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Amazon Needs a Nudge with that Newfangled 'Email Marketing' Thing Dear Amazon.com Customer, As someone who purchased video games or music from genres included in the game, you might be interested in our Grand Theft Auto IV music downloads store. This is part of an email pitch that preceded a GIGANTOR graphic inviting me to "Download music from Grand Theft Auto IV." Don't Get Mauled at Random; Do it On Vacation Some contextual ad fun: This story, headed "Shark kills man off San Diego County coast" (and since changed), got really cozy with a tourism ad encouraging vacationers to get to know that sassy carnivore better. South Africa. It's possible. Really, could that tagline be more perfect? Jetblue Improves Flying Experience with Shiny New Euphemism To keep wandering eyes from noticing it has stopped being cheap and its service has gotten all gnarly, Jetblue has launched "Happy Jetting" -- a campaign that encourages you to think that when you fly Jetblue, you ain't flyin', baby. You're jetting. Right now I'm loving how the site, which is supposed to preach the benefits of Jetblue's user friendliness and "jetting" philosophy, hosts jack beyond an error page. Way to jet, idiots! Furry Puppet Hops Hottie Sex Tape-Style for MTV's Fur TV OK, this is definitely NSFW but it's really, really funny -- if you're into watching a playful, lingerie-clad hottie have sex with a puppet, filmed in Paris Hilton Sex Tape lighting. There's moaning. There's groaning. There's writhing. There's slapping. There's penetration. And, of course, there's "completion." All for UK MTV One's Fur TV. Like a Tranny, the Satinelle's Merits are Many We've seen weird shit sell razors before, but we've never seen an angle like this one. For its Satinelle ice epilator, Philips explores the life of a transvestite. The premise is simple: he has feminine hair removal concerns AND a man's intolerance for pain. I loved the spot's "tender journey" narrative. But that "Like all men he's not great with pain" jab? It's so wink-wink-nudge-nudge. Jesus, Philips. You did a cool thing crossing the gender divide, but you screwed it all up with that last ra-ra for the Girls Team. We don't need to be coddled. UPDATE, 5/19/08: Boinkology scored an interview with Karis, the dancer in the ad. The boobs were fake, and he thinks of himself as less of a "tranny" than a sexually evolved person. Neato. Gladiator Ad Banned Because Contestants Breasts Are Too Large Hot women with big breasts always seem to get the bum deal and it makes no sense. Why is it right to label and discriminate against a person simply because of their hotness and bra size? That appears to be what happened with a recent campaign for Gladiators in the UK which features Jemma Palmer in her Gladiator costume. A local vicar has objected to the campaign. A spokesman for Sky One, the network on which Gladiators appears, said. "We thought it was such a great image that it would be great for the campaign. But it seems the vicar just thought Jemma was too hot and that her boobs were just too big." OK so the board was to be placed next to a church and she's certainly dresses in less than her Sunday best but would God judge on looks alone? Sorry Disney, But You're Kind of a Skank Factory Next month's Vanity Fair features "provocative" photos, taken by Annie Leibovitz, of Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus. It would likely have come and gone, relatively ripple-free, if Disney hadn't claimed the firm "deliberately [manipulated] a 15-year-old [...] to sell magazines."* In allegiance with her corporate shareholders, Miley said the photos embarrassed her and apologized to fans. Comments on Fake Campaign Become Young Lions Promotion Abusing those who make a living commenting on advertising, the Leo Burnett Brazil campaign that gave us that cockroach on the bottom of a pizza box has been extended to further abuse. By highlighting comments made on a set of fake print ads, the agency extended the campaign adding the tagline, "Advertising needs more doers than talkers." Nice. Kick the shit out of the people you are trying to woo. It doesn't really matter though because the whole thing is for some shitty ass awards shows called Cannes Young Lions:-) Hankook Tires Tame Roads, Drive Emotions and Abuse CGI Agency Cheil Communications/Seoul and production company Shilo put together "The Chase" for Hankook Tires. Ad tagline: "Tame the road." Company slogan: "Driving emotion." Two cliches fighting for space. The spot itself looks a lot like a video game preview. It also contributes to racers' delusion that the streets are a battleground, and every modded import that goes "vroom" is a player. Validation for stupidity. Greeeeat. Microsoft Shafts Music Patrons Pre-Zune As of August 31, Microsoft will stop issuing DRM license keys for songs bought on MSN Music, which was shot down in late '06. This pretty much means that, unless you back it up, you can expect to lose what you paid for next time you update your OS or change computers. 
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