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Guinness Orgy Ad Proves Sharing Is Fun

Out here in little ol’ New York City, this particular Friday is shaping up as one of the best days of the summer. With temps in the mid-80s and cloudless blue skies, some of us were already plotting to roll out of work a little early and find some place sunny to sip a few brews. Then we found this clip and decided it might be just as fun to drink indoors after all.

Enterprising amateur filmmakers have been throwing together fake ads since the dawn of YouTube, but this one for Guinness is easily the best so far. The concept is simple: three dudes split one bottle of the famed Irish stout—while triple-teaming some poor girl, using the small of her back as a table (EF a coaster!). We don’t normally advocate sharing a single bottle of beer amongst three guys, but in this case, we’ll make an exception. Check the full semi-NSFW clip that everyone will be talking about below.

Converse Connects Dead Icons With Living Ones for 100th

To celebrate 100 years in the footwear game and to highlight their global “Connectivity” campaign, Converse is pairing up legendary dead icons across the worlds of music, art, sports and fashion, with emerging, breathing ones in this new ad. Hyping the rebellious nature of the Chuck Taylor, the sneaker company is featuring “cultural heroes” like James Dean, Hunter S. Thompson, and Sid Viscious “connecting” like paper dolls via infused feet with today’s influentials like Joan Jett, M.I.A, Billie Joe Armstrong, Common, Dwyane Wade, and lead singer Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s. See a smaller unbroken lineup after the jump.

‘The New Irish’ Are Lesbians

Here’s a new ad from Clontarf Irish Whiskey that doesn’t leave a bad taste in our mouths. It’s part of a “smart” and “edgy” marketing campaign that puts a new spin on traditional phrases, like “Kiss Me, I’m Irish,” but juxtaposes them with very untraditional imagery—especially for a culture chock full of Catholics. It all has to do with celebrating “The New Irish,” their tagline that’s aimed at promoting new ideas/expectations and is apparently best articulated by lip-locking Gaelic chicks, a custom we’ll gladly be the first to toast to—assuming they’re bi of course.

A Sign Of the Times

With all the Super Tuesday hype going on, this digital billboard hits home a few pertinent points that some might construe as slightly not so politically correct. Two of our faves:

“America needs a stimulus package like an alcoholic needs a drink.”
“Monica Lewinsky’s ex-boyfriend’s wife for president?”

Ah, election season can be so entertaining, even in the form of a billboard!

The Only Super Bowl Ad Really Worth Watching

Sure, Audi’s Godfather parody was entertaining, the Bridgestone Tires ad with the screaming animals was funny, and despite its family friendly posturing, the parade-floats battling for Coke was pretty good, but all in all, this year’s Super Bowl ads weren’t all that. With them costing as much as $2.7 million per 30-second spot, we were expecting more, but then we saw this Victoria’s Secret ad starring Adriana Lima and suddenly we stopped caring about the rest, and the game for that matter.

Blogs Aren’t On Target’s Radar

A few weeks ago we quipped about the seemingly suggestive placement of a spread eagle woman and her crotch on a Target billboard ad spotted in Times Square. Created as part of their winter ad campaign, the board spawned quite a bit of buzz online and the wrath of at least one pissed off blogger. When parental unit Amy Jussel contacted Target to complain about the ad they dismissed her on the grounds that Target’s core “guests,” a euphemism for people who rack up credit card debt for sensibly priced Isaac Mizrahi flip-flops in their stores, don’t read “non-traditional” media, meaning blogs.

Target’s Sweet Spot

Objectifying women in advertisements worked wonders for American Apparel, and now we wonder if Target is subtly trying their own hand at misogyny marketing. After all, someone at the “upscale Wal-Mart” must have noticed how this snow bunny’s crotch just happens to be situated smack-dab in the middle of their logo. Regardless of their intentions, this ad should actually do well in garnering the attention of both men and lipstick lesbians alike.

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Weekly Recap: In Short

God loved us, blessed us with beer and a model. [Link]

Osiris stepped up to the ‘Bronx.’ [Link]

Nike Paris went ‘Crazy’ in ‘07 with ad campaign. [Link]

Clae introduced us to the ‘Whitmans.’ [Link]

The Decapitator Goes From Head To Head

In New York City we had the Splasher, the manifesto writing, paint splattering vandal who thoroughly enjoyed targeting “street art” and defacing it for his own perverse pleasures. But in London they’ve got ‘The Decapitator,’ a mischief-maker who doesn’t destroy art, choosing to wreak havoc on advertisements instead. The head hunter leaves nothing more than a painted bloody stump for a neck and completely removes the head like a guillotine, transforming the ad into a ghost of its former self. Check out The Decapitator’s very own Flickr gallery detailing the creatively gory beheading spree.

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Best Nike Ad In 07′ Was ‘Crazy’

It ain’t easy being the number #1 footwear brand on the planet, but shit like this certainly helps. It was part of an outdoor campaign by Nike France to promote their store on the Champs Elysees in Paris. It’s actually called “Crazy Horse Dunk” and had all the trappings of a good ad so study up. See it big here.

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