In the spirit of the big Halloween weekend starting today, I thought I would share a recent Topless Robot blog post listing the top ten commercials featuring monsters.  Naturally, the couple that caught my eye featured food, and proved to me once again the days of creative advertising are gone.  I might be blinded by [...]

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Greetings So Good readers. Eick here, with a post for the first time in a month. Yikes. The craziness of real life has gotten the better of me in the last month, and the result has been devastating for So Good, I admit. But I’m back and excited to be spouting off my thoughts on [...]

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As reported back in January, due to financial concerns, the NBA is allowing courtside liquor advertising for the first time since 1991.  This was hardly shocking news considering how much NBA teams will be going into the red next season, and their subsequent need to generate revenue.  What is interesting here is some of the [...]

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A few months back, So Good ripped Kellogg’s for their gutless decision to cut Michael Phelps as a spokesperson after he was photographed smoking from a bong (yet didn’t seem to mind his previous DUI when hiring him).  We also praised Subway and other sponsors, such as Speedo, for standing by Phelps, as well as [...]

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This ad is made by DDB Stockholm, and since it’s really creative and good, it is, of course, not running in the U.S.
Spotted on AdGabber.

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As in Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appears on the  U.S. dime.  This Taco Bell ad/video was made by Chris Applebaum, best known for videos for artists like Britney Spears and Rihanna. Message is pretty straight forward, “our food is cheap, you can buy it with pocket change.” I’m not jumping out of my seat for [...]

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Give Carl’s Jr. credit, they know how to get the maximum attention for commercials before they even air on TV.  We already covered the first photo they released, but today comes a release of not only a new photo, but the two commercials themselves, both the 30-second and 60-second version.  These aren’t as steamy hot [...]

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Wow. Burger King’s ad campaigns continue to push the boundaries. We’ve covered in detail here many different “edgy” advertising campaigns they’ve had. At this point, it seems like BK has done it all: using “Square Butts” to promote kids meals, urging you to “pleasure yourself“, a shirtless BK King, possibly naming a product after a [...]

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Last week we took a look back at the BK King in the 1970’s, noting that the “Magic” King back then was arguably no less creepy than the current incarnation of the BK King.  Now lets take a look at a McDonald’s ad from 1971, featuring none other than Willard Scott as Ronald McDonald, advertising [...]

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Burger King has been pretty steadfast in sticking to their use of the creepy BK King despite decidely mixed reviews about the character.  But it’s important to remember that the BK King was not always creepy. There was a time where the King character appealed not to jaded 18-34 year old males with big appetites, [...]

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A new Cadbury Caramilk ad relies on the hilarious old stand-by of interpretive dance:

Uh…..why was that so long? I feel like I could have got the message in 15-20 seconds.
Via AdFreak.

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Following up on their ridiculously hot/interesting/bizarre/whateves commercial staring Padma Lakshimi, Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s is continuing with the “attractive celebrity” theme in their ads. There are reports that Audrina Partidge has filmed a new commercial for the burger chain, and E online has a photo from the shoot:

Hmmmm…I think I’ll be looking forward to this ad.

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Under the title, “If Birds Pooped Candy”, AdRants reports on a recently aired Coke Zero ad titled “Unbelievable”:
Created 15 months ago by Weiden + Kennedy and directed by Buck Production, this “epic rock opera” for Coke Zero features “a singing bear, candy-pooping birds, an elk with sausage antlers, g-string wearing antelopes and honeycomb encrusted sheep.”

Ooooook. [...]

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Update #2: Since many people don’t seem to believe that Quiznos didn’t play a role, or at least didn’t have an understanding that the video was being made, I placed a call to Playboy to see if they could shed some light on Quiznos involvement (or lack of involvement) in regards to this video. Here [...]

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From the “before they were famous” files, check out Jorge Garcia, i.e. Hurley from Lost, in a commercial for Jack in the Box.

H/T to11 Points and their “11 Early Roles the Cast of Lost Wishes We’d All Forget.”

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Wow. This one totally slipped past me. I was reading the AdAge Viral Video chart for last week and noticed that a video from Cadbury called “Cadbury Eyebrows” was #3.  Apparently the video already has more than 3.3 million views on YouTube, but since it’s not airing on television here in the U.S. it’s probably [...]

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We’ve already written about Domino’s release of its new Bread Bowl Pasta.  However, what many people might not realize is that these bread bowl pastas are a new spin on the “Pasta Perfecta” product line that Domino’s was testing out last fall.  With the success of Pizza Hut’s Tuscani Pasta, it was clear Domino’s felt [...]

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Not as awesome as the original, “Heineken Walk In Fridge” commercial, but definitely an amusing follow-up.

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Sarah Haskins, has a recent “Target Women” video over at Current which discusses the recent/current advertising campaign by Carl’s Jr.  She suggests that its  advertising campaign should be called, “Douchebaggery 101: Embracing your inner douche.”  She has both amusing and interesting points to raise in her video.  Check it out below: (H/T Adpulp).

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Remember back when food companies thought any popular video game, TV show or movie warranted the creation of a breakfast cereal? Phew, thank god we don’t think that way anymore.  Oh wait….
Also, nothing says “eat up” like a decapitated severed hand pouring you a bowl of cereal.

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