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We showed you violence, we showed you cute animals, and now here's that third pillar of advertising, sexism at work. More »
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Animals (anthropomorphized or otherwise) are a mainstay trope of TV advertising, and you'll see plenty of them during tonight's Super Bowl. Here's all the cute ones (and a few not-so-cute) you'll be seeing tonight. More »
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Big hits won't be exclusive to the on the field action tonight. Here's a look at all the violent hits you'll get to witness when the game isn't going on. More »
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Given the nature of our content this week, we were looking for videos of golden retriever puppies prancing about in a field to end the day here, but then we came across this, and we decided to horrify you once again. It's no secret that Michael Strahan (and plenty of other pro football players) suffer from mangled hand syndrome; it's just a surprise to see the mangled hand so prominently displayed in a grocery store advertisement for Vaseline. More »
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Dime takes a look back at the 1998 NBA lockout commercials. We have so much to look forward to, you guys. [Dime] More »
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Let's talk about sex. More »
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A lot of us really enjoyed the NBA Slam Dunk Contest last weekend, which brought back a little luster to an informal, if hotly debated demonstration of the sport's signature play. Well, the climax of the contest wasn't a contest at all, nor a schoolyard top-this played out on a grand stage. No, we were all watching the filming of a car commercial. More »
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You knew this already, but producing a commercial designed to get rejected is a much more cost-efficient way to get your ad out there than actually having it run on the Super Bowl. [Slate] More »
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You know the one. Even if you didn't notice what's being advertised, you noticed the commercial. More »
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You've seen bad acting. And you've seen poor boxing. But who else besides former heavyweight champion of the world Buster Douglas could bring you both in a single ad? More »
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Couched as fake SNY breaking news about a big acquisition, complete with press conference, you might be disappointed to learn that the Flushing front office's big target is...you. More »
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When last we saw the Dutch National Team eating lunch in a warehouse, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar wrecked Ricky Van Wolfswinkel with a ball and some conveniently placed air ducts. Revenge time. More »
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Classic lunch hall bullying, with a pro football twist. Nice, but The Spoiler longs for a return to the days when Nike adverts weren't always balls deep in CGI. More »
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Nike's had a generally good track record of World Cup ads, until their recent "Paving The Way" spot raised some eyebrows. It features young soccer players thanking the Men's National Team for inspiring them, and doesn't feature a single girl. More »
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When you need a non-lethal defense system, don't settle for anything less than the non-lethal defense system that A.C. Green gives to the women in his life. For lethal defense, you should still talk to Delonte West. [YouTube] More »
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Here's a delightful set of outtakes from a Welles commercial for Paul Masson wines. As the old adage says: If the check clears, Orson Welles'll shill for your crappy products, but don't expect him to be sober doing it. [Pursuitlist via NYMag] More »
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Remember Brian Butch, the guy who was a McDonald's All-American but still redshirted at Wisconsin? The Nuggets signed him because...someone needs to hack Gasol. Enjoy Butch's old commercial for Pep's, a frozen pizza with "quality...Wisconsin...sauce." [Ball Don't Lie] More »
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The Dallas-Fort Worth Fox affiliate brought a group of notable Dallas sports and news figures together to promote the upcoming Super Bowl (only 334 days!). Can you name them all? More »
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Larry Bird had to ask "What if I play you for it?" due to Jordan's gambling controversy. Per his contract, MJ could wear whatever he wanted and chose that awful Magic Eye-looking ensemble. And more great anecdotes via CNBC. More »
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LeBron and Dwight Howard have teamed up to film an update of the landmark McDonald's HORSE commercial. Spoiler: the game ends when Howard is unable to hit a free throw five times in a row. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5443871&view=rss&microfeed=true You probably know that those Salesgenie Super Bowl ads — you know, with the talking pandas as the Indian guy with seven kids — were produced by Vin Gupta, CEO of the parent company InfoUSA. Gupta, of Indian descent, allegedly wrote the ads himself, which many have decried as racist. (I just think they were painfully unfunny, which is the worst crime of all). More »
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I've just been wired an announcement from the Department of Stuff We Already Friggin' Learned In Third Grade: drugs are bad for you and they're illegal. Did you know they're illegal? They're also bad for you. Apparently the DSWAFLTG is not on the same page with the WHONDCP (White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, because they're about to drop some serious cash on a Super Bowl ad explaining such. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=344186&view=rss&microfeed=true M'kay. What we have here is a completely ineffective commercial for Axe brand body spray. The gorgeous women are there. The suggestive outfits are front and center. There's even a catfight, and girls passing out on the floor. So how on earth does this advertisement fail? More »
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If you caught the afternoon baseball game on Fox yesterday, you might've seen the new Subway commercial starring Jared and Phillies slugger Ryan Howard. I didn't see it, myself ... but since it doesn't yet exist on YouTube, I have to assume that means that it's way less gay than the giggling Michael Strahan "MORE MEAT!" debacle. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=256239&view=rss&microfeed=true From J.E. Skeets and The Basketball Jones comes this tremendous video of a 1973 Bill Russell commercial in which he attempts to save you money on your long distance bill. More »
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If you watched any amount of last year's NCAA basketball tournament, you probably remember the Applebee's commercials that featured two guys singing the Gilligan's Island theme song, rewritten to be about some kind of a shrimp special. You probably remember this because 1) you hated it, and 2) it was on 6 times per half hour of tournament coverage. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=192320&view=rss&microfeed=true The best SportsCenter commercial of all time, in my opinion. More »
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It is brutal and unavoidable. It is my least favorite thing about the tournament. By now, I know what happened to Julia Louis Dreyfus's underwear. More »
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Nike has finally seen fit to put Kobe in TV commercials again. I guess 81 points will do that for a guy. I may be a few days late on this, I'm not sure, but I hadn't seen it before today. You can see the ad here if you feel like doing some navigating around the Nike Basketball site. The commercial shows Kobe working out on the court and in the gym, and it's shot mostly in a grainy black-and-white with a driving drum beat behind it. Here's a transcript: More »
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This isn't directly sports-related, but as sports viewers, it's something that affects us all. We're taking a brief between-game football break anyway. The beer industry, losing market share to wine and other alcoholic beverages, is shifting away from low-brow comedy and borderline-pornography, and towards ads that make beer seem more sophisticated and refined. More »
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