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I’ve never actually had a Tango before, but after watching this clip you can be sure that I’ll try one next time I’m overseas…that is, if it’s still around by the time I get there. The UK soda brand just launched this campaign in an effort to “Save Tango.” Apparently it’s under threat by smoothie and gourmet coffee companies. They’ve even put up a microsite for the campaign over at www.savetango.co.uk.

Created by BBH London for the orange soft-drink brand, this embodies everything that I love about British humor – spontaneous bad dancing, sex puns and a blatant disregard for child labor laws.

Funny as hell if you ask me.

Richard McGrann and Andy Clough were the agency creatives behind this spot with Ben Gregor as the Director from Knucklehead.

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Here’s a crazy new spot for Adidas from the folks over at Sid Lee, Montreal. I’m a big fan of the remix that was used, it’s called Beggin’ by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (Pilooski Re-edit).

Credits:

Client: Adidas
Title: Celebrate
Agency: Sid Lee, Montreal
Creative Director: Kristian Manchester
Art Director: Laura Kim
Copywriter: Ron Wilfred Macdonald
Agency Producer: Claudia Roy; Magali Loiselle
Production Company: Partizan, Los Angeles; Radke Film Group, Los Angeles
EPs: Sheila Stepanek (Partizan), Miriana DiQuinzio (Radke)
Producers: Steve Wheeler (Partizan); Albert Botha (Radke)
DOP: Christopher Probst
Production Designer: Eric Beauchamp (credited as Art Director)
Production Service Co: Partizan, Los Angeles
Service Co. Producer:
Editor: Jimmy Lee, Montreal, Quebec
Telecine: Fotokem, Burbank
Music Publisher: Record-Play London, UK
Music Composer & Company: Boogie Studio, Montreal, Quebec
Music: “Beggin’” Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Pilooski Re-edit

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So a few months ago (05/2008) someone was clever enough to purchase isobamapresident.com, just sitting on it for obvious reasons…. Then just recently (06/2008) what looks like a completely separate individual/group went ahead and snagged the opposite, www.ismccainpresident.com.

Well, as you’ve all probably heard by now (or if you’re on twitter then you’ve been hearing about it non-stop for the past 4 hours)….the election has been called.

11:18pm EST on November 4th, 2008, both sites have been re-developed. And i’m not talking about just some quick one word change…. I’m talking about a major re-skin…. well, at least some new copywriting.

Kudos. I always have and probably always will be a fan of the quick one-pagers. Clever (although they seem surprisingly similar to my www.isphishtouring.com idea).

www.ismccainpresident.com

Around 11am EST www.ismccainpresident.com was updated

www.isobamapresident.com

At around 11PM EST, www.IsObamaPresident.com was updated

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