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1. May 2011

Pity Glenn Beck’s Fat Wife

Filed under: Gaaaah!, Failure, Advertising — admin @ 14:10

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Is this the worst web ad of all time? I think it’s the worst web ad of all time.

Bonus: After the jump, Beck talks with his fatass wife about what makes for a successful marriage (other than keeping your old lady from turning into a cow).

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26. March 2011

Banner Ad Asks Shockingly Important Question

Filed under: Gaaaah!, Advertising — admin @ 10:05

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21. February 2011

Dead Spin

Filed under: Gaaaah!, No No NO, Great! Now I have a Gawker Tag, Advertising — admin @ 23:55

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If you have a 13 inch screen or smaller and go to Deadspin right now, this is what you get. I know it’s all about the images and the ads but, c’mon…

12. January 2011

Sick Joke is Not a Joke: Haitian Day of ‘Fasting’

Filed under: Gaaaah!, Failure, Elsewhere, Advertising — admin @ 15:25

Yes, a day of fasting in Haiti. Fasting. In Haiti. There are jokes to be made but, I mean, what the fuck is wrong with you Franklin Graham?

24. December 2010

Pawlenty Family Wish You a Merry Christmas. Freedom First PAC Pays for the Wish

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Uh Oh. Somebody at the Tim Pawlenty campaign is going to be getting a lump of coal for Christmas. The link to “Support Tim Pawlenty’s Freedom First PAC” in the Presidential hopeful’s Christmas card/fund-raising email, is broke. The code behind the link is “http:// support tim pawlenty’s freedom first pac         paid for by freedom first pac. not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.  www.timpawlenty.com  /” Whoopsie! Good thing the Donate Now button below it works.

This brings us to the second question: Is Mary Photoshopped in this Christmas photo? Because it really looks like Mary is Photoshopped in this photo. (Did Pawlenty go “to the cloud?“)

Finally, please note that while the fine print at the bottom of the card may be mistaken as the spirit of Christmas, it is actually a disclaimer about how the Freedom First PAC paid for the Pawlenty family’s Christmas card. And what says protecting the spirit of the holiday from the War on Christmas more than “$5,000 maximum contribution per calendar year is not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes?”

15. December 2010

The Ultimate Insurance Pitchman Quiz

Filed under: Gaaaah!, brandchannel, Ha Ha Ha, Advertising, Branding — admin @ 13:02

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Can you name that insurance pitchman?

11. December 2010

“I’ll Bring Death, to the Place You’re about to Be.”

Filed under: Gaaaah!, Real America, Awesome, Advertising — admin @ 18:15

9. December 2010

Milwaukee Art Museum Stars in Michael Bay’s Victoria’s Secret Holiday Ad

Filed under: Gaaaah!, Wisconsin, brandchannel, Advertising — admin @ 10:54

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An interview I did with one half of the Michael Bay team that shot the latest Victoria’s Secret 2010 holiday commercial revealed to me that part of the commercial was shot in the architecturally-heralded Milwaukee Art Museum. A photo from the production and the commercial, after the jump.

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2. December 2010

Company Literally Kills Its Competition in Commercial

Filed under: Awesome, Elsewhere, Advertising — admin @ 09:02

I don’t even know where to begin in the number of ways local commercials are superior to snazzy high-priced national spots. For example, this wonderful piece of marketing below is probably more effective and memorable than ten Old Spice Guy ads.

19. November 2010

Russell Crowe Poster Designers Not Even Trying Anymore

Filed under: Gaaaah!, Ha Ha Ha, Advertising — admin @ 09:22

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