Blog Profile / Copyranter
| URL : | http://copyranter.blogspot.com | |
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| Filed Under: | Marketing / Advertising | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1352 | |
| Posts / Week: | 13.6 | |
| Archived Since: | July 1, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
New Rolling Stone ad features a blow-up doll named Abigail, and...
...a horse-headed Devil dude named Joe banging a babe doggystyle over the hood of his vintage Camaro (Firebird?). I'm sold? Ad agency: Hamburg's Oliver Voss, who were responsible for this 2-ton sculpture of a woman bathing in Alster Lake—it was a stunt for British beauty products company Soap & Glory. Show More Summary
Bruce Willis (not) speaking Russian in new "Diehard" bank ad.
(via)It's Willis's first ever appearance in a Russian commercial. Hey, he's only getting a million a year from Trust Bank, so the Commies get John "dubbed" McClane. Translation, please. Spot was shot in L.A. Ad agency: BBDO Moscow.
Awkward Stock Photo of the Day.
(via)"Yes, this is Verizon, and I'm Brandine, could you hold for five squirts?" Previous awkward stock photos : chipmunks fucking on a copier • Future Corn Woman.
1962 American Cyanamid ad predicted the world would end November 13, 2026.
( click and read )On that date, according to "three serious scientists", the earth's population will be "50 billion people". Not to worry. Cyanamid has a plan for this population explosion: a "food explosion", via cancerous chemicals. Thanks God for birth control. Via. Previously : The humongous hand of Union Carbide dumps deadly chemicals on unsuspecting Indians.
The funniest video ad starring a cat ever?
( via Adverve)I'm getting old, so I remember less and less every day. But, if you've seen a funnier one, please place it in the comments (Don't place this one ). Columbia has of course long done amusing award-winning campaigns for their sportswear.Ad agency: Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners. Related : the cutest cat adoption commercial ever.
GIF of the Day.
(via)WienerDog. Previous non-cat GIF of the Day : Jesus.
Did a German ad agency blatantly steal an idea to make these charming Lego ads?
( click, via)Hamburg's Jung von Matt, producers of one of the worst self-promo ads I've ever read, last week flooded the Internet with this admittedly very appealing campaign for Lego. But, it looks like the idea was ripped right from...Show More Summary
QR Codes are da SHIT, yo!
( click )Via.Previously.
Spring Training...
...miss you, 'Gar.
Kellogg's should sue the shit out of this cereal company.
( click )And this one, too. Golden Foods is a Spanish company. Bah, all three are probably made in the same factory. The redditor's headline takes the cake: "THEY'RRRRRRRRE OKAY!" Is that Kimba the White Lion? Previously : Crispy Hexagons cereal.
The iPad of the Future, from 1935.
( click, via)Retina screen, smetina screen.Reading books, Like a BOSS. Previously : 2011 America, via a fascinating 1911 magazine article.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, from copy-o-ranter.
Drink your goddamn Shamrock shakes and green beer, faux Irish idiots, and then remember to get to the Chicago River to puke it all back up again.( Ambient stunt erected by Leo Burnett in 2010.)
SUDDENLY, STRIPES!
( click, via)Those poor boys are gonna need therapy out the ass. I imagine this is what the Huckabee family looks like when they go to the beach.
I don't believe this is an official Kit Kat ad (nsfw-ish).
(via)See, because a normal Kit Kat has four pie...nevermind. Chunky—ouch! View five previous real Kit Kat kampaigns here, ranging from brilliant to stupid.
QR Code Burqas? QR Code Burqas.
( click, via WTF QR Codes)If you snap, you...get a photo of her face?die????
McSorley's Ale will turn an Indian into an Irishman (TV spot).
(via)And, it'll turn an Irishman into a passed out Irishman laying in his own green puke in the gutter of The Bowery (pictures tk, tomorrow). Indians—offended? Previously : The Nightmare Before St. Patrick's Day (video).
Two Words: VITAMIN DONUTS (vintage ad).
(via)FUCK you, oatmeal. Related : Social Media, explained with donuts.
Atheism Bus Ad Uses Famous Woody Allen Line.
( click, via)Christians, say it in a nebbishy voice and it won't hurt so bad.The new campaign was just launched in Australia to coincide with next month's 2012 Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne. Says Atheist Foundation president...Show More Summary
Playboy ads ironically say men do read it for the articles (nsfw-ish).
( click, via)From the ad agency press note:"Y&R South Africa was briefed by Playboy SA to develop a print campaign to help shift perceptions about the magazine, reaffirming its position as being more than just a centerfold. AlthoughShow More Summary
Smart, Smart Orange Juice Bus Stop Posters.
( click )Simply Orange. Simple selling idea. Remember that, new digital ad whizz kidz, you're fucking salespeople, nothing more. That doesn't mean you can't do clever work. Juxtapose these posters with this bullshit, overwritten Tropicana...Show More Summary