http://www.adrants.com/ Marketing, Advertising and Social Media News With Attitude by Steve Hall en-us 2013-12-10T13:33:45-05:00 http://www.adrants.com/2013/12/beautiful-toshiba-encore-ad-makes-us.php The press release for this wonderfully created and produced work, by McCann and Psyop, for Toshiba tells us "it will leave you asking for an encore." Well, perhaps, but not necessarily for the Toshiba Encore which the work promotes. ]]> Good 2013-12-10T13:33:45-05:00 http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/little-caesars-helps-the-brands.php In a move rarely seen from an ad agency (helping people other than themselves), Barton F. Graf 9000 created a wonderfully cheesy, Geocities-era website and a radio ad that not only sells the Little Caesars Deep Deep Dish pizza but also helps Alan Varner, the voice behind Little Caesars ads, find more voiceover work. ]]> Brands 2013-09-18T13:47:32-05:00 http://www.adrants.com/2013/09/dennys-pokes-fun-at-apples-gold-iphone.php Oh everyone's talking about this one. Perhaps you've already seen it. If not, here it is. ]]> Good 2013-09-11T10:55:47-05:00 http://www.adrants.com/2013/07/motorola-one-ups-apple-with-made-in.php While everyone is busy trashing Apple's new "Designed by Apple in California" campaign, Droga5 is out with new work for Motorola that touts the brand's new Moto X which is not just designed in America but also manufactured in America.]]> Brands 2013-07-03T07:37:50-05:00 http://www.adrants.com/2011/08/cravendale-discovers-who-first-milked.php A new epic/mystical commercial from Wieden + Kennedy London asks the question, "Wonder who first thought to milk a cow?"]]> Good 2011-08-03T10:01:12-05:00 http://www.adrants.com/2011/06/because-when-last-did-an-american.php ...that's right, we said "want kids," not "screw maniacally" (which can sometimes lead to kids, but kids this awesome? Less likely.)]]> Brands 2011-06-10T08:57:39-05:00 http://www.adrants.com/2011/06/aldi-tea-will-float-hubbys-boat-even.php We like to make cracks about English humor, but to be truthful we love it. There's stuff that passes in the UK that just never could here, especially when it comes to advertising.]]> Good 2011-06-09T12:53:41-05:00 http://www.adrants.com/2011/06/diesel-takes-likes-off-the-net-and.php Here's an idea with interesting potential. For Diesel, European comms firm Fullsix had a baby burp of an Cause 2011-06-09T11:42:50-05:00 http://www.adrants.com/2011/06/ken-leaves-barbie-over-compulsive.php Remember Greenpeace's zealous campaign to get KitKat parent Nestlé to stop killing orangutans? New year, new take on the mission.]]> Video 2011-06-08T09:22:36-05:00