Link Haze, 7/10/09.

• Kool-Aid Man is back.
• The rosy-lipped batfish.
• Mariah Carey's left hand.
• Ye olde surgical instruments.
• Next worldwide fashion trend: tiny hats.
• Lost love in Williamsburg: Christian Slater.
• Matt, no need to strain your eyes. Here ya go.
• Young Christian Bale endorses Pac-Man cereal.
• PETA exploits the death of MJ with a chesty vegan.
• Vice chairwoman of the Young Republicans LOLed at "coon" comment.

Introducing the new Ford Mustang/Tarantula hybrid.

(click ad) Actually, it's the new Ford Fusion V6 with all-wheel drive. And this is the ridiculous way it's being advertised in Brazil (and on the island of Dr. Moreau) by agency JWT in São Paolo. Seats two, max. A bitch to parallel park. On the plus side, it's very Green, running on a mixture of oats and insects (image via).
Previous Ford ads. Previous car ads.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Main Drag Music.

These ads for a Brooklyn music store are cute. (link)

Britney Spears helping Russian women learn English.

Kinda scary but mildly charming spot for the Lingway Language Center in St. Petersburg, agency unknown. Sony lawyers—get on this post-haste! (via) Previous unauthorized use of Britney Spears in ads: via Argentina—MTV; via China—Panadol Cold & Flu.

(NSFW-ish) Olialia Cola is "SexyCola"

(click ads) View the sexiest, and most sexist, soft drink ads ever produced. Each one is better (worse!) than the next. Some of these poster ads for Lithuanian cola brand Olialia are older than others, but all are new to me. I was alerted to the most recent one from June (lower right) by an anon commenter on the now-infamous BK BJ ad post. Here's the accompanying assy five-second TV spot. I love the total usurping of Coca-Cola's iconic redness. You don't really need a translation to understand the subtle messages, but go to town, if so moved (images via). Previous soft drink ads: I don't Wanta Fanta. Ladies, drink Tab—and be a "Mindsticker"

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: anti-drugs and driving spot.

What if they really showed a man getting killed while driving under the influence of pot? (link)

Fish live (and die?) in seafood restaurant's ad installation.

Hey PETA—how this for "sea kitten" abuse? Previously, we've seen a live tadpole installation in New Zealand promoting the movie Knocked up. Now, ad agency Publicis recently built this one-of-a-kind ambient street billboard/aquarium for the Fisch Franke seafood restaurant in Frankfurt, Germany. "Fresh as can be." How embarrassing for the fish! Not a lot room for trout to swim in there. A rep from the agency claims that they had the approval of the German federal veterinary office. Questions remain. Were the promo fishies eventually eaten? Thrown into the nearby Rhine river? Tossed in the sewer? Tasty or tasteless, readers? (via)

HBO creates fake escort page ad for Hung.

(click ad) Well, this ad—scanned from near the back of this week's Timeout New York—is relatively clever, certainly more clever than the writing from the first episode of the new series starring Thomas Jane. The fake Detroit hooker ads within the ad, though, could've used some snappier, sexier wordsmithing—like this, this or this, for example. Visiting the Happiness Consultants website is a flaccid experience. The short :25 message you get by calling 888-588-HUNG is a bit more entertaining.
related: copyranter's 1st annual Village Voice sex ad awards—the VEXYs.

Barclays says they're now The Rock.

In a new pricey little commercial, Barclays attempts to usurp Prudential's long-established advertising image of rock-solidness. The London bank presents a metaphoric vision of Wall Street where everything and everyone is fake; everything except them, of course. It's a decently-shot spot, though having a manager come out of their building to ask "May I help you?" is just fucking cheesy. I guess they figured it was corporate chest-thumping time, since they passed their all-important "stress test." However, at this point, I don't think it's very believable for any bank to be calling itself "substantial." Agency: San Francisco's Venables Bell & Partners. Previously in: bank advertising.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Prostate Cancer Foundation.

If you ever wanted to see men wearing underwear (including a shiny golden thong) in the crooks of their arms, well here you go. (link)

(nsfw) Dimetto hats. "For men or women."

(click ads to read) Ha, whoa! Racy rascally campaign for Dimetto handmade hats via Paris ad agency Marcel. Well, the product is certainly the hero, so the client's gotta be pretty happy. Tom Ford take note: this is how to use outrageous sexual ambiguity in advertising. Scanned from the latest Archive. Previous hat ads: German retailer questionably uses Hitler imagery to hawk hats. Related: penis wearing a toque in a Turkish condom ad.

Psychology Yesterday.

(click ad) Yeah—what the fuck of it?!? Back in July of 1929 (pre-market crash), Chicago's Dr. C. Franklin Leavitt thought he'd place an ad in Physical Culture magazine hawking his 25¢ hundred-page booklet, the purchase of which entitled you to a "Preliminary Psychological Analysis" to discuss "your individual weaknesses." Peruse that persuasive copy, taking note of the liberal use of capitalization. If the good doctor wrote the ad himself, well, he truly missed his calling. Note: Is that a pic of the shady shrink, or a typical fearful, unhappy man? (image via flickr) Previously in: wonderful buygone advertising.

Kansas City library brands its delivery trucks with fake literary businesses.

(click images) Oh, how fucking precious. The Johnson County Library in Kansas City recently launched this fleet of book courier trucks panelled with faux business adverts referencing classic literature. "Kafka's Pest Kontrol" is my favorite. The designs are by Barkley Advertising Agency, according to the library's press release. I have nothing bad to say! Except, well, nothing could get today's dead-eyed youngins' to read these creaky titles (via). Previously in book advertising: Israeli bookstore chain mocks dumb blondes and facebook. Book advertising is the hackiest of the hack.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Ben & Jerry's.

These trippy, award-winning ads via Singapore will inspire you to eat ice cream then get high. (link)

"New" Lynx spot just an edit of a previous notorious video.

Meet the boy who used to sweat so much, he could keep two fish alive. Then at the unveiling ceremony for his statue, he makes the mistake of letting a stylist spray his pits with Lynx Dry. But, he gets the local chesty brunette—so all's well that ends well. That would be the end of our tale, except, as adme.ru points out, the original video version of this story created in 2006 by Argentinian agency Vega Olmos Ponce (below), presented a different payoff that was, well, a bit more disgusting.
Previously in Axe/Lynx ads: one, two, three, four.

To avoid a f*cking embarrassing death, use a condom.

(click ads) Men do the stupidest things. Well-photographed, blackly comical print ads by Istanbul agency RPM Radar for O.K., a Turkish brand of prophylactics. The line loosely translate to: "Don't say: 'It won't happen to me.'" Previously, O.K. used a strange image of an erect penis wearing a toque to pitch (heh) their "Hot Touch" rubbers. "Where's the hot half-naked chick at?", you may be wondering. Well, these executions continue the recent unsexy trend of using the hard (heh) sell approach to sell safe sex. Do the ads work? They do strongly connect "reckless" with "condom-less." Click here for a post featuring a roundup of many of the recent condom ads from around the world (images via).

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: The Economist.

The UK magazine just aired its first TV spot in eight years. It features a tightrope walker. I'm failing to discern the point. (link)

Link Haze, 7/3/09.

• DDs sponsors buskers.
• Strappy straphanger dress.
• Haring-esque MJ street box tribute.
• Pringles does a smart branding banner.
• For you design geeks, MTV's fancy rebranding.
• New Yorker readers go to the best places in the best style....pushed by slaves.
• Flack live-press releases date with John Ratzenberger.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Foster's.

The most annoying beer coaster in history. But it teaches you a social lesson! (link)

Budweiser co-opts Beatles song because they can afford to.

Or, InBev can, I guess. Super slick, super expensive spot via DDB London due to debut Saturday on Sky Sports One. The spot was shot from a train in Chicago. The song, "All Together Now" from Yellow Submarine, is being performed by UK band The Hours. It's a fun spot, which has absolutely nothing to do with Bud or beer or anything at all, really. It does make a nice short video for the song. Borrowed interest doesn't get more borrowed than this—though Bud did recently lamely lamprey their newest brew onto Obama's already crowded ass. (via).

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Nikon.

A billboard in a Seoul subway station assaults passersby with fake popping flashbulbs. (link)

The best placed fan ad in the history of fans and ads.

(click image) I'm assuming this was a real placement, since the ad won a Media Bronze Lion at last week's Cannes Festival. That's the Haitong Securities building in Shanghai, fairly famous in the architectural world for its unique wave design. Opposite it, is a large billboard for a Midea fan, created by Firstell Communications. This is smart, and a bit unnerving (image via). Previously in smart media: The Iams barbell disc Frisbee. Previously in not smart media: The India.Arie port-o-potty wrapper. The "Target" Tower.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Miller High Life.

Another winning campaign from Cannes. It sucks! (link)

Irish literati toasted.

(click ads) Pat The Baker, maker of Ireland's favorite bread according to the press note, uses some fake Photoshopped toast to create bizarre tributes to the Emerald Island's most beloved writers (Here's the third ad featuring W.B. Yeats.). What would witty Wilde (right) have had to say about this stunt? Maybe: "Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast." He definitely could have used some sponsorship money in his last few years. Beckett probably would have just wanted his toast portrait made from moldy bread, and then he'd have eaten it. Compare these to the scary topographical zombie Bono Irish economic development ad.

The assimilation of Negro Francie.

(click ad) Barbie's new Mod Squad. Not pictured: Dark Donnie, Ken's new soul friend. From a Mattel ad in the December 1967 Family Circle. Dedicated to T.A.N. Via flickr. previously in retro ad racism: Slack Power!

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: New Zealand road safety.

Have you ever seen a billboard bleed? (link)

Business magazines pulling out all the desperate publicity stunts.

(click image) Business magazines, like all magazines, are having a bumpy ride these days. Earlier this month, The Economist set up a prissy branded mechanical bull in Dallas to show Texans that, while they are a stuffy UK publication, they understand cattle and cowboys and oil and shit. Now, Wirtschaftwoche (economics week), Germany's leading business mag, presents "the world's first executive chair rodeo" which they're setting up at trade fairs. Who had the lame idea first?!? It's insightful, original thinking like this that will enable Deutsche execs who read the rag to "stay on top." Uh, pass? That thing looks ridiculously dangerous. Stay off it uninsured unemployed! By Hamburg ad agency Jung von Matt, creators of this high-tech domestic violence awareness bus poster (image via).

This sh*t don't stink.

Another of the urbane topics I keep track of with diligence here on copyprigger is shit-related advertising, whether that be ads for products directly related to shitting, or an MTV promo spot that uses smelly disgusting shit as a linchpin. This cow pie is actually a cushy seat with logo given out by the thousands by a Belgian radio station last summer before several field music festivals. I'm posting it because it just won a Cannes Design Bronze Lion last week. Now scat.

Swedish AIDS organization wants you to F*ck & Tell.

(click ads) It's racy AIDS awareness ads day on copyranter. Above are a couple of teaser ads for Lafa, a Stockholm AIDS prevention program. They're handing out 100,000 numbered condoms this summer, with the hope that dirty sexy Swedes will tell their amorous tales online, Penthouse letters style. The wedding party ad is the strongest of the series, though I do like the hat-size subtext going on, left. Below is one of the :15 spots from the campaign, the rest of which can be seen here. Abstinence advocates are shitting bricks the world over.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Wakker Dier.

A Dutch animal rights group shows PETA how to execute sex and gore. (link)

(nsfw) VaginaVertising.

(click ad) H-I-Very racy ad for LILA, a national Italian organization fighting for the rights of AIDS/HIV patients. "It could happen to everyone." OK, so, ad's making two points, I guess? Women get AIDS, too? And sticking the P in the V could mean HIV? Whatever, that's some pretty freaky retouching of the woman's vaginal valley to make that capital "V." And I don't really know what partially showing her nipples accomplishes (image via). Previous VaginaVertising: Tom Ford. The Kotex Beaver. Absolut Vagina. Previous AIDS awareness ads: MTV. Kenneth Cole. Quebec AIDS Coalition. And the coolest AIDS prevention ads ever produced.

Link Haze, 6/26/09.

• will.i.shill.
• Hitler's gold bookmark.
• Koogle is kosher Google.
• 1950s Air Force recruitment spot.
• You can't spell EAT ME without ATM.
• Pentagram redesigns for Marlboro (via).
• Space station photo of erupting Russian volcano.
• UK bookstores promote The Crimes of Josef Fritzl for Father's Day.

Cannes judges don't know their ads from a hole in the ground.

Fred & Farid's pretentious "We are animals" Wrangler hooey won the Press Grand Prix. You gotta be fucking kidding me, Lubars, et al. Here was my review of the stupid print ads last August. (image via)

Viagra sold with subtle sleaziness in South Africa.

(click ads) In America, we get the awful Whiskey Dicks singing "Viva Viagra." In China, the cock stiffening pill is sold with scary thermonuclear sperm rockets. Ogilvy in Johannesburg just won a Silver Lion at this week's Cannes Advertising Festival for these wink-wink, nudge-nudge executions that add an old-age twist to age-old scenarios. The milkman buttoning his jacket is a nice touch (images via).

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Michael Jackson.

In the coming months, get ready for some cringe-worthy ads borrowing MJ imagery. In the meantime, here's two from 2008. (link)

High-tech anti-domestic violence advertising.

(click image) This is waaay more innovative than those blood soap dispenser ads. This interactive poster (which just won a Cannes Silver Lion this week) was erected at a bus stop in Hamburg (no, Berlin), Germany. An eye tracking camera was installed in the board, so that when you looked directly at the domestic violence, after a delay, the scene morphed into spousal harmony. "It happens when nobody is watching." Pretty clever and pretty useless, since this lone installation was built for Amnesty International by agency Jung von Matt primarily to win ad awards. Previously in: anti-domestic violence ads. Previously in: Amnesty International ads.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Creative Recreation sneakers.

Graffiti artwork comes to life and kills the street artist. OK, not really. It just steals his shoes. (link)

E*TRADE investment honcho-babies rap with Mellody Hobson.

The Good Morning America financial contributor recently sat down with the shilling tot (can't find his name online) and his new buddy "Benny" for an investing 101 e-chat. It's pretty entertaining, though it doesn't effectively sell E*TRADE to me at fucking all. Still, these days, I'd rather watch talking babies or fetching puppies or hot Italian MILFs than the jittery stock ticker (by Grey NY, via). Previously in: investment advertising.

PETA exploits the deaths of Jacqueline Fleming and her newborn son.

Fleming was the first European to die from the current Swine Flu outbreak. PETA, who last August amazingly attempted to bleed a bus beheading to promote vegetarianism, have apparently purposely erected this billboard (pic please) outside the Glasgow hospital where the pregnant Fleming was a patient, according to Brand Republic. The responsible assholes deserve to be beaten to death with gourds.
Previously in: PETA stunts.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Fiat.

The early winners are in from the International Advertising Douchebag Diddle on the Côte d'Azur. These cute ads are my favorites, so far. (link)

The New King of Blow Job Ads.

(click ad) "Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled..." Well, this ad via Singapore for the BK Super Seven Incher is the new leading "most overtly blow-jobby ad" I've ever seen, surpassing this one, this one, and even this one. Nice misogynistic touch making the woman look like a fucking blow-up doll. Note the Photoshopped-enhanced creamy white mayo. (image via, another version first seen here). related: ABSOLUT 8". update: this ad is NOT by cp+b, and just for the record, I didn't tell anybody it was.

State Street's puppy doggy would never eat your money.

OMG! This cute widdle fox terrier could end the big bad financial crisis all by his self, if we'd just let him! Previously, State Street has used horrible bridge disaster imagery and a misguided Zulu warrior metaphor to try and scare us into investing with them. Now, with this new TV spot for their SPDR family of ETFs, the Boston-based financial firm has unleashed precious Precision Dog to melt our hearts and warm our cold investing feet. Don't crush my nest egg, boy! Ad by agency The Gate Worldwide—creators of one of the worst self-promo ads I've ever seen (via).

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Coca-Cola.

View an ironic ugly 200,000 can sculpture over the white cliffs of Sussex promoting national recycling week in the UK. (link)

Dickvertising via France.

(click ads) Enough with the Assvertising. Ladies and Gay gentlemen, feast your eyes on this series of transit ads for Dark Dog energy drink that reader Shelley spotted at tramway stops in France last week. The black man has the smallest blurred package! Copy translation: "Clearly viewed on the Internet. Choose your size on darkdogcity.com." Grab a Dark Dog dudes, it's Speedo stuffin' season on the Côte d'Azur! (campaign by Data Projekt in Alsace, images via)
Previously in Dickvertising: Tom of Finland. NYC Museum of Sex BJ Balloons. John White's big phallic shoes. Playstation 3's penis thumb ad. Mr Min's Pornocchio. Viagra's Whiskey Dicks. related: Dickman's Meat of Tucson, AZ.

(nsfw?) Mountain biking over the fat of the land.

(click ads) Fleshy print ads via Brobdingnag and Switzerland for Sportsplausch Wider bikes. In the hairy spare-tire male version, left, the biker is definitely having trouble gaining traction through the Jeremy Piven-like stomach brush. And in the unpleasantly plump female version, right—Yikes! Is that ass crack? Nothing like shoving the slothiness of sedentary slobs right in their fat faces. These would make nice un-PC motivational posters in NYC gym spinning class rooms. Previously in exercise advertising: Crunch. Equinox. Reebok running. Pearl Izumi. Asics. Men's Health.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Panadol Cold & Flu.

These puzzling ads via China seem to blame Britney Spears and George W. Bush for the current H1N1 pandemic. (link)

Creep Overload: Andy Dick as Ronald McDonald.

Last Thursday, noted molester/flasher Andy Dick dressed up as Mickey D's menacing mascot and led a small PETA protest against chicken cruelty outside of a downtown Chicago McDonald's. I have nothing to add except that this was, without question, one of the scariest moments in the history of the world. (via PETA). previous celebs for PETA: Pam Anderson. Jenna Jameson. Corey Feldman. Pink & Ricky Gervais. previously in: bad McDonald's ads.

Link Haze, 6/19/09.

• 1946-2009, RIP.
• Lady Parts™ auto.
• Lesbian albatrosses.
• Barf laundry detergent.
• Republicans racist? Nah.
• Wanna be a writer? Read this.
• MTA makes Sikhs brand turbans.
• Leaning Center commercials are bad.
• Ads projected on golf umbrellas. I hate golf.
• Hawk flies into an East Village chicken joint called Birdies...
• Meet the Russian officer who didn't press the button in 1983.
• Michael Phelps picks up first sponsorship deal since Calgary hemp shop ads.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: United Church of Canada.

It's a cross made out of two marijuana cigarettes. (link)

Bacardi says the hot accessory this summer is an "Ugly Girlfriend"

Update: both sites have been taken down by the agency/Bacardi.
(click images) HA? Bacardi, through Tel Aviv ad agency McCann Digital, has launched a promotional minisite (here's the actual site in Hebrew) for their fruit-flavored Breezer drinks with four "ugly girlfriends" for you to choose from, depending on the activity. Upgrade your trips to the beach with Sally (right)." She's "97 kilograms of femininity, strength, and double chins." There's also Lucy (left), who's "rubbing thighs...and drooping breasts will turn any trip to the mall into an unforgettable experience." Looking for any saving irony here...finding none (via). Previously in: misogynistic alcohol advertising.

1960s auto ad sexism: American and Import versions.

(click ads to read copy)
Travel back to a buygone era when women did not drive, and hard-drinking ad Mad Men wrote hard fucking sell car copy.
(L)—"He's taught me how to shift the 4-speed synchromesh. He lets me pick out the stereo tapes. And clean the vinyl buckets. It's not all bad. He even mentioned marriage once." Ralph's a keeper, missy.
(R) "Women are soft and gentle, but they hit things...She can jab the hood. Graze the door. Or bump the bumper. It may make you furious but it won't make you poor." Give me the keys and go vacuum, Mrs. McCrash.
Images via. Previously in: retro ad sexism.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Financial Times.

After much illegal Obama-usurping advertising, The London paper has scored the first official Bam endorsement ad. (link)

retroslutty: 1964 Frederick's of Hollywood catalog.

(click pages) Get that "marry-a-millionaire" look! Pages from a wonderful 1964 catalog for Frederick's, the world's foremost purveyor of cheap whore couture for street walkers, sweet talkers, and rich cad stalkers since 1946. Lucky was the horny pubescent boy who got his hands on one of these treasured publications in the 70s-80s when the catalogs featured live models and included some booby and booty peeks. Sigh. (images via flickr) Previously in sleazy retro products: The Nipple Bra™. The Love Rug™. The Love Maid™.

Next stop on the worldwide PhotoShop BodyChop tour: Germany.

(click ad) In this poster ad for the Post Office of Germany, the bloodthirsty Deutsche ad creatives—not content with merely digitally carving a mail slot into this studly man's waxed chest to illustrate the emotional power of the written letter—just had to show you some fake fucking entrails, too (via). Previous stops on the worldwide PhotoShop BodyChop tour: Portugal. Saudi Arabia. France. Brazil. Australia. South Korea. And the scariest via Switzerland.

MTV throws us a few boners.

It's tits and dicks week here on copyranter. I'm sure things'll return to the usual high level of sophisticated discourse tomorrow. Previously, MTV Brazil used smelly shit humor to promote itself. Now, MTV Argentina has produced phony prodigious pubescent protuberances. It's the most outrageous of three spots in a new gratingly irreverent "If it's MTVish, we have it" campaign via La Comunidad in Buenos Aires. Not to air anytime ever in the US. previously: MTV AIDS awareness advertising.

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Monte Carlo casino.

An Ab So Loot Lee More Ron Ick campaign. (link)

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: AboveTheInfluence.com

With this new video, our parental government is yet again trying to get it through teens' thick skulls that drugs=BAD. (link)

wonderbra turns a button-down blouse into a deadly weapon.

(click ad) The Milan office of UK agency Leagas Delaney and wonderbra have combined on a new integrated ad campaign literally bursting with booby sexism. As the print ad above and video below painfully illustrate: stare at heaving wonderbra-encased breasts at your own risk, lads. (I'm too lazy to translate to English. Besides, you get the unsubtle, juvenile message.) There's more at the accompanying website, including a chance for you to vote for your favorite reader-submitted Miss wonderbra Button. Well, like pretty much every wonderbra ad effort I've seen in recent years (except this one), the unrealistic fantasy message here appeals mostly to men. Not surprising, since the creative team at Leagas was all male. Ladies? Does this make you want to buy a wonderbra?

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Vitasnella bottled water.

Ads featuring a naked woman sitting on a clothes hanger. (link)

How to make a child jackhammer.

Friday was World Day Against Child Labour. To, eh, hammer this home, the International Trade Union Confederation created this short faux-lab video which I find pretty goddamn funny. I'm thinking childish humor is probably not the way to go with this subject. But I don't care, because I hate kids (via). Previously in: anti-child abuse ads.

"Imagine having that sensual cold weather look all the time..."

(click ad to read copy, via.) While many 1970s wymyn were busy burning their bras, others surreptitiously put up a false front. This was the bra of choice for ladies looking to spend some horizontal time on the sensual Love Rug. Diametrically related: Mexican seamless lingerie ad features a topless, nipple-less model.

Link Haze, 6/12/09.

• Shrimp-flavored crack.
• Brooklyn retail copywriting Hall of Fame.
• This week's great moment in real estate ads.
• Weed beneficial for treating heroin addiction.
• NYC freelancers will take on your toxic briefs.
• Tour a 300-acre derelict London insane asylum.
• Hmm. How to get whitey to shop for booze in da 'hood. Racism!

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Diesel Only The Brave.

Watch a triptych video for Diesel's new fragrance. It reeks of Warholian pointlessness. (link)

Job opportunity, ladies! Legendary Fantana.

(click poster) OMG, they're back! And this is a once in a lifetime chance to take your destined place along side the universally-reviled Fanta Fantanas. Can you smile and stare and lip-sync and wiggle-dance slightly, all while holding a Fanta? TV commercials! Print shoots! Corporate junket bikini cruises! It can all be yours. You'll be joining Summer, Melody, and Isabela. I'm thinking your new Fanta show-biz name will be Fanny or Fantasia. Recently fired NYC finance and media types, this has your ass written all over it. You know you wanta (via ask a copywriter). previously: Fanta's disgusting strawberry tongue ad.

Association France Alzheimer.

Don't think Alzheimer's disease is terrifying? You will now (via). previous old people in ads: Geezer junkies. Geezer jocks. Geezer incontinence. Geezers inexplicably standing on red chairs (for Ameriprise).

copyranter on ANIMAL NY: Save Our Seas Foundation.

A warning sign on a Cape Town aquarium's shark tank is for the sharks' benefit. (link)

The Economist Dumbs Itself Down For Dallas.

(click images) Apparently as part of a new city-by-city, targeted marketing campaign, the smart-as-fuck London magazine, via ad agency BBDO NY, recently invaded Big D with a prissy, branded mechanical bull, plus a billboard sporting the most famous question in Texas state history. I know us Americans are pretty slow on the uptake when it comes to complex political and economic world issues. But this is just insulting. Hopefully, at the least, the message-draped fake-bull helped some Texans better understand the financial crisis on a physical level (images via).
previously in: The Economist's dumbed down advertising. related: The Economist Kim Jong-il cover one of the cheekiest in publishing history.