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Jennifer Aniston Laugh-Cries About Not Having a Baby Using a Smartwater Commercial
Leah Beckmann · 06/08/12 11:10AMLooks like Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are pulling a sort of Joaquin Phoenix I'm Not There thing, but with way more Smartwater. The couple are currently working on a short film parodying Aniston's life, rife with frenzied paparazzi, hushed will she or won't she baby rumors, and all the general "tabloid interest in Jennifer's life." Que cinematique!
Do You Want Ads on TV, or Ads in TV?
Hamilton Nolan · 05/17/12 03:05PMUPDATE: Here's the Pulled Mary J. Blige Burger King Commercial
Rich Juzwiak · 04/03/12 11:37AMNo one seems to know why the Mary J. Blige Burger King commercial above has been scrubbed from the internet. We spoke with someone who worked on it (he didn't know). We reached out to Burger King for a comment and have yet to hear back.
Is This a Scene List From an Axe Commercial? (UPDATE)
Leah Beckmann · 02/03/12 01:49PMA possibly (hopefully) real scene list from an Axe commercial is making its way around twitter today, and it is exactly what you would expect an Axe scene list to be. This thing is full of treasures like hot dog milfs, cut off shorts and "hip/cool/sexy/upscale bar patrons," among other very LOL things.
Jennifer Lopez Won't Actually Return to the Block
Leah Beckmann · 11/22/11 02:59PMDarren Aronofsky Was Born to Make Anti-Drug PSAs
Maureen O'Connor · 11/09/11 01:19PMLindsay Lohan's New Job: Getting Teased by a Puppet
Maureen O'Connor · 08/01/11 11:32AMLindsay Lohan Is Filming Commercials in Her Living Room While Under House Arrest
Brian Moylan · 06/21/11 12:50PMNew Aflac Duck Voice as Annoying as Old Aflac Duck Voice
Maureen O'Connor · 04/26/11 03:52PMPraise be the gods, our long national nightmare of peace and quiet is over. After firing Gilbert Gottfried from his job voicing Aflac's screaming spokes-duck, the insurance company has completed its national search for a less offensive replacement. The winner is a sales manager from Hugo, Minnesota (population: 13,000) named Daniel McKeague. Congratulations, Daniel. We can't wait to scramble for the mute button every time your bone-chilling squawk comes on TV.
How Advertisers Market to Boys and Girls
Max Read · 04/10/11 03:48PMThe Achilles Effect, a blog about gender stereotypes and masculinity, took stock of the frequency with which certain words are used in commercials for "gendered" toys like Hot Wheels and Bratz by making Wordle word clouds. See if you can guess which cloud goes with which gender! (Hint: Boys hate friendship, fun and glitter.) [Achilles Effect via Boing Boing]
Larry King Is Hawking Breath Mints Now
Matt Cherette · 04/06/11 08:12PMImpressive Japanese Cell Phone Ad Plays Giant Wooden Xylophone
Kristina Grosspietsch · 04/04/11 02:45PMThis incredible ad for a new Japanese cell phone plays J.S. Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" on a gigantic, wooden Rube Goldberg-esque xylophone contraption. Perhaps the best part is the phone is called the "Touch Wood". Win!
Republican's April Fools Joke is an Obama Ad
Kristina Grosspietsch · 04/01/11 04:15PMToday, Republicans tried their hand at comedy with this Obama 2012 ad, steeped in sarcasm and showcasing pictures of him singing with the Jonas brothers. Perhaps the crowning moment is when tiny, animated Obama rides a unicorn over a rainbow.
Denny's New Bacon Holiday Allows You to Eat Bacon Every Meal of the Day
Lauren Soroken · 03/30/11 03:15PMDenny's has launched "Baconalia," a celebration of "baconian delights" that feature bacon meatloaf, a bacon sampler, and if you don't suffer from congestive heart failure before dessert, a maple bacon sundae. I hope, like the commercial, it also rains tiny bacon bits and bacon streamers on you while you eat.
How Does This Tea Party Commercial Make You Feel as an American?
Tony Kaye · 03/30/11 12:45PMThis is a recent ad by the CAGW. According to them, if we stay our current course, 19 years from now the United States will be owned by China. America will fall like the Roman Empire and we'll all work exclusively for the Chinese. Really?
Hilariously Creepy New Skittles Ad Needs Your Participation
Marie Bardi · 03/30/11 08:40AMThis new viral campaign for Skittles asks you not to taste the rainbow, but to touch your screen. At first, it's pretty adorable—kittens are involved!—but then, the crazy comes out. Yuck!
Watch Serena Williams' Game Ad Deemed Too Hot for TV
Junior Mendez · 03/25/11 05:00PMGet reacquainted with Serena Williams seen here as the World's Sexiest Tennis Player whether you agree or not. Skin-tight clothes, spiky bracelets and provocative body shots never let this campaign get off the ground.
Watch Kristen Schaal's Wonderfully Wacky Smartphone Commercials
Marie Bardi · 03/22/11 04:50PM
Kristen Schaal's blend of nerdy charm and subtle insanity make her a terrific smartphone spokesperson, as evidenced by these amazing Sony Ericsson commercials. No one would need DVR to fast-forward through commercial breaks if Kristen Schaal were in every advertisement!