Ad Brilliance

Denny’s Nanner Puss. Play 3X Straight and See Why It’s Our Choice For Most Memorable Superbowl Spot.

  We vowed not to weigh in on this year’s Superbowl ads, but… we can’t get this damn ad for Denny’s Grand Slam Breakfast out of our skull. Play Nanner Puss 3X straight and you’ll see why this :15 spot for Denny’s Grand Slam Breakfast is our choice for Most Memorable Superbowl Ad. You can… Read More »

Dame Edna. One Spokesperson You DIDN’T See On The Superbowl.

Conan for Bud Light. Alec for Hulu. Spike and everyone else for Gatorade. Nothing inspired in these spokeschoices.  But here’s a spokesperson you didn’t see on the Superbowl — and a choice we l-o-v-e! Dame Edna for MAC cosmetics. No, it’s not counterintuitively whacky, like Jack Black for Lean Cuisine. Dame Edna is about being… Read More »

Reddi-Wip Corn Oil Confusion

We’ve been meaning to get to this confusing ad by Reddi-wip in celebration of Thanksgiving. But as usual, the poor holiday got lost in all the pre-Xmas hooplah. Reddi-wip’s proposition is that, even though delivered in a can, it’s made with real cream. Call us crazy, but when your goal is to remind people that… Read More »

Get Real. You’re Just A Cocktail Weenie.

Every year, the holidays bring with them a host of painfully overinflated exclamations of the role that minor food items play in holiday celebrations. We’ve collected a few of the many as a reminder from Adiocracy of the value of understanding your true role in the overall scheme of things. In the case of these… Read More »

Navy Plays ‘Where’s Waldo’. But No Waldo!

Try to find the Navy Seals in this ad: Good luck. Cause you won’t. We had an art director blow this up digitally down to the dot and she couldn’t find a single Navy Seal or Navy Seal part. Bad move by the Navy on a number of counts. For this ad to be effective… Read More »

J.C. Penney gets it painfully right.

This goes out to the husbands. You may think you’re that one self-actualized rube who would never end up in the marital doghouse. If so, you’re probably the kind of guy that surely will. The truth of it all is condensed down into this brilliantly funny web video by Saatchi & Saatchi, NY which gets… Read More »

Your father was a douche bag and he drank our whisky!

The copy for this Canadian Club ad starts with… “He went out. He got two numbers in the same night. He drank cocktails. But they were whisky cocktails. Made with Canadian Club….” Right. We remember this douche bag. He’s the one who drank way too much and got sick in the middle of making out… Read More »