One last festive piece and then I’ll quit, I promise. Keeping with yesterday’s “storytelling through digital platforms” theme (and boy, what a fun theme it is), here’s a christmas card video that agency Excentric (Lisbon) put together. It takes the traditional nativity story and then strangles it to death with an ethernet cable. It went …
Tag Archive: christmas
Dec
27
It’s my party and I’ll eat goose if I want to
Draft FCB (Germany) and VEBU (Vegetarierbund Deutschland) want you to swap out your holiday goose for a scrumptiously ass-like vegetarian dinner this year. I’m not sure exactly what the intended message is here because I’ve never wanted to murder and devouour multiple geese more than after having watched this spot. My cousin was telling me …
Dec
19
So much wood
I like this ad because I am currently back home in camo country for the holidays. Hunting apparel is prevalent and I picture this exact scene unfolding in countless Lanark cabin shacks on Christmas morning. I enjoyed this piece as soon as I saw it, but once I started thinking about it, it really didn’t make sense. …
Nov
12
Tony Stark….is…..MR PEANUT
The holiday season is nearly upon us, and so it’s time for Mr. Peanut to make his annual appearance… But wait a minute. What is that? Could that be….no! It’s Robert Downey Jr! That’s right, Iron Man is now the voice of the iconic monocle mascot in this new series. In it, he talks about …
Dec
25
Festive Nuts
Here’s one for the holidays….a hilarious spot for the NY Lottery by DDB in the Big Apple. Great example of how minimalistic writing and fantastic execution/acting can make a terrific ad.
Dec
13
Get into the holiday spirit. Now!
Simple print ad from Nexus BBDO in Bolivia. Seems like a bit of a stretch to me. If I hadn’t made reference to Christmas and if you didn’t read the microscopic tagline, this would probably whiz right by your head, right? FYI, I want to do dirty things with the new Pepsi logo and packaging. …