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Best Buy’s Holiday Carollers Make Me Want To Murder
10:00AM Adam Frucci | It’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but already Best Buy seems to have won the “most annoying holiday ad of the season” award. Seriously, try to sit through one of these without squirming around uncomfortably and wanting to punch the screen.
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New Apple Ads Get In On The AT&T Vs Verizon Slapfest
5:47AM Adam Frucci | You think Apple is going to take its fancy phone being relegated to the Island of Misfit Toys in a Verizon ad laying down? Nope. These two new iPhone ads seem to gun right at the big V. More »
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Vintage Cheese: Nothing Says Holidays Like A Family High On Tech
2:25AM Danny Allen | Hands up if you’re taking a laptop home this weekend to escape family craziness by jumping online for a while. Me too. But if you believe these bizarre 1980s ads, computers were meant to foster an age of dazed family-togetherness. More »
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Luke Wilson’s Droppin’ Post Cards On Verizon Wireless
6:45AM Jack Loftus | When I think escalating mega mobile phone carrier ad war, I think actor Luke Wilson. Oh wait, no I don’t, and yet here he is, again, striking back on behalf of AT&T against Verizon Wireless. More »
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AT&T Goes On The Offensive With New “Side By Side” Commercial
3:45PM Rosa Golijan | Just as AT&T’s injunction for the Verizon “There’s a map for that” ads to be taken off-air was denied, the company’s own pugnacious messages started playing. I somehow doubt that these “Side by Side” commercials are gonna make Verizon cry.
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Judge Tells AT&T To Stop Whining As The Verizon Ads Will Stay
10:46AM Rosa Golijan | Looks like we’ll keep seeing Verizon’s “There’s a map for that” commercials as AT&T’s injunction to have them taken off the air was denied. Granted, the judge had a weak moment of kindness and left room for a follow-up hearing. More »
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Bacon Sunrise
11:00AM Mark Wilson | Over the apple-smoked mountains, the great yoke rose again. And the day began anew. More »
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Verizon To AT&T: “The Truth Hurts (Bitch!)”
2:40PM Dan Nosowitz | OK, so I may have added “bitch” for emphasis — but this AT&T vs. Verizon lawsuit over the “Map for That” ads is turning into an all-out PR smackdown. This stuff isn’t even written in proper legal language anymore. More »
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1984’s “Masterpiece Of Micro-Processor Technology” [NSFW]
1:00PM Danny Allen | Hey, that’s their words, not mine — I’m almost lost for any. “Sculptured by a European artist … the Erotica phone plugs into any wall-jack and is fully-guaranteed.” I bet, just look how classy this gent seems with an ear full of cleavage. More »
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