Tag Archives: advertising

Billy Mays Found Dead At 50

Bear and advertising icon Billy Mays was found dead in his family home early Sunday at the age of 50. Family members say that Mays reported hitting his head during a rough commercial US Airways landing the day before and had said he wasn’t feeling well afterwards. It was unclear whether the bumpy landing contributed to Mays’ death, but he …

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Atheism Ad Campaign Hits NYC

The ad campaign promoting atheism has reached NYC. The New York commercials were inspired by the first Atheist Bus Campaign in London last January. They were put on 800 buses in response to a campaign by a Christian group whose relatively innocuous messages contained a URL for a Web site that warned that nonbelievers would “spend all eternity in torment.” …

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It’ll Blow Your…Uh, What?

Burger King’s ad for their “super seven incher” is being described by Entertainment Weekly as “the day that subtlety died.” As you can see here, the woman in said advertisement is about to go down on said Super Seven Incher with a suggestive tagline that uses the word “blow.” Mmhmm, I think it’s safe to assume that such humor will …

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Barclays Presents: The D Train

Ugh, ugh, ugh. NYC’s cash-strapped MTA has sold the naming rights to downtown Brooklyn’s massive subway station to Barclays Bank. It will now be known as Atlantic-Pacific-Flatbush-Barclays Station, which even more cumbersome than Atlantic-Pacific-Flatbush. If a $4 million deal is approved on Wednesday, the nexus of subway stops at Atlantic Avenue, Pacific Street and Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn will …

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Product Placing The Gays

For years advertisers have given sly, subtle nods to homo consumers, a phenomenon coined by the Commercial Closet as “gay vague.” Ramping up the visibility ever so slightly, a few brands have begun placing logos known mostly only to gays in their ads. Below left, an Orbitz ad features a man wearing an HRC golf shirt. Below right, an ad …

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Equality California Targets Blacks With New Marriage Equality Ad

Although there is no set plan yet for overturning Prop 8, Equality California is already working on making inroads with the state’s black community. As same-sex couples who were able to legally marry last year celebrate their one-year-anniversaries, Equality California (EQCA) and Jordan / Rustin Coalition (JRC) are together launching an education and mobilization effort on the freedom to marry …

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Turning Down Billy Mays

The government is finally addressing the national crisis of shouting television pitchmen. Ever notice when the volume of a commercial is vastly louder than the dialogue in your favorite TV show? U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., hopes to do something about it. According to press reports, Eshoo is sponsoring a bill that would require the FCC to “preclude commercials from …

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Not Pictured: Brooke Shields

Some people are upset with a new Calvin Klein billboard in Soho which, according to the NY Daily News, shows “a teenage girl in a threesome – with suggestions of a foursome.” “It’s borderline pornographic,” said neighborhood resident Lisa Marchese, 36, a marketing specialist who was disturbed by the youthfulness of the models. “They all look so young, particularly the …

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Beer & Porn

(Via JMG reader Vern)

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Radio Show Loses Sponsors After Hosts Suggest Beating Transgender Kids

Several major advertisers have pulled their support from Sacramento radio station KRXQ after its hosts suggested beating transgender behavior out of children. Via GLAAD, below is a partial transcript of the show. ROB WILLIAMS [11:12]: This is a weird person who is demanding attention. And when it’s a child, all it takes is a hug, maybe some tough love or …

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CBS To Birthers: Get Bent

World Net Daily is outraged because CBS is refusing to allow their billboard company (the nation’s largest) to sell them space for their “Where Is The Birth Certificate?” campaign. The WND site presently has nine separate posts on its main page alleging that Barack Obama is not a “natural born” American citizen and is therefore ineligible to be president. “Here …

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The Vendor-Client Relationship

Oh man, does this ever ring true – especially if you’ve ever worked in advertising. (Via – See My Briefs)

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Microsoft Goes Gay For India

Homosexuality is still technically illegal in India, but that didn’t stop Microsoft from putting a gay twist on this ad for Explorer 8. (Via JMG reader Chris)

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2 Girls, 1 Sub

Quiznos seems to be trying to make up for their Toasty Torpedo ad, which was criticized as “either a tasteless exercise in homophobic humor or camp genius. Or both.”

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Click On NOM’s Ads!

Although none have appeared on JMG, you may be seeing ads from NOM popping up on many gay blogs, in your RSS reader, and in other places where their ad is triggered by gay marriage-related keywords. Please be sure and CLICK on these ads every time you see one. They have to pay for every click!

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New Ad Campaign From Equality California: Win Back Marriage

Look! Actual GAY people! This is how they should have done it the first time!

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The Worst Sin In Advertising…

…is to be boring. NOM’s highly anticipated new ad with Carrie Prejean is just a bunch of recycled old clips. BORING. Nothing parody-worthy in this instantly forgotten message. At least Gathering Storm was memorable.

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Swine Flu Flashback

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And Yet The Enzyte Ads Continue

Kellogg’s has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission for false advertising practices related to its claim that kids who eat Frosted Mini-Wheats for breakfast have a 20% increased attention span over kids who skip breakfast. Because they don’t. Not even close. Bruce Silverglade, director of legal affairs for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer-advocacy …

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Israel To Use Gay Rights In PR Campaign Against Iran

Israel plans to use the plight of gays in Iran as part of their campaign to whip up international condemnation of Tehran’s government. The new campaign, to be overseen by the Foreign Ministry, aims to appeal to people who are less concerned with Iran’s nuclear aspirations and more fearful of its human rights abuses and mistreatment of minorities, including the …

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