BlogCadre - commercial

Car Wash, Sumo Style

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:58 -0500

Thongs. Check.
Water. Check.
Soap. Check.
Sumo wrestlers getting wet, wild and crazy. Sexy.

This Subaru commercial was done by DDB Canada and directed by Jorn Haagen.

Link to video [via DropKick Monkey]

Thai Sylvania Light Bulb Commercial

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:40:05 -0600

Check out this incredibly funny Thai commercial for Sylvania light bulbs. "Everything is scarier in the dark." Link [via MeFi]

Making a Human Flipbook

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:08:32 -0500

A couple weeks ago, one of the paste-up tables here at work was filled with hundreds of t-shirts. They were mostly identical, except that each one had a slightly different stencil on it, and some had the bottoms removed or a hole punched in them. I've been curious what they were doing.

It turns out that they were making a stop-motion, flipbook-style commercial for Erberts and Gerberts. Each frame of the video is on a seperate t-shirt, and the model wore each t-shirt successively, filmed by a normal mini-dv camera. When the video is digitally sped up, you get a nifty animation.

The folks who were working on this were cool enough to film the whole process of making the video. You can see the production process and maybe spend a weekend making a stop motion video of your own.

The Human Flipbook - Link

This is Your Brain on Drugs, 80s anti-drug campaign

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:30:31 -0600

In the 80s, the Partnership for a Drugfree America launched a large-scale anti-drug campaign called This is Your Brain on Drugs. The campaign included several public service announcements, which are quite memorable to many 20- and 30-somethings to this day.

The PSA that's quoted most often is the "I Learned it by Watching You" PSA where a father finds his son's drugs and confronts him. The father demands to know where his son was taught how to do the stuff, and thus the line "I learned it by watching you."

The "fried egg" TV message "This is your brain. This is drugs. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?" was widely televised and strived to change society's perceptions on drugs.

In the mid-1980s, attitudes regarding drug use evolved from “acceptable and harmless” to “addictive and dangerous.” In 1987, the “Fried Egg” TV message exploded into popular culture to catalyze a developing social perception, and reinforce the new belief that drugs were a growing problem in our country.

The PSA which featured young actress Rachel Leigh Cook took a hard look not only at the effects of heroine on the user, but also the effects of heroine on your family and friends. (You can view the PSA here.)

We don't see PSAs like these anymore. This campaign certainly is a flashback to the past.

1961 Flintstones Winston Commercial

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:54:20 -0600

Before the Flintstones were selling vitamins, they were selling Winston cigarettes. Here is a 1961 Flintstones Winston commercial.

[via dabble]

Previously:
Classic Jell-O commercial, Classic Butter Ball Turkey Commercial from 1959, Vintage Folgers Coffee Commercials, Classic Wilkins Coffee Jim Henson Ads, 1960s Commercial: Cock O' The Walk low calorie fruit cocktail

Classic Jell-O Commercial, heavy on the stereotypes

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:45:21 -0600

This classic Jell-o commercial is chock-full of Asian stereotypes. The only things they missed were karate chops and samurai swords. Shame on you Jell-o.

Previously:
Vintage Folgers Coffee Commercials, San Francisco in Jell-O

Classic Butter Ball Turkey Commercial from 1959

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:31:07 -0600

This classic Butter Ball Thanksgiving turkey commercial from 1959 will teach you the right way to bake a turkey -- the "American Dairy Association way with real butter."

If all else fails... just use more butter.

Previous retro commercials:
1960s Commercial: Cock O' The Walk low calorie fruit cocktail, Classic Wilkins Coffee Jim Henson Ads, Milky the Milking Cow

Nintendo Cereal System

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:31:14 -0600

I was just reading Mel's Nintendo wedding cake post and didn't get the cereal reference. Turns out I totally missed out on a fantastic example of 80's video game cross marketing.

The Nintendo Cereal System brings your favorite Super Mario and Zelda characters to your breakfast table. Good for a before-school power-up, or just a quick paused-game snack to keep your blood sugar up.

Learn from this Krung Thai Bank ad -- don't forget to pay your bills!

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:00:02 -0500

Learn from this Krung Thai Bank ad and remember to pay your bills on-time!

Korean Commercial: Control peoples' movements with your Sunkist bottle

Wed, 10 May 2006 16:00:35 -0500

Isn't it just like a woman to manipulate people?

Here is a Korean Sunkist commercial where this woman manipulates peoples' movements with her Sunkist bottle.

There isn't anything too special about this commercial besides the fact that she does a funny stripper dance at the end of the commercial. Come on, lady. Keep it clean for the kids.

What is this? BabeCadre or something? LOL!

Previously:
Kate from Lost if the Live Links girl, Filipinas compete for Miss Earth, Evangeline Lilly isn't that hot

Commercials From Super Bowl XL

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:47:50 -0600

If I'm ever caught in front of a television on Super Bowl Sunday, it's probably because I got suckered into watching a clever advertisement or was peeling my eyes in hopes of a wardrobe malfunction.

In case you missed a few, Google Video has all the Super Bowl XL ads up, and they were even kind enough to include the "unapproved" GoDaddy spots. My favorite so far is this one where Leave It To Beaver-ville discovers the comfort and style of the biohazard clean suit.