Showing posts with label dumb ads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dumb ads. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Finger-painting Bounty ad namechecks the East Village

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EVG reader RobbieTheK spotted this ad the other day on the 2 train. Finger painting playdates in East Village Apartments are tough Boun...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Giant pink sports bra will no longer be distracting motorists, pedestrians on Third Avenue

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Flashback to the corner of Third Avenue and East 11th Street this past January... And despite the role the Giant Pink Sports Bra filled ...
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Friday, May 11, 2012

Noted

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16 Handles ad on Second Avenue at East 12th Street.
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Does this mean you'll have to sever your arm with a dull knife to eat Pizza Roma?

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Spotted outside Whole Foods Bowery... Referencing "127 Hours" to sell pizza seems a little ... odd .
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Naked bicycle dude replaces Wódka Vodka hooker ad on the Bowery

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That Wódka Vodka ad didn't stick around too long here on the Bowery at Great Jones. We noticed it last week along with BoweryBoogie .....
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Banned Bronx billboard on the Bowery

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Well, it's not the same billboard here above the the Downtown Auto & Tire Center at Great Jones ... it's just the same ad for ...
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Today in new ads that poke fun of people from Des Moines

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Yesterday, we noted the crane on Second Avenue and Second Street... where workers were putting up a new ad... We went back to see what t...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Today in ads for buying houses in New Jersey without any cash

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Second Avenue and Ninth Street. Seems legit to me!
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Sunday, December 5, 2010

No shit

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Third Avenue near 10th Street.
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Friday, October 8, 2010

New ad campaign preys on our worst fears: terrorism, body odor

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On the 4 train.
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Monday, February 8, 2010

Stupid Diesel ads now with side boobage

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Spotted on the Bowery at Fourth Street. Related: Don't be stupid ( Jeremiah's Vanishing NY )
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Gentlemen, this is a post about the Gentlemen, this is vodka ad

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The one at Sixth Street at Avenue A. Gone! And now we look back fondly at the most pretentious of ads that graced Avenue A... with a subtle ...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

And I got no bra or shirt

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Third Avenue near 12th Street.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Cemusa classes it up

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Avenue A near Ninth Street.
Friday, April 24, 2009

During the recession, marketers turn their attention to yuppies, pervs

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How else to explain these newish ads on 14th Street near Third Avenue? Yeah! Get into it!
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Drinking this new tea will give you that sexist pig feel

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A new ad in the Cemusa shelter outside Lucy's on Avenue A.
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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Toothless children continue to be exploited by heartless orange juice company

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You've likely seen Tropicana's new ads everywhere around the neighborhood in the last three months... the ones with the affluent, h...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Chewpid

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As you know, in this recession, people are buying and, we assume, eating more candy. In turn, companies are spending big money on marketin...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

New Diesel campaign has no regard for men's nipples

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Suspenders without a shirt? Oh, the chafing! At 14th Street and Avenue A.
Monday, February 9, 2009

Have a Coke and a smile!

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Oh, oops! Wrong soda slogan! At 14th Street and Avenue A. Meanwhile, in 1980.