Advertising deconstructed.

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• Can Cougars Sell Cough Drops? A mom and her son's roommate share a naughty moment in a spot for Halls Refresh.
  Seth Stevenson Nov. 9, 2009
  
• Walt Whitman Thinks You Need New Jeans A stirring new ad campaign from Levi's.
  Seth Stevenson Oct. 26, 2009
  
• Enter the Big Cheese Is it smart to put your CEO in your ad campaign?
  Seth Stevenson Oct. 12, 2009
  
• That Mayonnaise Has Attitude! Miracle Whip's hipster ad campaign is risible—and oddly effective.
  Seth Stevenson Sept. 21, 2009
  
• Is Television Over? An intriguing new book about the ad recession's next victim.
  Seth Stevenson Aug. 10, 2009
  
• How New Is "New"? How Improved Is "Improved"? The people who keep advertisers honest.
  Seth Stevenson July 12, 2009
  
• Are You There God? It's Me, Madison Avenue. How to make an ad for a church.
  Seth Stevenson July 6, 2009
  
• will.i.shill The Black Eyed Peas have a splashy new ad for Target. Is "selling out" a thing of the past?
  Seth Stevenson June 22, 2009
  
• Is There a Gay Couple in That Insurance Ad? A progressive new campaign from Progressive.
  Seth Stevenson June 8, 2009
  
• The Most Interesting Man in the World The star of Dos Equis' new ad campaign is too cool to shill beer.
  Seth Stevenson May 25, 2009
  
• Abe Lincoln Does the Nasty And other great ads honored at the Clio advertising awards.
  Seth Stevenson May 15, 2009
  
• Who Hired This Kid To Pitch Windows? Microsoft's recent string of extraordinarily bad ads.
  Seth Stevenson April 20, 2009
  
• Walkie-Talkie Populism The Nextel ads that show what life would be like if steelworkers ran the DMV.
  Ben Mathis-Lilley April 14, 2009
  
• Credit Crunch The hottest fight in advertising is about credit-report Web sites.
  Seth Stevenson April 6, 2009
  
• Would You Like Your Cable Company More if It Were Quirky and Hip? Comcast is hoping so.
  Seth Stevenson March 16, 2009
  
• The Secretary Under the Desk Is 6 Hour Power running the most sexually explicit ad ever?
  Seth Stevenson March 9, 2009
  
• Brother, Can You Spare Some Whiskey? Crown Royal's new ads are perfectly suited for the recession.
  Seth Stevenson Feb. 23, 2009
  
• What's Up, G? The mystifying, abysmal new ads for Gatorade.
  John Swansburg Feb. 16, 2009
  
• The Super Bowl Special Were the ads any good?
  Seth Stevenson Feb. 2, 2009