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• That time Ikea and Spike Jonze broke my heart

  It was the early 2000s, September 2002 to be exact. Coming off of the Year 2000 high, on the surface everything still seemed mostly shiny and full of promise. But there was a festering cynical darkness beginning to brew underneath the surface. It was a mostly hidden sarcastically dismissive view of the world that had […]

  August 7, 2015 / Alice Wessendorf / No Comments

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• Stuck taking the bus?

  Well then let’s hope you end up on the… BEST BUS STOP EVER!

  February 22, 2013 / Alice Wessendorf / No Comments

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• 1950’s retro snack attack time…

  To celebrate fall…and the new season of The Walking Dead tonight…I thought I’d take a trip down retro snacking lane. I’m making some Chex Party Mix. Jealous? Yeah, I would be too if I wasn’t the one about to enjoy this little bit of hot and salty heaven. Oh, and just for the record there […]

  October 14, 2012 / Alice Wessendorf / No Comments

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• The best beer ad ever?….

  Sure, it’s up for debate. It can certainly be discussed and argued. And the fact is there HAVE been many fine contenders over the years. (I’m partial to the Most Interesting Man in the World) But if this Australian beer ad isn’t the BEST beer ad ever than it at least ranks up there with […]

  August 31, 2012 / Alice Wessendorf / No Comments

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• Death Star spotted over Copenhagen!

  Toys “R” Us…and more to the point the advertising agency handling their account in Denmark…have outdone themselves with this Star Wars inspired commercial…

  February 21, 2012 / Alice Wessendorf / No Comments

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• Little Riley comments on marketing to girls and boys…

  Here the brilliant Riley breaks down the ridiculousness of marketing pink princess stuff to girls and superhero stuff to boys.

  December 29, 2011 / Alice Wessendorf / No Comments

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• Dancing with your feet is SO yesterday…

  Now dancing with your fingers…THAT’S where it’s at these days.

  June 16, 2011 / Alice Wessendorf / No Comments

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• Corn Syrup Commercial is Given the Saturday Night Live Treatment

  Two parents debate the safety of high fructose corn syrup at a birthday party…

  March 14, 2011 / Alice Wessendorf / No Comments

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• Doing the Teaberry Shuffle 1960’s Style

  Come on..you know you wanna….

  March 14, 2011 / Alice Wessendorf / No Comments

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• A peach of a shave…

  From my “file of things I miss that I never had” is this 1950’s commercial for Remington Electric Shavers featuring a Barbershop quartet and a catchy song that includes shaving peaches.

  September 14, 2010 / Alice Wessendorf / No Comments

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