HOLIDAY MARKETING EFFORTS
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AdWatch: ALMOND BREEZE | Jonas Brothers It’s Really Good
This ad spot from Almond Breeze features the Jonas Brothers and an interesting PR proposal, involving AI videos of them in… space?
AdWatch: DUNKIN | DUNK N’ PUMP
Megan Thee Stallion is seen in this ad from Dunkin’ promoting their new protein refreshers, so you can get your “Dunk N’ Pump” on.
AdWatch: APPLE | Apple Watch Don’t Give In
These ad spots from Apple show the motivation Apple Watch offers when you are on your runs, keeping you away from that couch that’s always chasing you.
AdWatch: ZOOM | I Use Zoom
This ad from Zoom highlights their ease of use ideology and they display some of their features in a “stand-up” comedic way.
AdWatch: DORITOS | NKD
Doritos are “naked” now?! You betcha! This ad spot from Doritos features their new chip in a renaissance art style.
AdWatch: LAY’S | World Cup Watch Party
This ad spot from Lay’s brings hype to the upcoming World Cup with some iconic faces and names in a call together.
AdWatch: MCDONALDS| The Most Terrible Time of The Year
This AI generated ad spot from McDonald’s gives a very visual depiction of why the holidays are a “terrible” time of year.
AdWatch: GOOGLE | Mr. Fuzzy’s Big Adventure
Mr. Fuzzy goes on an adventure with the help of Google Gemini in this ad spot, promoting their AI generation capabilities.
AdWatch: GOOGLE | Santa Just ask Google
This ad from Google features an AI Santa testing his outfit with Google Gemini.
AdWatch: PUBLIX | Merry Birthday
This heartwarming holiday ad from Publix features a girl who is tired of Santa getting all of the attention on her birthday.
AdWatch: DUNKIN’ | The Little Holiday Munchkin
This holiday season, Dunkin’ tells the story of the Munchkin and its desire to be eaten.
AdWatch: LINCOLN | The Little Entrepreneur
This ad spot from Lincoln features the generous holiday spirit in the body of a little girl with her very own makeshift hot cocoa stand.
AdWatch: COCA-COLA | Holidays Are Coming*
This controversial ad from Coca-Cola is entirely AI generated, featuring animals celebrating the arrival of the Coca-Cola truck.
AdWatch: OPENAI | With ChatGPT
This series of ad spots from OpenAI feature all of the use cases for ChatGPT in peoples daily lives.
Holiday Movie Trivia
From “It’s a Wonderful Life” to “Red One”, join us in testing our knowledge of classic Christmas flicks.
AdWatch: MGA ENTERTAINMENT | The Rizzler Diss-Mas
MGA Entertainment presents the Rizzler, who makes it very clear he does not want a gift card for Christmas.
AdWatch: PEPSI | Shaq’s Zero Sugar Gingerbread Minis
This ad spot from Pepsi features Shaq as he destroys not only the competition, but his gingerbread creation in this bake off.
AdWatch: ZEVIA | Holiday Break From Artificial
Zevia is tired of the artificial this and artificial that during the holiday season, so they promote their 100% real soda with this ad spot.
AdWatch: CHEVROLET | The Sanctuary Holiday 2024
This ad spot from Chevrolet features a family who recently lost their grandpa, reminiscing in one of his old cars with his favorite song.
AdWatch: AIRBNB | Santastrophe
As it turns out from this ad spot from Airbnb, hotels are Santa proof, so Airbnb suggests to stay in one of their places to do Santa a solid this holiday season.
AdWatch: MONOPOLY GO! | Go Friends Gather
Chris Pratt, Keke Palmer, Jason Momoa, and Will Ferrell star in this MONOPOLY GO ad promoting the mobile game
AdWatch: COCA-COLA | The World Needs More Santas
Everyone can be a Santa according to this ad spot from Coca-Cola, and the world needs more Santas.
AdWatch: SNYDERS OF HANOVER | Build A Snyder’s Pretzel Cabin
This ad spot from Snyders Of Hanover brings awareness to gingerbreads living in houses made of themselves, so they offer a solution in the form of pretzel cabins
AdWatch: DORITOS | NKD
Doritos are “naked” now?! You betcha! This ad spot from Doritos features their new chip in a renaissance art style.
AdWatch: LAY’S | World Cup Watch Party
This ad spot from Lay’s brings hype to the upcoming World Cup with some iconic faces and names in a call together.
AdWatch: MCDONALDS| The Most Terrible Time of The Year
This AI generated ad spot from McDonald’s gives a very visual depiction of why the holidays are a “terrible” time of year.
AdWatch: GOOGLE | Mr. Fuzzy’s Big Adventure
Mr. Fuzzy goes on an adventure with the help of Google Gemini in this ad spot, promoting their AI generation capabilities.
AdWatch: GOOGLE | Santa Just ask Google
This ad from Google features an AI Santa testing his outfit with Google Gemini.
AdWatch: PUBLIX | Merry Birthday
This heartwarming holiday ad from Publix features a girl who is tired of Santa getting all of the attention on her birthday.
AdWatch: DUNKIN’ | The Little Holiday Munchkin
This holiday season, Dunkin’ tells the story of the Munchkin and its desire to be eaten.
AdWatch: LINCOLN | The Little Entrepreneur
This ad spot from Lincoln features the generous holiday spirit in the body of a little girl with her very own makeshift hot cocoa stand.
AdWatch: COCA-COLA | Holidays Are Coming*
This controversial ad from Coca-Cola is entirely AI generated, featuring animals celebrating the arrival of the Coca-Cola truck.
AdWatch: OPENAI | With ChatGPT
This series of ad spots from OpenAI feature all of the use cases for ChatGPT in peoples daily lives.
Holiday Movie Trivia
From “It’s a Wonderful Life” to “Red One”, join us in testing our knowledge of classic Christmas flicks.
AdWatch: MGA ENTERTAINMENT | The Rizzler Diss-Mas
MGA Entertainment presents the Rizzler, who makes it very clear he does not want a gift card for Christmas.
AdWatch: PEPSI | Shaq’s Zero Sugar Gingerbread Minis
This ad spot from Pepsi features Shaq as he destroys not only the competition, but his gingerbread creation in this bake off.
AdWatch: ZEVIA | Holiday Break From Artificial
Zevia is tired of the artificial this and artificial that during the holiday season, so they promote their 100% real soda with this ad spot.
AdWatch: CHEVROLET | The Sanctuary Holiday 2024
This ad spot from Chevrolet features a family who recently lost their grandpa, reminiscing in one of his old cars with his favorite song.
AdWatch: AIRBNB | Santastrophe
As it turns out from this ad spot from Airbnb, hotels are Santa proof, so Airbnb suggests to stay in one of their places to do Santa a solid this holiday season.
AdWatch: MONOPOLY GO! | Go Friends Gather
Chris Pratt, Keke Palmer, Jason Momoa, and Will Ferrell star in this MONOPOLY GO ad promoting the mobile game
AdWatch: COCA-COLA | The World Needs More Santas
Everyone can be a Santa according to this ad spot from Coca-Cola, and the world needs more Santas.
AdWatch: SNYDERS OF HANOVER | Build A Snyder’s Pretzel Cabin
This ad spot from Snyders Of Hanover brings awareness to gingerbreads living in houses made of themselves, so they offer a solution in the form of pretzel cabins
AdWatch: DISNEY | Holiday Octopus
This cute holiday octopus from Disney wants to travel the world, and there’s only one man who can help it accomplish its dream
AdWatch: LAY’S | World Cup Watch Party
This ad spot from Lay’s brings hype to the upcoming World Cup with some iconic faces and names in a call together.
AdWatch: MCDONALDS| The Most Terrible Time of The Year
This AI generated ad spot from McDonald’s gives a very visual depiction of why the holidays are a “terrible” time of year.
AdWatch: GOOGLE | Mr. Fuzzy’s Big Adventure
Mr. Fuzzy goes on an adventure with the help of Google Gemini in this ad spot, promoting their AI generation capabilities.
AdWatch: GOOGLE | Santa Just ask Google
This ad from Google features an AI Santa testing his outfit with Google Gemini.
AdWatch: PUBLIX | Merry Birthday
This heartwarming holiday ad from Publix features a girl who is tired of Santa getting all of the attention on her birthday.
AdWatch: DUNKIN’ | The Little Holiday Munchkin
This holiday season, Dunkin’ tells the story of the Munchkin and its desire to be eaten.
AdWatch: LINCOLN | The Little Entrepreneur
This ad spot from Lincoln features the generous holiday spirit in the body of a little girl with her very own makeshift hot cocoa stand.
AdWatch: COCA-COLA | Holidays Are Coming*
This controversial ad from Coca-Cola is entirely AI generated, featuring animals celebrating the arrival of the Coca-Cola truck.
AdWatch: OPENAI | With ChatGPT
This series of ad spots from OpenAI feature all of the use cases for ChatGPT in peoples daily lives.
Holiday Movie Trivia
From “It’s a Wonderful Life” to “Red One”, join us in testing our knowledge of classic Christmas flicks.
AdWatch: MGA ENTERTAINMENT | The Rizzler Diss-Mas
MGA Entertainment presents the Rizzler, who makes it very clear he does not want a gift card for Christmas.
AdWatch: PEPSI | Shaq’s Zero Sugar Gingerbread Minis
This ad spot from Pepsi features Shaq as he destroys not only the competition, but his gingerbread creation in this bake off.
AdWatch: ZEVIA | Holiday Break From Artificial
Zevia is tired of the artificial this and artificial that during the holiday season, so they promote their 100% real soda with this ad spot.
AdWatch: CHEVROLET | The Sanctuary Holiday 2024
This ad spot from Chevrolet features a family who recently lost their grandpa, reminiscing in one of his old cars with his favorite song.
AdWatch: AIRBNB | Santastrophe
As it turns out from this ad spot from Airbnb, hotels are Santa proof, so Airbnb suggests to stay in one of their places to do Santa a solid this holiday season.
AdWatch: MONOPOLY GO! | Go Friends Gather
Chris Pratt, Keke Palmer, Jason Momoa, and Will Ferrell star in this MONOPOLY GO ad promoting the mobile game
AdWatch: COCA-COLA | The World Needs More Santas
Everyone can be a Santa according to this ad spot from Coca-Cola, and the world needs more Santas.
AdWatch: SNYDERS OF HANOVER | Build A Snyder’s Pretzel Cabin
This ad spot from Snyders Of Hanover brings awareness to gingerbreads living in houses made of themselves, so they offer a solution in the form of pretzel cabins
AdWatch: DISNEY | Holiday Octopus
This cute holiday octopus from Disney wants to travel the world, and there’s only one man who can help it accomplish its dream
AdWatch: COCA-COLA | Twas The Night Before Spritemas
Coca-Cola wishes a “Merry Spritemas to all, and to all a good Sprite” with this ad spot; just in time for the holidays.
Tastiest [Movie] Turkeys
We celebrate the month of November by serving up some delicious box-office bombs.
AdWatch: CARTIER | Magical Night
This ad spot from Cartier starts off the Christmas season with a festive jazzy feel to get people into the spirit of Christmas
AdWatch: LEGO | Cataclaws Is Coming To Town
This ad spot from Lego features Cataclaws. The cat who spreads joy to people around the world with legos; lots, and lots, of legos.
AdWatch: BOOTS | Christmas 2024 Make Magic
This ad spot from Boots shows how Christmas is really done at the North Pole.
AdWatch: ALDI | Kevin The Carrots Christmas Spirit
This ad spot from Aldi goes to show that carrots are important to Christmas, specifically Kevin the Carrot.
AdWatch: MYER | Share the Joy
Myer knows that sometimes to share joy at Christmas, you have to get your boots dirty.
AdWatch: HARVEY NICHOLS | Robot Boy Christmas
This ad spot from Harvey Nichols features a robot boy on Christmas that just needed a little extension from Santa
AdWatch: ETSY | Holiday Waldo Anthem
Etsy demonstrates that a good gift can be a reflection of the recipient, including the human embodiment of Waldo (yes, that Waldo).
SiriusXM Forges a Holiday Sweater Wrapped in 125-Decibel Screams
Finally there’s a holiday sweater made with wool from the angriest sheep and spun with yarn dyed in blood.
Whamageddon Saves No One From Tears This Holiday Season
A viral holiday challenge proves no one is safe from the sonic destruction of “Last Christmas”.
AdWatch: GOOGLE | Santa Just ask Google
This ad from Google features an AI Santa testing his outfit with Google Gemini.
AdWatch: PUBLIX | Merry Birthday
This heartwarming holiday ad from Publix features a girl who is tired of Santa getting all of the attention on her birthday.
AdWatch: DUNKIN’ | The Little Holiday Munchkin
This holiday season, Dunkin’ tells the story of the Munchkin and its desire to be eaten.
AdWatch: LINCOLN | The Little Entrepreneur
This ad spot from Lincoln features the generous holiday spirit in the body of a little girl with her very own makeshift hot cocoa stand.
AdWatch: COCA-COLA | Holidays Are Coming*
This controversial ad from Coca-Cola is entirely AI generated, featuring animals celebrating the arrival of the Coca-Cola truck.
AdWatch: OPENAI | With ChatGPT
This series of ad spots from OpenAI feature all of the use cases for ChatGPT in peoples daily lives.
Holiday Movie Trivia
From “It’s a Wonderful Life” to “Red One”, join us in testing our knowledge of classic Christmas flicks.
AdWatch: MGA ENTERTAINMENT | The Rizzler Diss-Mas
MGA Entertainment presents the Rizzler, who makes it very clear he does not want a gift card for Christmas.
AdWatch: PEPSI | Shaq’s Zero Sugar Gingerbread Minis
This ad spot from Pepsi features Shaq as he destroys not only the competition, but his gingerbread creation in this bake off.
AdWatch: ZEVIA | Holiday Break From Artificial
Zevia is tired of the artificial this and artificial that during the holiday season, so they promote their 100% real soda with this ad spot.
AdWatch: CHEVROLET | The Sanctuary Holiday 2024
This ad spot from Chevrolet features a family who recently lost their grandpa, reminiscing in one of his old cars with his favorite song.
AdWatch: AIRBNB | Santastrophe
As it turns out from this ad spot from Airbnb, hotels are Santa proof, so Airbnb suggests to stay in one of their places to do Santa a solid this holiday season.
AdWatch: MONOPOLY GO! | Go Friends Gather
Chris Pratt, Keke Palmer, Jason Momoa, and Will Ferrell star in this MONOPOLY GO ad promoting the mobile game
AdWatch: COCA-COLA | The World Needs More Santas
Everyone can be a Santa according to this ad spot from Coca-Cola, and the world needs more Santas.
AdWatch: SNYDERS OF HANOVER | Build A Snyder’s Pretzel Cabin
This ad spot from Snyders Of Hanover brings awareness to gingerbreads living in houses made of themselves, so they offer a solution in the form of pretzel cabins
AdWatch: DISNEY | Holiday Octopus
This cute holiday octopus from Disney wants to travel the world, and there’s only one man who can help it accomplish its dream
AdWatch: COCA-COLA | Twas The Night Before Spritemas
Coca-Cola wishes a “Merry Spritemas to all, and to all a good Sprite” with this ad spot; just in time for the holidays.
Tastiest [Movie] Turkeys
We celebrate the month of November by serving up some delicious box-office bombs.
AdWatch: CARTIER | Magical Night
This ad spot from Cartier starts off the Christmas season with a festive jazzy feel to get people into the spirit of Christmas
AdWatch: LEGO | Cataclaws Is Coming To Town
This ad spot from Lego features Cataclaws. The cat who spreads joy to people around the world with legos; lots, and lots, of legos.
AdWatch: BOOTS | Christmas 2024 Make Magic
This ad spot from Boots shows how Christmas is really done at the North Pole.
AdWatch: ALDI | Kevin The Carrots Christmas Spirit
This ad spot from Aldi goes to show that carrots are important to Christmas, specifically Kevin the Carrot.
AdWatch: MYER | Share the Joy
Myer knows that sometimes to share joy at Christmas, you have to get your boots dirty.
AdWatch: HARVEY NICHOLS | Robot Boy Christmas
This ad spot from Harvey Nichols features a robot boy on Christmas that just needed a little extension from Santa
AdWatch: ETSY | Holiday Waldo Anthem
Etsy demonstrates that a good gift can be a reflection of the recipient, including the human embodiment of Waldo (yes, that Waldo).
SiriusXM Forges a Holiday Sweater Wrapped in 125-Decibel Screams
Finally there’s a holiday sweater made with wool from the angriest sheep and spun with yarn dyed in blood.
Whamageddon Saves No One From Tears This Holiday Season
A viral holiday challenge proves no one is safe from the sonic destruction of “Last Christmas”.
Episode 163: Burning Holiday Questions (Fireplace Edition)
We roast more than chestnuts as we answer a sackful of burning holiday questions about time-honored traditions, classic Christmas characters, and merry memorable marketing campaigns.
AdWatch: HELLO FRESH | Buddy The Elf Spaghetti
Hello Fresh presents Buddy the Elf spaghetti. If you can have a balanced breakfast and get in the Christmas spirit at the same time it is a win-win.
AdWatch: THE NATIONAL LOTTERY | Just Imagine a Christmas Love Story
This short film by The National Lottery demonstrates that winning the heart of that special someone is more important than winning the jackpot.
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