Jumat, 02 Desember 2011

F'd Ad Fridays: This is NOT a new euphemism for "vagina"

But it probably should be.

Hmmm... it's not as snug as I had hoped.
This is an actual product.




It's a novelty one, obviously, but you can buy them online.

Complete with dick jokes.
Via AdFreak


F'd Ad Fridays: Rover, gently run over


Ad by Bates, Singapore for for ACDelco "ultrasoft" shock absorbers.

Isn't that cute! I guess all the car did to him was turn his insides into paté. But at least the driver didn't feel it.

Via Copyranter

F'd Ad Fridays: Hot dogs and WHAT?!?


This is not funny, especially since yesterday was World AIDS Day. But it is truly F'd.

Unprovenanced, via BuzzFeed

F'd Ad Fridays: It's agency Christmas party season


Well, it's not actually like this where I work. But we're not that traditional.

Via The End Days of Advertising

F'd Ad Fridays: 43-year-old Afri-Cola ad will blow your mind



Illegal Advertising posted this wonderfully F'd bit of vintage awesome:



It's by the late Charles Paul Wilp, a German adman who combined his interests in art and aerospace to create this really trippy ad. They sure don't make 'em like they used to.

F'd Ad Fridays: It's like Cronenberg meets ad spam, on acid

Gah!

Thanks to @interacter for the tip (and the Cronenberg reference).

F'd Ad Fridays: Star Wars pin-up propaganda calendar

Photographer Joey DeMarco managed to combine an obsession with WWII recruitment posters, Star Wars, and tits in his unlicenced calendar on Etsy:





DeMarco ads, "Quantities are limited. Get them now before you-know-who slaps a Cease and Desist on me!"

Pretty cheesy stuff. However, the samples he posted include one epic mashup:


You can see all the Star Wars pin-ups here.