Commercials

Entertainment

This Gizmodo Writer Used To Make TV Ads, And We Are Here To Embarrass Him

7:00PM January 30, 2012 | Mke Kennelly & Lily Newman

You guys know Brian Barrett, he’s a Senior Editor on the US edition of Gizmodo. GIFs made from his commercial appearances make the rounds in our internal chats all the time, so we thought we thought we’d let you guys in on the fun. So please, sit back, and bask in his boyish charm. More »


Online

Here’s GoDaddy’s Super Bowl Commercial

2:00AM January 23, 2012 | Casey Chan

It’s about .co domain names! It has girls in it! Danica Patrick! Jillian Michaels! Bodypaint! And… it predictably teases you into going to GoDaddy’s website to “see more”. Oh yeah, and it predictably sucks. More »


Geek Out

This Dog Food Commercial Has Sounds Only A Dog Can Hear

3:00PM October 6, 2011 | Casey Chan

Commercials have become so effective at focusing on what us human people want that we can’t stop watching them. Oh scantily clad women. Oh short attention spans. Dogs can join in the brain dead fun now too, there’s a commercial made with sounds only a dog can hear. More »


Geek Out

Putting Glowsticks In Blenders Looks Just As Awesome As It Sounds

9:20AM July 26, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Crushing glowsticks for their oozy neon contents and spraying it all over the place in a room filled with paint and loud music sounds like a wonderful way to conclude a drug bender. It’s also a super yogurt commercial! More »


Computing

Lenovo Gets Its ‘Boot Or Bust’ Commercial All Wrong

1:20AM July 14, 2011 | Kwame Opam

This Lenovo laptop is said to boot up in just 10 seconds. Pretty speedy, but can it boot up and launch its own parachute while in freefall? Will it survive?? Thanks, Lenovo. You’re making me want to see you fail. More »


Entertainment

Product Placement Goes Back In Time

7:40AM July 7, 2011 | Adrian Chen

It’s bad enough that every current television show and movie shoves brand names in your face. Now, networks are digitally inserting new products into old television shows. More »


Science

First Advertising Campaign For Monkeys: Alpha Males And Genitals

5:20AM June 28, 2011 | Rowan Hooper - New Scientist

Keith Olwell and Elizabeth Kiehner had an epiphany last year. At a TED talk, the two New York advertising executives learned that captive monkeys understand money, and that when faced with economic games they will behave in similar ways to humans. So if they can cope with money, how would they respond to advertising? More »


Mobile

Dancing Dolls And Pink N8s Won’t Save You, Nokia

6:45PM June 2, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

We’re hardly the target audience for a pink phone and Lady Gaga-esque visuals, but Nokia’s latest commercial does make me laugh. Or weep, when I remember that Nokia’s stock prices are at a 13-year low. More »


Science

How Skillful Advertisers Can Word-Jack Your Brain

12:00PM May 26, 2011 | Esther Inglis-Arkell

It’s long been established that the mighty brain is nothing but a mound of putty. We don’t see what we think we do, we don’t remember what we think we do, and we don’t like what we think we do. If we did, advertisers would be out of business. As it is, they’re literally putting false thoughts inside our heads. More »


Entertainment

This Commercial Was Made Entirely In Photoshop

11:40PM April 26, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

While this is one of those ads that leaves you scratching your head and wondering what exactly it is they’re advertising (I think handwash? On Virgin flights?), it’s forgiven because the entire ad was actually made in Photoshop. That’s right – no Illustrator to animate those… germs?, just good ol’ fashioned Photoshop. More »