SausageCopter Pokes Fun at Amazon Prime Air

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While there are a few funny moments in this redpepper-created Amazon Prime Air spoof, at two minutes in length, it's about 1:30 longer than it needs to be. In the spoof, a bunch of vegetarians are enjoying a very meatless gathering but one attendee thinks there should be more meat. He whips out his mobile app and orders up a few links of sausage to be delivered by the SausageCopter. And, yea, that's about it.

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by Steve Hall    Dec- 5-13    
Topic: Spoofs



Creepy Bar Scene Hook Up Explains Big Data Perfectly

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If you ever need to explain big data to someone and demonstrate how powerful it can be in advancing a cause, be sure to point them to this Girls Are Assholes video in which a guy, seemingly with access to some kind of big data warehouse, has all the data he needs to pick up a girl in less than 30 seconds.

Really. Forget all the business buzzwords and mumbo jumbo. This creepy dude has it down to a science. If only consumers were as pliable and compliant and the woman in this ad, brands would be getting laid whenever they felt like it.

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by Steve Hall    Nov-22-13    
Topic: Spoofs



Microsoft Pulls Ill-Conceived Anti-iPhone Ad

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Microsoft has, today, pulled a video it posted Friday entitled " A fly on the wall in Cupertino" in which two actors present to "T", aka a fictitious TIm Cook (which is this video actually looks more like Steve Jobs), what they've been working on leading up to last week's Apple iPhone event.

The video has been pulled from official channels but still floats around and can be viewed. Of the video, Microsoft issued a statement which read,"The video was intended to be a light-hearted poke at our friends from Cupertino. But it was off the mark, and we've decided to pull it down."

There were seven videos in all. All have been pulled.

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by Steve Hall    Sep-16-13    
Topic: Bad, Brands, Spoofs



Agency Spoofs iPhone 5c With iCrocs Video

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Here's a bit of distraction for your rainy (at least where we are) Thursday afternoon. Vienna-based agency PKP BBDO decided to have a little bit of fun at the expense of Apple's just-announced iPhone 5c which comes in five colors. Perhaps attempting to align the new iPhone with the much-maligned Crocs brand, the agency took a lunch break to shoot this shoe-tastic spoof.

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by Steve Hall    Sep-12-13    
Topic: Agencies, Brands, Spoofs



Nat Bailey Stadium UFO Sighting A Marketing Stunt For Space Center

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A video entitled "UFO at Baseball Game" was uploaded to YouTube on September 5 and, to date, has been seen by 245,184 people. In the video, what is purported to be a UFO is seen hovering in the sky just beyond the outfield of Vancouver's Nat Bailey Stadium during a September 3rd Vancouver Canadians game.

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by Steve Hall    Sep-11-13    
Topic: Spoofs



Alec Baldwin's Paparazzi Punching Spree Turned Into Campaign For MSNBC Talk Show

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For some Friday Frivolity, we have this spoof campaign which touts Alec Baldwin's upcoming MSNBC talk show. PJ Media columnist Ed Driscoll took it upon himself to create a campaign that makes great use of Baldwin's recent run in with a photographer. Hilarious stuff.

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by Steve Hall    Sep- 6-13    
Topic: Celebrity, Spoofs



MINI Mocks Anthony Weiner With 'Carlos D. Motor' Twitter Account

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Having a bit of fun at the expense of sext-o-holic Anthony Weiner, the folks over at Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners created this MINI ad which they tweeted from a Twitter account they created called @CarlosDMotor. "Wanna get your hands on my stick?"

The ad and the tweet mocks the pseudonym Weiner chose for himself, Carlos Danger, when he sent naked pictures of himself to younger women.

With just 37 followers, the @CarlosDMotor Twitter account isn't gaining much ground but, hey, it's a nice diversion on a Friday.

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by Steve Hall    Jul-26-13    
Topic: Spoofs



Creepy 'Creepy Dude' Creeps Into Dove's Camera Shy

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We're not sure if this Dove Camera Shy parody entitled Creepy Dude is funny, annoying or just plain bad. In the parody which follows the original's theme of girls hiding from the camera, a creepy dude begins to photo bomb shy girls in various scenarios. It them gets really creepy when Creepy Dude comes front and center to completely disrobe. It closes by asking, "Why did you start thinking you were beautiful?"

Can we have that 1:08 back, please?

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by Steve Hall    Jul-12-13    
Topic: Spoofs



Leaky Tampon Causes Shark Attack

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OK, right up front let's be clear -- this is not a real ad. However, the message it sends -- sharks are attracted to blood -- is well demonstrated. The "ad" appears in the very rotten film Movie 43 and is for Tampax. It urges woman to make sure their tampons don't leatkso, ya know, they don't get sniffed out by a giant shark that will tear you a part with spooftastic, Jaws-style hilarity.

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by Steve Hall    Jun-20-13    
Topic: Racy, Spoofs, Strange



Dove 'Real Beauty' Spoof Asks Men to Describe Their Balls

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Just what everyone wants to wake up to on a crisp Tuesday morning...a discussion of men's balls. That's the latest subject in this Portal A spoof of Dove's recent Ogilvy Brazil-created "Real Beauty Sketches" video released two weeks ago. The original had an FBI forensics artist sketch women as they described themselves from behind a curtain.

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by Steve Hall    May- 1-13    
Topic: Racy, Spoofs