There’s Always Room for One More on the Rocket Ship
A case in point is the long-running Dos Equis campaign “The Most Interesting Man in the World,” featuring an American actor, Jonathan Goldsm
What Happens When You Don't Take Mother’s Day Seriously
Why Comedy Is the Most Effective Way to Advertise Most Mother’s Day commercials reach for sentimentality. Far fewer reach for the higher...
This is What Happens When You Use Your Worst Ideas
The campaign originated as a completely different assignment for the creative team of Matt McKay and Pat Piper. Back in 2002, while at Kansa
A Perspective That Will Make Bank Robbers Cringe
When you’re first spit-balling ideas, the client wants to talk about their amazing features. Marketers want to talk about the benefits of th
Muffin-Stealing Dogs, Vikings and Other Uncontrollable Desires
An average-size woman next to a 7-foot Viking is funny enough, but this spot is next-level stuff. Kyle Andrew plays the Viking, a popular Ha
How to Abuse Words to Make Them Infinitely Funnier
Storm clouds were forming over the set. Actual storm clouds, this is not a metaphor. Two months before, I’d been tapped to direct a commerci
The 10 Funniest Commercials of Super Bowl LI
4 - Squarespace, “Who The F*ck Is JohnMalkovich?”
3 - Sprint, "Car"
2 - Avocados From Mexico, “Secret Society”
1 - Skittles, “Roma
This is What You Need to Know About the Super Bowl of Advertising
In the last several years, pre- and post-game Super Bowl buzz were almost as important as the broadcast itself. Rather than unveiling spots
The Top 35 Funniest Commercials of 2016
The Top 35 Funniest Commercials of 2016
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And Then Advertising Got Weird: What Is Oddvertising?
My director of photography and a production assistant were holding them off with sticks, the art director had been reduced to a puddle of te
Why Hiring Comedians Is a High-Stakes Gamble for Brands
I was fast asleep on a bed of saddle blankets in a barn in East Texas. The night before I’d winged halfway across the country on the red-eye
An Imperfect Guide to Directing Funny Commercials
My nieces tossed my home office like burglars looking for the master safe. They were after my Sharpies so they could draw signs for our fami