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Mow the Lawn

This spot isn't new, but the song sure is funny.

Executive Creative Director: Sarah Barclay
Creative Director: Lisa Topol
Art Director: Megan Penmann
Copywriter: Margie Chidley
Senior Agency Producer: Kirsten Larson

Client: Schick
Agency: JWT, New York

Site: mowthelawn.co.uk

Go Girl "Female Urination Device"

Am I out of the loop on this? Probably. Although if this is really catching on, I'm shocked.

What is also shocking is the Web site and extensive social media behind this product. Way to not be ashamed, Go Girl!

Really, you have to see this.

http://www.go-girl.com/

Lipton goes Wonka

I don't think I've ever seen Lipton do a good spot.
And maybe they never will in the U.S.

Lipton Europe, however, charmed me with this.
It's not the best post-production ever, and it doesn't need the voiceover-- but overall, it works.

From DDB Paris.

Jillz Cider spot: pretty fresh, I'd say

I laughed.
And I secretly want to try the stuff.

From Pink and Poodle, Amsterdam. (Contrary to their name, this is not a lady-driven agency..."Olaf" wrote this spot.)

Because I love to ride my bike in a bikini and 4-inch wedges

Courtesy of Adrants.

Mars Fling: uncomfortably naughty

Behold, ladies, yet another product "positioned" for just for us. I like the idea behind the campaign, I was just kinda weirded out by the execution of this spot. Not only was it easy to predict the gag, but it made me squirmy. What's with the girl at the end?





I found this online execution from New Zealand's launch of Fling to be more entertaining. Users can have a virtual fling with a fantasy man, download him to their desktops and also get a real-life fling education, featuring an alibi generator.

In A Woman's World

During my Bravo TV marathon this afternoon, I was delightfully interrupted with a cartoon woman working up a sweat with the Thighmaster as she chanted, "bikini...bikini...bikini..."

And I watched for a couple minutes I think, realizing that this was not your 30-second product-shilling commercial. It was a short film of four little cartoon ladies I had never met before. And it was pretty funny. While a little product placement of Flat Earth chips snuck in, the whole thing seemed geared solely toward my entertainment (I know better, but still, I was entertained).

A visit to awomansworld.com revealed this is a Frito-Lay effort, to promote their "chick snacks." They're producing several webisodes, much like In the Motherhood did last year with Suave and Sprint (which is turning into an ABC sitcom, if you can believe that).

I'm all for cartoons and speaking to women with a sense of humor. So far, I'm kinda impressed.

Athletes can't have mammary glands

Nike: Changing the game for women in sports.

Thanks to Mona at McKinney for passing this along.

Revelation! Chicks dig football too

It's true. Not all of us ladies roll our eyes when faced with football season.

Some of us know the difference between a touchdown and a touchback, some of us block out our Monday nights during the fall and some of us put Brett Favre above Brad Pitt.

A few of us are even a little obsessed.

Finally, a company that recognizes that.

Sexist? I don't think so. Go Steelers.

SuicideGirls.com

Over 5 million unique visitors a month

Over 300,000 registered subscribers

A book

A DVD

A clothing line

A burlesque show

A recently launched magazine

It would seem as if SuicideGirls.com is putting Facebook, MySpace and all the others to shame - and all with a little bit (or a lotta bit) of sex. Launched just over six years ago, SuicideGirls has weathered the internet storm and somehow made it out alive and kicking. There's no denying that they've done what many have feebly attempted - created a community of people with similar interests and given them a dynamic platform to speak from.

Their dreams go much further than the site, however. "In the same way Playboy Magazine became a beacon and guide to the swinging bachelor of the 1960s, SuicideGirls is at the forefront of a generation of young women and men whose ideals about sexuality do not conform with what mainstream media is reporting." Or so says the site's founders.

George Parker of Adweek calls it "without question, one of the most interesting, well managed and worthwhile community sites out there."

So I guess I'm running out to get my risqué photos taken by Brooklyn now.