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  1. we’re talkin’ pull tab
    Richard Lewis Revisits His ‘Trippy’ BoKu Fruit-Juice Commercials“Quite frankly, I thought I was having a nervous breakdown watching them all at once.”
    By Chris Wendelken
  2. underrated
    Can a Boneless-Chicken Commercial Be Art?Late Night writer Ben Warheit shares his love for “I Ate the Bones.”
    By Bethy Squires
  3. political drama
    Disney Says It’s Cool With Political Ads on Hulu After AllBut don’t expect any on Disney+ later this year.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  4. tough breaks
    We Know a Little Bit More About Netflix’s Advertising PlanPrepare to be interrupted.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  5. buffering
    Why Commercials Are Coming to the Biggest StreamersHigher subscription rates for some, ads for everyone else.
    By Josef Adalian
  6. choose your own dystopia
    MoviePass Is Back, and This Time, It’s DystopianAnything that scans your eyeballs to make sure you’re paying attention to an ad … can’t be good, right?
    By Rebecca Alter
  7. black lives matter
    Lego Pulls Advertising for Cop-Related Toys, Donates $4 Million to Fight Racism“We stand with the black community against racism and inequality.”
    By Chris Murphy
  8. podcasts
    Are We in a Podcast Bubble?Podcasting is suddenly more than a mission; it’s an industry.
    By Boris Kachka
  9. YouTube Reportedly Resumes Running Ads on Logan Paul’s ChannelEarlier this month YouTube suspended Paul’s ability to run advertisements due to a pattern of “unsuitable” behavior.
    By Halle Kiefer
  10. oof
    Spotify Admits Calling Justin Bieber ‘Latin King’ in an Ad Was a Bad IdeaSpotify says it wanted to “celebrate ‘Despacito’ as a key cultural moment when music genres crossover.”
    By Dee Lockett
  11. Writing Branded Content Is a Great Comedy Job That Will Definitely Destroy […] I spent almost four years working as part of, and then as the head of, the branded content team at CollegeHumor. Working on branded content […]
    By Jon Perry
  12. That Time Negativland Trolled U2 Into Suing Them Trawling YouTube is a weekly look at one interesting story or oddity from YouTube. You ever go down a YouTube rabbit hole and suddenly you’ve […]
    By Eddie Brawley
  13. Where Brands and Comedy Meet: The Weird World of ‘Native Marketing’ A few weeks ago, the YouTube star Miranda Sings released a new music video on her channel. Entitled “Sexy Buttery Love Song,” it features her […]
    By Katelyn Best
  14. advertising
    See an Annotated Page From Deadpool’s ScriptComplete with meta-musings and crude drawings.
    By Greg Cwik
  15. british accents
    You’ve Not Lived Until You’ve Heard Minnie Driver Say ‘Mazda’It’s very nice.
    By Jesse David Fox
  16. ‘Nathan for You’s New Billboards Are PerfectNathan for You’s new season starts next Thursday, so the promotional machine is in full swing. And naturally, Nathan Fielder isn’t just putting […]
    By Adam Frucci
  17. Advertising Email Subject Lines Written by Someone Who Accidentally Hit a […] “Look out! 50% off the sundress of your dreams.” “Jeans that break all the rules, laws, and two or three ordinances.” “EXCLUSIVE ONE […]
    By Brian Boone
  18. Go Behind the Business Side of Comedy Central with Its Top ExecutivesBetween Broad City, Key and Peele, Inside Amy Schumer, and The Daily Show, most comedy fans would agree that Comedy Central is killing it these […]
    By Megh Wright
  19. mad men finale
    The Coke Ad in Mad Men: What You Need to Know to Understand the FinaleA real McCann ad man came up with the commercial after a bad flight.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. advertising
    Meet the Man Behind Don Draper’s Creative Genius“My job was to try and get these characters, Don and Peggy, to appear to conjure advertising.”
    By Brooke Marine
  21. bad commercials
    Kendrick Lamar Is Totally Misusing His Influence in Awkward Reebok CommercialTo pimp a butterfly, indeed.
    By Dee Lockett
  22. literally who
    What the Hell Is Mortdecai?So many questions about this movie.
    By Abraham Riesman
  23. cats
    Watch Taylor Swift Hallucinate a Ton of CatsSo many Merediths.
    By Lindsey Weber
  24. Rust Cohle Would Like to Sell You a LincolnSo this is what all his True Detective philosophizing was about.
    By Anna Silman
  25. ‘The New Yorker’ Profiles ‘Mad’ Magazine as an Anti-Smoking Ad PioneerThe New Yorker ran an excellent article last week about Mad magazine’s big anti-smoking push during the ‘60s, which resulted not only in tons […]
    By Megh Wright
  26. adventures in movie marketing
    Days of Future Past’s Uneven Marketing CampaignThey got their first trailer so right and their Carl’s Jr. commercial so wrong.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  27. hot stuff
    Watch Anna Kendrick Explain How Hot She Is“Like hottest girl in your improv class hot.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  28. Mattress World Commercial, by Blythe RobersonWhen you walk into a conventional mattress store, it’s really not about you. It’s about, here are our mattresses, would you like to buy […]
    By Brian Boone
  29. advertising
    Let Ron Burgundy Try to Sell You His Book“I’m not going to lie to you. This is a very important book from a very important man.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  30. advertising
    Will Ferrell Shot 70 Car Ads As Ron BurgundyAnd they are so great.
    By Jesse David Fox
  31. advertising
    Fiona Apple Covered Willy Wonka’s ‘Pure Imagination’ to Promote TacosIn a haunting ad for Chipotle.
    By Jesse David Fox
  32. advertising
    Watch the 2013 Gathering of the Juggalos InformercialInsane Clown Posse dresses up as news anchors Fats Pepper and Guy Gorfey.
    By Jesse David Fox
  33. Motorcycle or Naked Person?[Insert key-in-ignition joke here.]
    By Eliot Glazer
  34. Dr. Seuss’s Ads Were the Best Ads EverBefore writing the best children’s books, Mr. Theodor Seuss Geisel was an ad man for 17 years. It all started when an ad executive’s wife […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  35. Who Lives Like That? The Most Absurd Aspirational Ads Out ThereThis #NoBollocks content was produced in partnership with Newcastle Brown Ale. If you enjoy this article, won’t you be a doll and watch a TV […]
    By Laura Turner Garrison
  36. Oh Hey, Matt Besser and Seth Morris, You’re in the New Apple Ads The videos star Josh Rabinowtiz, a stand-up who just performed as part of the Just For Laughs New Faces showcase last week. Despite the […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  37. advertising
    Breaking Bad Ads Get PoliticalThe White house! As in Walter White’s house.
    By Margaret Lyons
  38. mad men
    Jaguar Is Fine With Sleazy Mad Men PortrayalThe car company trusts that viewers know they aren’t really pro-prostitution.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. Nick Offerman and Craig Robinson Continue Their Chicago v. Chicago […] Here’s the second in New Era’s series of spots featuring Nick Offerman, Cubs fan, squaring off against Craig Robinson, White Sox fan, in a […]
    By Adam Frucci
  40. lifetime
    Check Out The New Logo For The Lifetime NetworkAnyone else seeing hints of Lululemon?
    By Eliot Glazer
  41. Is This Ashton Kutcher Video Racist or Just Unfunny? Ashton Kutcher is doing a new campaign for PopChips in which he portrays different characters in a bunch of “dating videos.” One of them is […]
    By Adam Frucci
  42. How ‘30 Rock’ Cut the Kraft Cheese Product Placement Deal “It’s the Kraft Product Placement Comedy Hour. Sponsored by Kraft Singles. Made with Milk. It’s the cheese that won World War II (Don’t ask […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  43. movie posters
    See Iconic Movie Posters From BehindFinally, a Forrest Gump butt shot!
    By Eliot Glazer
  44. advertising
    What If Mary J. Blige Rewrote ‘Family Affair’ for a McDonald’s Ad?“Hey, who’d have thunk, an Egg McMuffin / Up on in this eatery”
    By Kyle Buchanan
  45. advertising
    We Must Discuss the Key Art for the Dallas RemakeSo much unwarranted near-nudity.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  46. Nielsen Ratings Getting Less Awful by Comparing TV and Online AdsIn the ongoing battle to get Nielsen ratings to even somewhat resemble the reality of who’s watching what television shows, a blow has been […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  47. mad men
    Mad Men’s New Art Has Don Draper Between MannequinsMatt Weiner promises it will all make sense.
    By Margaret Lyons
  48. making the sausage
    Polone: It’s Been a Shameful Month for Animal Cruelty in EntertainmentYoung chimps were pimped in a Super Bowl ad, endangered wolves were demonized in The Grey, and Joan Rivers was kibitzing in a fur coat.
    By Gavin Polone
  49. super bowl ads
    Report: Ferris Bueller Spot Is for HondaFinally, life can go back to normal.
    By Margaret Lyons
  50. music
    Jay-Z Is the New Duracell SpokespersonMakes about as much sense as 50 Cent shilling for Vitaminwater, right?
    By Sarah Bennett
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