Stop it.

The trend stops here.

I saw this last night and almost threw up in my mouth:


Compare that to this VW ad:


As if you needed another sign, when Lay-z-boy uses a concept in an ad, it's done. Don't get me wrong, it was really cool for a while. As a matter of fact I really liked the VW ad above. I don't think it was the first ad to use this editing technique and unfortunately it probably won't be the last. In any case, forgetaboutit. If you have a "great" idea that uses this concept, toss it. Push yourself, and come up with the next great thing.

Consider yourself warned.

Dear Ketel One: You're a Douchebag

Copyranter strikes again with his lashing out against Ketel One ads on Animal NY and his own site. I have to agree with him on this one. Every time I see one of these ads I wonder what the hell Ketel One is thinking. But somehow this stupid advertising continues.

Starbucks New Yorker Cartoons Suck

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This awful Starbucks ad brought to you by Copyranter via Animal NY (where you can see another example). Who thinks this stuff is good?

Meatloaf and AT&T: Paradise by the GoPhone Light

Wow. So many things bother me about this ad, where do I begin? For one, it's Meatloaf. Two, is that a leg of lamb in his wife's hand when she walks in? Three, the weird scrunched up face on the kid. Fourth, despite all this there's something I like about this ad, and that bothers me too. How does this ad make you feel? (via AdFreak)

Windows Vista Music Video: The worst thing ever created

Words cannot describe how stupid this is. You'll need sound if you really want to lose some brain cells.

Crispin Porter + Bogusky's VW Falls Flat

Let me be perfectly clear on two things: one, I like Crispin Porter + Bogusky (I've got an application in for a summer internship... fingers crossed). Two, I don't like their new VW spots. You know, the ones with the 1964 beetle that has it's own talk show. Or the print ones in the Wall Street Journal where the car says "The people want an economic stimulus." Oh yeah, how clever, now I want to buy a car. C'mon guys, the people that brought us the king can do better. Everything else I wanted to say has already been said by Adweek.

Wonderbra: You Need Big Tits

The thing that I really like/hate about wonderbra ads is that they do something subtle and debatably clever of which the message is anything but subtle, as Copyranter quite delicately puts it, BIG TITS!!! Seriously, I don't know what to think are these clever or appalling? Your thoughts? (via Copyranter)

If you like sheep, boy do we have a stove for you!

This ad for Appalachian Stove Co. reads "A roaring fire, a bottle of wine, a barn full of sheep."

WTF? Since when has anyones target market been "sheep fuckers."

(via adrants)