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Witty Copy Neglects Reality It's seldom you see a really nice piece of witty copy anymore but this Kenneth Cole billboard does the trick. The copy reads, "If Gas Prices Continue to Rise Why Not Switch Pumps." But, as Animal points out, a pair of $196 pumps doesn't exactly help save money. Bull's Balls Cause Controversy In Idaho Ad Campaign It looks like a New York agency's cultural sensibilities didn't match those of Eagle, Idaho residents. In this video, a local news reports Eagle's Mayor is threatening to cancel Eagle Fun Days this weekend, part of which is the local fire department's Rocky Mountain Oyster Fest. With the festival based on bull's testicle, the fire department thought it would be a good idea to promote the event bay asking a New York agency to help ouot. They did with some spots that might be considered humorous to some but Eagle mayor Nancy Merrill told the fire fighters to pull the spots or she'd cancel the event. The fire department complied, pulled them off the website and canceled their TV schedule. Radio ads did air but Merrill has called a meeting and is still threatening to cancel the event. While the agency told the television station they meant no harm, the station is apparently, keeping the agency's name confidential. Come on guys. Step forward. Take credit. The campaign's great. Just not for Idaho. Adrants And HP Offer Creatives Free Basic Portfolio Service As you may know, Adrants offers a creative portfolio service which provides creatives a place to showcase their work in a searchable database promoted across several advertising industry websites. We've now partnered with HP to offer, for a limited time, a free basic portfolio which provides for five images, your professional details and contact info.<.p> It's not much compared to the other offering which allow for more images in your portfolio and a higher ranking in search results when people search the service for portfolios but it will give you a taste of the service and maybe you'll later decide to upgrade. If you do, or if you want to skip the basic level and move to higher Vinyl or Leather portfolio, you'll get two months free. You can check out all the details here. You do have to register (for free) at the HP Graphic Arts website to take advantage of the offer. I know, I know. Rule, rules, rules... 'CSI' Emmy Bid Gets Street Team Help Crew Creative helped CSI in its bid for Emmy consideration with a street stunt in Los Angeles. The stunt involved a team of "coroners" along with a branded van, body bags and stretchers, all with the message "For your Emmy consideration. See two other photos here and here. 
 Philadelphia Tourism To Air Broadway-Style Ad During Tonys The Philadelphia Tourism Office will launch a new Broadway-style commercial this Sunday, June 11, during the Tony Awards on CBS. It's an appropriate placement for sure. There's a guy in pajamas, a teddy bear, stunt bears professional dancers and the mayor. We're not into Broadway syle entirtainment so the whole thing looks horrifically cheesy to us but, that's just us. The rets of you might like it. The :30 is here. The :60 is here. With the tagline, "Philly's More Fun When You Sleep Over," the spot promotes the city's amenities including the Philly Overnight Hotel Package. Beyond the Tony, the ad will continue to air until July 2. The overall campaign will include radio in New York, Boston and Harrisburg; billboards in New York's Theater District and in Atlantic City; Cinema advertising in New York and Boston area theaters; multiple newspapers and online on such site as DailyCandy, CitySearch, Philly.com and NYpost.com. Britney Spears Brands Baby For Clothing Line - You can catch live coverage of the VCU Adcenter Executive management Training for Creative Directors here. - Media Magazine has announced its call for entries for its third annual Creative Media Awards.If you're into media, this is your award show. - Britney Spears has trademarked the name of her baby Sean Preston, apparently for a future line of clothing. Not very good, but here's a new commercial for a very cool, new product, Slingbox. - Atlanta's WestWayne created an experiential marketing event for the Southwest Toyota Distributors to promote Scion with a visual arts fest. - The NBA wants for female fans and has launched an ad campaign directed at them along with a branded line of clothing. - Hot show Grey's Anatomy has advertisers slathering and one, fashion retailer New York & Co. has signed series stars Elle Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey to appear in their fall campaign. GameTap Promotes Service With Sally Struthers/Like Commercial Tugging at our heartstrings, this commercial, created by Mullen, for online video game service GameTap urges us to feel for game character who don't see enough game time. We are urged to have a caring heart, pick up our game controllers, visit gametape.com and play on. PR Firm Exploits Baby Shiloh For Product Placement In a PR coup or just another disgusting manipulation of humanity to further a marketer's end, 5W Public Relations sent baby clothing from Belly Maternity all the way to Africa so Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's baby Shiloh Jolie-Pitt could wear it thus allowing the brand to appear in just about every publication known to man. With price wars in play over images of Shiloh and New York Magazine writing, in a stretch, "Not since Jesus has a baby been so eagerly anticipated," it may just be a pretty good PR coup. That is, if anyone takes a microscope to the images and tries to find the brand name on the shirt. Be sure to read the ego-infested, chest thumping press release from 5w, reprinted in full over at Gawker. H&M Men's Jeans Tout Sexual Prowess We all thought the whole Chevy Novo "No Go" thing was a bad naming gaffe but that doesn't hold a candle to H&M's naming of their new men's jeans Fit Sliq. A harmless name to those of us who regularly speak English but not so harmless and carrying an entirely different meaning in Swedish. In Swedish, it means - brace yourselves - cunnilingus or "cunt licker" in a more exact translation. Yes, according to Adland's dabitch, a women well versed in Swedish, the jeans just might become a hot item as "Swedish men and the occasional lesbian raid the stores for a pair of these naughty naughty jeans." The kicker to this whole thing is that H&M is a Swedish company. Perhaps it's not a gaffe at all but an inside joke or perhaps it's an English speaking product manager run amok. Either way, it's funny. I mean, unfortunate. Absolut Games, Pepsi Plugs, Kittens Stick, Mexicans Invade - Similar to Virgin's find the bands game, Absolut has launched a game in which the player has to find 82 bottles in a busy streetscape. It's sort of like that guy that wrote all those Busy Town kid books. - Everyone's buzzing about Pepsi' interactive outdoor/transit ad which allows people to plug their headphones right into the poster to sample tunes from Pepsi Access. - Adopt a kitten door sticker campaign copies begging children door sticker campaign. - Well, this is one way to get a lot of attention for your average warehouse sale. - Here's one ad campaign that doesn't paint Mexicans in a very respectful manner. MySpace to Create "Controlled" Hubs » Additional hubs will be added to calm advertiser's fears over the site's racy content. Dead Presidents Will Not Shill » Proshade wanted to don the Mount Rushmore President with giant sunglasses. Monument officials sad "Uh, uh." Maxim to Open Casino » Maybe that will bring in a bit more cash than the not so stellar performing magazine. Upfront Moves A Little, OMD Deals With NBC » One buying side executive said that NBC began negotiations by asking for flat CPMs--an indicator it was prepared to accept rollbacks. Fox Exec: User Info Most Valuable MySpace Asset » Um, duh. This is news? Five Words to Never Use in an Ad » McKee Wallork Cleveland President Steve McKee says there's five words you should never use in advertising. Masochists Wanted. Only Ad Agencies Need Apply! » 21st Century Insurance is onto its third agency in a year. Will agencies steer clear? Not according to George Parker who, as we do, knows that $25 million is worth chasing no matter how bad the client is. Y&R Creative Director Jim Othmer Published Book » We have no idea what this book is about except that it's weird. Very weird 'Fader' Magazine To Distribute Issues On iTunes » Sponsored by Southern Comfort, Fadar magazine will make its Summer Music Issue available for download on iTunes. Wall Street Still Bullish On Upfront, Merrill Lynch Sees Modest Gain For Big 4 » Merrill Lynch thinks the four major networks will see a four percent increase to $8.47 billion in this year's upfront.
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