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Tim Hortons Introduces 'The Priestly'

February 8th, 2013 / Comments (0)
During his cameo appearance on the sitcom How I met Your Mother, Jason Priestly bragged about an invention he made called 'The Priestly' which is a Timbit baked inside of a strawberry vanilla donut.

So, Tim Hortons decided to cram a Timbit inside a donut, bake it up, and post a picture on Twitter with the caption "A Timbit IN a donut? Genius."

We're not so sure, but here it is - 'The Priestly'.
Rejected Superbowl ad for Pornhub

February 7th, 2013 / Comments (0)
See the thoroughly strange ad, below:
Don't Be Beige

February 6th, 2013 / Comments (0)
This spot from Hogtown's Giants and Gentleman is funny and takes a not so subtle dig at their customers.

Nice work.

Via I Believe in Advertising.
Counting Down The Return of The Walking Dead with a Decomposing Hand

February 6th, 2013 / Comments (0)
Swing by Union Square between now and Sunday (when The Waking Dead returns) to see a giant decomposing hand.

Everyday from now until Sunday, a finger falls off the hand to count down to the return of the show. Oh, and we've heard there's flashmobs as well because 'why not?'.

Via Buzzfeed.
Take a Trip Down Memory Lane with Lego

January 30th, 2013 / Comments (0)
Montreal based agency Brad came up with this campaign for Lego.

Together with Lego, they released a series of 55 interpretations of famous films, books, bands, and more using Lego pieces.

Find them all on the '55 Years of the Brick' tumblr.

To be honest, we have no friggin' idea what most of these are, but maybe you'll have better luck.

Via Stimulant.
Dove's Scratch Card

January 25th, 2013 / Comments (0)
Here's a clever ad from Ogilvy & Mather Toronto for Dove.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Toronto, Canada
Chief Creative Officer: Ian MacKellar
Group Creative Director/Art Director: Todd Cornelius
Group Creative Director/Copywriter: Jamie Marcovitch
Print Production Manager: Chris Roza
Hanging 3,000 lbs of Jetta

January 25th, 2013 / Comments (0)
Maybe you've already seen this Volkswagen Jetta spot showing 2 Jettas hanging in a butcher's shop. The spot was by Hogtown's Red Urban, directed by Untitled Films' Jean-Michel Ravon.

Pretty neat, right? They also made a making-of video so you can see how they did it.

Via glossy.
Creative Confessions

January 22nd, 2013 / Comments (0)
Absolve yourself of your creative sins at The Creative Confessional. Users can submit general agency douchebaggery as well.

Via The New York Egotist.

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Oh, The Infantilization of it All! Or, I’m An Old Grump

03/05/2013 - 12:31 / Comments (0)

by The Toronto Egotist

By Cameron Reed

I’ve been kicking around this thought lately. It’s not a profound one, and it’s most certainly something that’s been...
How to Spend $275 Million in 48 Minutes: Three Super Bowl Ad Trends for 2013

02/01/2013 - 16:54 / Comments (0)

by joshhogan

Want to watch $275 Million get spent in 48 minutes? Just tune into CBS at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday to see one of America's greatest primetime displays...
The school of life.

11/21/2012 - 17:38 / Comments (0)

by Anonymous

Yesterday a reader asked us "how do you get into advertising?", our knee jerk reaction was to ship them off to the nearest ad school for a year or...