Whats great about YouTube is some of the old commercials that are being uploaded. A couple weeks ago I mentioned Apple 1984 Behind the Scenes, and here is one from Panasonics. Advertising their brand new Portable VCR from 1983. I … Continue reading
Category Archives: Ads
Anticipated AppleTV Ad
Just a quick heads up that Apple just official released their Apple TV ad online, although the commercial had been aired earlier on TV before hitting the web. The Apple TV Ad can be seen in Hi-Quality here. In my … Continue reading
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Apple 1984 Behind the Scenes
The below clip is behind the scenes of Apple’s famous Super Bowl commercial from 1984. If you have not seen the original “Apple vs. Big Brother” commercial, you can see it here on YouTube. Personally I like the concept of … Continue reading
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UK GetAMac Ads pt. 2
Towards the end of January I wrote about the initial UK Get A Mac Ads, since then Apple UK has added six more ads. I still don’t know if these really reach the potential of the Official US ads, but … Continue reading
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Got Milk, Get The Glass?
This Flash based board game: Get The Glass, caught my attention. A nice combination of some cute cartoon characters and 3D special effects. It seems to be a continuation of the Got milk? campaign I first heard of a couple … Continue reading
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New HP Hands Commercial
I mentioned one of HP’s previous Hands ads in my New iPod Shuffle Ad post in December. This new ad features Paulo Coelho, and has some rather cool motion graphic effects. View the ad here.
Nissan Qashqai Skateboard Ad
In my POTW 08 post I was wondering about the reasons for those Nissan cars lined up. I bumped into one of the drivers on Sunday and he told me that it was a launching campaign, mainly for car dealers, … Continue reading
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iPhone Ad Teaser: Hello
As rumored Apple aired an iPhone teaser at the Oscars last night. The so-called teaser can’t exactly be called a real ad, they have basically with an ounce of legal and copyright paperwork, whipped together a mixture of celebrity actors … Continue reading
Not A Real Get A Mac Ad?
Stumbled upon this old “unreleased” GetAMac ad at YouTube while waiting for new official ads. It was apparently published on YouTube five months ago, so not really news. But I felt that it was an amusing little skit worth mentioning. … Continue reading
Just Hands Commercial
A wonderful display of what human hands can display in a shadow performance. Again, it is these simple commercials that are the most effective in my opinion. (Again contrary to the new wave of complex being in… Check out my … Continue reading
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Vista Security… Get A Mac
Not even a week after stumbling upon the UK ads this new security GetAMac ad from Apple takes yet another punch at Vista. From various opinions I have read on the net about this ad, even Mac fans are gaining … Continue reading
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UK GetAMac Ads
These ads from the UK are new to me, just read about them recently via Digg. I wrote about Apple’s GetAMac Sabotage? a little less than two weeks ago. These new characters from the UK are a delightful addition to … Continue reading