I starting to think it wasn't because of Crispin

Too many commercials have cars doing power slides for no good reason. Butler, Shine, Stern and Partners found one.

via Advertolog

Whoppers are for kids?

I love that this ad uses language from another ad, and that everyone just gets it. Random references like this only fly in advertising. And rap. And I guess sitcoms. Still, fun.

They ditched the red wig for this?

Okay, so Wendy's "kicking trees and making speeches in red wigs" campaign wasn't perfect. But now, as if the "Wendy's gonna get ya" animated logo wasn't creepy enough, Wendy's serves up this "viral" video:






Best of all, the website's only function is allowing you to give Wendy's your email address. Whoopie!

On a related note, the line "If it's not all white meat, it's a gray area, and I don't like gray areas in my chicken." is terrible. Just terrible.

via agencyspy

Google ads strike again

I use the phrase "clown-car vagina" once, and Google serves me this:

Common Sense Party

Every election year, a bunch of brands decide to make fake campaign ads, because apparently they think Americans just can't get enough of them. Most of them are terrible. This one is not. Not because the idea is any better, I suppose, but because this guy is awesome.



I like how he uses the hand cart as a podium.