The Dog & Pony Show

If it’s fake, it better be funny.

dognpony — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:08:36 +0000

Look, we all know this isn’t really “Steve” or “Sarah.” And we know this isn’t how they really act over getting a tax refund. Or how they act… ever. So if you’re going to try and entertain us with a fake story about fake actors doing ridiculously fake things, it better be funny.

This isn’t.

Filed under: Are you kidding me? Tagged: campaign, ridiculous, TV

No Daddy.

dognpony — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:08:06 +0000

I recently moved all my domain registrations from GoDaddy due to their support of SOPA and PIPA as well as their CEO’s penchant for shooting elephants. But not much farther down the list is their horrible advertising like this.

Filed under: Are you kidding me? Tagged: ridiculous

I’m back and ready to post.

dognpony — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:01:09 +0000

Hey Dog & Pony Show readers, just a quick note to let you know I’m back from vacation and ready to start posting again. Thanks for reading.

Filed under: Commentary Tagged: Commentary

How you know a commercial is bad.

dognpony — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:08:25 +0000

When my wife pauses the National Championship Game to say “God that is just a terrible commercial” you know it’s really bad.

Filed under: Are you kidding me? Tagged: ridiculous, TV

Smart thief caught on cam

dognpony — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:08:06 +0000

Now this is really clever. It’s shot in an interesting way. The weird actions of the thief grab and keep your attention. And then the payoff at the end is a good laugh coupled with the product benefit. This is my favorite spot so far in 2012.

Filed under: Good Stuff Tagged: funny, good, TV

It’s not crazy, it’s awesome.

dognpony — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:08:29 +0000

I love everything about this ESPN spot. They’ve been running this campaign for years and it’s great to see how continually fresh they can make it. It just goes to show that if you have a great idea, you can do executions forever. I saw this spot about 50 times during the college bowl season and it made me laugh every time.

Filed under: Good Stuff Tagged: campaign, funny, good, TV

Read this and do it.

dognpony — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:08:58 +0000

So true. This is one that’s played out.

Filed under: Good Stuff Tagged: Commentary, good, posters

If this is what we have to look forward to, I’ll skip the Super Bowl spots.

dognpony — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:08:35 +0000

For several years now, Doritos “Crash the Super Bowl” has been letting the public submit their own commercial efforts. And as a whole, they’ve been utterly terrible. Now some of this year’s crop are showing up on YouTube. This one below, while better, is still horrible.

If this is what we have to look forward to during the Super Bowl, I’ll be skipping the commercials and actually watching the game instead.

Filed under: Are you kidding me? Tagged: contest, ridiculous, TV

They don’t make ‘em like they used to.

dognpony — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:08:37 +0000

By today’s standards, this Lego ad from 1981 is considered long copy. And it’d probably get knocked for not being exciting enough or some such ridiculousness.

Filed under: Good Stuff Tagged: good, print, vintage

Thank you, Nike.

dognpony — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:08:36 +0000

While I watched my Ducks win an amazing victory over the Wisconsin Badgers in this year’s Rose Bowl, I wondered how many high school football players are watching the game and thinking, “DAMN those uniforms are cool! I want to go THERE!” Even if it sways one or two players a year, that’s an advantage I’ll take. GO DUCKS!

Filed under: Good Stuff Tagged: advertising, design, good