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Jeremy Lee thinks JWT London has done itself proud with its HSBC spot for the Lions tour: "A nice idea well executed. The creative bar has been set high for Saatchi Saatchi, which takes over the account." It was created by Iain Weatherby and Daniel Hennessy, and directed by Dom Nic through Outsider.
Ian Darby is still cringing after watching Typhoo s latest TV spot: "The sight of epic cheester Ben Fogle grimacing and making odd noises while on a treadmill is just painful. A contender for worst celebrity ad of all time, it made me yearn for the days of Tim Lovejoy s awful performance in that Giovanni...
If Red Bull proved anything with its supersonic skydive, it's that it pays for advertisers to take risks. Here, two experts discuss the changing face of branded content.
Ian Darby thinks Wieden Kennedy has hit a hole in one with its golf commercial, "no cup is safe", for Nike: "This spot makes great use of the golfing talent on offer the new Nike signing, Rory McIlroy, gives an especially good performance. A hugely entertaining piece of content, it moves along at...
Anne Cassidy thinks Kit Kat s "Chunky champions" ad, by JWT, is appalling: "These are supposed to be comedy superheroes, but there are no laughs to be had. Instead, they just look sad and mentally deficient. They have names such as Fudgeatron and Coconutrix and, when they try to fight each other,...
Jeremy Lee is backing William Hill s new ad by Fabula: "An impressive debut campaign from the Hoxton barge-based start-up that is so distinctive in this overcrowded market. Beautifully written and full of nice touches, it warrants repeated viewing and always raises a laugh. If the agency carries on...
Justin Marshall is close to entering a comatose state after watching P O Cruises latest effort by Walker Agency: "I would love to meet the maverick creative genius who came up with this one. The ad is just humdrum stock cruise-ship imagery that we ve all seen a million times before. At the start, it...
Some students will do anything to get into meeja. Remember the Cambridge duo who sold advertising on their faces to pay off their student loans or the graduate who stood outside ad agencies wearing a sandwich board asking for employment? And then there was the Watford student who created a "Dare pit...
It s January and we couldn t be more depressed. One option is to continue boozing and eating stale mince pies to qualify for a starring role in a Channel 5 documentary. Another is to escape into the world of fantasy and fiction. And it is here that Mother can help. We re not quite sure why, but the...
Diary s desk is awash with boring press releases about ad trends, so credit to those scamps at Johnny Fearless for trying something a bit different in a bid to attract our jaundiced glances. New Year cheer went right out of the window when the mail bag opened to reveal a hearty "Fuck off" message...
