Tape Plays, Women Survive, DroidX Unboxed, Trolls Spotted

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– Yawn. Well, sort of. Scotch Tape’s new ad is derivatively predictable and brilliantly witty all at the same time. (See, we didn’t write the headline.)

– Nike Women Just Survive it. And it’s a lot to survive.

I Need My Fucking Super Technocrane. Another Xtra Normal video celebrating the pomposity of directors.

This has nothing to so with advertising. Unless, of course, you think Staten Island needs an ad campaign to improve (ruin) its image.

– Wanna see the weirdest bank commercial ever? It’s right here.

– Director Sam Cadman gives us The Young and the Connected, an online soap opera about the daily live of the socially connected. From RKCR/Y&R.

– Droid X gets unboxed in Revision3′ Unboxing Porn.

– Chanel’s new campaign is furry. Really, really furry.

– Trolls! Trolls! Trolls! Trolls are everywhere in this new Swedish tourism campaign. Spot the troll and win a prize.

– Yea, here’s that Denver water campaign that “conserves” billboards.

– First Lady Michelle Obama is unveiling new PSAs that were created in partnership with Major League Baseball, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the Ad Council.

– Slate’s The Big Money has put together a retrospective of car advertising from the Mad men era.

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