September 2015 - Posts
A Puppet's Ramblings - from Chip Martin, Mannequin American Marketer
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Chip Shot: Life was so much simpler when we
could just play a friendly game of Red Rover and clothesline the people we
didn’t like.
Take
Your Place Around the Table

According to IKEA 79% of important decisions are made
around a table. So the company created ads like this one,
based on “Take Your Place Around the Table.” Each ad begins with unexplained circumstances,
like one where a woman walks around in a nudist colony, bewildered and hiding
her genitals behind a handbag. The ads end with what precluded each situation …
people sitting around a table saying things like, "Hey, what if we joined
a nudist colony?"
Vintage
Ads

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Chip Shot: I don’t even care what is in the other
aisles.
“Do
You Like the Smell of Chest Hair?”

Here’s a really funny commercial for Sizzl, Oscar Mayer’s new dating app for people who
love bacon.
Funny
Scion Ad Features “Tube Man”

This
just made me giggle. You know those inflatable “tube guys” that flop around in
front of car dealerships? Well, one of them is driving a new Scion.
Gin Made from Unicorn Tears

Now you can imbibe yourself on
the tears of a truly majestic mythical creature! That’s right, Firebox is
selling this Unicorn Tears Gin Liqueur for $62 a bottle. No word on whether or
not the tears involved are happy or sad, but my guess is, you’ll find out after
drinking half a bottle.
Signs That Caught My Glass Eyes




Vintage Ad

“Refreshing Laxative”? I guess in the 60’s you
could “keep cool and refreshed through Inner cleanliness.”
Kermit Get Ambushed

Muppet power couple Miss Piggy and Kermit
the Frog power lunch among the Hollywood elite in this new Emmy-themed film
from Audi.
The former duo powow at a fancy eatery
ahead of the 67th annual Emmys on Sunday night and their return to primetime
next Tuesday.
Miss Piggy, however, steps away to go all
diva over Modern Family's Julie Bowen, who sends over a bottle of champagne,
chat with How to Get Away With Murder lead Viola Davis and take a paparazzi
shot with Kermie that no doubt will spark reunion suspicions of gossipy fans
and jealousy of the frog's new gal Denise (or "Dennis," as Miss Piggy
calls her).
After the whirwhind meeting, Kermit comes
away blindsided, reciting his famous phrase "It's not that easy being
green," only to be challenged by Joel McHale. "It is now," he
says.
Outtakes at the end make it worthwhile to
watch all 4 minuts.

A Puppet's Ramblings - from Chip Martin, Mannequin American Marketer
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Chip
Shot: You can get a free cup of coffee at Starbucks if it’s your
birthday and you have a gun.
KFC Lie
Detector

This KFC ad pokes fun of the fact that it doesn’t really matter
who plays Colonel Sanders … the food is still good.
Online
Game Developer Defends Itself with Humor

In this weird ad, a
mother worries that her son is infatuated with the gaming universe, and as a
result is unable to get a girlfriend. The narrator questions if that is because
the mother is not willing to let go of her son … including breast-feeding him
until he was eight.
In this second ad a miserable
father sticks to playing his online games instead of interacting with his
daughter, after she continually puts makeup on him and dresses him up in ballet
dresses.
Your Child is What
You Eat …

The
copy on this ad says, “Your habits in the first thousand days of gestation can
prevent your child from developing serious diseases.” Learn more at SPRS.COM.BR.
Vintage
Ads Aimed at Kids


Masterful Ray Alan

Here’s a masterful and funny bit by ventriloquist Ray Alan with Lord Charles.

A Puppet's Ramblings - from Chip Martin, Mannequin American Marketer
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Chip Shot: The two main
characters of Veggie Tales are a tomato and a cucumber … neither of which is technically
a vegetable.
Cute Things … Funny Ad from Mentos

Mentos NOWmints poke some
fun at themselves with this new ad.
Don’t Enter the Room Before You Enter the
Room

You’ve got to pay attention
to get this pretty funny ad for FA Rexona Deodorant.
Some people have to watch it twice … which makes it twice as funny.
Funny
Imodium Ad … Set Yourself Free

Willie
Tyler and Lester’s Commercial for McDonald’s

Here’s a classic McDonald’s ad from 1985, featuring Willie Tyler and Lester.

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