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1984 Really Wasn’t Like 1984

Lee Clow of TBWA/MAL gives some fascinating background on Apple’s 1984 ad and explains why it only aired once.

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Just Do It.

What else can you say? If this doesn’t make you at least a little bit motivated to go do something, then maybe you’re a little bit dead inside.

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Stella Artois: Dial Hard

Via Creativity: Mother and Stella re-do contemporary cinema hits in the style of French New Wave. Love it. Draw the audience in with humor, intelligence, art, and a great concept. Product placement comes second. Brilliant editing. Here Inspector MeQlain battles wits with Simone says. More at smoothoriginals.com.

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Microsoft: New Family

Abbott? Costello? Sorry fellas. There’s a new comedic duo taking over. Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. The Crispin Porter + Bogusky factory are working hard to restore the Microsoft brand image after all the slaps its taken from the Apple Get a Mac ads developed by TBWAMedia Arts Lab. The first ad from this $300 [...]

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