Ads of the Week, Hard Times Edition
Ads from Adidas, Fiverr, the UN and more
It's time for the ads of the week.
Welcome to The Ad Spot, a Friday rundown of the week's most talked-about ads. Here's what's trending.
10 trending ads this week
Friday, October 30, 2021
🍆 Urologists United For Vaccination Education - Reflections (Ad of the week)
If this won’t get the boys vaccinated, I don’t know what to say. Maybe NSFW due to a lot of references to erections. (Quality Meats)
🦖 UNDP - Don’t Choose Extinction
This ad has been trending on YouTube all day, not just within the advertising community but in general. (Activista)
👻 Umault - The Stalking
I think everyone reading this is going to relate to this spot. Thanks to the team at Umault for submitting this. If you’d like to submit an ad to The Ad Spot, you can do that here. (Umault)
🇸🇪 Craft - Universal Health Wear
This Swedish clothing brand is giving Americans a discount for an interesting reason. Your move, IKEA. (INGO Stockholm)
🖐 Fiverr - Turn Nothing Into Something
An ad about nothing. Like Seinfeld. (by The Network)
🍕 RepresentUs - Gerry’s Partisan Pizza
Now serving slices exclusively to the gerrymandered 37th District in Texas. (Mischief)
🥪 Jimmy John’s - Dangerous
A message from the King of Cold Cuts, Tony B. (ANOMALY)
🐸 Department of Veteran’s Affairs - Boil
You are not a frog. (TBWA Chiat Day/New York)
🏀 Adidas - Impossible is Nothing
Trae Young is one of a kind. (Cartwright/Venice)
🏔 Travel Oregon - Only Slightly Exaggerated
I love this slogan. (Wieden+Kennedy)
If you have a friend or co-worker who likes ads as much as this dog loves Halloween, which is obviously a lot, share it with a friend.
Written by Justin & Taylor.
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