Who Are The Ad Wizards Who Came Up With THAT One?

Taking bad ads to task since 2007.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Drink this almond milk, it is my blood

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The straw man is a rather popular device in advertising.  For one good example, consider that TeleFlora ad from some years back which criti...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

SLIM JIM: IT'S (not) DISGUSTING!

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Many, many years ago, back in the deep time of this blog, my old compatriot Quivering P. Landmass wrote a post about a dumbass Beck's co...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

When you're Geico, you beat jokes into the ground. It's what you do.

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Geico has always been somewhat unusual among advertisers in that they tend to run multiple campaigns at once. Even today, you can see Geico...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Never-ending Mazda troll

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This ad is a little old, but Mazda is still running ads in the same style, so we may as well revisit it. Realistically, I don't know...
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Friday, February 13, 2015

Get bready, 'cause here I come

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This is technically a public service announcement, so I feel a little bad talking shit about it. But come on, what the HELL is this thing. ...
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Thursday, February 12, 2015

I'm Insulting The Viewer Rob Lowe, and I have DirecTV

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I expect that most of the issues with the Rob Lowe DirecTV campaign have been hashed out in various places over the last few months, but I d...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Karma police, arrest this ad

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Sometimes you see an ad and really wonder how that company can afford to advertise. In the case of Credit Karma, I think the answer is pret...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Irony thick enough to clog your arteries

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They do know... right? True story: as I was watching this ad for the first time, not knowing what it was for, I began thinking, "I ...
Monday, February 9, 2015

If your dick joke lasts longer than 60 seconds, consult a physician

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Remember: this cost Fiat nine million dollars . It's sort of an interesting counterpoint to Chevy's "drive a truck or never...
Friday, February 6, 2015

The trouble with Triscuits

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Triscuits are okay, I guess. And these ads aren't super offensive or anything. But I mean, come on. It's always funny seeing ...
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