Archive for the ‘Advertising’ Category
Filed under: Advertising
“I’m going to Menopauseland!”
No, Menopauseland is not the big-screen version of The Golden Girls-Meets-Vacation, but rather the brainchild of the Estroven advertising team, who apparently thinks menopause is a tropical island where middle-aged women have cathartic Felicity-esque internal dialogues with their friends and get happy endings from cabana boys.
Certainly gives a whole new meaning to “hot flash.”
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Filed under: Advertising, Political Satire
While streaming Barack Obama’s speech about race last week, MSNBC.com also, of course, ran some advertising; however, it may not have been the wisest choice of product placement.
Check it out:
Oh no, they di-in’t! Other inappropriate presidential hopeful cookies include:
Ron Paul for Nutter Butter: Rich, but nutty through and through
John McCain for Dinosaur Grrrahams
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Filed under: Advertising
Leave it to the advertising folks who live Down Under to come up with a funny spot for a product for “down under” — a tampon commercial featuring a beaver. Of course, as humorous as it may be, it’s absolutely ridiculous. Like a beaver would ever need tampons, let alone buy them. Back to the drawing board for their market research team, I believe!
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Filed under: Advertising
“I’m a dirty, dirty bird.”
This lovely ad campaign is the brainchild of some marketing gurus in Thailand, who are hawking Rachachuros Meat Seasoning via Hustler-inspired photo spreads featuring the likes of “come hither” dead farm animals.
Tagline: “The Temptation of Taste.” Oooohhh, I’m tempted, baby!
Circus Hour sources say the advertising team decided not to run this particular ad in the States, believing it would be confused with the DVD sleeve for “1 Night in Paris.”
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Filed under: Advertising, Fashion
A Joe’s Jeans billboard on Sunset Boulevard:
What kind of style is that, exactly? ULTRA-low rise? Booty-cut(out)? Asswashed?
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