Good pizza campaign

Here is a good campaign for Pizzetta, a pizzeria in Glenwood, Durban, South Africa. You don’t see a lot of local pizza places advertising, and when they do it is very standard menu/price messaging. It is rare that they’d hire an agency and create a creative advertising campaign. But that’s what these guys did, and it’s pretty good too (the advertising, if I’m ever in Durban I’ll see if the pizza lives up to the ad).

Molson – Tapping into Canadian culture

The following is a review of some of the most recent Molson Canadian advertising campaigns. Starting off, of course with the most popular of all, the “I Am Canadian” campaign.

Molson Canadian is not the greatest beer out there. It’s not even the greatest Canadian beer. In fact, in my opinion, it’s actually a pretty lousy beer. Yet, it’s appropriately named “Canadian”, which naturally gives them the opportunity to do some really great advertising work in relating to the rest of the country.

Georges Laraque in sexist TV commercial

Montreal Canadiens tough-guy Georges Laraque, is in the middle of a controversy after appearing in a television commercial for an alcoholic energy drink called Octane 7.0. The ad has been labeled as sexist as it is nothing but women in tight outfits stretching and playing road hockey for 60-seconds.

Laraque has apologized for the commercial, saying he should never have done the ad, and is sorry if he offended anyone. Watch the commercial below:

The great Canadian car “chase”

Here is a good spot by Midas, a Canadian auto shop that specializes in tires, brakes and repairs. It is a mock news report about a police chase in Canada. The commercial is about a year old, but it is still running. I remember how much I liked it last year, and saw it again recently and thought I’d post it here.

Not much can be said about the spot, it pretty much speaks for itself. Check it out below.

Burger King and FOX make fun of Jessica Simpson

FOX aired a 60-second cartoon skit during the “FOX NFL Sunday” pre-game coverage this weekend, sponsored by Burger King, that was intended to make fun of Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys season last year. Every dig on Tony Romo however ended up being a Jessica Simpson fat joke.

Is this really going to help GM?

After General Motors’ financial bailout, they went through a reorganization process, eliminating their weaker brands and focusing on the strong ones. Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac. Now, they’re offering a 60-day satisfaction guarantee, straight from the mouth of the new Chairman Ed Whitacre. Check it out.

New header plus would these vintage ads work today?

I’ve uploaded a new version of the header to the site. I figured I would try it out for a while. Let me know what you think.

Also, a quick hit on some classic vintage advertising. Oh, how times have changed. Check out these oldie’s and let me know if you think they’d work in today’s society?

Mr. Sub fires agency after “homophobia” complaints

Marketing Magazine is reporting that Mr. Sub has fired their advertising agency, Bos, due to complaints that one of their new television commercials is homophobic. The complaint is that the commercial downplays the moment of coming out to your family, which can be a very difficult situation. Watch the commercial below, and judge for yourself.

1984 to 2009 – Is Apple now Big Brother?

Here is an interesting spoof on Apple’s famous 1984 commercial. We all know the original spot. It is one of the most famous commercials of all time, showing Apple as the young/think for yourself/screw the man brand. The ad launched during the SuperBowl that year and was essentially Apple’s coming out party. Directed by Ridley Scott, it introduced the Macintosh personal computer to the world. And with a bang.

Who are you when you drink?

Here is an interesting commercial from a Swedish website that allows you to take a test to find out “who you are when you drink”. I’ve posted about a similar campaign before about “how much you spend on cigarettes” and was surprised at the negative reactions around the anti-smoking campaign. Now this commercial below, meant to promote the web site tells the honest truth about overconsumption of alcohol.