'Til Our Biological Clocks Have Safely Ceased, We'll Stick to Our Own Country, Thanks.

OLSON finally debuts some work since winning the Country Inns & Suites account in late 2008: "I love this Country," a tame, feebly funny campaign that'll appeal to wilting Lifetime TV lovers.

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There's No Wardrobe Malfunction in This Best Western Ad

Of course you can see the joke coming within the first seconds of watching this video for Best Western but, oddly, it's remarkably watchable. We don't know why. Maybe because, oh, we were waiting for GaDaddy's Candice Michelle to show up and lose the strap to her top or something. But no. The video plays out calmly, coolly and collectively without the faintest hint of sex.

Ben & Jerry's Sniffs Denmark for Fresh Taste Sensation. Comes Up Short.

In the latest episode of "The Scoop," Ben & Jerry's sends its taste experts to Copenhagen to find a new ice cream flavour.

Watching two middle-aged men nibble salty licorice and marzipan-infused pastry isn't the funnest thing we've ever done. (Though the brief science lesson on Phish Food made a play at being instructive.) And possibly because the banquette was uninspired and the Danes apparently unoriginal (suggested new flavours of ice cream: "chocolate?" "vanilla?" "caramel...?"), Ben & Jerry's wrapped the video by asking viewers to Do the World a Flavour: turn in your own suggestions for new ice cream mashups at benjerry.com.

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Scho-Ka-Kola: 'Chocolate Bull' for Energy Junkies with a Sweet Tooth.

Raisanen Creative does its part for the German economy: bringing much-needed international awareness to Scho-Ka-Kola, a chocolate energy product whose campy packaging has begged for spoofage for years without relief.

The mockumentary is particularly good if you happen to enjoy watching square-rimmed spectacle wearers make douchebag noises.

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Heartbeat + Shaky Camera + Drug Addled Hipsters = NATO Huh?

Yea. Give this a watch and let us know why the hell it looks like a bunch of kidnapped hipsters end up happily raving the thump of a DJ. Oh wait.

The tagline line informs, "Freedom to do what you want. We help that happen."

The other two videos are equally strange.

So yea, we get the campaign's message. And that was before we watched the Making Of video. But still.

The Last Supper Marginalized Once Again

Is there anything more ganked than imagery of the Last Supper? We think not. So it is without surprise we received this ad for CementBloc, an ad agency....uh, sorry..."an independent community of creative agencies" which specialize in healthcare marketing.

The tie in to the Last Supper? CementBloc wants us to "have faith." Oh and they are hyping their new agency collective with a site called Year of the Creationist.

Oh and by the way, creativity is not a skill set - but a mind set. Seriously! It's true! CementBloc says so!

'Kingons' Invade Planet for BK Swag Cups ... and Nipples.

Just in time to ride the hype, Crispin Porter + Bogusky launch this geektastic Burger King spot* with a Star Trek spin.

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Malibu Bowling is Now A Downloadable Game!

As if there weren't already enough to do with your "there's an app for that" iPhone. Now, we've got a bowling game courtesy of Malibu Rum. In two kooky (yes, we did say kooky) commercials, we are encouraged to get our game on.

A Rastafarian-esque announcer screams, "Malibu Bowling is now a downloadable game for your mobile phone!" But in these spots, a real game of bowling is played...with melons...that smash against walls. Hmm. Alcohol? Large round objects. Yes, that makes sense.

See the spots here and here.

'Tunnel' Bestows Just Desserts on Unsuspecting Drivers

If you walk away with just one lesson from "Tunnel," it ought to be that there's no major difference between a gold-digger and a crateful of chickens. Also, watch for malevolent tunnels that play three-card monty with the contents of cars.

This strange brew brought to you by Mother/London and production co Rattling Stick for la nouvelle Stella Artois 4 (--percent, that is).

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Twitter Smacks Apple, Tacos for Stoners, MyKmart

- Stoned? Jack's yer man.

- Sears and Kmart go "My" way.

- Palm Pre to associate heavily with Facebook.

- MTLB: righting fast food wrongs, one tweet at a time.

- All you need to know about Twitter. Minus this crap.

- No, Apple, Twitter is not for you. (There's a bird/worm/apple pun in this somewhere, but we can't seem to find it.)

- Deconstructing the psychological logic behind sex and controversy in advertising. Because you need someone to do that for you. < / s >