Commercials - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/commercials/?source=rss&aim=commercials en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST I somehow became the "Charlie" girl at the local bar! By Cary Tennis Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/27/charlie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/27/charlie/index.html?source=rss What happened? It's like I'm back in high school! Getting it in the can By Mary Elizabeth Williams Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/09/budweiser/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/09/budweiser/index.html?source=rss Bud's provocative new online campaign takes, ahem, a backdoor approach King Kaufman's Sports Daily Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/02/05/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/02/05/monday/index.html?source=rss Colts win Super Bowl XLI. Indy dominates everything but the scoreboard. Plus: Big day for homophobia. And: Ad review. Mike Ditka wants to help you score By David Amsden Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2004/03/19/impotency_ads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2004/03/19/impotency_ads/index.html?source=rss TV ads for impotency drugs are targeting sports fans and beer drinkers, and they have a new message: If you're not taking a pill to help your sex life, you're not a real man. Chain saws, drugs and lesbians By Ruth Shalit Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/col/shalit/2000/09/30/olympic_ads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/col/shalit/2000/09/30/olympic_ads/index.html?source=rss Olympic advertising deserves a gold medal -- in confusion. Brewskis, butt jokes and reefer madness By Carina Chocano Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/27/super_ads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/diary/2003/01/27/super_ads/index.html?source=rss This year's Super Bowl ads reflect a depressed nation: We need jobs, our animals don't talk anymore and we're terrified of big butts and bad drugs. How 'bout a beer? Letters to the editor Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/05/15/texas_executions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/05/15/texas_executions/index.html?source=rss Bush's nonchalance toward death penalty is disturbing Plus: Is Microsoft's call for censoring justified? America's "Child Geniuses" are just book-smart. Godless television By Sean Elder Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/elde/2000/05/11/godtv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/elde/2000/05/11/godtv/index.html?source=rss CBS drops Christian Web site ad from "Jesus" miniseries. Super Bowl ads: Winners and losers By Ruth Shalit Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shal/2000/01/31/ads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shal/2000/01/31/ads/index.html?source=rss Ad biz pooh-bahs at a New York party critique the good, the bad and the dot-coms in the industry's biggest showcase. Beauty and the beak By Hank Hyena Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/01/27/noses/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/01/27/noses/index.html?source=rss Philippine women turn to nasal inserts for longer, "whiter" noses. Attack on the Net By Andrew Leonard Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/19/car_salesman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/10/19/car_salesman/index.html?source=rss In the midst of dot-com mania, one radio ad campaign takes the offensive against online commerce. Why we should get rid of political advertising -- now By Bob Welke Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/feature/1999/09/02/advertising/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/feature/1999/09/02/advertising/index.html?source=rss A veteran adman says that it's time for ads to go back to doing what they do best: Selling kitty litter. Advertising stole my humanity! By Jenn Shreve Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/06/04/ad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/shre/1999/06/04/ad/index.html?source=rss Capitalism is out of control with sexist ad execs, mix tapes by irrelevant hippies and the inevitable, horrible cloning of "The Bridget Jones Diary." You're a Voyeur, I'm a Voyeur By Dwight Garner Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/09/15/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/09/15/media/index.html?source=rss A new exhibition shows how paparazzi photographs simultaneously create celebrity and desecrate it. Media Circus: The bathroom reading that dares not speak its name By Catherine Seipp Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/09/12/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/09/12/media/index.html?source=rss The guilty pleasures of Parade, Readers Digest and Sunset. A Macabre Sporting Event: Why Funerals Play So Well on TV By Steven D. Stark Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/09/11/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/09/11/media/index.html?source=rss