Nick Thune for Dell
by If you want a Throwback Thursday, then you got a Dell, dude! But would you believe comedian Nick Thune has starred in Dell ads and …
Tag: advertising
This is what branded content looks like on Saturday Night Live
Earlier this year, NBC announced that season 42 of Saturday Night Live would feature fewer commercial breaks, in exchange for more branded content. While the …
Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s turn to Lil Dicky for new TV ad campaign
Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s have employed swimsuit and lingerie models and female webutantes to smash juicy burgers in their faces over the years, but now, they’re …
Saturday Night Live officially embracing branded content in sketches for season 42
Saturday Night Live has mocked advertising and our relationship with it over 41 seasons. From the first season’s Bass-O-Matic, down through the years from Mom Jeans …
Booking.com books engaged couple Jordan Peele and Chelsea Peretti for TV ad campaign
Comedians Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Jordan Peele (Key & Peele) got engaged over the holidays, and Booking.com found just the perfect tie-in, booking the …
Jim Gaffigan, his kids and his stand-up in a Chrysler Pacifica
If you watched any of the Final Four these past couple of nights, then you saw the brand-new TV commercial for Chrysler’s Pacifica starring comedian …
David Wain and Michael Showalter break “The Second Sound Barrier”
Many movies will debut at film festivals such as Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca, but The Second Sound Barrier is not one of those films. It’s …
Episode #59: Milana Vayntrub
Today’s guest, Milana Vayntrub, is recognizable to anyone who watches TV, owns a cell phone or even watches TV on their cell phones, as she …
Here’s Jim Gaffigan as the new Colonel Sanders for Kentucky Fried Chicken
KFC teased another change to its ranks of comedians playing the late great founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Colonel Sanders. Colonel Sanders was a handsome …
Key and Peele will improvise live commentary during Super Bowl 50 for Squarespace
Talk about counter-programming. Squarespace hired Key & Peele — aka Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele — to provide live running commentary throughout Super Bowl 50 …