Honest & Hilarious Advertising

Well, at least honest enough.  This is great.  Laphroaig Scotch gets unedited, honest opinions from tasters.  Makes you want to try it for yourself.

Read more about it at Adweek.

A Safety Video You Wish Would Never End

Virgin put this out last Fall, but it's a great example of taking boring content and making it fun and informational.  I don't think I've ever watched a safety video all the way through. This one is awesome.

Coca Cola with $0 budget

Coca Cola proving you don't have to spend lots of moola on set design.  It's all about the angles.

Newcastle cancels Anna Kendrick

Newcastle made a series of videos called, ifwemadeit.com.  They were made for the Superbowl.  Well, kind of.  They were made to be watched online for the Superbowl, but without paying for Superbowl placement.  In fact, they're not allowed to use the word "Superbowl" in their ads, so they call it the "Mega Huge Football Game".

Anna Kendrick is such a sweetheart to watch and this spoof is her bashing Newcastle for cancelling on her Suerbowl commercial days before they were supposed to film because they didn't have enough money, is funny and charming.  She says she was hoping to stretch her acting chops, since she doesn't consider herself "beer-commercial hot", but "she likes a challenge".