Advertising Is Good For You

Mixed messages

Happy Mother's Day!

Via Theories of The Deep Understanding of Things

Texas mom advertises her desperate desire to see her daughter made prom queen

According to Jezebel, Brandy Day's mom so wants to see her little princess become prom queen that she paid for newspaper ads, flyers, an outdoor display sign at a local taco shop and this billboard:

There's even a silhouetted image on the billboard that looks like one of those truck mudflap babes.

If my mother had done this to me when I was a teenager, I would have been so emotionally scarred I'd be roasting squirrel under a bridge right now instead of writing a blog post.

Hope Brandy's mom has money left over for the anti-bullying campaign her daughter is going to need.

$19.80 fares to Cartagena, Columbia, hookers not included

Spirit Airlines had to pull this ad alluding to the recent Secret Service agents and prostitutes scandal. 

People found the ad offensive.

And Spirit didn't see that coming?

Really like this ad (please, forgive me, fellow Liberals)

I support gun control and do not believe that carrying a concealed weapon is a fundamental right.

That said, from an advertising/marketing point of view only, I really like this ad from the U.S. Concealed Carry Association.

Click here to see some much less controversial ads.

Mostly hysterical commercial from Lithuania

The only thing I don't like about this commercial from Lithuania — and it's no small thing — is that it gets somewhat homophobic toward the end.

Click here to watch the TV spot for Vytautas mineral water.

Click here to see another funny commercial from overseas.

Advertise on this billboard. Or else.

Via Adverblog

Today's most eyebrow-raising headline

There it is, right below the "two-way" line.

Click here if you want to read the article at NPR's website.

The Slimeball Award goes to... Sony

Sony raised prices on Whitney Houston's digital music 30 minutes after her death.

Click here to read more.

Movie Posters: Les Infideles

These two movie posters for the French movie Les Infideles were banned in Paris for being too provocative.

Click here to see another controversial movie poster.

Via Daily Mail

Does a suggestive vegetable make you want to buy something? Me, neither.

Came across this online ad today:

Newt Gingrich. Poster boy for adultery. Literally.

FYI, Ashley Madison is an online dating site for people who want to cheat on their spouses.

Pretty sure Newt Gingrich did not approve this message.

What does Santa keep in his pants?

His nuts.

Supermarket Stop & Shop is selling this holiday mistreat — Santa's pants filled with peanuts and pistachios.  $11.99 if you need a gag gift for the office Secret Santa.

Click here for a similarly egregious use of Santa's pants.

 

Hate it when holiday decorations are put up too early

Nordstrom is awesome:

Ipswich, Massachusetts? Not as awesome as usual: