For far too long, Riptide has singled out Burger King as our favorite locally based company with desperately attention-seeking advertising to blog about. At least BK’s stunts take a bit of thought and ...

On the stage at The Drum Live this week, a panel of experts on marketing humor broke down the (serious!) commercial case for funny work.

The Super Bowl is known for having the best commercials of the year, so it's only natural that we expect to be entertained with each and every ad that runs. What happens when the spot doesn't really ...

The sky is falling, and KFC is trying to make chicken salad out of chicken scratch. It's is an odd move. The idea that an actor change will make the ad campaign any easier to swallow is nonsense, ...

Advertisers that primarily limited their messages to somber or patriotic themes immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are having some fun again. Sight gags, word games and other clever ...

Beer ads try to be funny, but a regulatory group has determined that Molson Coors went too far with a recent ad that compares rivals' light beer to water.The National Advertising Division, which is ...

The latest primary ad for Sen. John Boozman features an endorsement from "snarling Dardanelle Sand Lizard" Tom Cotton, but previous ads and those of his challenger, Jake Bequette, were remarkably ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Baldoni speaks and writes about candor, courage and community. Two commercials currently airing lay bare--to comedic ...

With the Springfield mayoral election season getting underway, a web ad featuring Mayor Jim Langfelder has gained over 2,100 views on Facebook. But instead of encouraging people to vote him into ...