I know you’ve already seen it, but what a smart addition to an iconic campaign. Best line is the Millennials making peace with the Boomers… ‘It’s okay that you spent $368 billion on submarines’.
Boomer Town
Category: advertising
Transparent Micro LED
At CES Samsung previewed high quality transparent screens; this clip shows one plausible use case: boxes at sporting arenas. Not affordable yet; $200K for a screen too small for a decent sized private box. Easy to imagine applications in retail, where you want to preserve line of sight to merchandise.
Boomer Town
I know you’ve already seen it, but what a smart addition to an iconic campaign. Best line is the Millennials making peace with the Boomers… ‘It’s okay that you spent $368 billion on submarines’.
Guinness alcohol-free ad
Animate THAT
AI: more showstoppers than the Screen Actors Guild.
History
Shame they didn’t write a ‘Thanks for Coming’ in 2005, when IBM bowed out. In 1981, when the ad ran, total worldwide sales were 1.5 million units. The sales projection in the ad for 1982 was accurate. They were a bit out on the market potential. Total sales now 290 million.
Cover
Didn’t know judges campaigned…
Janet Protaciewicz got elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in April. Won by 11 points. She recently refused to recuse herself from the gerrymandering case currently before the court and is being threatened with impeachment by Republican politicians. Before she’s heard a single case.
Open soon
Good straight face. Excellent soundtrack.
Japanese ads are next level
The last batter up is a professional baseball player. Guess what the ad is for. It’s eight years old btw. Please forgive the delay.