How much plastic can you eat?

Lots of people are tired of hearing that our waste is killing the planet. But this visual makes the problem a bit more immediate without being too off-putting.

Do you trust me?

I’m sure you already know that Trust Me, TNT’s new show set in an ad agency, premieres Monday.

I’ve already seen the pilot and it’s a good show.
I thought most of the concepts they present are ridiculous (but so are most of the ones I come up with.)

"A new series about good guys and ad guys."

"Trust me... dogs love me, I'm an idealist, I don't do deadlines."

"Trust me... people respect me, I'm a realist, corner offices are good."

Need a laugh?

Are you spending less?

If so, one advertiser is glad to hear it.
ING Direct launched a teaser site to encourage people to save.

They followed up with a headline driven campaign:

God Bless America

Let's try to make everything we do better from now on.

No Advertising Monday - The Don't Slip And Sue Us Edition

The Metro-North Railroad scattered this flyer on the floors of trains.

(Well, they were probably left on the seats until disgruntled, frozen commuters tossed them onto the floor.)

Can heat cure the common cold?

Cool effect that looks like the ad was written with a finger on steamed up or frosted glass.

The latest in a string of nice work for the Tylenol brand.

Can anthropomorphic animals make anything cute?

Yes, oh, yes.

Which is cuter - dingleberries or genital lice?

Nice job by Tom the Dancing Bug of spoofing this Charmin bears spot:

How are you getting there?

This campaign has been up in Penn Station for months, but I usually pass though in too much of a hurry to take pictures.



Hopefully they're running these ads other places, because advertising trains in trains stations seems like a waste.
I've also seen this next execution as a taxi topper - which didn't make any sense to me. It would work better in an airport.

This one would also play better in an airport:

Having both of their brands (Amtrak and Acela) in the same campaign without any explanation throws me off a bit. But I like the style.

How about a cold one?

No Advertising Monday - The Wet Paint Sign Edition

Have you washed your hands today?

Empire BlueCross BlueShield is doing their best to make cold and flu season fun for New Yorkers:

How would you sell a car these days?

Fun execution of a sound strategy.

Do you feel the fury?

Yet another teaser campaign with another mysterious site.

Long live the King

Here’s the payoff to the "Message from your King" teaser campaign:

Did anyone make a resolution to drink more?

Pepsi’s New Year’s ads in Times Square have gotten plenty of coverage.

But have you seen the beach balls they gave away?

OK, let's forget my resolution to break big ad news this year.
Here’s a few of the ads blanketing the rest of the city: