This Heineken ad is brilliant. Titled "World's Apart" and produced for the #OpenYourWorld campgain, I unreservedly declare it worth your time to watch to the end. It's a beautiful statement about humanity. An enemy is one whose story we have not heard. ~ Gene Knudsen...
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Nearly 20 minutes of a 60 minute TV program are commercials
This fact boggles my mind: Nearly 20 minutes of almost every hour of TV programming is commercials. Put another way: Nearly a third of my TV viewing time is commercials. It drives me away from network and cable television programming and toward pay sites like Netflix...
South African TV ad “The Reader” promotes literacy & scotch
Literacy. At any age. Is a good thing. Nearly 95 percent of this video tells the story of an older man who decides to learn how to read. Nicely edited scenes reveal the effort he puts in and the support he receives on his journey. His motivation is revealed in a...
Honest cable company video advertisement
Honest advertisement for the cable company. In related news, Comcast is one of the least trusted companies in America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ilMx7k7mso Source
London 2012 Paralympics – Very cool video ad
Very cool video ad for the 2012 London Paralympics. These are some tough athletes. Video: London 2012 Paralympics: Channel 4 launches Paralympic Games advert - Telegraph.
Smoking kid ~ Ogilvy ad
Smoking kid ad from Ogilvy ~ Nice to see the "mad men" and women of Ogilvy (Thailand) put their creative energies into something for the public good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHH2LsAHeHc
Shooting (at) your boss with AK-47 ~ SFW
UPDATE: Watched the video a couple more times, and doubt the shooter used three round burst setting--just had a fast trigger finger...Still, really dumb thing to do. Shooting at boss with AK-47 ~ I assume this is real, but who knows. The employee appears to shoot at...
Euell Gibbons ~ Grape Nuts Commercial
I remember seeing this commercial for Post Grape Nuts with Euell Gibbons when I was a kid--and the Saturday Night Live parodies, which I unfortunately couldn't find on YouTube ~ "Did you know bicycle seats are edible?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJMIu18I8Y Euell...
Clever Tampax Ad ~ When Swimming with Sharks
I know, I should be ashamed. But I thought this was a clever ad...if in poor taste—No pun intended!...I'm going to hell. Via Ads of the World
Are You Obsessed with the Right Things? – Ads from Breast Cancer Foundation
My Mom, a breast cancer survivor, would have got a giggle out of these ads.