Getting pantsed at school tomorrow.
This poor kid takes me back. When I was growing up, child fashion models had to assume ridiculous poses. I always wondered if those kids got teased at school.
Click here to see a Cynthia Rowley ad with a model who was similarly inspired by Urkel.
Most would agree that if this headline said, "Give her slow-roasted turkey because the bathroom won't clean itself," it would be outrageously sexist.
So how come we don't think this is a sexist ad?
This free standing insert from yesterday's newspaper is reminiscent of two classic advertising campaigns, this one for Certs and this one for Doublemint gum.
Most FSIs (free standing inserts in newspapers) suck. Rarely do they look as though they were done by professional creative people. This is a happy exception.
Ummm, lady, you do know that you're not really on a date, right?
And that your 'partner' is just a salad?
Atlanta Rhythm Section did a song about this sort of thing.
Let's get something straight. I love animals. But I hate cutesy-wootsy photos of them.
Nevertheless, when I came across this insert tucked into my Sunday morning newspaper, amid a pile of ugly coupon ads and six sections of mostly bad news, this little guy made me laugh out loud.
If I were a small dog owner, I would definitely have felt the urge to use the coupon on the back.
Points off for sloppy photoshopping
Look at the tines of the fork. They're not attached to anything. (Click image to enlarge.)
Power Pants with Fit-Forever Stealth.
These are steel-belted pants for men of substance. Men for whom no ordinary pants will do. Big Guys who deserve initial caps and pant technology originally developed to protect Special Forces fighting in Iraq.
I'm sort of in awe of whoever came up with the brand-name Power Pants with Fit-Forever Stealth for plus-size pants for men. Too bad everything else about this ad sucks.
Ashton-Drake Galleries had the bad luck to offer us a baby monkey doll the same week Travis the chimp went berserk and mauled a woman.
Click image to enlarge.
This ad ran in one of the Sunday circulars in yesterday's Boston Globe.
In the defense of the advertiser, there was really nothing it could do to prevent this ad from appearing in newspapers this weekend. Sunday circulars are created and printed far in advance. Getting the circular pulled in time would also have required the agreement of all the other advertisers appearing in the same circular.
See another Ashton-Drake ad HERE.
Celebrate the historic event before it actually happens. Get this commemorative coin complete with a depiction of the future swearing-in ceremony.
This is a free-standing insert from the Sunday Boston Globe.
Look at how much crap is packed into this one FSI.
I dare you -- no, I double dog dare you -- to figure out what the hell "MOBILE ACCESS" and that pixilated square have to do with the chicken.
