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Nothing Tastes as Good as a Colonic Feels: The Week in Creepy Ad Campaigns

By Dustin Rowles | Miscellaneous | August 11, 2011 |

By Dustin Rowles | Miscellaneous | August 11, 2011 |


5. Are Red M&M’s Bullies?: Attack of the PC Police — After several complaints surfaced that Red M&Ms encouraged bullying, the Australia’s Advertising Standards Bureau engaged in a two month long investigation before finally concluding that the ad spots featuring Red M&Ms were “humorous rather than bullying.”

4. Hypnotic Prada Ads Feature Teenagers: You might not think much of this hyper-sexualized ad —- featuring leering shots of models caressing themselves — until you note that the three models trying to seduce you are 18, 17, and 13 years old.

3. The iPhone Hand Case: In case you want to hold hands with your iPhone, of course. Apparently, besides being extra creepy, they’re helpful in preventing folks from dropping their phones.

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2. Nothing Taste as Good as Skinny Feels: The UK has recently banned these ad spots from Zazzle inspired by the 2009 Kate Moss slogan. I should hope so.

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1. Richard Marx’s Fountain of Health Colonic Commercial: Fun Fact: 68 percent of all 13-year-old girls (and 39 percent of 13-year-old boys) in 1989 sang themselves to sleep after a break-up with Richard Marx songs. They were also on 89 percent of all mix-tapes made in that year. The one for this colonic commercial is probably the best work of his career.

(Source: Ad Freak)