Pure Thinking

Looking for seasonal work?

In an effort to spread awareness about the brand, Proctor & Gamble is looking for five people to spend five weeks in a Charmin-branded, Manhattan bathroom and blog about the experience.

The five “Charmin Embassadors” will work in the Charmin Restrooms in Times Square from Nov. 23 to Dec. 31 and be paid $10,000 each. The "Embassadors" will interact with bathroom guests, maintain their own blog and content on Charmin-branded Web sites and popular social media sites, and share "family-friendly" video from the restroom space and surrounding areas.

Interested? Read more here.

-- Katie

Marketing MOOOOO-vers & Shakers!

Show up to a Chic-Fil-A on July 10th in a cow costume to receive a free combo meal. Don't worry, If you are feeling a bit sheepish dressing yourself in beef to chase after chicken, hold your horses - come with any beefy apparel (hat, t-shirt, headband) for the consolation prize, an entree.

Oh the lengths one will go for free food... whose coming with me??!!

-Michelle

Economist Twister

More stuff worth looking at from BBDO for The Economist...

Uniqlo Human Vending Machines

"Basically we’re going to have two mimes. A male and a female mime inside the machine. And the public can see them through glass. When you get there, we’re going to have Uniqlo reps dressed in the silver bodysuits. And they’re going to hold a thermograph scanner — think of an airport security machine. The thermographer identifies cold spots in your body. After you go through that, you go to the vending machine and push a button and the mimes are going to do a synchronized choreographed routine and then your outfit comes out."

This Holiday shopping event will work to promo Uniqlo's new line of Heat Tech Innerwear. Gizmodo seems wary, but anything involving metallic bodysuits has me sold.

Economy Pizza

Student-targeted advertising for the Economist distributed via 20 different pizzarias in Philadelphia. Super smart.

By BBDO New York.

via I Believe in Advertising

KayaKing Jumbo Peanuts

Okay okay, give Ogilvy another award.

via I Believe in Advertising

Canon Tripod

This ad really creeps me out, and really gets the point across. Nice one, Armstrong & Asociados.

via I Believe in Advertising

Microsoft Applesauce

I love how this spot seems so sweetly genuine - like Apple really wants to help Vista - but then it's just like, bam, take that Microsoft! OH: Mahwahahaaa!

Wipeout

So this is kind of like when you accidentally lock your cat in the dryer, but with a person. Not real of course, but still nice to watch when you're killing time at the laundromat.

Oh, and it's for Wipeout, a TV show that lets you watch people knock themselves out for $$$.

By Colenso BBDO; Via I Believe in Advertising.

Obama Goes to the Games

Barack's got his advertising tentacles everywhere, even in places that dun dun dun... don't exist.

Swing state players of games like Madden NFL '09, Burnout Paradise, NASCAR 09, Need For Speed: ProStreet, NFL Tour, and Skate (so, dudes) have started to notice Barack's perky face on billboards or stadium signage, and will do so until the end of the election.

Way to get 'em off the couch, Bama - but I still hope those video games came with mail-in ballots.