ad rant

What's that horrible sound? What are those horrifying images supposed to mean? Oh, right. It's the latest creepy ad from Quiznos. This one shows a trio of kittens ("Singamals") in a rhythm-challenged brass band, singing very badly about the joys of the fast-food franchise's Value Menu. The ad "is...

Here at Ad Rant, we are so excited that Leo DiCaprio and Paris Hilton just took up some new causes. Leo's helping to save the tigers of the world, and Paris is, uh, entertaining the troops in her own special way. A celebrity's name brings much-needed attention to worthwhile causes. What...

If you want to meet your favorite rock stars, you'll find them in line at the hearing-aid clinic. Musicians are known to blow out their eardrums from performing in front of speakers set at crushing decibels, but you don't have to go through all that to have a legitimate reason for seeing a hearing...

If you were McDonald's, would you tinker with a Big Mac? And if your sales just climbed 10% in this stink-bag of an economy, would you dump the ad campaign that was partially responsible? We didn't think so. Neither did the Golden Arches. McDonald's unveiled its "new" campaign this week -- and...

In Part Four of Ad Rant's series on The Best and Worst Celebrity Ads, we name names -- boldface names, that is, such as Ringo Starr, Bruce Willis and Elle McPherson. It's weird to see rocker Alice Cooper in an ad for a British bank ... and weirder still to see Brad Pitt offering a group of confused...

There are plenty of old geezers who wish they could rock out like Axl Rose just once in this lifetime, but Warren Buffett has made it a reality. Sizzling up the Internet right now is a new ad for Geico that has the normally unassuming tycoon, champion stock-picker and philanthropist joining in an...

Welcome to the second in Ad Rant's 10-part series on The Best and Worst Celebrity Ads. Last time, we looked at some of the funniest celeb ads from Japan. In Part 2, we see what happens when stars play the role they were born to play: themselves. We'll see George Clooney "act" sexy without saying...

Of the hundreds of comments on my Ad Rant about the Walmart clown, half thought the TV spot was funny enough to pee their pants, and half thought the people who were lol-ing and rotfl-ing were morons and Neanderthals. You can't make people laugh at something if they don't think it's funny. But...

Walmart has been called many things, but "cool" was not among them -- until the retail giant unveiled its new clown commercial during Sunday's NFL playoffs. Since then, the clown ad has taken the Internet by storm. Last we checked, it was holding steady at No. 2 on the Viral Video Chart. If this...

The decade was awash in such truly awful commercials that we were hard pressed to choose just 10 of the best (worst) from this embarrassment of riches. Please join us now as we lose our appetite entirely for fast-food sandwiches and candy. You'll never feel comfortable again in a shower or hotel...