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those weird ads with lou reed’s take a walk on the wild side playing softly in the background have been revealed to be Derek Jeter and Dwayne Wade - the commercials show them transforming the world around them as they travel through. (Jeter’s in NY as his fans are congratulating him… for what? that… I […]
Entries from January 2008
Gatorade G2 Revealed: Derek Jeter + Dwayne Wade
January 31st, 2008 · 1124 Comments
Tags: Ad Agency · Advertising · Celebrity · Commercials · Marketing · Public Relations · Sports
This $7 Billion Dollar Loser needs a Facebook poke.
January 30th, 2008 · 601 Comments
How to stop being Facebook friends with that guy who lost $7 billion
Ah simple instructions for jumping out of that sinking ship of a social circle with a guy who lost $7 billion. Poor guy only had 11 friends to begin with and now 7 of them are gone.
When you really think about it, losing […]
Tags: Public Relations · Technology
NHL Can’t Buy Viewers or Can They?
January 29th, 2008 · 606 Comments
The NHL continues to sell out games and draw people into the arenas on game night, yet they continue to lose viewers on television. One might ask how they continue to bring in so many people to the games.
After sub-par ratings in last year’s NHL finals on NBC, I thought the league was doomed. But, […]
Tags: Advertising · Public Relations · Sports · Uncategorized
Budweiser Lager Lessons, Rob Riggle, Recipe For Pretentious Bull
January 29th, 2008 · 1065 Comments
As I watched the all too serious in tone Budweiser Lager Lessons about great beer and the brewing process, I couldn’t wait for a slapstick moment of humor. I imagined this moron, wearing a blazer over a turtleneck sweater, would get hit by a truck (I don’t know why but I so often want to […]
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the poughkeepsie tapes LEAKED POSTER (a wannabe horror cloverfield)
January 26th, 2008 · 2896 Comments
if cloverfield was the definitive monster movie of the newly emerging amateur video genre… the poughkeepsie tapes coming out sometime this year is trying to be that horror movie. or its marketing is struggling to make it that way.
for those of you who don’t remember my cloverfield post - shame on you - but i […]
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I’m Already Sick of “Jumper”
January 25th, 2008 · 1856 Comments
The damn movie isn’t out yet, but the ad campaign is so aggressive I’m already sick of the freakin’ thing. Apparently the premise is there are people who can teleport themselves from place to place because of some genetic abnormality. There are people who can jump and people who hate jumpers. They […]
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