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Mr. T Returns for Old Navy, Is Very Proud of Store's Upgraded Tees
Mr. T guest-stars as a living pun in this Crispin Porter + Boguksy ad for Old Navy Best Tees, which are more stylish and durable than their previous ones. That's not a huge accomplishment, but...
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For Marketers, Sentimentality Trumps Slapstick
Tugging at the heartstrings: an eternal tactic of marketers of everything from coffee and peanut butter to long-distance phone services and those charities for abused and neglected animals. But a...
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CP+B Creative Director Makes Short Film About Kiss Song 'Beth' From Her Point...
A classic rock ballad, "Beth" by Kiss, that inspired a thought balloon—"Wouldn't it be funny to hear Beth's side of the story?"—is now a short film. The four-and-a-half-minute piece from Bob Winter,...
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Microsoft to Apple and Samsung Fans: Stop Fighting, You Utter Morons
If smartphone advertising has a recurring theme, it's that the users of rival products are idiotic obsessives. Samsung made that point with its campaign poking fun at Apple fanboys. Now, Microsoft is...
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Domino's New Site Lets You Watch Live Stream of Pizza Being Made Somewhere in...
Life just got more stressful for the workers at a Domino's Pizza restaurant in Salt Lake City. That's because that particular location is the guinea pig for the chain's new Domino's Live experiment,...
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Boyz II Men Will Make Love to Your Sweet Old Navy Jeans
Strap that lap belt tight, because Old Navy’s newest airline-themed ad will rocket you all the way back to 1994. Boyz II Men are the newest retro celebs to star in Crispin Porter + Bogusky’s zany...
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Cramer-Krasselt Beats the Odds to Keep Porsche
Cramer-Krasselt has beaten the historically poor odds of retaining an account in review, beating back thick competition to remain lead creative agency on Porsche. The other contenders for the account,...
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Jell-O Hijacks Twitter's Profane #FML Hashtag, Changes It to Mean 'Fun My Life'
The ubiquitous Twitter hashtag #FML (there have been 37,000 #FML-tagged tweets in the past seven days alone) is generally understood to be short for an obscene phrase uttered when things are at their...
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Microsoft Humiliates Siri in Biting Parody of Apple's iPad Ads
Microsoft says a mouthful in this ad from Crispin Porter + Bogusky. And—surprise!—those words are spoken by Siri, Apple's voice assistant, from an iPad sitting next to a Windows 8 tablet. As the...
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TurboTax Down to Finalists
Four finalists are competing to become the new lead shop on TurboTax: Wieden + Kennedy, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Campbell Ewald and Goodness Mfg., sources said. An Intuit rep confirmed the search...
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YouTube's 10 Most-Watched Ads in May
Let the games begin! Sony and Microsoft stormed Adweek and YouTube's Ads Leaderboard in May as both companies introduced their next-gen gaming consoles—the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One—in teaser videos....
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Jell-O's Jigglevision Lets You Send Secret Messages to Friends
Jell-O's new "Jigglevision" social campaign from Crispin Porter + Bogusky is not quite as titillating as it sounds. You write a brief message on the brand's Facebook app using various "Jigglevision"...
View ArticleSuzanne Powers Takes Top Strategy Job at McCann
Suzanne Powers, global strategy officer at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, is moving to McCann Erickson as evp, chief strategy officer. She succeeds Daryl Lee who in February was named global CEO of UM,...
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Artists Give Old Domino's Signage a Second Life in 'Second Hand Logos' Project
Say what you want about Domino's (it's an abomination unto the Lord), but it has one of the better branded Pinterest projects I've seen in a while—Second Hand Logos. Since Domino's recently redesigned...
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Ad of the Day: Grey Poupon
Of all the branded efforts around gay pride in this historic week, this one from Grey Poupon and agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky is perhaps the best. A clever take on a classic advertisement, rendered...
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Jose Cuervo Shifts U.S. Agencies
As Jose Cuervo’s North American distribution rights move from Diageo to Proximo Spirits today, the company said it selected McCann Erickson New York as its new creative agency and Gotham Direct to...
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YouTube's 10 Most-Watched Ads in June
Samsung has innovative cross-promotions with musicians down cold. Separate divisions of the company—Samsung Televisions and Samsung Mobile—had the two biggest hits on YouTube and Adweek's Ads...
View ArticleOld Navy Splits With Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Old Navy has parted ways with Crispin Porter + Bogusky, five years after first hiring the agency as its lead creative shop. The marketer, owned by Gap, has no immediate plans to hire another lead...
View ArticleCrispin Trims Staff
On the heels of news that 5-year client Old Navy was parting ways with Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the agency on Thursday announced it was laying off 21 employees. “This has been a great year for CP+B...
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Ad of the Day: Let a Blow-Up Doll Do Your Job While You Eat at Applebee's
It's a shame that American employees have all but lost their lunch hour, doomed by office pressure to eat at their desks with packed lunches or a quick sandwich from the deli. But thankfully, American...
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