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 […]

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This was a WTF moment for me, until I looked up Veikkaus.

Veikkaus Oy is the Finnish national betting agency. It is entirely owned by the Finnish government and has a legal betting license on lotteries and sports betting in Finland. Veikkaus is managed by the Finnish Ministry of Education (!!) The rules of the games […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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The McDonalds’ singing mascot Mac Tonight… which probably scared many little kids!

This McDonalds commercial comes from 1988. Did anyone notice the similarity between Mac and Max Headroom?
He also looks like one of the monsters from Nightbreed:

The monster on the left! It’s Mac Tonight!

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