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Wow, will you look at that *kapow*.. Uh, I mean check out the *bamm!*... Eh... Well that guys jeans at the end.. *slap!*.... Ouch. I do not get paid enough for this.
From Cutwater, San Francisco

People stuck in escalators are bored. Bored people will read anything. They read their way up the escalator, and presto, they've seen the products selling point demonstrated. "Go longer between shaves"

Featuring: A $10,000,000 Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates
Agency: Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Factoid: On top of Jerry's ten mill, this campaign's going to have an estimated 300 million bucks behind it.

Russel Brand and Britney Spears ignore the elephant in the room for MTV

Backyard's Ericson Core directed MTV's latest VMA Promo that not only stars Britney Spears and this year's MTV VMA host Russell Brand, but also a 9,000 pound elephant. The spot was filmed at Paramount Studios which will also be this year's venue for the iconic MTV VMA premiering on September 7th on the MTV Network.

Russel Brand and Britney Spears ignore the elephant in the room for MTV

Backyard's Ericson Core directed MTV's latest VMA Promo that not only stars Britney Spears and this year's MTV VMA host Russell Brand, but also a 9,000 pound elephant. The spot was filmed at Paramount Studios which will also be this year's venue for the iconic MTV VMA premiering on September 7th on the MTV Network.

Ode to bar codes. Seriously, you have to listen to it, his love poetry rhymes in Spanish!

Creative: Nacho Valle
Sound mix: freibergmusic
Date of first release: JULY 21 2008

Our Dutch pals at SWH show off what they did to remind people that you can't just bring any old thing into the Netherlands, so they should declare. One morning they went to Shipol airport with a bunch of red suitcases, with alligator tails hanging out of them, and placed these suitcases on the luggage bands. On the suitcases there was a message: "Someting to declare? Please go to the red channel" (In dutch: "Iets aan te geven? Ga dan naar de rode balie.")

("alligator suitcase" doesn't sound half as good as "Krokodillen Koffert" by the way)

Stately Mansion, Los Angeles reckon Gearbox racquetball racquets will make you play better, no matter who or what you are.

Stately Mansion, Los Angeles reckon Gearbox racquetball racquets will make you play better, no matter who or what you are.

Oreont Express?

Directr Brad Tucker and his colleagues organized a motion capture shoot at Santa Monica-based Perspective Studios for this project, where they shot a model performing the swinging, swimming and other actions you see in the finished spot. "The data from that shoot was then imported straight into Maya," Tucker explained. "From there, we applied the data to the 3D models to create the motions you see the characters performing....

If only I had this much fun changing the sheets on the duvet! I usually just get stuck in there and spend the rest of the day sleeping.
Ad agency: BBH London

Ad agency: Leagas Delaney London

"Helping Jerry's Kids."
Ad agency: E.B. Lane, Phoenix

"Helping Jerry's Kids."
Ad agency: E.B. Lane, Phoenix

"We wanted commercials that were very simple, but conveyed hope and help," said Mark Itkowitz, ecd at E.B. Lane. "Classically we are rebuilding the MDA brand and hopefully, to paraphrase Humphrey Bogart, this will be the beginning of a long, beautiful business relationship," Itkowitz said.
Ad agency: E.B. Lane, Phoenix

Editor Micah Scarpelli of Version2 and director Tony Petrossian of Rockhard bring us this humorous campaign for Subway via MMB.

Editor Micah Scarpelli of Version2 and director Tony Petrossian of Rockhard bring us this humorous campaign for Subway via MMB.

ad agency: Team One, LA

ad agency: Junior, Brisbane