retro ad: 1980s Chevy Corvette commercial
Does your commute take you through a postapocalyptic runaway-greenhouse landscape of hellish skies and noxious gases?
advertising
question of the day: Is it fair to be upset that Jennifer Lopez’s new Fiat ad was not shot in the Bronx?
Advertising works on at least the veneer of truth and plausibility. Is the real issue here that this ad strips away the polite fiction that ads tell the truth?
retro ad: 1980s Met Life Charlie Brown Thanksgiving commercial
I presume that during the football game that followed dinner at Linus’s house, Lucy pulled the football away from Charlie Brown, causing him to hilariously yet bittersweetly take an enormous flop on his back.
watch it: John Lewis Christmas ad
Oh my god, this is lovely. Fantastic little story, wonderful performance from the little boy…
watch it: awesome HTC Sensation ad
Two things make this so totally rewatchable and completely memorable: the bunny and the beard.
watch it: Kevin Spacey plays three roles (plus himself) in an American Airlines ad
I love this ad partly for its cleverness but mostly because it shows off what a marvelous actor Kevin Spacey is…
retro ad: 1960s Muppets Purina dog food commercials
Rowlf, you whore.
retro ad: 1980s Sony Walkman “Meditating Monkey” ad
Remember this one, with the primate serenely enoying some music on a Sony Walkman? Ahhh… relaxing…
retro ad: 1980s NEC VHS-vs-Betamax ad
What a great way to move merchandise: by admitting that some people couldn’t give a fig for your selling points.
retro ad: 1980s Klondike Bar commercial with Gary Coleman and William Shakespeare
In honor of the release of Anonymous, here’s a slightly less outrageous theory about William Shakespeare…
