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'Sarah Palin's Glasses are a Maverick' The Swift Kids for Truth, a group of weebies that can't form complete sentences without lisping adorably, take the piss out of Sarah Palin in a video called "Maverick." The description's about as infantile as the content: "The kids are in awe of that lady who looks like their Mommy when she's mad." Palin's status as "maverick," the munchkins argue with subtle irony, doesn't go much deeper than the frameless glasses on her nose. Gossip Girl (OK, Kristen Bell) Urges People to Vote Kristen Bell, along with Mark Cuban, Olivia Munn, John Picard, Minka Kelly, Bill Maher, Matt White, Norman Lear, Perez Hilton and others are part of GAP's Vote For campaign. In the PSAs, the celebrities urge people to vote for those who can't, not to stay silent because an individual vote might not matter, to vote green whether or not you are red or blue, to vote for cleaner energy, to spport the troops and other bipartisan messages no one can really disagree with. It's a nice effort. It's subtle. It's well crafted. And, thankfully, it's miles away from the usual, overtly leftist/rightist approach we see in so many other political PSAs. Life without Healthcare is Like Going Commando Here's a comparison that's never been made before: lack of health insurance is like walking around with your bare ass showing. May explain why down-and-out celebrities go pantyless so often. Could they be crying for help? "I'm uninsured, please pity me." By the campaign for Jim Slattery of Kansas, who's running for US Senate.
by Angela Natividad
Oct- 3-08
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Topic: Campaigns, Commercials, Online, Political, Television Because Politics Can Get Dirty, So Can Las Vegas OK. Having recently been in Las Vegas, this new VEGAS.com campaign caught my eye and made me laugh knowingly at its wit and complete lack of attempting to make the city appear to be anything other than what it truly is: Disney for grownups. Latching on to the Presidential election, the press release asks, "Tired of all the 2008 presidential election hype? The nastiness and innuendo? The half-truths and naked lies?" And answers, "We're not either. We're good with naked. And in Las Vegas, our 'polls' tend to have half-dressed women hanging from them." Not sugar coated at all and that's to be appreciated. Prayers for Palin, Ogilvy Takes Wachovia, McMahon Raps, Fishing for Validation - The McCain campaign was caught proclaiming John McCain's victory in the Presidential debate -- before the debate even happened. - For down-and-out creatives that need to feel like heroes. V-v-v-via. - PETA insinuates that fishermen have small penises. - Sarah Palin needs prayer from advertisers. - Ogilvy picks up Wachovia. Good fucking luck! - Ed McMahon does rap vids for FreeCreditReport.com. Guess the waiter was unavailable that weekend. - Citigroup vs. Citi-Mobile. Here's a thought: why not just buy the bastards?
by Angela Natividad
Sep-28-08
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Topic: Agencies, Brands, Campaigns, Online, Outdoor, Political Bloggers vs. Bailout, 'Human' Ice Cream, Digital Marketers Wrist-Slapped ... by Eyeblaster?! - Last night Steve Hall hit Nokia Theater for Adobe's Battle of the Bands (photos here). Later he ran into Barbarian Group, which brought him a-frolicking to a hip hop club. Steve has all the fun. - Guinness World Records taps greenfield media to manage its 3D book campaign. You'll need 3D specs to get the full experience from the ads, which run from Oct. 6 to Dec. 25 in the United Kingdom and United States. - Blogging taxpayers aren't keen on this whole "Wall Street bailout" thing: "[We] have yet to see any online evidence of organic support for the Paulson proposal. Instead, what's going on may be the largest flowering of civic dissent since the antiwar protests of 2002-2003, but with a [bipartisan] twist." Our own online digging corroborates that (HuffPo! Michelle Malkin! YouTube junkies!), but Pew says 57 percent of the public favors the bailout. Confusing.
by Angela Natividad
Sep-24-08
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Topic: Brands, Campaigns, Celebrity, Online, Opinion, Packaging, Political, Sponsorship, Strange, Trends and Culture Android Unveiled, Candystand Sold, Teachers Targeted, Flat Screens for Fiesta - T-Mobile debuts first Google Android phone, thereby changing face of mobile forever, etc., etc. - Wieden and Starbucks break up. - Wrigley sells advergaming goldmine Candystand to Funtank. No word on why the service, which CEO James Baker of Funtank called "great viral marketing," was sold. Maybe it was just time to cash in. - Biggie Smalls hits the big screen. "Too bad we're not in middle school anymore," says a twenty-something colleague. "I'm imagining the tears ... and the hugging."
by Angela Natividad
Sep-23-08
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Topic: Brands, Campaigns, Cause, Commercials, Good, Mobile/Wireless, Online, Political, Social, Television Twitter for Christ, Facebook Narcissists, Vaseline for Men, McCains on the Grill - Recap of the McCain/Rachael Ray glee-fest. - University of Georgia claims narcissists can be pegged by their Facebook photos. - Save your soul -- and the rotting souls of others -- while microblogging. Way to multi-task! - AIG yanks all corporate ad campaigns.
by Angela Natividad
Sep-22-08
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Topic: Best, Brands, Campaigns, Online, Political, Social, Strange, Trends and Culture, Worst Jungle at the Opera, Paddington Bear Poisons Guests, Millennial Girl Destroys America - Hyundai and Goodby Silverstein & Partners are breaking up. Yeah, it's such a tragedy. - Tokyo Agency brought the jungle to Paris's Opera Garnier to promote Guerlain Homme, a fragrance for the testosterone-soaked wild animal in you. That's cool and all, but I wonder if the wrist-spritzing preppies in suits didn't send a mixed message. Merci to in:fluencia for passing this along. - Speaking of France, one Languedoc vintner launched a saucy new label: Le vin du merde (Shit Wine). For optimum psychological fuckery, serve with dark chocolate cake. - Childhood icon Paddington Bear sneaks Marmite into egg sandwiches during his birthday party. Surprise! All the guests gasp and gag. Wonderful stuff by DDB.
by Angela Natividad
Sep-18-08
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Topic: Agencies, Brands, Campaigns, Cause, Commercials, Guerilla, Outdoor, Packaging, Political Democracy in Perspective: What Would Obi Wan Kenobi Do? Ever see those Advent Day calendars that count down to Christmas, and with each new day you can pop open another part of the calendar to reveal a wooden toy or a piece of chocolate? Gerrymander, a company that produces political oddities, worked with Ignited/LA to release an election day calendar that does pretty much the same thing. Buy one for $12.98. Then, starting from October 1st, pop open each of the cut-out doors to find neither chocolate nor choking hazards, but non-partisan political wisdom, like what's listed below. Guess who said what!* o "I never vote for anybody, I always vote against." I like how when you Google "advent day calendar," the "2008 Election Day Advent Calendar by Gerrymander" is the first organic result that comes up. Way to usurp the old-school kitsch kings! 
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