Heartless, an animated song by Kayne West, features Campbell’s Pepper Pot Soup as a product placement.
Watch the Heartless video and jump to 1:35.
Food product placement is nothing new to Hollywood. While working for Anheuser Busch Budweiser in 2001, I worked in marketing campaigns including Rush Hour 2. A Budweiser banner was on top of [...]

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TGIF!!
On a rainy foggy day in San Francisco, few things are better to eat than creamy sunny side eggs. Although friends know me as a food writer, few have seen me cook.
Today, Campusfork Food Show arrives on [...]

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Red Bull Big Air Snowboarding Event
Red Bull drinks pump me up. But I am more fascinated by their creative marketing campaigns. They’re genius. I considered them the King of Gen Y marketing. (Read Redbull Soapbox Race)
Now, they are building a snow board ramp in New York City and invited some of the [...]

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My Top 3 Dump Lines
1. “The bad economy forced me to layoff my job as your boyfriend.”
2. “It’s not you, it’s me.”
3. “I need to to find the meaning of life.”
Zagat, the popular restaurant guide, is now creating buzz with a guide book that rates the best places to dump your significant other. (Read ABC [...]

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Open Table, a restaurant reservation website may look to seek an IPO (Initial Public Offering). (Read CNET article)
While Open Table has scaled to international cities such as Hong Kong, I think that the website will have a hard time maintaining growth. The site mainly caters to a niche type of client, mainly [...]

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Efficiency guru and author of 4-Hour Work Week, Timothy Ferris demonstrates how to peel a boiled egg in seconds.

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Back in June, I visited Scharffen Berger in Berkeley with some buddies. (Read Scharffen Berger post). Feeling just like a character from Charlie the Chocolate Factory, the nutty smell from fresh made chocolate hit the spot. A remarkable tour featuring chocolate tasting and history made it fun.
Sadly, Hershey, who bought the artisan [...]

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Past Sunday, I was entertained by great food commercials for the Superbowl. Comment on your favorite!

Doritos Power of Crunch

Budlight Conan O Brien Swedish

Pepsi Refresh Anthem

Free Doritos

Pepsi Max I’m Good

Budlight meeting

Denny’s “Thug”

Coca-Cola Avatar

Miller’s One Second Ad

Coca-Cola Heist

Budlight Lime Sphere Summer

Budweiser Clydesdale Generations

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Reaching into the archives, Superbowl Commercials in 2007 rocked the house.
The Budlight commercial with the face slap is a classic.
Many of the commercials are food related. Many food commercials do not even highlight the food products but instead simply entertain.

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Funny Budlight blow fish Commercial

Blow Fish being prepared
The Budweiser commercial features blow fish, a deadly ugly looking fish. The Simpson’s had a classic episode about blow fish.
Blow fish (Fugu) is for the food thrill seekers. Japanese sushi chefs train several years just to learn the proper knife skills and how to properly prepare [...]

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Funny Doritos Super Bowl Commercial – 2009

Taco Bell Super Bowl Commercial -2008
As much as I enjoy watching football, the creative Super Bowl commercials are what I look forward to. According to recent article in Forbes titled “Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads,” many of the companies hope to create buzz. (note: Forbes article showcase [...]

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