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#512 You're Not My Real Ad!

A local radio campaign sparks a discussion of daddies and their myriad attendant issues to sell everything from furniture polish to frozen desserts. Plus, a car commercial gets some doctorin', and does Vieves have a hidden talent? Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week's show: Volvo: "My Daddy Loves Me" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B54Np3pHTY Pledge: "Dad's Desk" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfCub7I9mcE AAA: "Like Calling Dad" https://www.ispot.tv/ad/5Wxz/aaa-holidays-like-calling-dad Schweppes: "Like Father" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYHgmIeCnYc Inglenook Wine: "D...

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#394 Stress Guest

Appropriately enough, guest producer Mike puts together an episode all about the anxiety caused by unexpected guests. Plus, Andrew and Vieves may once again be the victims of sports-face-blindness, and the Ad Council is on fire with their Geico ad proposals. Here are links t...

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#393 We've Got Problems

Adventures in suburban wildlife inspire Andrew and Vieves to invent a game based on a popular commercial campaign. Plus, a cadre of 90s appliance salesmen accidentally strikes comedy gold, and poor Ted Danson goes to the woodshed yet again. Here are links to the ads we talke...

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#392 She Branded Me With Science

Andrew and Vieves look at ads that rely on science (or "science") to make their case. They also wipe some major egg on their faces (and bald spots) after last week's show. And a big time podcast goes full cringe. Here are links to the ad we talked about in this week's show:...

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#390 I Love You Just The Way You Bar

Andrew and Vieves examine commercials that feature bartenders in their natural habitat while reflecting on the many excellent bartenders they have known. Plus a candy company gets horny enough to scandalize Andrew, and a millennial darling goes to bat for Big Dairy. Here are...

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#387 Multiversed Case Scenarios

Andrew and Vieves look at commercials that rely on alternate dimensions, parallel universes and augmented realities to sell soda pop, potato chips and foreign cars. Plus, a new campaign featuring two very funny humans has Vieves in stitches, and an outdoor brand successfully...

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#386 Springs Sales Event

Andrew and Vieves have a case of spring fever from looking at commercials that go boing in the night. Plus, Newt Gingrich tries to take away seniors' Medicare, and Vieves ponders a car token heist.

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#385 Uncle Bucks

Vieves and Andrew look at commercials that feature aunts and uncles and all the attendant stereotypes that entails. Plus, Peter Gabriel grudgingly welcomes the Disney Channel-viewing public into his "secret world," and the TV-viewing experience for service members in the 90s...

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#384 Mappy Endings

Andrew decides to produce a show about commercials that feature maps and also commercials that don't feature maps! Plus, a baseball man is adorable, and Vieves falls down a Teri Garr and Dean Winters rabbit hole. Here are links to the ads we talked about in this week's show:...

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#383 For Whom the Bell Sold

Vieves is intrigued by Kristen Bell's newest commercials, leading her and Andrew to explore the masterclass in branding that is Kristen's advertising career. Plus, a car safety engineer gets his day in the sun (and the shade), and the Ad Council does some counseling on how A...

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