At some point, everyone — at least everyone in advertising — has wondered what daily life must be like for those baritone voice talents. (I can personally vouch for the fact that Hal Douglas really does talk like that.) Now their secret lives are revealed, thanks to sketch comedy troupe POYKPAC. …
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Stalk, kill your search terms with Nugent
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2008/05/stalk-kill-your.htmlOne need only look at Google’s $182 billion market cap to know search remains hot. While Microsoft is trying to figure out a strategy to compete with Google, another rival has slipped under the radar: Ted Nugent. The Motor City Madman is fronting SearchWithTedNugent.com, one of a series of incentivized search engines being developed by a company called Prodedge. …
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Dave Attell plans to get it on, bang a gong
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2008/05/dave-attell-pla.htmlThe Gong Show is back. Game show maverick Chuck Barris created and hosted the original, in which “regular folks” displayed their talents while D-list celebrity judges decided whether to bang an outsized gong and end the often (intentionally) wretched performances. …
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Unbound Edition - Home
http://www.unboundedition.comlatest sign that Hollywood studios are gun shy about the art-house movie market they once coveted, Warner Bros. said it is shutting down its two specialty film labels. Comment (0) Site Gives Brands Celebrity Seal of Approval Coolspotters, now in beta, has pages for products, celebrities, brands, TV shows and movies and connects them to actors, athletes, business icons, musicians and politicians. Comment (0) Increasingly Desperate Microsoft Courts Facebook The heat is on! Microsoft Corp. is under serious pressure to come up with a strategy to compete with Google. And its latest tactic in the ongoing (and seemingly
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Which PKD Story Are We In Today ?
http://fraser.typepad.com/frolix_8/2008/05/which-pkd-sto-6.h..."Mike Schuck, chief executive of AABC, says that theft by members of staff costs the British economy billions of pounds each year and rejects the notion that the register is a blacklist." Sales Pitch - "If you’re gonna say, ‘Buy my insurance because of these boobs,’ I say ‘No thanks.’ But if you say, ‘What’s more Brazilian than a naked Brazilian and her Brazilian drink,’ I say, ‘What time’s happy hour.’" the military ad asks. VALIS - "Case two was a 62-year-old surfer. He heard the opening bars of Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child for six months, when there was really no sound there. This man had mild deafness and smoked cannabis but otherwise had no other relevant medical
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Spot And Share Stuff On Celebrities Using The Coolest Products
http://curlywurlybooboo.com/2008/05/09/spot-and-share-stuff-...the Apple iPhone was spotted being used by 30 celebrities, like Orlando Bloom and David Duchovny, and was spotted on TV programs like Mythbusters and American Idol. Pretty neat site! I love it! [link: Coolspotters] via AdFreak
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http://thankgodforconceptualart.com/viralvideofeedre suffering from a medical condition called P.D. (Projectile Dysfunction). But worry not, there is a cure: Stroyent (humanifil killemal). Here’s the viral ad from Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | Stroyent website - via AdFreak
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Dove : Real Beauty… mais pas trop quand même….
http://www.oliviermermet.com/blog/2008/05/08/dove-real-beaut...: La campagne Real Beauty aurait été photoshopée. À mort. Et par un pro. Aïe. Tous les grands magazines en parlent : Adage : Dove’s “real beauties” may not be so real after all, at least by the account of a renowned airbrush artist. BusinessWeek : You remember when it flaunted its defiance of the beauty and fashion industries with images of love-handled and cellulite-prone “real” women? Turns out those photos, according to the May 12, 2008 issue of
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Suffering From P.D. (Projectile Dysfunction)?
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/08/suffering-from-pd-projec...re suffering from a medical condition called P.D. (Projectile Dysfunction). But worry not, there is a cure: Stroyent (humanifil killemal). Here’s the viral ad from Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | Stroyent website - via AdFreak
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Do you suck as much as Yutaka?
http://makinads.blogspot.com/2008/05/do-you-suck-as-much-as-...Yutaka Tsujino's site
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Semente Criativa
http://semente.brogui.comWordpress ThemesCasa do Galo Ad Age Ad Latina Ad News Ad Freak Ad Land Blog do Marinho Bloganda Blue Bus Brainstorm#9 CCSP Desencannes Ice Cream Now Meio & Mensagem On My Desk Portal Cab Portal da Propaganda Portfolio Sem Vergonha Propaganda & Marketing Update or Die
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Site gives brands celebrity seal of approval
http://lindsay-lohan-onweb.org/?p=4922Hollywood Reporter, it has “pages for products, celebrities, brands, TV shows and movies and connects them to actors, athletes, business icons, musicians and politicians. For example, Jessica Alba’s page features links to pictures of … More: Site gives brands celebrity seal of approval
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Lobster Catching Games
http://curlywurlybooboo.com/2008/05/08/lobster-catching-game...t think I’ve ever seen a machine that lets you grab a live lobster. Kind of a fun alternative to simply scooping them up with a net from the tank and straight to the pot at seafood restaurants. [link: AdFreak]
