Advertising Is Good For You

Facebook thinks I'm an ex-con

This is the ad that appeared when I went to play Words with Friends on Facebook.

Click the image to enlarge it and check out the tan on the guy at the right.

What kind of algorithms are they using over there?

The Japanese may have written the book on pooping and farting,* but Koreans made the dolls

Click here to watch the Korean commercial for the pooping and farting dolls.

* Everyone Poops, by Taro Gomi

 

Via The World's Best Ever

Giant giraffe spotted near Paris

"Day Nursery of the Giraffe" is a childcare center located in a Paris suburb. The building and its awesome giraffe were designed by Hondelatte Laporte Architectes.

Via UR Design

A half-baked marketing strategy

I don't understand Pillsbury Toaster Strudel. 

The toaster pastry was invented to compete with Pop-Tarts.

Makes sense.

What I don't understand is Toaster Strudel's marketing strategy. The entire thing is based on the premise that parents worry their kids aren’t eating enough Pop-Tarts. 

Really, parents, this is a problem?

Click here to watch the TV commercial for Toaster Strudel.

Scary grannies

Ad for Panado Infant Drops, created by Ireland/Davenport, Johannesburg.

Sometimes little ones get big headaches, too.

Via Adsiction

Helicopter parents

NPR reports on a survey of 700+ employers who were looking to hire recent college graduates. Turns out:

• Close to 1/3 of the employers said the graduates' parents had submitted resumes on their child's behalf, some without informing the child. 
• 25% heard from the young adults' parents urging the employer to hire their son or daughter for a position. 
• 4% reported that a parent actually showed up for the candidate's job interview.

Click here to read the entire NPR article.

Beautiful window display at children's clothing store

Click here to see a couple of controversial store windows at Barney's.

Via Notcot

Is this doll creepy or not?

My gut reaction is that this doll is creepy. But I have a nagging feeling there's a politically correct reason for why I should embrace this doll and not be bothered by little girls wearing bras and pasties.

The TV commercial features closeups of real babies breastfeeding on real breasts, so if you work at a company that would find that objectionable, don't click the link.

Click here to see the commercial for the Breast Milk Baby doll.

7% of babies have their own email addresses

This article in Time's Healthland says so.

 Image: TLC

Ad for Desperate Mom Jeans

Pretty sure I'm in the age group this double-spread ad is targeting. There's a desperation and inappropriateness here I find insulting. If I heard my daughter's boyfriend had told her he thought I was hot, I'd tell her to dump the creep.

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Chef Boyardee ads

If this campaign looks kind of familiar, here's why.

But, here, the idea works. Because Chef Boyardee isn't trying to convince you that eating Beefaroni will make your kid a vegetable lover.

Advertising Agency: DDB, San Francisco

Found at Ads of the World

Even Norman Rockwell would think this was a load of hooey

I know what they're trying to do with these ads. But the scenarios are implausible and harken back to a time that never was. The result only serves to convince me that it's a fantasy to think one could get kids to love salad.

Advertising Agency: DDB, San Francisco

Found at: Ads of the World

Charming ads from New Delhi

This campaign is for the Mother's Pride preschool.

Click images to enlarge.

Advertising Agency: Out of the box, New Delhi

Illustrator: Bombay Duck Design

Found at Ads of the World