Subtle ads of the year! (And question: Are all ad people horny guys?)

Hey now. Just a quick year-end look at just a few of the subtle ads that graced the neighborhood in 2008....Mad Men? Hmm...How about: Perv Men? Horny Men? Men Who Think They Can Move Product By Showing a Photo of a Woman's Mouth?

It's not polite to stare

On Fourth Avenue near 13th Street. I have to admit I was curious what this ad was for...Any guesses? What is the logical client for an ad with a model making the Ass Face? A hotel, of course! The Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. Part of the hotel's "rediscover" campaign.

Oh, as you probably know, the formerly iconic hotel was featured in Goldfinger.

Noted

On the Bowery near Prince.

Looking at ads on Third Avenue

I spend too much time looking at ads. Especially stupid ads.
For instance, this Nike ad has been bothering me at 11th Street and Third Avenue. What's up with her expression? Did she just soil her Nike sportswear?


And this. Across the street. Just an unfortunate positioning. Or not.


And for no reason.

Balls

Mott and Houston.

Welcome to the Lower East Side! (Sponsored in part by Ikea)

So I heard something about Ikea opening in Red Hook recently or something...Anyway, I managed not to pay any attention to the thousands of Ikea ads I saw around town this summer. Until yesterday, when I spotted this at the gateway to the LES...


And this? This ad was at Fulton and Water. So, if I'm getting this, I fork over $2,000 to a Scandanavian-based home products retailer so I no longer have to support local restaurants? And why limit it to Chinese food? I usually get Odessa delivered.

Lady Liberty is attracting true New York sports fans!

As Gothamist reported June 5, Major League Baseball put 42 8 1/2 feet tall Statues of Liberty around New York City in preparation for this year's All-Star Game, which will be played at Yankee Stadium on July 15. Each mini-liberty is adorned with the colors of a Major League baseball team, such as the one below for the Chicago White Sox that's on 14th Street and 4th Avenue.

It's a great way for us to show the world what great sports we are!




By the way, look at the size of Lady Liberty's feet! Wish I had put something next to the foot for scale, something like a midsized car.



[OOPS! East Village Podcasts had a good piece on the baseball statues last Thursday. Sorry fellas! And yes -- Walgreens is still selling that post-Halloween candy corn...]

Meanwhile, just stop putting baseball stuff on her. We get it.


I don't get this ad, though. The best in NY? OK, David Wright. Mets. 50 Cent. Born in Queens. OK. David Ortiz? He plays for Boston. Tell me what he has to do with New York. (Aside from being a Yankee killer through the years...)

I'm really tired of suggestive advertising

What exactly does "come to your happy place" mean?



Now this is just too much!

They're back!

Last week, the ads with the bikini-clad rum saleswomen were shredded.



Replacement ads went up almost immediately! Someone is hot to sell some rum!

(Shh! It's a secret!)

I've said this before. I've seen these posters up around the neighborhood advertising the May 15 hillbilly extravaganza at Madison Square Garden. Whatever. But! What about the "with surprise appearances by" Rev Run and Peter Wolf part? How can it be a surprise if they're telling you they'll be appearing?