This Yaris spot won an Australian short film competition to become an actual commercial. The only problem was that after it was shown women’s groups instantly condemned it as sexist, and Toyota had to apologize and cease showing it. People are so damn sensitive. It doesn’t seem sexist to me — just seems pretty honest. […]

I love riding motorcycles, but every time I do I can’t help but think about how crazy exposed you are, where the smallest of errors could result in the greatest of pains. I’ve crashed before, in Zurich, and the accident cost me 2 days in the hospital, an agonizing night of suffering and my meniscus. […]

Dutch brewers Bavaria decided to tell the epic adventure of a drop of water following its LifeQuest to achieve its dharma — becoming a drop of Bavaria Beer. Fortunately for Droppy, he achieves his goal. Unfortunately for Droppy, he is never drunk. Well, at least not by a human. But really, who cares? That dog […]

Now I’m not the hugest Johnnie Walker fan — me likey, don’t get me wrong, but I prefer single malts and especially those from Speyside and the Highlands. Regardless, I’ll never turn down a glass and I do think even the Black label is quality. To celebrate the label and tell the story behind its […]

The latest installment of Commercials-That-Don’t-Make-Me-Want-To-Shank-Myself-In-the-Retina is HunterGatherer‘s spot commissioned by Fuel TV. Why do I suddenly feel the desire to eat glue and pee myself in a sandbox? Those wooden blocks are bringing back some pretty strange memories…

I bless the cosmos for Tivo every day. With a quick blip of the remote it allows me to circumvent the endless synapse-deadening waves of network commercials, allowing me to actually enjoy watching TV. How did I survive without it? Except every once in awhile a commercial comes out that actually deserves to be seen […]

Well no shit this ad was banned in Germany! No matter how liberal and progressive those saurkraut-eating, pilsener-brewing, Rammstein-listening Euros are, there’s no way anything this suggestive is playing on TV. Still, gotta give props to whatever Sprite exec had the balls to ok this one…

You know how I just got done ranting yesterday about the insidiousness of advertising, and how it’s a black festering sore on the soul of humanity? Well, here comes Nike with a well-timed rebuttal emphasizing the potential that advertising, and commercials, can reach. This Exploit Yourself ad is pretty rad, even if it does just […]