KFC has released their first Buckets for the Cure ad. I tend to think they should have played up the “Why Race for the Cure when you can Eat for Cure?” angle, but oh well. The ad is still pretty good—and a bucket of KFC Original Recipe chicken is as delicious as ever.
Posts Tagged ‘video’
How far we’ve come [video]
I’m no fan of what Matt Yglesias calls the “stick it to hippies” school of libertarianism—or for that matter, pretty much anything that the Competitive Enterprise Institute promotes. But I do appreciate a good political ad, particularly one that trumpets progress. And this ad that CEI made attacking Earth Hour is very well done. (I [...]
Soda companies show a united front [ads]
At my high school, the senior class was given the Coke machine as a fundraising tool. Seniors were responsible for paying the Coke supplier and keeping the machine stocked. As compensation, they got to keep all of the profits for the class.
Needless to say it was a gold mine–even at a small school with only [...]
Re-branding the University of Phoenix [ads]
I love advertizing the way some people love Christmas. When I see a devilishly clever ad, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. And while the best—and most uniquely American—form of advertizing is the negative ad, corporate image ads come in a close second. These are the ads that don’t seek to sell [...]
ABC wants your money to prop up Disney Land (or so says Cablevision)
In the world of corporate negative advertising, it is usually cable and satellite companies that are the most hard-hitting. Comcast’s “Satellite TV is not all its dished up to be” ads were some of my personal favorites.
But a new ad out from Cablevision viciously attacking ABC might just set a new standard for corporate attack ads. Cablevision [...]
The best and worst Olympic ads [Olympics]
Now that the Olympics are officially over, (we won! Go USA!) it is time to take a look at won the advertizing contest. Cutting an ad for the Olympics is kind of hard. NBC insists on presenting the Olympics as a sort of kumbaya, brotherhood-of-man event instead of the epic content between nations that it [...]
The 1968 Detroit Olympics [video]
Do Vancouver’s gleaming towers and vibrant waterfront that they keep showing during NBC’s Olympic coverage remind you of Detroit? No. Me neither.
But back in the day, just before the city entered its downward spiral, Detroit too made a bid for the Olympics. It was America’s candidate city for the 1968 summer games. They were eventually awarded to [...]
Raising morale [ads]
In honor of the Commercial Bowl, I thought it appropriate to reflect on the wonderful ability of Madison Ave. to not only sell us products, but also lift our national spirits and restore faith in the American dream as well. The NASDAQ Visionaries ads were quite good, but no one does it better than Allstate.
E-mail [...]
MINUTEMENT UPDATE: Future finally arrives
Know what sucks? When you’re flipping through a magazine to look at the celebrity pictures and a colorful ad catches your eye—and you’re compelled to read the text to figure out what the ad is selling and how you can buy it.
I know it bums me out.
Thankfully, the great men and women on Madison Avenue [...]
