Archive for the ‘advertising awesomeness’ Category

Mr. Yuk Commercial

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment

I just saw a web design that made me think of this… and not in an awesome way. Of course, the video is awesome.

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Office Depot - Your Source for Meat and Printers

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 | No Comments

I’m sorry, but what the frak is a “Ham Certificate”? Is it printed on Ham? I’m now tempted to run a slice of ham through my inkjet printer. Honestly, I wish I could say that this was something I created. However, this is what the real Office Depot home page looked like today. [via Kehrli] [...]

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Why People Fear Shredded Wheat But Are Not Sure Why

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 | No Comments

It looks cute and tasty, right? But something tells you it is oh so wrong. Something you can’t quite put your finger on. Ok, so…. what the hell is this? It’s deep in our subconscious… Somewhere in the past, someone fed our ancestors these horrid things. I’ve just discovered the reason why we fear shredded [...]

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Children Thrive on Postum Food Coffee!

Monday, March 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Mmmm. Coffee! No, wait. Food Coffee? Delicious and palatable when boiled for 15 minutes after boiling commences, to extract flavor from grains… Maxwell House this is not.

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Don't Experiment with an Infant Food!

Thursday, March 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment

For heavens sake! Are you mad??!! “Don’t experiment with an Infant Food. Give your baby Nestle’s Food upon which the third generation is now thriving.” “upon which the third generation is now thriving” Seriously, now what does that even mean? Of course a better question is: will they still honor the free samples offer? I’m [...]

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Barnes & Noble to Sell T.S. Eliot's Remains In New "Home" Strategy

Friday, October 24th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Click image for large version As part of Barnes & Noble’s new venture into furniture, they plan to dig up the remains of T.S. Eliot and offer them in a Lava Lamp to be marketed under the PoetryInMotion® Brand. Home is where one starts from… ~T.S. Eliot Not only are they using this quote in [...]

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Raisin Brahms!

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments

The breakfast of champion composers! [Note: YouTube recommended this video to me while I was eating fruity pebbles with my kids. Scary. Are they watching me through my laptop's camera?]

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