Spongebob No Pants

Have you seen the Burger King commercial where a man rises out of a tub of suds to crack a Spongebob Squarepants joke to his wife? Either had I.

Today I was reading the latest on AdAge when I came across the story. Apparently a group of people lead by a Rev. Wildmon have started a ruckus over the nudity in the ad. I should note, there is no nudity in the spot.

Now go ahead and watch the commercial and decide for yourself.


I'm starting to think that the Reverend works for the ad agency who came up with the spot. Think about it. What a brilliant way to make your commercial go viral (note the YouTube video above). All you need is a spokesperson against the product or advertisement.

A Google Blog search found the ad has been talked about all over the web.

So what do you think? A grand conspiracy, or are people actual lame enough to actually find the ad offensive?

Super Bowl Ads

Just in case you missed the best (and worst) commericals during the Super Bowl: http://sports.aol.com/nfl/superbowlads

I worked for Global Television in Toronto, which is the network that airs the Super Bowl. Due to restrictions, the American ads are blocked and replaced with Canadian ones. This is always disappointing.

Isn't it great that Canadians can now turn to the web to see what they missed?
I wonder how many Americans now miss the ads due to DVRs.

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Super Bowl

Super Bowl fever begins with Rassi Interactive. The advertising company has created a site where consumers can score the Super Bowl ads in their Ad Bowl. This is a great idea to increase site traffic and raise user interaction. Plus, visitors will return to see how their votes counted.

It's exciting to be in the States this year, so I can actually see the ads as they air. Although, realistically, I'll probably watch them online again anyway.

Last year GoDaddy.com was very clever. They created loads of buzz online about an ad that was too hot for the Super Bowl. If you recall, the previous year they used this spot.

Last year the word was that the spot they had created was banned from airing during the Super Bowl. GoDaddy used this ban to their advantage and invited people to visit their web site to view the ad during the Super Bowl.

Web traffic increased hugely, plus they didn't have to cough up millions of dollars for a :30 second spot during the Super Bowl. Very clever indeed!