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    14 July 2009

    Apparently, a copywriter from 1957 was dug up and brought back to life so he could work on this ad

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    This ran in Fortune in 2005. The copy for this ad reads:

    Imagine a World Without Her

    What would you do? How would you manage? Caring for a child or elderly parent, cleaning the house, driving the kids to soccer practice, cooking meals.

    A recent study concluded that the value of the things she does can be as much as $43, 461 per year, not including overtime . . .

    2005 wasn't THAT long ago.

    Source: No Soap Radio 

    11 July 2009

    Celebrity Saturday: Eva Mendes for Calvin Klein

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    Photo: Rachel Been, AOL

    The most recent Calvin Klein billboard to appear in NYC features Eva Mendes.

    Other images from the same campaign featuring the actress:

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    CLICK HERE to see an earlier Calvin Klein billboard that caused controversy.

    Sources: Style List, Style News 

    07 July 2009

    Is it just me -- or is this in poor taste?

    Spent today showing my niece and her husband around Boston.

    Among other things, we went to the New England Aquarium on Central Wharf in Boston. It's a nice place to visit.

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    Directly across the street from the Aquarium is Legal Sea Foods.

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    That's right. The first thing you -- and lots of little kids -- see upon exiting the Aquarium is a restaurant that serves fish.

    26 June 2009

    Seven inches of double entendres

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    Source: Melodramatic Diuary of a Cynic

    02 June 2009

    Rogue Burger Kings selling "baloney"

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    Some Burger King restaurants in Tennessee added anti-global warming messages to their signage without the home office's approval. CLICK HERE to read the whole story.

    21 May 2009

    Racial harmony + furniture = viral TV commercial

    I love this wonderfully quirky TV spot for a furniture store in North Carolina.

    Some, though, find it offensive.

    Watch it and judge for yourself.

    CLICK HERE to see the spot.

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    The spot was created by Rhett and Link.

    15 May 2009

    Roll your eyes and think about how much you've come to hate the word 'edgy'

    A five-story billboard in Manhattan:

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    Source: copyranter

    01 May 2009

    Offensive -- or marketing genius?

    Non-traditional media company GoGorilla has come up with an idea to capitalize on the potential swine flu pandemic.

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    Here's GoGorilla's pitch:
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    Source: Gawker

    13 April 2009

    Campaign for Aussie bike store

    "Biking is believing."

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    Advertising Agency: Loud, Sydney

    Source: Ads of the World

    13 March 2009

    Ad campaign for "The World's Smallest Maglite"

    Imagine the outcry from American parents if this ad campaign were to run in the U.S.

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    Advertising Agency: Leagas Delaney Hamburg

    Source: Ads of the World