One of the idiosyncrasies today with banks is that they “claim� to be securely holding your funds and are normally very strict on giving out personal information. If you call a bank up to report a lots credit card, or have any queries at all, you get put through a string of questions, regarding ...

BS"D While I appreciate Mr Friedman is so enamoured of my journalistic powers that he cites my publication as the reason for his feigned tshive, I must reveal the real reason. With Purim coming, the hopes of the Jewish people are focused on the speedy and not necessarily painless or politically expe...

The slippery, shrimpy, inconsiderate imp in this safe-sex PSA from the Israel AIDS Task Force is meant to personify the doubt you won't be able to shake after having unprotected sex. "With any unsafe sex, a new doubt is born," says the on-screen copy, meaning there's an Orc-like army of these guys a...

One of the more difficult ads to watch in 2008 came from the ALS Society of Canada, showing the deterioration of a father who has the disease. For 2009, the Florida chapter of the ALS Association has launched its own hard-hitting awareness campaign called "Stealing Pieces." The TV spot is grim, part...

What the hell is going on in this video? It's called "The Importance of Awards in Advertising," and according to the e-mail we got, it was written and directed by someone called Jim Hosking to promote something called the Australian Writers and Art Directors Association. "Awards bring sexy friends, ...

The auto industry is so bad these days that Volkswagen has apparently gotten into the business of animal cross-breeding. This odd Brazilian commercial from Almap BBDO for the VW SpaceFox stars that most unlikely of spokescreature: the dogfish. As in, half dog, half fish. He's a playful, energetic fe...

Or also called the Trouser Expander. That product shot above freaks me out in so many way and just imagining someon actually using it for real freaks me even out more. It rather looks like a Cancer Expander. This hilarious gadget is the perfect thing if you’re feeling a little smaller than nor...

ORSON WELLES and THE MERCURY THEATER "on the air" presents "WAR OF THE WORLDS"  It happened the day before Halloween, on Oct. 30, 1938, when millions of Americans  tuned in to a popular radio program that featured plays directed by, and often starring,  Orson Welles.  The performance that evenin...

Now and then, the warm and fuzzy world of morning TV gets interrupted by a vision from hell. That's the case with this ad for migraine medication Treximet, now airing during The Martha Stewart Show and the like. It starts off unexceptionally, with a close-up of a woman's face as she describes her mi...

I really have to tell you what happened today. I was doing a Partylite show earlier this afternoon, when one of the guests began talking about the ghost they ran into at Mission Point Hotel on Mackinaw Island, a few hours away from us. The conversation then turned to all of the silly little local pl...