Robots Aren’t People. They Don’t Commit Suicide.
The “Durrrrr” File: SalesGenie.com Edition:
And in the words of SalesGenie.com CEO, Vin Gupta, “Pandas are Chinese. They don’t speak German.”
Our questions is this: If the pandas are Chinese, why do they speak English?
Go ahead and throw SalesGenie.com’s spot in the pile, right next to last year’s Snickers and GM spots that were pulled after the Big Game.
If one NY agency had a spot pulled because it offended Southern Baptists this year, you’d think the censors would have flagged the spot that ticked off over a billion people…whoops!
Rehab Update:
Britney is out. Amy is out, but can’t get IN to the US of A. Kirsten Dunst is IN. Eva Mendes is out, but going back. Tara Reid got lost on her way. We think that about overs it…
Other Boxworthy Items:
A cool blog post on how companies change their logos and branding as they grow (TechCrunch)
The story of ADIDAS’ Adi Dassler (Adverblog)
AT&T is ramping up their broadband markets. This is great news for iPhone users…which we will be soon enough (Marketing VOX)
If you want to understand just how fucked we are when it comes to Global Warming, check out this TED Talk from Zipcar Founder, Robin Chase (TED Blog)
The Daytona 500 is becoming the second Super Bowl for advertising. With :30 spots going for +$550,000, FOX is making money hand over fist after selling its :30 Super Bowl spots for an average of $2.7m. Wowzer (ADWEEK)
And finally, the last thing we will write about the Super Bowl. Check out this story about a guy who used his Super Bowl ticket to get full access to the Giants’ victory parade, luxury buses, and locker room on Tuesday (Deadspin)
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