Friends don't let friends...

Drive buzzed...



AdCouncil, the people that brought you the "Friends don't let friends drive drunk" campaign, did really well with this one. The premise is that we pretend there's a state called "buzzed" that is somehow different than "drunk". Regardless of legal limit, clearly you can still get in an accident while driving "buzzed". The ads do a great job of making light of the concept without taking away from the seriousness of the matter. AdCouncil is always there for some good PSAs.

Best ad on TV 12/27/75

In a world where sports were dominated by male figures, and advertising had begun to turn to athlete spokespeople, how would Beautymist be able to market their panty hose?




I couldn't care less if my legs are struggling. I wanna kiss you.

One more gift to wrap up

This cute viral ad combines a few of my favorite things...



1) Christmas
2) Crude sexual humor

Thanks, Trojan!

I love their working with college humor, which has always been great for original videos (animated and otherwise). It just seems like another rediculous CHTV production until the very end when the sponsorship becomes obvious. The best kind of ad doesn't seem like an ad, and the folks at Trojan got it right with this one.

אז, זהו חג האורים

For, our Jewish friends, I have one for you, too.



The Words:
Be warned holy land
of the hi definition
go out and erase this "toeivah" (sin)

Oy Vey, the "toeivah" is here
He said Oy Vey
now the detail's so clear
YES brought HD
Groise Tate (Father in heaven) please help
It's a "broch" this HD on YES

Gevald it's Sedom and Gemorah
HDTV it's against the torah
HDTV oy voi voi voi
Now the shikses look well
you will all go to hell
Or in Hebrew Yishmor HoKel (g-d save us)

Cause the HD is now on YES

So, this is Christmas.

Stay out of the doghouse this Christmas.



Bravo, JC Penney and Saatchi & Saatchi.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Best ad on TV 12/21

You've all seen it by now, but I have to go with the McCafe commercial:

"Advertising" is my middle name.

Well, I mean "Ad" is in my first name, so I guess that's enough to make it my calling, right?

Aside from that, I decided to start a blog on advertising because:
1) I like to talk about branding.
2) No one usually likes to listen to me talk about branding.
3) Someone important might actually read it sometime.

That, and I have the time on my hands.

All that being said, who am I to start a blog? Well, I suppose I'm like any other Joe Nobody who can publish something thanks to Web 2.0. I'm Adam. I'm a student at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, Advertising c/o 2011.

I didn't realize I was interested in advertising until I started school. There were times in my life where I wanted to be, in order:
1) An artist
2) A professional basketball player
3) An engineer
4) An ESPN analyst
5) A newspaper editor

I settled on advertising, and it's kind of a blend of all of those things...except an NBA player, but then again, athletes are cornerstone spokesmen, so I'm not too far off.

I'll be using this blog pretty much to just babble about things related to advertising and to post ads I want people to see (the good, the bad, the ugly). Maybe I'll spout something enlightening, I just hope someone actually wants to listen.