Sometimes bad marketing slips past the boardroom and enters the sphere of public consumption. We love that. Bad marketing is usually hilarious. Combine that with unintentionaly sexy kid’s toys, and that’s double hilarity.

So here are the Top 5 Least Well-Thought Out Children’s Toys.
Enjoy:
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Sarah Palin the small town girl who goes fishing

Two weeks ago maybe ten people in the lower 48 states knew of Sarah Palin. Three nights ago, over 40 million people watched her give a speech.

America became enamored with this woman overnight. The question is, why?

Could it have anything to do with successful marketing? Nooo, of course not, right? Politics is all about the issues. Right? I thought so;-)

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One more reason that the EU freaks hate freedom: Some of them want to take a “zero tolerance” approach to sexist advertisements. Any time I hear the words zero tolerance, it gives me the willies, in any situation.

Anyway, various women’s rights groups and Members of European Parliament (MEPs) are suggesting guidelines and regulations which would end any type of advertising that portrayed women as sex objects or reinforced gender stereotypes.

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High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has a bad rap these days. For a while now, there has been a very vocal group saying HFCS is the root of all the obesity and diabetes in the United States. And the Corn Refiners Association has finally decided to fight back.
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If you haven’t already heard of Julius von Bismarck’s Image Fulgurator, then welcome to the internet. According to his website, it’s a “device for physically manipulating photographs”.

But what does it do? How does it manipulate? And what the hell is a Fulgurator? Well, it comes from the Latin word for ‘lightning’ – fulgur. Fulguration means the act or process of flashing like lightning. And the name fits. It’s essentially a projector that senses the flash of a camera, then quickly projects an image onto the object being photographed for a split second. The whole action is invisible to the naked eye, and results in a photograph with some image or text added.
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A sarcastic spoof on the Intel ad below

If you think the era of political correctness has taught advertisers to create campaigns that are more sensitive and intelligent, think again. They are still quite happy to play into fears and stereotypes associated with race. While political ads are notoriously racist - even in the current presidential election - ads promoting everything from cars to office equipment to breakfast cereal have been laced with negative overtones. And while some ads are sneakily suggestive, others are almost unbelievably shameless. Here’s a look at some of the most racist commercials and advertisements in recent years, along with some vintage clips that still shock people with their racist messages.

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You know how on YouTube you can post a video then someone else can do their own video in response?

Here is a great way that EA Games and Tiger Woods used this to great effect with their ad.

First, take a look at the video that started it …

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From notorious campaigns at Victoria’s Secret to consistently gratuitous GoDaddy gems to the new orgy of Axe, the advertising industry loves to push the buttons of the FCC to see just how much superfluous sex and inappropriate T&A it can bless us mere mortals with. Following are the 25 sexiest banned ads you won’t see on TV. Internet, we love you.

1. These days we’re so used to Victoria’s Secret ads being the right of every red-blooded male it’s easy to forget was a shock the original 2004 holiday campaign was. Well, maybe a shock for someone. For guys it was Christmas come early.

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Advertising has to work extra hard in this media saturated world. Some advertising creatives though rise to the challenge, creating advertising that not only gets noticed, but gets talked about. This is one such ad!

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If you look around the majority of your popular daily reads you will spot one trend in common.

The ubiquitous 125×125 pixel ad!

If you are not advertising using this format, you will want to give it a try, especially once you hear our news …

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