Source: Wall Street Journal:
J.C. Penney Co. officials are upset about a racy, fake advertisement on YouTube in which the retailer appears to be endorsing teen sex, and they are blaming the company’s ad agency, Saatchi & Saatchi.
The purported ad, which surfaced on the Internet after winning a prestigious international advertising award at Cannes this past […]
Entries Tagged as 'banned'
JC Penney Speed Dressing
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: advertising · banned · commercials · sex · spoof · tv
Once You Go Barack
June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Setup For This Video “Once You Go Barack”
NY Times: This morning, a Boston-born performance artist, Yazmany Arboleda, tried to set up a provocative art exhibition in a vacant storefront on West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan with the title, “The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama,” in neatly stenciled letters on the plate […]
Bad Radio Commercials: Corn Nuts
April 9th, 2008 · No Comments
This was an actual ad on the radio for Corn Nuts a few years ago. It was pulled after a few weeks but it was good while it lasted. Sing along…and try not to laugh.
Albert Holloway invented corn nuts in 1936. He originally sold them to taverns as a beer snack, calling them Brown Jug […]
Tags: advertising · banned · food · masterbation · radio · sex · silly · snacks
Karhu Beer Banned Commercial
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments
A supposed “banned” commercial for the Finnish bear Karhu (probably NSFW):
Banned commercial? Doubtful. But an amusing use of Karhu beer and a teddy bear.
Karhu is a Finnish beer brand brewed by the Sinebrychoff brewery in Kerava and Pori. It is a pale lager with a strong taste. Currently there are three beers with different ABV’s. […]
Tags: Finland · advertising · animals · banned · beer · joke
Barfight
March 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Another entry by Christy Karacas (and Stephen Warbick).
This one reminds me of Superjail.