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NBC Sells Its Nonexistent Soul For a $5 Subway Sandwich
Hamilton Nolan · 04/17/09 09:21AMNBC has shockingly ruined the integrity of its dramatic show Chuck by allowing Subway what is perhaps the most blatant (and therefore laughable!) product placement in network TV history. Mmm, smell that chicken teriyaki.
Assvertising, Overdone
Hamilton Nolan · 04/15/09 01:43PMNo, No, No
Hamilton Nolan · 04/14/09 02:41PMCry, Laugh At World's Dumbest Anti-Gay Ad Auditions
Pareene · 04/08/09 02:05PMHey, here is an ad that will make you furious. Furious! It is about how the gay marriage will hurt these people. You've never seen so many infuriating lies in 60 seconds.
Pubic Hair Metaphors Have Gone Too Far
Hamilton Nolan · 04/04/09 02:00PMNasty
Hamilton Nolan · 04/01/09 02:31PMGlamorous Cokehead Model Fights Drugs
Hamilton Nolan · 03/05/09 12:53PMOf Course They Had to Run the Rihanna 'Eyes' Ad This Week
Hamilton Nolan · 03/04/09 02:06PMCelebrate Black History Month With Ham Hocks and Other Black People Food!
Hamilton Nolan · 02/12/09 10:03AMHorrifying Banana Spider Orders You To Denny's
Hamilton Nolan · 02/09/09 11:43AMWe won't attempt to "explain" this Denny's commercial, except to say: if that spidery one-eyed banana ever gets within 15 feet of our food, the shotgun is coming out. Click to watch this...thing.
Michael Phelps Bong Pic to Sink Kellogg Deal
Owen Thomas · 02/05/09 06:55PMCompany Endears Itself to You With Vandalism
Hamilton Nolan · 02/02/09 05:20PMAllow Us to Tell You About a Blogworthy Product
Hamilton Nolan · 02/02/09 11:32AMIggy Pop, Insurance Stooge
Hamilton Nolan · 01/26/09 12:13PMFire-Haired Demon Child Demands 'Big Girl Car'
Hamilton Nolan · 01/14/09 11:34AMIn this age of fossil fuel depletion, economic meltdown, and a dying US auto industry, how should consumers pick an automobile? By bowing to the demands of the world's most terrifying screeching red-haired brat:
Chicago Ad Mocks Blagojevich, Suggests New Gig
Owen Thomas · 12/26/08 03:00PMIBM running out of ideas
Paul Boutin · 11/17/08 12:52PMThe company whose "Think" slogan became a generational buzzword isn't doing so well with the brand identity campaigns lately. A tipster points out that IBM's latest mouthful of a proverb, "A mandate for change is a mandate for smart," comes illustrated with what looks exactly like a 1981 Keith Haring drawing rinsed of its pizazz. The accompanying essay reads like Kevin Kelly in Wired circa 1993. I stopped reading when I got to the claim, "Smart healthcare systems can lower the cost of therapy by as much as 90%." Call me when that's ready.
If Only We Had An Ivy Leaguer In The White House...
Hamilton Nolan · 11/06/08 04:12PMOh, good one. The smaller text on this ad (for a website that sells college info) gives all of Barack and Michelle Obama's Ivy League credentials. The payoff line: "From Bush League to the Ivy League." See, everything's better now that Ivy League grads will be in charge! Except that George W. Bush went to Yale and Harvard. Taste the failure, Ivy League. Failure of all you stand for. Click for the big version. [via Adrants]