Cats ask for it by name

From AdSlogans.com, The Advertising Slogan Hall of Fame. I like that the Brylcreem slogan is in the top 10: I don’t remember a single Brylcreem ad (they may have been retired by the time I became aware of advertising) and yet I know this slogan. That’s a memorable line. (Link via Cup of Chicha.)

Gaming the system

A system error makes clear what everyone expected but couldn’t demonstrate: Writers and their friends anonymously give their own works high reviews on Amazon. “Close observers of Amazon.com noticed something peculiar this week: the company’s Canadian site had suddenly revealed the identities of thousands of people who had anonymously posted book reviews on the United …

We who are about to drink salute you

A fine collection of ads this week at AdAge.com’s advertising roundup. The Beyonce/Britney/Pink ad for Pepsi is unfun–no loss that it’s intended for the European market only. (And how uncomfortable must those metal bikinis have been in the sweltering, dusty Roman air? No wonder the girls were scowling the whole time.) More amusing are the …