Showing posts with label Progressive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Progressive. Show all posts

Friday, May 6, 2011

F'd Ad Fridays: Mother's Day Edition

Ah, Mother's Day! A time of flowers, cards, breakfast in bed... and housework?


Yup. According to Copyranter, this is probably just a case of shitty copywriting — the intention is "Magic Eraser is so easy, you can sooner get back to being with your kids". But even that context reeks of cleaning-product-scented failure.

Also from Copyranter is this awkward billboard:


Way to make people who have lost their moms feel good, guys...

But hey, it's not all dead flowers this Mom's Day. You can also have a few laughs at the expense of the institution of motherhood by watching this unbranded viral video by Biscuit Filmworks (via AdFreak) Stephanie "Flo from Progressive Insurance" Courtney as the world's most irritating stepmom:



On a more serious note, Happy Mother's Day to my Mom Marylil, my wife Julia, my Mother-in-Law Margaret, my sister and sisters-in-law, and all the other great moms out there. We love you.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Vote for America's Worst Ads

Today, Consumerist announced its finalist nominees for "Worst Ad in America", as chosen by its readers.

The online ballot has most of the campaigns linked, but I'll embed the 2010 contestants here for ABSOLUTE WORST AD IN AMERICA:












Other categories and finalists are listed below. (Ignore the radio buttons, it was a C&P.)

MOST GRATING PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN



MOST ANNOYING ANIMATED SPOKESTHING



DUO OR GROUP THAT MOST NEEDS TO BE BROKEN UP



CELEBRITY WHO MUST HAVE LOST THE MOST MONEY IN HOUSING CRASH



CREEPIEST COMMERCIAL



They are indeed bad ads, but I was hoping more of them would be epic trainwreck bad. I guess the vox populi nature of nomination and voting would automatically favour well-known crappy national campaigns than hilariously awkward (but obscure) local ones. Oh well...

Go to Consumerist to view and vote before 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday, 9/28/2010.