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BBDO & Frito-Lay chips: you can’t have just one (bag)

In fairly recent times in the US, there has been lots of talk about the government regulating junk food. From putting nutritional info on fast food menus to taxing high sugar snacks, Uncle Sam seems to have an interest in keeping you healthy or (more likely) taxing your fat.

Up here in Canada, on the other hand, it looks like that isn’t a concern, at least in these Frito-Lay ads by BBDO Toronto. Forget “in moderation”, why be satisfied with a single bag of chips when you can have a whole drawer full of them?

BBDO Toronto celebrates Paralympic pride and passion

The 2010 Winter Olympics are finished, and while all the TV cameras are gone, along with most of the glitz and glamor, a new set of athletic challenges is about to take place in Vancouver. The 2010 Winter Paralympics is set to happen, with athletes from 33 different nations ready to give it their all.

BBDO Toronto, Tropicana bring the sunshine way up north

Make no mistake, this has been one unusual winter, as far as the weather is concerned. Snow in Florida and Texas, crippling storms throughout much of the American northeast, and yet here in ihaveanidea’s Montreal base — a place normally buried under three feet of white stuff all season long — we are having one of the mildest, non-threatening winters in recent memory.

But one thing is certain: no matter what the weather patterns are like in most of the continent, if you go far enough north, it is always bitterly cold and very dark this time of year.

AlmapBBDO takes a pause for Twix

Is an idea truly clichéd if you don’t see the cliché until the very end?

I had to ask myself that after seeing this 60 second spot for Twix from Sao Paulo’s perennial award winners AlmapBBDO. When it was finished, I knew I had seen the basic idea a dozen times before — usually with home entertainment products and other things with a PAUSE button — but because I didn’t pick up on it until the end, it was a pleasant surprise.

And on the seventh day, Man raised a pint of Guinness

The debate between evolutionists and creationists has gone on forever, but now we can add a new group to the mix, courtesy of London’s famous Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO — the Guinnessologists.

Wherever you are, Mr. T is watching you

According to internet lore, Chuck Norris is ass-kickery personified. But if you ask me, Mr. T could pity Chuck into submission before the bearded one knew what hit him.

Mr. T has been serving as a spokesbadass in a series of UK Snickers ads created by London’s famous Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO for some time now.

Levi’s wants you in their jeans; Goodwill wants them afterwards

Props to San Fran’s BBDO West for conceiving an idea that joins American-as-apple-pie jeans manufacturer Levi’s and non-profit organization Goodwill. The concept: putting a message on the care tags on all of Levi’s clothing.

Kids are pretty stupid, so says Colenso BBDO, CalciYums

Yesterday afternoon in North America, millions of people gathered around their TV sets, computers and mobile devices to watch a most bizarre story unfold; a six year old boy had apparently unleashed his dad’s experimental helium balloon aircraft, and was now soaring 10,000 feet above the Colorado hills.

The story continues: BBDO Chile is caught scamming for Sony

I’m not even sure what the ad means, but a BBDO Chile ad for Sony PS3 featuring a 21st century video gamer giving a blood transfusion to famous Nazi Field Marshal Edwin Rommel is out there, and like all things featuring Nazis not being bludgeoned to death by basterds, it’s offending people. And much like the DDB/WWF “Tsunami” ad that made the rounds on an international walk of shame a few weeks ago, its creation was not exactly on the up-and-up.

BBDO brings its friends to work for Monster

Ever wanted to know which careers were best suited for you, but didn’t pay attention to your guidance counselor back in high school? BBDO New York brings us two 30 second spots for Monster’s new Career Mapping features, both demonstrating a pretty lame alternative to the service — Take Your Friend To Work Day.

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