This is just odd ...

I mentioned in my last post that the "Pitch" section of the show the Gruen Transfer is awesome - having ad companies come up with fake ads to sell the unsellable is hilarious. Here are 3 more that I like. ( Read more... )

The show discusses commercials and there is one section called "The Pitch" in which two advertising agencies are pitted against each other and challenged with selling the unsellable i.e. making a fake ad but making it convincing.

This one was amazing - they had to make a campaign to make Australians see the value of compulsory euthanasia for the ( Read more... )

I have it but won't watch it until tonight. I did love this hilarious crossover ad between White Collar (which I no longer watch) and Burn Notice. So cute.



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The ad says that it's a great wedding or anniversary present ... Ummm ...

Believe it or not it's a real product. ( Read more... )

vintage_ads had a very bizarre ad today. ( Read more... )

I hope someone reports coreallyherna as spam soon! It's a bit annoying that so many of my LJ communities have been spammed with this ad by that livejournal. At least six so far ( Read more... )

The Canadian was just on MSN and we were discussing Christmas presents, so he sent me this cute Telus ad.

I love the hippo's little flicking ears. If you like the song, it's by Gayla Peevey and you can download it here.



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The Canadian and I are always joking about Snuggies. Today at vintage_ads, they had a rather startling ad for The Bundler which appears to be an ancient precursor to the mind-boggling snuggie :) ( Read more... )

Old Ovaltine ad: ( Read more... )