As I review the full crop of ads from this years marketing extravaganza, one ad caught my eye.
I'm a Canadian and thus this ad is targeted at me through two angles: dangerous driving conditions; and beavers (yes both connotations of that word, thus appealing to both men and women regardless of their minds processors). Here is the first ad, it's from Bridgestone.
More on the flip
A couple of years ago I wrote a diary about TV ads, when looking at all kinds of ads when I was researching that diary, I found an ad that was a pilot project by an aspiring ad-maker trying to get noticed on the internet. I thought his ad was very powerful and would be a great ad. Perhaps not ready for prime time, but primal in it's appeal:
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The ad above the fold appears to be a slightly neutered remake for a wider tv audience, possibly by the same person for the same product a couple of years later. Bottom line is the theme and punchlines of both ads are the same. The concept is either stolen or made by the same person.
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Which other ads(if any) caught your attention?