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CSI Badland - DP DDB v. BBDO in the Burgled Beverage Barricade Brand Boggler

It's a quasi-effective anti-theft device. It's a Bud Light commercial. It's a Pepsi commercial.

Would you like an old joke with your coffee?

Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. Coffee has the same effect be it hot or cold. In the US or Sweden.
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Both of these ads really suck.

They do - literally, even if they are both award winners and quite good. One won a gold in this years Cannes Festival for Outdoor.
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Pigpile!

These aren't your typical badlander candidates since both agencies belong to the same conglomerate, but the similarities do pile up. Literally.
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Queen vs Bauer & Borsato

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Goodby Ripping Off. . . McClain Finlon?

To be fair, I don't know who is ripping off who here.
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French's vs. Burger King vs. A-1

How is this possible? Three commercials running at the same time with the same concept?
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Ace Window Cleaners v/s Stella Neo

Creative teams are getting more ecofriendly.
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More flies in the honey

After seeing Grey Aukland's Cannes award winning ad for No Bugs insect spray, I thought I had seen something very similar before, besides the Gar
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VW 'Bollocks'

Check out the Volkswagen 'Bollocks' viral ad. Created by BMP DDB, London.

Can you copy me now? Good....

This is the case of Verizon vs. Motorola's Super Bowl ad from 2000.
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BuyMusic Rips Off Apple - Twice!

Something eerily familiar about those BuyMusic.com ads?
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Mama Mia that's a ballsy rip-off ...

Those who don't know their history are condemned to repeat it. But repeat it this well?
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Truth, Flies and Advertising.

There was some ups and downs in this years Cannes Lions awards, our annual international drama and gossip, how I wish I had been a fly on the wall in
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Badland does Album covers

Some people believe that every ad that is similar in idea to another ad, is a rip-off.
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Durex pun No more

Durex withdraw a poster accused of "promoting casual sex" after three people complained.
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Sex and beer once again

It's not a new thing anymore. Apparently you can't sell beer without putting in some sort of sexual visual or innuendo.

Don't jump - revisited

Bustop adverts with the same headlines!
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lobsters pale by comparison.

Lobsters corner sunblock market. Prawns protest!
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Ads. From the farm to your TV. Fresh!

Advertising agencies are hothouses for creativity, but sometimes their ideas aren't as farm fresh as they should be.
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Transforming ideas

It's been a while since we've seen this kind of Badlander*. The original is a web movie - an animation made by some talented freelancers
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I see ghosts - plural! - Interview with the creators of ghost

Here's a dupliclaim I never thought would happen, but I have seen many many ghosts lately.

Hyundai vs. Volkswagen

What do we have here? Two very different car companies with the exact same TV commercial, even down to the music!
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Adland-meme?

Clayton alerted me and the adlisters to a new site out there this morning, Marketing-Myopia.com, and I looked it over briefly, not all too suprised ab
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If you can read this - the slogans inflated!

If you haven't read this line yet - what rock have you been hiding under? ah yes - that shirt. I remember it well.
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Three Bears Attack! John West Salmon spawns stateside offspring

On November 20th of 2000, Leo Burnett released a commercial into the airwaves for a scrappy UK fish canner by the name of John West.

Underground bands are really unknown.

Underground bands are really unknown.. And that is part of the attraction, no?
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Bang! Bang! You're Copied!

The old "when women have guns aim at the family jewels" visual gag, executed almost identically on two separate posters..

Audi - Observing people - (1987) 0:60 (UK)

​Don't stand so close to me......

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