Attractive women quite adept at selling cars
Speaking of suggestive, car advertising sure was filthy in the 1960s. Jalopnik has come up with a list of Ten Highly Suggestive Automotive Print Ads, and most of the (dis)honorees are from the era when the standard of female beauty was Nancy Sinatra and copywriters could get away with saying things like "she costs so little to keep happy" while comparing a car to a woman. There's also a German Matchbox ad in here, which shouldn't count as an auto ad and frankly weirds us out because Matchbox cars are for children. But at least that ad features a girl who's sexier than the car next to her. Big hair and heels can't compete with the Jaguar E-Type. —Posted by David Kiefaber |
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Published on June 24, 2009 | Permalink
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Worst of the worst: teen-learning-center ads
Compiling a list of the most melodramatic teen-learning-center ads is like shooting dogs in a cage, but Tabloid Prodigy has done it anyway. (They opt for the adjective "douchiest," however.) Three of the spots are courtesy of the Huntington Learning Center, which helps photogenic teenagers adjust to cubicles well in advance of their future careers as purposeless office drones. The Sylvan Learning Center does the same thing, from what we can tell, but they also help kids who try to play Super Mario Brothers on a PlayStation 2. The rest of the ads are about what you'd expect, and by the way, none of these kids look hip enough to listen to Anthrax. They barely look capable of handling Paul & Storm. —Posted by David Kiefaber |
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Published on June 22, 2009 | Permalink
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Car ads not lacking for hot 'spokescougars'
Older, sexually aggressive women, known as "cougars," are hot right now. Well, they always have been. But they're also popular with advertisers, who've been using them to shill cars as of late. Jalopnik's selection of the hottest automotive spokescougars features Brooke Shields (who has been hot for most of her professional life), Jill Wagner (who shouldn't even count because she's only 30) and Kim Cattrall (who isn't Samantha Jones, no matter how hard she tries), among others. Our vote goes to the i-Miev Mom, but only because we've never heard of her and, consequently, aren't tired of seeing her already. Plus, there's just something about the way she handles that electrical plug. —Posted by David Kiefaber |
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Published on June 18, 2009 | Permalink
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'Fast Company' picks most creative ad folks
Fast Company has made its picks for the 10 most creative people in advertising and marketing. It's no surprise who came in No. 1 from the magazine that once described Alex Bogusky as a "mechanic of cool" and quoted a gushing staffer comparing him to Jesus. Bogusky beats out Lee Clow, Jeff Goodby and Dan Wieden, in that order. Bob Greenberg rounds out the top five. The rest of the list is pretty eclectic, including Target CMO Michael Francis on the client side, Naked's Paul Woolmington and Barbarian Group's Noah Brier. Whom would you add or subtract from the list? —Posted by Brian Morrissey |
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Published on June 10, 2009 | Permalink
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Most-creative list mostly missing ad people
The ad business, we're told ad nauseum, is all about creativity—specifically, the type that builds brands and drives business results. Someone tell that to Fast Company. The bible of all things innovation is out with a list of the "100 most creative people in business." It isn't dominated by the ad world. TBWA creative chief Lee Clow checks in at No. 32, and Noah Brier, director of strategy at The Barbarian Group and creator of BrandTags.net, is No. 59. The magazine explains its methodology: "We looked for dazzling new thinkers, rising stars, and boldface names who couldn't be ignored. We avoided people we've profiled in the recent past. We emphasized those whose creativity addresses a larger issue—from the future of our energy infrastructure to the evolution of philanthropy to next-generation media and entertainment." Are they missing some people? UPDATE: There is another ad guy on the list: BBDO's Greg Hahn is No. 39. —Posted by Brian Morrissey |
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Published on May 18, 2009 | Permalink
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The greatest fictional ads from sci-fi movies
It will take a geekier geek than me to properly parse this fun-looking list of the top 25 fictional ads in sci-fi movies. I have a moderate Doctor Who habit, but I haven't seen the majority of the movies highlighted here, much less the fictional ads they contain. (The spot above is from Robocop 2, for Sunblock 5000.) Doctor Who (Saturdays at 9 p.m. on BBC America) has little in-story advertising—except for that seven-year product placement back in the 1970s, courtesy of Tom Baker, for Jelly Babies. |
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Published on January 5, 2009 | Permalink
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