Violet Blue directs our attention to a bizzare Chinese infomercial for “She’s Mine!”, an inflatable bra that helps “grow” breasts using advanced “God’s Hand” technology developed in Japan.

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Verizon makes fun of AT&T’s inferior network in a new holiday ad that brilliantly recreates the “Island of Misfit Toys” scene from the 1964 Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated Christmas television special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”.

via Engadget

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“Headphone Wall”, a hard rocking ad for the NYC electronics store J&R.

via Jason Laskodi

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Judit & Judit reenact famous internet memes in a ad for the Swedish cable provider Com Hem to celebrate ten years of providing broadband services.

This is a tribute to all of you who make the Internet what it is without you there would be empty and meaningless. We would therefore like to say a big thank you to all ROTFL: s, LOLS, WTF’s and FTWs you have given us over the years (we are celebrating ten years of broadband provider).

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“Donald & Sons Hardware” by Liam Lynch

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“I Love xkcd” by Noam Raby, an animated version of “xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel”.

Here’s the original “I Love the World” Discovery Channel commercial.

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A good friend living in Japan recently asked the twitterverse whether American Burger Kings would be selling the Windows 7 Whopper in America. In 140 characters it can be hard to tell whether someone is joking, but this announcement is as serious as a heart attack.

In an unusual cross-marketing campaign, Microsoft and Burger King Japan are offering the Windows 7 Whopper during the week of October 22-28 to celebrate the release of Windows 7. Measuring 13cm (5.1 inches) in diameter, the “Amerikanbanzu” (”supergiant”) Windows 7 Whopper features up to seven 113 gram (¼ pound) beef patties totaling 1.75 pounds. The first 30 customers can purchase a Windows 7 Whopper for the special price of ¥777 ($8.49), regular price ¥1450 ($15.84).

Japanese fast food restaurants are no strangers to bizarre marketing campaigns. A few years ago McDonalds introduced their similarly outrageous Mega Mac in a hip, elaborately choreographed, and wildly successful guerrilla marketing campaign.

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In order to prove The Fun Theory, Volkswagen wanted to see if they could get people to use the stairs instead an escalator at the Odenplan subway station in Stockholm, Sweden, by turning the stairs into a giant piano. 66% more commuters than normal ended up choosing the stairs over the escalator.

We believe that the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do. We call it The fun theory.

As part of this series, Volkswagen also created The World’s Deepest Trash Can.

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Please note, several real sneezes were filmed during the making of this video!

Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage (@donttrythis), the guys from Mythbusters, shot the above public service announcement as part of a larger campaign to inform about H1N1 flu virus (of which swine flu is a subset) which stars in the current flu pandemic that is sweeping the globe.

The Discovery Channel campaign includes a Mythbusters website that explains five myths about the virus.

Adam tweeted that it was directed by our good friend Carl, who made that Trader Joes film. There are 2 versions of his fake TJ commercial actually; go ahead and watch the long one cuz it’s great!

You can see those videos and more on Carl’s website or his YouTube channel. He also directed the MB guys in the Intel commercial below.

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A couple of the wonderful neon signs at Magnolia Cafe South, an awesome place to grab food in Austin that serves breakfast 24 hours.

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Brazillian animator Breno Pineschi (Hardcuore) has created “Tic Tic Tac Wafer’s Keyboard”, another wonderful stop-motion animated ad for do bem, this time to promote their Açaí Juice. It’s a follow-up to his Suco de Laranja animated video.

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Enrique Carboni aka Quique is an Argentinian man who was born without a body, who currently works in an architecture firm. A breakthrough in medical science is going to offer Quique a chance at getting his own body, he is currently seeking donations.

A mini documentary has been made about his life.

As it turns out, all of this is a clever promo for the new Diesel Helmet which Quique wears to keep himself protected.

See Previously: Does Diesel’s Pete the Meat Puppet Video Really Sell Jeans?

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WHYBIN/TBWA created a clever advertising campaign for the upcoming Sydney International Food Festival 2009 using flags made out of food representing native cuisine for each of the countries.

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Back in 2007 when Chicken John Rinaldi was running for Mayor of San Francisco, Loid of Mongoloid painted a wonderful mural on the side of Chicken’s warehouse “Chez Poulet” on Cesar Chavez in The Mission. The mural has gone through a few changes over the years as Chicken decided which public office he wanted to take on next. Based on the latest incarnation, his current aspiration is that of city Dog Catcher.

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In April I came across this creative advertising by Zappos.com in the form of an ad in a TSA airport security bin at LAX. The ad is generating a wide range of reactions.

UPDATE: Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh contacted me with the following comment about the airport security ads:

We are funding a program that helps travelers get through airport security 16% faster, making the TSA workers’ jobs more ergonomic, and saving taxpayers and airports money.

Here’s a PDF of the Zappos Airport Bin Advertisement Program FAQ.

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In anticipation of the premier of Mad Men season 3 on August 16th, AMC has launched Mad Men Yourself, featuring character illustrations by Dyna Moe.

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Ad agency BooneOakley uses an annotated YouTube video as their main website in order to tell their story and showcase their work. Very clever.

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Usmagazine.com has just posted never-before-seen footage of Michael Jackson catching on fire while shooting the Pepsi commercial at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 27th, 1984, which quite possibly lead to his ultimate addiction to painkillers and obsession with plastic surgery.

On the sixth take, though, things went horribly wrong: The fireworks erupted too early, igniting Jackson’s head in flames. Jackson is at first unaware he’s on fire, and continues dancing.

Thanks to Jason Laskodi for the tip!

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Jake Maymudes directs 3 PSA’s from the future

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Microsoft hired ad agency Bradley and Montgomery to create a bizarre series of online ads starting Dean Cain to promote Internet Explorer 8.

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