15927: Dancing For Dollars And Bank Services…?

 

Not too sure about this Huntington Bank True Story campaign starring diverse dancers—especially “The making of the True Story campaign” video featuring White clients explaining the rationale behind the concept. Maybe it’s an attempt to offset this TikTok collection…?

 

13652: Boldly Bad Bullshit.

LISTERINE® is trying to position itself as “bold” via a campaign—featuring a White breakdancer and White stuntwoman—that is anything but bold. Three White advertising agencies—MRY, JWT Worldwide and Tongal—are taking credit for the mess, which is probably the boldest move in the entire scenario.

11545: Aflac Is Hack.

It was bad enough when the Aflac duck was breakdancing, but now it’s hard to decide what’s worse: the annoying speech therapist or the stereotypical voices. Wonder if the advertiser is considering forgiving Gilbert Gottfried.

11425: Toyota Rolls Out Clichés.

Is a minority agency responsible for this awful Toyota commercial? The spot presents all the cultural clichés: Soul Train, hip hop, gratuitous breakdancing, clumsy choreography and copy incorporating the word style. The only thing that’s all-new is the title on the end frame.

UPDATE: A blog visitor left a comment indicating the cliché-ridden commercial is the work of White agency Saatchi & Saatchi. Let’s hope Don Cornelius’ estate was paid for the blatant Soul Train rip-off.

9598: Holiday Stocking Stuffer #1.

All City Breakers from Kidrobot.

9584: Breakdancing For Hearing Aids.

Let the rustle of paper be music to your customers’ ears…? Um, the creative team responsible for this ad should have heard the rustle of paper—as their creative director crumpled up the layout for this shit.

From Ads of the World.

9414: Power Up, Pirelli!

Pirelli Let’s Dance Attack looks like Power Rangers parodying a Janet Jackson video. Dumb.

9300: Gimme A Breakdance.

There’s an old ad adage that goes something like, “If you’ve got nothing to say, sing it. If you’ve got absolutely nothing to say, have a kid sing it.” It’s time to add, “If you’ve got absolutely, positively nothing to say, have a kid breakdance.” This ASOS video does that.