The Rotten Fish Taxi Prank for Fresh Step

Fresh Step offered some people a free ride in their fake taxi cab to execute the rotten fish prank.

Credits:
Advertising Agency: Conscious Minds, USA

Spoof | "Legitimate Rape" Pharmaceutical Ad

By now you've all heard about Todd Akin and Paul Ryan and legitimate rape disaster, it was just a matter of time before we got a parody ad on the situation, and this one is good, really good. Check out the Facebook page if you need to express your thoughts.

Do you suffer from Sexually Liberated Uterine Tendencies? Now there's a treatment that can help.

Credits:
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Laura Napoli and Joel Silberman
STARRING: Laura Napoli
FIELD PRODUCER: Ben Rock
EDITING PRODUCER: Noah Pohl
WRITTEN BY: Laura Napoli and Joel Silberman
ANIMATOR: Mark Alkofer
COMPOSER AND SOUND DESIGNER: Jordan Bennett
STUNT COORDINATOR/STUNTS: Joshua Bradley
SOUND OPERATOR: Greg Machlin
HAIR AND LIGHTING: Clemence du Barre
LOGO DESIGNER: Alyssa Weinberger

The Greatest Police Chase You've Ever Seen | Carlton Draught "Beer Chase"

This could be the greatest police chase in the history of beer and police chases. The new TV ad for Carlton Draught entitled "Beer Chase" features a crew of bank robbers who just happen to stop into a bar to celebrate the heist and a cold one. The bar just happens to be the local watering hole for the local cops...the great chase ensues, and of course the bad guys win...it's worth the 90 seconds you'll spend watching it.

Credits:
Ad Agency: BBDO, Melbourne.

Volvo FH Trucks The Ballerina Stunt Tight Rope Walker

Totally insane stunt to promote the new Volvo FH truck. Set on an closed highway in Vrgorac, Croatia Faith Dickey (world-record holding tight rope walker) walks across a line between two speeding Volvo FH rigs that just happen to be headed straight for two separate tunnels.

World record-holding highliner Faith Dickey battles in the wind to cross the line between two speeding trucks. Will she make it before the trucks reach the tunnel that lies behind the next bend? Please like, share and comment!

The stunt was set up to show the precise handling of the new Volvo FH. Filmed on an unopened highway in Croatia in cooperation with Hollywood stunt director Peter Pedrero (James Bond, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean.) Directed by Academy Award nominee Henry Alex Rubin.

Credits:
Ad Agency: Forsman & Bodenfors.

Xtreme Booking 2 "Running with the Bulls" | Epic App Test

So how do test a new app in today's modern world? Well, in the case of Hotels dot Com Extreme Booking campaign you head to Pamplona, Spain and have Señor Andy Bell book his hotel while running with the bulls.

Running with the bulls is an adventure. Doing it while attempting to book a hotel with the Hotels.com mobile app? Extreme.

The running with bulls is the second by ad agency Y&R for Hotels.com, the first Extreme Booking was a skydiving adventure (below) where a Mr. JT Holmes went skydiving in Lake Tahoe and successfully booked a hotel room on with his mobile app before he landed.



Credits:
Created by the Ad Agency: Young & Rubicam, Chicago.

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So This Is The Best Internet We Ever Had | Airtime Web Promo

The internet web promo for Airtime, the Sean Parker startup. The Best Internet You Ever Had features the likes of Kurt Russel, Ronnie Lott, MC Hammer and Gary Vaynerchuk and stars Ian Pfaff as Buckely Rivington in his smoking jacket.

Airtime Credits
	Credits: Video by Portal A Director: Kai Hasson Producers: Nate Houghteling, Nina Reyes Rosenberg DP: Gustavo Peterson Graphics: Cinesaurus

A Real Flock of Seagulls Sing "I Ran" for Cap Cod Chips TVC

A flock of seagulls sing the "I Ran" song by A Flock Of Seagulls, and they bust some great moves on keyboard, base and drums in this funny new commercial for Cape Cod Potato Chips.

"The director was very clear from the beginning that the gulls were first and foremost birds," says R&H visual effects supervisor Nicholas Titmarsh. "He did not want to give them human characteristics or make them caricatures in any way. That’s why the drummer uses his beak rather than holding drum sticks, and the lead singer plays the keyboard with his foot. So they are a band, sure, but they retain their seagull DNA."

"Because of that," adds Titmarsh, "there are lots of funny moments in the spot like when the drummer knocks over the cymbal, the way he and the bassist react is all bird. The guitarist even takes a moment to preen himself, but then after a brief pause they leap back into being the band."

Credits:
Ad Agency: GKV, Baltimore
Directed by Tony Petrossian
Produced by Rhythm & Hues and visual effects supervisor Nicholas Titmarsh.

The 2012 Humpy Awards - Are You Serious?

So how does AMC promote their new original TV series "Small Town Security" which is set to premiere this Sunday July 15th? Well, you get your ad agency to come up with the first ever Humpy Awards, bring in a bunch of hump happy dogs and let them go crazy on their owners leg. I thought I had pretty good sense of humor, (humour for my fellow Canadian friends) and well I'm sure I have a great sense of humor now as I found this to be absolutely hilarious...in a shameful kinda way.


The Humpy Awards celebrate a natural dog behavior: the leg humping. This dog humping competition was judged on speed, style, stamina, mount and dismount. 1st prize went to Miss Hope.


Credits:
Advertising Agency: Thinkmodo, New York, USA
Creative Directors: Michael Krivicka, James Percelay

How To Make A Real McDonald's Big Mac Right At Home

Christine H. from Oshawa asked, "What is in the sauce that is in the Big Mac?" So McDonald's answered with another from their video series "Our Food Your Questions"

McDonald's Canada executive chef, Dan Coudreaut shows us exactly what the Big Mac sauce recipe includes and how to make a Big Mac right at home. In case your wondering the big secret about the Big Mac sauce is the following: mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish, yellow mustard, white wine vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika.

I only have one question....McDonald's has an executive chef??? They're kidding right?

"The Thing" Go Back To Your Planet Hefty Bags Commercial

New commercials for Hefty Tall Kitchen Waste Bags (that's right I said Hefty), is the work of Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess. The ads seem strange at first view but they seem to get a little funnier each time I watch it.
The campaign has three spots: "The Thing" Go Back To Your Planet, an Alien is captured and trapped in a Hefty bag. "Baby", a giant baby a stressed out mother and her friend...need we say more. A finally "Rager," there was a party. I'm betting on the Hefty Alien spot to have some viral success.




Credits:
Ad Agency: Euro RSCG, Chicago
Director: Jared Hess

DC Shoes and Ken Block Tear Up San Fran in Gymkhana Five

DC Shoes and Ken Block present the new Gymkhana FIVE viral video spot, entitled "Ultimate Urban Playground".
Shot on the actual streets of San Francisco, California, GYM5 features a focus on fast, raw and precise driving action. Filmed over four days, director Ben Conrad and his team are back to work on their second Gymkhana production and delivered the entire city of San Francisco as Ken Block's personal gymkhana playground. DC Shoes also provided fellow DC athlete and longtime Ken Block friend, Travis Pastrana, to make a cameo appearance on his dirtbike, and S.F. resident Jake Phelps of Thrasher Magazine fame also makes a cameo as Block hoons S.F. in his most incredible Gymkhana yet.

The spot also features the music of Styx and the song "Come Sail Away".
Credits:
Director: Ben Conrad

The Molson Canadian National Anthem

Just in time for Canada's birthday tomorrow a unique rendition of the Canadian National Anthem, like never before.

Five musicians conduct an experiment to perform O Canada using nothing but instruments made from Molson Canadian bottles and cans. The result is something no one expected.

Man Slams Into a Giant Balloon - An Epic Stunt For Mountian Dew

Here's a whole new way to Do The Dew for Mountain Dew. Production Company The Corner Store put this stunt together where some guy is swung off one crane and slams into a giant balloon filled with Mountain Dew attached to a second crane some 200 feet in the air.

Credits:
Ad Agency:  BBDO, Toronto
Production:  The Corner Store

LG Kompressor Plus Ad and the Super Model Photo Shoot Trick

This new spot for LG's line of vacuum cleaners, specifically the LG Kompressor Plus, shows us a interesting photo shoot trick using a supermodel in a lil red bikini.

I'm sure this one wont go over to well with everyone. Just imagine the possibilities if a vacuum really could this.

Nissan Frontier Snowboarding Commercial

A Nissan Frontier goes snowboarding at Devils Ridge in Utah for Nissan's newest TV commercial. Pretty cool and might go madly viral as Nissan's last ad, the landing gear trick, check it out here.

Yes people it is just a "Fantasy, Trucks Can't Snowboard...Do Not Attempt", just in case you missed it at the beginning of the clip.

Credits:
Ad Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day
Title: Mountain Ride
Brand: Nissan

3.2 Million Ink Dots = Hero by Miguel Endara

This video is the making of "Hero," a drawing of Miguel Endara's dad composed entirely out of 3.2 million ink dots.
Miguel created this fantastic piece with, believe it or not just one pen, the pen is a micron .005, made in Germany.
He states the 3.2 million is not an exact number, but very very close to the real number. He multiplies his speed of plotting (how many dots he puts down per 10 seconds) with the number of hours he worked on each section.
Credits:
Music by Bonobo - Noctuary
Created and Produced by Miguel Endara

Vestel Commercial Somalia Pirates Ship Takeover | 2 Minute Short Film

Not far off the Somali coast one of the big Vestel cargo vessels is taken over by pirates! Within a split of a second the ship has a new captain, the soup is gone as well as the cargo itself. Will our Vestrons be able to strike back?
Credits:
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Istanbul
Director: Alex & Steffen
DoP: Simon Coull
Production: DEPOfilm, Istanbul
Postproduction: Unexpected GmbH, Stuttgart
VFX Supervisor: Alex & Steffen
Lead 3D Artists: Sebastian Badea, Jörg Häberle, Alexander Kiesl, Harun Celebi, Stefan Kleindienst, Oliver Vogel, Casper Wermuth
Lead 2D Artists: Claus Rudolph, Steffen Hacker, Peter Egeberg, Manuel Rivoir, Josua Stäbler
Music by: schnack. music manufacture, Stuttgart

Nissan Frontier - Landing Gear Viral Promo Stunt

I smell an episode of Myth Busters coming after watching this.
Credits:
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day, Los Angeles
Chief Creative Officer: Rob Schwartz
Creative Director, Americas: Tito Melega
Associate Creative Director: Jason Locey
Associate Creative Director: Nik Piscitello
Executive Director of Integrated Production: Richard O'Neill
Executive Producer: Elaine Hinton
Producer: Katie Lambrecht
Assistant Producer: Katie Johnson
Traffic Coordinator: Malika Jones
Production Company – Harvest Films
Director: Baker Smith
Head of Production: Rob Sexton
Executive Producer: Bonnie Goldfarb
Executive Producer: Scott Howard
Producer: Vincent Oster
Production Supervisor: Tanya Stephens
Assistant Production Supervisor: Melanie Melnyk
Assistant Director: Brad Stevenson
2nd Assistant Director: Patrick Farrell
Director of Photography: Chris Soos
1st AC: Lisa Byall
2nd AC: Carrie Lazar
D.I.T.: Brandon McKenzie
Editorial Company – Venice Beach Editorial
Executive Producer: Hunter Conner
Editor: Rich Shambaugh
Assistant Editor: Eric Rusch
Visual EFX Company – Zoic
Executive Producer: Ian Unterrainer
Producer: Jennie Burnett
Visual EFX Supervisor: Steve Meyer
CG Supervisor: Andy Wilkoff

Pear Drop "Turn The Air Pear" Viral Ads | Date and Barrel

Pear Drop drinks and JWT London, created these viral ads promoting their canned soda's in a rather unique way. The tagline "Turn The Air Pear" couldn't be any more fitting for the burping couple in the "Date" spot.
PEAR DROP "Date"
PEAR DROP "Barrel"
Credits:
Advertising Agency: JWT, London, UK
Executive Creative Director: Russell Ramsey
Art Director: Craig Hunt
Copywriter: James Humphreys
TV Producers: Rosie Evatt, Emma Hovel
Director: Austen Humphries
Production Company: Rattling Stick
Editor: Richard Orrick
Sound: Sam Ashwell / 750MPH
Exposure: Viral

Angry Customer Voicemail Turned Into Clever Alamo Drafthouse Cimema Ad

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema does not tolerate people talking or texting in their theaters and they take this rule serious. In fact, before every film they give several warnings on screen to prevent such inappropriate theater etiquette. Occasionally however some people don't follow these rules and movie goers have to be escorted out. Case in point is this clever spot that takes an actual voicemail of a customer who was recently kicked out of a Texas theater for her this type of bad behavior. The joke is on her though, as the clever movie chain turned her hilarious customer complaint into a viral video. So watch out the next time you complain to a company, they just might use you in one of their commercials.