Watch this commercial with your eyes closed. Seriously. Click the link and close your eyes without seeing the title. I’m not even going to embed this one because I don’t want any cheating. Before the woman starts talking, what the hell do you think is going on? I was sure it was some kind of …
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Sodaburst: For When Dumping Pop Into A Glass Of Ice Cream Is Just Too Complicated
Why? Seriously, why? Who was the market for this supposed to be? How much did they charge for this crap? Buying a big tub of ice cream and a few bottles of pop had to work out cheaper, didn’t it? I’ll bet it tasted awful, too. When your float instructions include just add tap water, …
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Bringing Down The Hammer
Boy, I bet it sucks to be this guy right now. Indian Hills Police Chief Kelly Spratt said Isaacs was hit from behind as he attempted to turn into a residential area and is lucky to be alive. Witnesses and Isaacs told police he was signaling the turn when he was hit and was thrown …
How Not To Make A Terrible Radio Commercial
There are some really good, attention grabbing radio commercials floating around out there. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find them amongst all the boring, shitty ones. If you want to make radio ads but don’t want to be boring and shitty, watch these videos and don’t do any of the things shown within.
Klueless Krispy Kreme
Regardless of what some of my posts may suggest, I try very hard not to think of every marketing person as a complete idiot tool just because he’s in the ad business. I do this in spite of the fact that many in the herd make it very, very difficult. Take the geniuses at the …
As We Start A New Year, Let’s Look At Something Really Old.
So, Happy New Year and stuff. I really hope 2015 is better. Unfortunately, 2014 couldn’t leave without giving us one last vigourous kick in the gut before it signed off. I’ll let Steve talk more about that, since, out of the two of us, he was the one who got most violently smacked about by …
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Truly Terrible Commercial Song Choices
Cracked tackles a subject that’s come up here a few times over the years. The 6 Most Disturbing Song Choices by Huge Ad Campaigns To give you an idea of what you’re in for, Walmart’s tribute to working people set to Rush’s Working Man is probably the least offensive thing going on here. It makes …
Butt Drugs
This is the best commercial I’ve seen for anything in a long, long time. Yes, Butt Drugs is a real place. It seems like it would be a neat place to visit.
In A World Where Hal Douglas Is No Longer Doing Voiceovers…
This is sad news. Hal Douglas, whose booming voice was known to generations of moviegoers and TV watchers, has died at 89. Douglas’ daughter Sarah told The New York Times that the Connecticut native with the famous baritone died of pancreatic cancer last week. Right now you might be racking your brain trying to figure …
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Memories Of Romper Room
Here’s another one of those CKCO web extras. A nice, long clip from Romper Room. I have 0 recollection of Cowbells the Clown, but I do remember watching Romper Room every day I could and wishing that my nursery school could be on TV like theirs. And does anybody else remember paying special attention at …