of two great things: movies and rodents. I love it.
My fav ad? It's this one with the ape :)
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=iKdQC-hbY7k
Here's a link to my favourite products....
http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/128/a0b/128a0b9d-0aeb-40b4-82bd-215001252f53
Young! That ad actually won the gold medal at the Brit Ad Awards. Pretty clever. I love the bit where his eyes are closed and he's psyching himself up ... to ROCK!
Epic!
I really love this ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7yqlTMvp8
Cat herding makes me laugh XD
I love great commercials. Commercials can be entertaining and why shouldn't they? My favorite is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
u5KKcBQen-Y
I know it is stupid and yet every time I hear the word meteor I have to say "ah, the atmosphere."
Those are so good, guys! I hadn't seen either of those. What with living under a rock and what not.
I don't watch a lot of tv, so I don't catch clever ads very often. But, you happened to feature my current favorite ad. The bleach pen/talking stain makes me laugh every time! The other day I was thinking about that ad during my Shakespeare Seminar, and I almost exploded laughing.
(Also, I wanted to let you know I tagged you at my blog)
i love all these ads! especially the toy story one haha!!
i too love good commercials. there is nothing more unbearable than watching a badly done advertisement, or worse, seeing one misspelled...
but when done correctly - it's like art.
This ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0 is one of my favorites.
When it came out I walked around everywhere with it in my head.
boom-di-ada, boom-di-ada, boom-di-ada, boom-di-ada
plus, the world is an awesome place, I mean, who can argue with that?
Erika, that is such a lovely commercial.
Jackie, thanks so much!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS0GVOQPs0
This one! my friend showed me this, and it made me love Wanda Sykes. Lady's got a point.
Amen, Beth! I really don't like when the G-word is misused. It makes me *almost* as crazy as when people use the word 'retard.'
Seriously, the only reason I'm not pulling out my portable soapbox right here in the comments is because I have to go get my oil changed over my lunch break.
But rest assured, that it winds me up.
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