No, Not Another Poker Show

I saw this ad on on Adrants and thought yes, another poker show I get to watch. Upon taking a closer look I realized that it isn't an ad for a poker show, its an ad for a new show by CNBC titled Demolished. According to the Adrants article its a show on how the American dream became a nightmare. I can only assume that this show will focus on the collapse of the U.S. housing market.

For those of you who don't know, the idea of the American dream is being a success, owning a home with a white picket fence. I thought the ad was for a poker show because of the scattered cards, it reminded of the show titled Poker Superstars Invitational on Fox Sports for some reason. But anyway, way to promote depressing subject matter.

w what the ad is advertising right away doesn't that indicate a weak creative execution? But again, this is just my opinion take it or leave it.

The ad was created by Woods Witt Dealy & Sons.

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A.B.

Super Bowl XLIII Commercial 2009

Well as most of you know, yesterday was the Superbowl and what comes with it, the multi-million dollar ads. Below are some of my favorites and I was hoping to get some feedback from you guys by having you vote on what ads you thought were the best out of the ones I thought were good. "You can vote by choosing your favorite ad from the poll on the far right. Also, below are the spots and the agencies that created them.

You can see all the Superbowl spots by going to this AdAge article.

E*Trade: Talking Baby

Agency: Grey, New York

Coke: Coke Heist

Agency: Wieden & Kennedy

Coke Zero: Mean Troy

Agency: Crispin Porter & Bogusky

Taco Bell: Speed Date

Agency: Draft FCB, Irvine

GoDaddy.com: Baseball

Agency: In-house

GoDaddy.com: Shower

Agency: In-house

Well enjoy the spots everybody.

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A.B.

Marketers on Super Sunday

Today, I want to give you guys a list of who will advertising during the game on Superbowl Sunday. So here goes:

1. Anheuser-Busch
2. Audi
3. Bridgestone
4. CareerBuilder
5. Cars.com
6. Coca-Cola, Co
7. E-Trade Financial
8. Pepsi's Frito-Lay
9. General Electric
10. GoDaddy
11. Hyundai
12. Monster
13. NFL
14. Pedigree
15. PepsiCo Beverages

I found an AdAge article that actually provided the list. All the agencies are listed in the article linked.

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A.B.