Pink Taco?

Perhaps I've spent too much time in the schoolyard and haven't exactly matured yet, but am I the only one who thinks selling a Pink Taco is a bad idea? I realize it's called the "Volcano Taco" and the word "pink" is never uttered, but come on now... There has to be at least one immature person left in the industry.

Sony Style?

I'm usually not a fan of Sony and it's advertising. Their products are greatly expensive, but don't at all differ from their competition. The last Sony ad (that wasn't Playstation related) that I can recall is the rebranding they did for their flagship stores. They changed their logo from "the Sony Store" to "Sony Style", a big mistake in my opinion. The ad's featured a young child's head on the body of a suited man. "Discover the Wonder". Not impressed.

This ad however, represents what Sony thinks of itself. A forward thinking company. It's a simple ad that takes a few seconds to fully understand. The same amount of time it would take for me to think, "I'm going to buy a Sony... wait, no I won't".

8 years of fun..

Sorry Philips. You've just run out of material. You're not alone. Think of the late night comics that have to depend on typo's in newspapers in order to get some sort of laughter from their captive audience. I enjoy the political nature of this ad, but it also seems as if they are piggy backing on someone else's idea. It was George H. Bush's idea to have a dimwit of a son, that way he looks a hundred times better by comparison.

Non-Specific Guerrilla Advertising

Clap clap clap to Capcom. Guerrilla marketing? Or simply a public service announcement. Anyone who doesn't know Resident Evil 5 is coming out for PS3 in a month, will either scratch their head with confusion, or they'll realize the army of the undead is finally upon us. I love how this advertising has respect for its audience. There isn't anything that confirms this is for Resident Evil, I'm just assuming.

Respect your Elders.

Today is my birthday. Today I am old. Today I will begin to take notice of alka setzler and ultra-matic adjustable bed commercials. Today the clapper is a brilliant idea. Today I am afraid of icy sidewalks and teenagers.

What's the deal with Microsoft?

I cannot even begin to describe how disappointed I was with the moderately recent Windows/Seinfeld campaign. It seems as though they had a team of 15 writers on that campaign, with the hope and desperation of trumping Apple. Well guess what... There's no trumping the fruit.

When I first heard of the idea, it seemed brilliant. Seinfeld has had great success with his stand-up career, his sitcom, animated feature films, and his previous advertisements. Everything he did was Gold Jerry! Gold! The Windows campaign could very well be the beginning for the end for the man-about-nothing.

The viral ads produced 4 years ago with Jerry and Superman for American Express single handedly started the interactive revolution. The ads were well thought out, lengthy, and hilarious. Nothing seemed forced. It seemed straight out of Jerry's act. That's the problem with Microsoft. They attempted to make Bill Gates funny. That's a problem. It would be like trying to get Andy Dick to design some sort of operating system. The public may be stupid, but it's not that stupid.

I'm A PC! And I have a virus!

The Bible on a Billboard

If the Catholic Church advertised with mass mediums, I think abortions and gay marriage wouldn't ever be considered. Advertising is that persuading.

As of right now, it's simply an ideal. It's an opinion based upon archaic thoughts of thousands of years ago. If catholicism had billboards and transit shelters of fetus' being saved, no one would ever consider the 'unholy' actions.

I think I may be on to something.