Advertising Is Good For You

Australians really like their cereal

The concept here is that cereal fans love Crunchy Nut cereal so much that they used their spoons to try to break into the outdoor display and get at the box of cereal.

Without the explanation, I didn't get it. Did you?

Not sure I should be admitting this but the spoons look kind of sperm-y to me.

Advertising Agency: JWT Sydney

Creative Director: Angus Hennah and Mark Harricks

Art Director: Will Edwards and Chris Badger

Copywriter: Will Edwards and Chris Badger

Illustrator: Steven Cicala

Account Service: Cori McLeod, Rachel Kinder

Production Manager: Graeme Mahn

Via Hello You Creatives

Don't taste the rainbow

The riff on the Skittles tag line was shamelessly stolen from one of George Takei's Facebook Friends.

Click here to see a Skittles commercial from a couple of years ago.

Vegan's nightmare

Via Facebook/A Room With a View

McDonald's reflective billboard is a truly inspired idea

To remind people that it's open all night, McDonald's created a reflective billboard that could only be read at night when activated by car headlights.

I wish this had been my idea.

Click here to see a :37 video that shows how the McDonald's reflective billboard works.

Pantone Easter Eggs

Happy Easter!

Click here to see more Pantone inspired food.

Via How about orange?

Now that's a cow with attitude

Nice logo for the Brewer's Cow.

Though I'm not sold on the idea of a six-pack of beer-infused ice cream.

Click here to see another beer-related logo.

Via Laughing Squid

Either a dream come true or a culinary nightmare

Debuting next month, Torani Chicken 'n Waffles syrup.

The question of the day: Would you rather take a swig of Chicken & Waffles syrup or Turkey & Gravy soda?

Click here to see another food choice many would find unappetizing.

Via Foodbeast

Should I eat the pita chips or wet my pants?

You've probably heard people claim they don't watch TV, the implication being that they spend their free time reading, writing a screenplay or curing cancer.

Advertising is full of such pretentious a**holes. Which is weird since these same people claim to be experts at creating TV commercials.

I can't say for sure whether or not the people who created the new commercial for Stacy's pita chips actually watch TV. But if they did, they would have known that the music they chose for the commercial has been used by Depends adult diapers for more than a year.

Click here to see the Depends spot.

Then click here to watch the new commercial for Stacy's pita chips.

 

Argentinians have bigger Oreos than we do

But our lip balm tastes better.

Mindy's Hot Chocolate retro packaging

Designed by Kyle Tezak.

Click image to enlarge.

Click here to see a few more examples of retro product packaging.

Via designworklife

I like the enthusiasm of this amateur copywriter

Points off for the exclamation point, though.

Via The Daily What

Just a couple of ad guys shootin' the sh*t

From a New York Times article about hot sauce marketing.

Colin Drummond, senior partner and head of planning at Ogilvy West: There are people who get hot sauce, and those who don’t... (Tabasco is particularly interested in those) we call ‘zesties,’ who share a zest for life and the food they eat.

Peter Kang, senior partner and executive creative director at Ogilvy West: It’s kind of like life turned up to 11.

Click here to read the whole article.

The post-zombie apocalypse will include Twinkies, after all

Everything is going to be okay.

Despite filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, Hostess is assuring snack cake lovers that it will continue to produce Twinkies, Sno Balls, Ho Hos and other iconic Hostess brands.

And now for your Zombie Monday treat.

From one of my favorite movies — Zombieland — comes a great example of product placement.

Click here to see Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in the 'Hostess truck' scene from Zombieland.