Advertising deconstructed.

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• Gorgeous, Drop Dead! Jaguar's foolish new ad campaign.
  Seth Stevenson Dec. 26, 2005
  
• Pants Pants Revolution The Gap squanders a great Spike Jonze ad.
  Seth Stevenson Dec. 19, 2005
  
• Money Toons The distinctive animated ads from Charles Schwab.
  Seth Stevenson Dec. 5, 2005
  
• Masked Is Burger King trying to put one over on me?
  Seth Stevenson Oct. 24, 2005
  
• Aiming High A beer ad without any stupid jokes? Is Miller nuts?
  Seth Stevenson Oct. 10, 2005
  
• Paul McCartney? Is That You? What he's doing in that Fidelity ad.
  Seth Stevenson Sept. 19, 2005
  
• Uncle Sam Wants Your Parents ...  ... to let you enlist.
  Seth Stevenson Aug. 22, 2005
  
• When Tush Comes to Dove Real women. Real curves. Really smart ad campaign.
  Seth Stevenson Aug. 1, 2005
  
• The Best Ad on Television The brilliance of Geico's "Tiny House."
  Seth Stevenson July 25, 2005
  
• Pushing Gin The foppish weirdo who wants you to drink Tanqueray.
  Seth Stevenson July 11, 2005
  
• What's the Worst Ad Song Ever? The results are in.
  Seth Stevenson June 6, 2005
  
• Coal Miners Hotter Sex sells. But can GE use sex to sell coal?
  Seth Stevenson May 31, 2005
  
• Lexus Tech What's so great about a car with an on/off button?
  Seth Stevenson May 16, 2005
  
• The Last Days of Dada The talking sheep who love Skittles, and other wacky ads that just don't work.
  Seth Stevenson April 25, 2005
  
• The Case for Samsonite An ad that sells luggage without carrying on.
  Seth Stevenson April 11, 2005
  
• The Voice-Over Gets a Makeover Goodbye, "voice of God." Hello, Julia Roberts.
  Seth Stevenson March 28, 2005
  
• How To Get Teens Not To Smoke Prey on their insecurity.
  Seth Stevenson March 7, 2005
  
• What's With That Overstock.com Ad? So low-budget it's … mesmerizing.
  Seth Stevenson Feb. 28, 2005
  
• At VW, There Are Bad Ads and Good Ads Good ads wanted.
  Seth Stevenson Feb. 22, 2005
  
• Super Bowl Special! The best and worst ads this year.
  Seth Stevenson Feb. 7, 2005
  
• Look Who's Hawking Quiznos ditches its delightful spokesrats for an insipid talking man-baby.
  Seth Stevenson Jan. 31, 2005
  
• Porn, Again Another lewd, suggestive ad for meat.
  Seth Stevenson Jan. 10, 2005
  
• That's Advertainment! How bad were those Amazon shorts?
  Seth Stevenson Jan. 4, 2005