Sunday, May 20, 2012

copyranter's top 5 BuzzFeed posts of the week.

• 1948 test: How masculine or feminine are you?
• H&M bikini posters get adbusted by street artist.
• Does this look like three erect penises on this billboard?
• Wendy's should probably change the wording on this coupon.
• Introducing the FUCK YOU Pizza, new from Pizza Hut.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

copyranter's top 5 BuzzFeed posts of the week.

• Nine most depressing ad rewrites from "Depressed Copywriter"
• Ladies! Would you wear these fashion tights?
• The best Pictionary ads you'll ever see in your life.
• The back of a Canadian Corn Pops box.
• This is how they're selling mobile phones in Russia (SEX).

Sunday, May 06, 2012

copyranter's Top 5 BuzzFeed Posts of the Week.

• What exactly is this sleazy dating site billboard saying?
• The best commercial of the year, so far.
• 1960s Tiparillo ads were very chesty (six ads).
• Kind of creepy Stock Photo of the Week.
• And, this gentleman is cooler than you, me, and everybody we know.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Looking for my BuzzFeed RSS feed? Here it is.

CLICK HERE.

copyranter's Top 5 BuzzFeed Posts of the Week

• 10 very offensive fake ads.
• McDonald's introduces new happier Happy Meal.
• The best rolling skating rink commercial ever.
• 15 "Only in Russia" photos to puzzle over.
• Is this any way to sell lingerie (YES)?

Friday, April 20, 2012

copyranter's top 5 BuzzFeed posts of the week.

19 Insane Hitler Ads (today is his 123rd birthday).
• The most disgusting restaurant ad I've ever seen.
• How douchey will the polo player get on Ralph Lauren polo shirts?
• Unfortunate victim of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks.
• 6 of the hottest girls of Amsterdam's Red Light District (not what you think).

Friday, April 13, 2012

copyranter's top five BuzzFeed Posts of the Week.

Really Awkward Stock Photo of the Week.
• "Mad Men" era Sexist Ad of the Week #2. 
• Two new very vulgar, very real Durex ads.
• Senior Citizens doing it Doggystyle in safe sex PSA.
• Boobstagram—fighting breast cancer with Instagram boob photos.

Sunday, April 08, 2012

Happy Easter, from copyranter.


Here comes Peter Rottentail
Hoping Down the Molestin' Trail
Hippity Hoppity, his Carrot is Erect

Images (click them) via Mitch O'Connell.


Friday, April 06, 2012

copyranter's Top Five BuzzFeed Posts of the Week.

• The Sleaziest Car Ad I've Ever Seen.
• Virgin Billboard in London Gets Hilariously, Vulgarly Defaced.
• Play a Guitar with Your Piss Stream.
Xbox Your Balls (Testicular Cancer Ads).
• "Mad Men" Era Sexist Ad of the Week.

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Copyranter is now at BuzzFeed.

Yep. Same shit, different place.

You will still find "fucks" and dirty, unfunny jokes and misanthropy and hyperbole.

So, change your bookmarks, RSS, feedburner, Google thingie, however the fuck you get here, to there.

Here's the link, in case you missed the honking red banner up there.

Once there, you have to sign-up to comment (sorry), or you can do it through facebook. But please do it! I need your smart writing that is so lacking in my posts (You know I'm not being facetious).

I want to thank all you readers/commenters, because without you, I wouldn't have been able to make this move.

I also implore you to keep sending me tips. This is why:
I will PayPal $25 to the person who sends me the best tip each month.
Hey, twenty-five bucks is twenty more than five bucks.

I will still occasionally post here, but mostly non-ad related things.

OK? Great. Get out of here.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Popsicle Sticks GIF of the Day.

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This is a real trick, no tricks.
Read the reddit comments for more info.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Cat GIF of the Day.

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Cats. Can't. Dance.
Previous cat GIF.

Sunday, April 01, 2012

Cat GIF of the Day.

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"It's CatSlinky, It's CatSlinky
For Fun, the Best of the Toys
It's CatSlinky, It's CatSlinky
The Favorite of Girls and Boys"
Previous curated cat GIFs start here.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

GIF of the Day.

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She's looking for a red card on the kid with that fake fall.
Previous epic non-cat GIF:
The Jesus.

Friday, March 30, 2012

This is the strangest Burger King ad I've ever eyed.

(via BuzzFeed)
WINK, WINK (sigh).
Yes, it's a real ad, via The Netherlands.
It surpasses this fucked up German BK ad.

4chan's secret HQ located.

(click, via reddit)
Previously: Photoshop skills:
level, 4chan.

Stupid Fake Dead Dog Advertising.

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For the Society for Abandoned Animals in Hong Kong. This is stupid on so many levels, I don't know where to begin. From the press note:
"During peak hours, real size dead pet stickers were placed on the ground of outdoor car parks where abandoned pets will likely be wandering around. When a vehicle stopped by, we actually created the visual impact of an animal being hit down."
Your message is nearly unreadable on the stickers. You're making me late for work. You're getting your message out to literally tens of people. You should have donated the money spent on this awards-grab bullshit to the Society.
Ad agency: Draftfcb, Hong Kong.
Previously in: Fake Dead Dog Advertising (this one is pretty funny).

Here you will see an ad with a badly Photoshopped dress made of pens.

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Fridays suck fashion models' stinky feet for ad blogging.
Anyway, did you know Jacksonville Fashion Week is going on RIGHT NOW? Did you know Jacksonville had a Fashion Week? Did you know Jacksonville had fashion? Well, Pilot jumped all over this fucking marketing goldmine with a program ad. And you're a better person for knowing all this. Ad agency: Bright Red TBWA.
Previous noteworthy pen ad:
• Barack Obama exploited to sell uni-ball pens.
Related: Chase loses the Bank Pens War.

2 Cats 1 Kid GIF of the Day.

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Hmm. It appears to this cat GIF expert that the 2nd feline was tossed.
Thoughts?
Previous GIF where a pet destroys a kid.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

After reading this ad, you will never walk near an Australian construction site ever again.

(click, via JB_AU)
"Recovery" sells hangover "remedy" pills and drinks. That's quite a photo. If he also washes his alcohol-soaked body with Axe "Recovery" hangover curing shower gel, he'll be as good as new, I'm sure.

The apolitical Etch-a-Sketch ads everybody was hoping for.


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You get a golden PR opportunity like Mitt Romney's stupid aide Eric Fehrnstrom provided last week, you have to jump on it. And thankfully, Ohio Art—via their ad agency Team Detroit—jumped on it fast. Not great ads, but good enough.
Previously: Romney Etch-a-Sketch art is classic.

Which agency had this exact same stupid bad hair ad idea first?

(click ads, via)
Top—ad for Topcuts, a chain of Toronto salons. Ad agency: Taxi 2.
Bottom—ad for Kanechom, a Brazilian hair care company. Translation: "We know how you feel on a bad hair day." Ad agency: Filadélfia.
Both ads released this week.
Previously in Who Had It First:
Two exact child sexual abuse adsFedEx vs. Aramex, both awarding-winning.

The first ever ad for the first ever Wal-Mart.

(click, via WWD)
This is where the Evil began, in 1962.
Even atrocious design sense couldn't stop evil Sam Walton.
Related: Five peeks inside the Evil of Wal-Mart.

So, Hay Bale Advertising is a Thing in Germany.

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Top: Garnier—"The cure for parched, damaged hair." Ad agency: Publicis, Frankfurt. Bottom: Düsseldorf has the largest Japanese community in Germany. So the restaurant Maruyasu, via their agency TBWA, draped sushi tarps over hay bails near the entrance to the city. This is the winner of the two ideas. Meanwhile, the Ad Creep takeover of every available space/thing in our lives continues, unabated.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

World Map: Metal Bands per 100,000 People.


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It may have been born in the UK, but it lives in Scandinavia.
Previously: a map of every McDonald's in America.

If you laugh at this GIF, you're going to Hell.

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But that's OK, because there is no Hell.
So laugh at this one, too.

New Boston Bruins web video is the best hockey advertising ever.


I am a lifelong Montreal Canadiens fan. And, therefore, there is nothing on this ever-warming planet that I hate more than the Boston Bruins and their slack-jawed, mono-syllabic fans.
The Bruin Bear spots of the past were funny. But, this, this here is brilliant. I laughed out loud two or three times. And this is just the teaser for more sit-com style shorts to come.
I don't think pencil-necked Jack Edwards should have been in on the fun, though; he's seriously the worst hockey play-by-play announcer in the history of ice.
Ad agency: Arnold Worldwide.

"Shit Kids Say" video is a dark, effective child abuse awareness ad.


Unlike 90% of these types of PSAs, I think this new spot for UK children's charity NSPCC might actually prompt some action—because the kid actors sell it. It's good, but not quite as good as this amazingly powerful Irish child cruelty TV commercial from last year.
Directed by Amanda Boyle. Ad agency: Inferno, London.

Real dead animals used in Chinese environmental ads.


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The ad agency press note:
We've poisoned their food supply and destroyed their natural habitats. With flocks of birds falling out of the sky and whales beaching themselves on the shore, its like nature is giving us a sign; enough is enough. Maybe, just maybe, we've pushed nature too far and animals are giving up and taking their own lives. With this in mind, we created a campaign for the China Environmental Protection Foundation featuring animal suicide. All the animals we used were already dead when we found them. Did they take their own lives? Who knows, but who could blame them if they did? We hope this campaign will make people sit up and take notice of the damage we are doing to our planet.
What do think? Effective? Ineffective? Creepy? Funny (the mice ad is pretty funny)? The sparrow got drunk before it hung itself. Ad agency: O&M, Hong Kong.
Previously, the organization did this impressive disposable chopsticks tree installation.

Somewhat Racist Beer Ad via New Zealand.

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MOA is a Kiwi brew.
Poster is a few months old, but new to me.
I don't believe Mr. Smith is a paid endorser.
Ad agency: Projector Media.
Previously in: Ad Racism.

Video Ad for Big Richard Vibrating Condoms (nsfw-ish).


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Big Richard's naughty pack of condoms comes with a vibrating cock ring. So she can still get off when you're done working. OK. Ad agency: Level 34 Group, an Australian ad agency owned by Big Richard founder Lloyd Perry, who previously sent a Thank You letter to the Pope. Previously: Bangkok Cock Ring Ads.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Butt Cookies.

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@ Perera & Sons bakery in Sri Lanka.
200 grams of ass. I am an ass man.
Previously: Titty muffins.

Tip: If you're going to make type out of cigar smoke, MAKE IT READABLE.

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"A gentlemen is simply a patient...wule"? "blolo"?
Ad agency: Y&R Toronto.
Previously: Sexist Cigar Institute of America ad, 1962.

New York City's trash is cooler than your city's trash.

(click, via EV Grieve)
On Eighth Street, between B and C. Related: An ad I did for BFI Waste Services that insulted the NYC mob.

Creepy Phacial Photoshop Ads of the Week.


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From 2007. Ad agency: Grey Singapore.
Previously in: Phacial Photoshop Abuse.

Mitt Romney: the sketchiest Presidential candidate in history.

This is not Photoshop. It was Etch a Sketched by artist George Vlosich. Look at Mittens: Has there ever been a more disingenuous half smile? The CEO of Ohio Art is pretty damn happy. Via. Previously: Romney's Spotify playlist.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Photo of the Day.

New York State Senator Eric Adams (right) in session today.
Brooklyn, representing. Via.

High School Class Photo of the Day.

(via reddit)

Edge Gel does Big Dick ads.


(via MultiCultClassics)
How would I use that 10 grand to get my "edge"? I'd get my penis enlarged and en-thickened using all the latest, most expensive and dangerous techniques. Now send me the fucking money, morons. For your viewing pleasure, here's 13 more examples of DickVertising (some nsfw).

This is a real commercial via Turkey featuring Hitler selling men's shampoo.


(via adland)
Translation:
"If you're not wearing women's clothes, you shouldn't be using women's shampoo either. Here it is. A real man's shampoo. Biomen. Real men use Biomen."
The ad is, amazingly, still running, despite vocal protestations.
Man up, you metrosexual Turks. Be like der Führer!
I repeat: Hitler—what can't he sell?

Starting the week with a grenade butt plug ad.

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For the "Love Store" in Kishinev, Moldova, your headquarters for explosive butt sex. Guys, research shows that Monday is the best day to ask for butt sex. Ad agency: Looma. Previous butt sex ads: Bowling PinSubtleMore SubtleDisgustingHilarious.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Proof that New York City is the most sophisticated place in the world.

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@ the 23rd st. 6th Ave. subway station.

THIS JUST IN: The new worst commercial of 2012.


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Is this the most infuriating payoff from a commercial ever, or what. I want my 50 seconds of life back, you Dockers® dickwads. Granted, part of what makes it a terrible payoff is that the phone booth footage is wonderfully art directed. No matter. Note to Dockers®: your khakis are not supermanly. They're not even manly. From their YouTube note:
"The modern man of action saves the day every day in a million small ways. Dress the part. Wear the pants."
What a load of disingenuous crap.
Ad agency: Draftfcb San Francisco.

"Latest Interplanetary Design" in Space Helmets, 1953.

(via Paul Malon)
There were a lot of cheap-ass, ugly-ass "space helmets" produced in America in the 1950s-60s. But this one is the cheap-ass-iest, ugly-ass-iest one I've ever seen. It looks like it was made in about 10 minutes from shit from some guy's house. Previously: classroom of the future, according to 1950s Japan.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Trayvon Martin-inspired facebook photo of the Day.

(via reddit)

Belvedere vodka pulls "rapey" facebook ad.

At least, that's what everybody called it yesterday (Forbes, Jezebel, etc). And the French brand pulled the ad from facebook and twitter less than an hour after posting it.
But here's another possible interpretation of the above headline/visual scenario from an ad-making and blowjob-receiving veteran: maybe he has a John Holmesian penis and, well, she's frightened?

OK, no, everybody's right: rapey.

Belvedere has done blowjob inspired layouts before (one, two).

Anyway, what is it with alcohol brands and rape scenarios?

Friday, March 23, 2012

"Unnecessary" Quotation Marks of the Day—Inception version.

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Unnecessarily punctuated Punctuation is unnecessary punctuation is punctuation that is punctuated unnecessarily by punctuation.
Chicken Little is right, the sky is falling. Previously: Necessary "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks of the Day.