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Flashback: Rehab, 1929

TresSugar — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0800

For $2, you too could have rid yourself of that pesky moonshine and opium problem, or "no pay." Maybe it's just the nostalgia, but this makes me want a moonshine and opium problem!

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Say What? Sarah Haskins Rages Against the Machine

TresSugar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0800

“As the Internet and TV and movies all become one scary machine in your living room, it’s important that we all have some level of media literacy."

- Sarah Haskins, who sends up ads directed at women in her amazing Target Women clips on Current TV. She thinks advertisers show how clueless they are about women by doing two incompatible things at once: "trying to still use some of the traditional gender roles, while also trying to match the changes . . . in the past 40 to 50 years."

Muscle Milk, the Drink Douchebags Reach For First!

TresSugar — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0700

I didn't know people really still said "getting tail" as a term for bagging chicks. (OK, I guess there's really no way of saying that without sounding like a Neanderthal.)

Speaking of Neanderthals, the irony is not lost on me that the tagline for this Muscle Milk ad is "Drink. Evolve."

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Sign Language: That's What Friends Are For!

TresSugar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0700

The Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas' new ads promise that Toronto businesses know how to treat their neighbors. These ads also show that the agency for the TABIA knows how to construct a good ad.

Get Benjamins For Your Bling by Selling Your Breakup Jewelry

TresSugar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:00:00 -0700

Did you just wash that man right out of your hair? Are you simply not the sentimental type? Well, if your ex doesn't take back the jewelry he gave you (he'd have to pry it out of your cold, dead hands, right?), then you should go to Outofyourlife.com and sell them your breakup jewelry! Those sassy talking dogs in the following ad might be onto something. Do you keep, give away, or sell your "breakup jewelry"?

Guess What This Ad Is For?

TresSugar — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:00:00 -0700

Hint: How can something this cute be a problem? At least there's a solution.

Ewww! Anti-Drinking PSA Works Hard to Gross Us Out

TresSugar — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:00:00 -0700

This Belgian anti-drinking PSA tells young people not to delude themselves into thinking that drinking too much is going to give them the night of their lives. Warning: it's gross. Don't say I didn't warn you!

Meatloaf Trading In on Name For A-1 Steak Sauce

TresSugar — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:00:00 -0700

He would do anything for ~~love~~ money, and he'll even do this.

Adrageous: Flirty Girl Fitness

TresSugar — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0700

Why run on a boring treadmill when you can pretend to give a random sweaty dude a chair dance - and strengthen your quads?

With the Flirty Girl Fitness exercise DVD, even stay-at-home soccer moms will find their inner-stripper. One woman claims that with FGF, she lost two feet! I'm assuming she does not mean the ones she walks on.

Guess What Part of Your Body This Is For?

TresSugar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0700

It looks so familiar, I can't quite place what this product reminds me of. Can you guess what part of your body it's used for?