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So often advertisers fall flat on their noses with bad ideas – but from time to time, someone comes up with a brilliant campaign. This is the top 15 list of clever adverts. Enjoy!
Advert 1
Advert 2
Advert 3
Advert 4
Advert 5
Advert 6
Advert 7
Advert 8
Advert 9
Advert 10
Advert 11
Advert 12
Advert 13
Advert 14
Advert 15
Contributor: Rhyno
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I def. want to paint my car like #12, very clever and striking. overall nice list too
I dunno about #15, it could get you shot in the states…actually in any big city, in the wrong neighbourhood…
I’ve seen most of these, but the bus for national geographic is just awesome…
Some of the CTA buses in Chicago used to have stickers on them to make them look like they were made out of wood, to advertise Home Depot. They were pretty neat.
Mom424: I really doubt that something that clearly falls into the “I’m a picture on a bag” category such as the gun bag would get you shot…anywhere.
I love these heres one not made to be funny tho look at the exhaust placement
http://data3.blog.de/media/739/2086739_0e02781939_m.jpg
these are cute. Seen most of them but some are a first for me.
The gun bag def. would draw cops attention here in the US
i wonder how many on 15 have been followed by security gaurds or police :p
phunimee; i beg to differ, tatoos and flashlights have already got people shot by the police, at a distance at night,,,
I’m a sucker for the kissing couple on the bus doors. I wish I was that creative.
Seen a few of them before. 2 & 4 are awesome.
LOL great list
haha those are cool…
but number 6 is sad
Thats ver batim from another site. Rhyno, you cheeted!!!!!!!!!
awesome, i dont see to many clever ones like that around the states
Gravy, I went looking to find the other site he “stole” from, but can’t find it. Can you provide a link?
I think I dislike “gonzo advertising”..these come close but not what I have experienced or seen.
One by Starbucks *****ed me off. I was crossing the street at a red light and the car up front hand a coffee cup on the roof by the driver’s side. The guy’s window was half way down, so I went over and told him he had his coffee on his roof. “oh..ah yes, its a promotion by starbucks and ..blah blah, heres a coupon for a free coffee” I gave hime a look of “f-you” and turn around on my way. I felt that I had been taken for, that my civilian manners to help a fellow in need was used to sell coffee.
Geeeze Diogenes lighten up u got a coupon what more do u want u would have got just a thank u if it was just a coffee cup on a car roof
Its not that, “ME”. Its that “why should I bother , if its just a way to take advantage of my concern or kindness”.
Should I sell bandades by laying on the sidewalk covered in blood, and when somebody bends down to help me, I say, “oh, thanks, Did you know “Ow Brand Bandades” soak up the most, Here’s your feel sample!” Ok move along.
15 has got to be the friggen DUMBEST idea ever. I can picture someone seeing a tough looking innocent guy carrying those bags and seeing the gun and calling the police. ****ing dumb…
If I had a business though I think I would want to attract Kind people to it. Starbucks has that all around have a groovy day type attitude.
I do understand you feeling taken advantage of a little. But you should think of it as your good deed paying off with a reward of free coffee.
Gads, I wouldn’t drink Starbucks even if it was free!
exactly on both accounts.
but I dont think my good deeds should be rewarded. no coffee/no cookie.
“Me” had something with “just a thank u”
at the same time
Its like the wolf in sheeps clothing
and the boy who cried
sweet list
wow I really like this list! all of these ads are just so mesmerizing and creative. I got a really sad feeling from number 6 though, yikes! what are those people marketing? euthanasia?
Bahaha those are life changingly funny.
-Andrea Carlena Beauman
But just think of the free coffee as a thank you and its all ok
sure.
extinguish any breeding hostility.
Great stuff. I’d be a bit afraid to tote around the bag with the gun printed on it.
The Autism awareness bag was heart warming, and the coffee cup with the nose and upper lip was terrificly clever, though the drinker would have to be pretty deliberate in the way they held the cup to evoke the full effect.
not sure how I feel about #15, but the rest of them are AWESOME! I’m particularly fond of the DJ.
Is the author of this is extremely bias towards bags and buses or is that just the only way to make an advertisement “clever”?
Neat list none the less. I think “me”s link on comment 5 should be added as an honorable mention or something though.
I’ve seen some of these before. They don’t get old, not yet at least. The new ones (to me) are cool, too.
Great list, there are some definite classics here and some that I’ve never seen before. Good job Rhyno.
Just a heads up, JFrater. The description says the list is a Top 10 list when it is obviously a Top 15 list.
aw i like 13
33. D Holmes
corrected
Thanks Cyn.
Stuff like that causes my OCD to kick in.
By the way, I’d have to say #4 is my favorite.
Those are really great. Just goes to show how creative people can be. I wish I had some kind of artistic/creative talent.
36. D Holmes -
yw! & i can so identify w/ OCD.
very clever, i love list verse
You forgot the “people working inside ATM-Coffe machines” concept.
There are many copies but all i can find now this:
http://www.hemmy.net/2007/06/27/washing-machine-lifes-too-short-for-the-wrong-job/
http://www.hemmy.net/2006/07/08/rexona-creative-advertisement/
http://www.hemmy.net/2007/11/05/eskom-save-electricity-ad/
http://www.hemmy.net/2006/10/15/creative-advertisements-around-the-world/
http://www.hemmy.net/2006/07/21/kill-bill-advertisement/
Did I mention I also visit HemmyNet web site
#Ozhan: Cool ones mate. Thanks.
So what is the product or point of #6. Men should be hung?
ozhan; thanks for the cool site! Think its gonna hafta go on my quick links…
i would not like 2 walk through the door of # 4. i don’t like #6 either. kinda creepy, both of em
Interesting list Jamie.
The shark one is the best.
I saw a pretty cool one in MN, it was a ‘stop smoking’ bill board and the stand was a giant ciggarette butt holding it up.
I love the nooseneck bag, very clever and a little morbid.
What is the nooseneck bag selling ne one know?
very cool list
Hahahaha at #5…
aw, number 13 is so sweet
Nice Ads… I really like this list.. Thanx
- Chandana
What is number 6 advertizing???
If I was handed the gun bag I would hold it differently.
I don’t like the shark advert, I think it bites. (bad pun)
http://ponchorama.com/images/sopranos.jpg
i loved this list and love this site (yes ok fine i’m addicted).
advert 6.. why?
i managed to keep my mouth shut on the common methods for suicide list and in fact all the morbid ones; however the pic in no.6 makes me want to hang myself. there’s the obvious sadness at the man getting hanged. what is the point, does anyone know, of this bag/ad?
i’m glad i’m out of rope tonight :s
there is some absolutely awesome ones right here
http://brainden.com/scary-optical-illusions.htm
ignore the name of the URL just go there and you’ll see them
and some really cool pictures
The gun bag (15) is an advert for a TV-show, based upon a series of crimestories revolving around one guy, who’s last name happens to be Aspe.
It is made in Belgium, which is, a west European country and lies in between France, The Netherlands and Germany. Across the North Sea, The UK too, can be counted as one of our “neighbors” . (I bet some of you can’t point Belgium out on a map)
And although Belgium is portrayed as a retarded hell-hole by foreign media, no reports about suspicious policemen following the bag carriers around were made. Hehe.