Viagra celebrates 10 years of hard work (boom tish!) with a predictably innuendo-laden ad. It left us a little flaccid at first, but now it’s growing on us…
Ad campaigns
The Age in CBD graffiti tag shame
Crikey / Andrew Crook / Friday, 30 October 2009 / 11
Melbourne broadsheet The Age is facing prosecution after it illegally sprayed promotional stencils onto Melbourne’s streets, in defiance of Melbourne City Council guidelines.
When online journalists moonlight as copy-writers
Ad Week / Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The best viral ad videos of 2009
Business Pundit / Friday, 23 October 2009
Business Pundit wraps up the ads that took the internet by storm in 2009, including LED sheep, Bruce Lee playing table tennis, Vanilla Ice says sorry. Ah, so many memories, so many wasted working hours…
A history of weird and wonderful Windows ads
TechRadar / Thursday, 22 October 2009
Celebrate the release of the latest Windows operating system (and hopefully the death of Vista) with a look back through some of the weirdest ads for each Windows release.
A dispiriting attempt to flog beer to women
Crikey Blogs / Friday, 16 October 2009
Following from the ’80s flop that was Swan Gold, National Distilleries is gifting the ladies with another ‘special’ beer: Hummingbird Blonde Lager. Do women really need our own patronising, bastardised version of beer, asks Mel Cambell.
The sneaky alternative to giving up boozy lunches
Advertising Age / Wednesday, 7 October 2009
A clever ad campaign for a NY restaurant gives hope for GFC stricken execs wanting their expense account back. Enter your lunch total at Expense-A-Steak, then print off fake receipts for office supplies and panini lunches to claim.
VIDEO: Levi Johnston gets his nuts out
Crikey / Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Milking his 15 seconds for all they’re worth, Sarah Palin’s former-future-son-in-law is appearing in an ad campaign for a brand of nuts. And it’s actually quite funny.







