I’d never heard of this stuff before running into the ad yesterday.

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RedEye Staffers taste Malort for the first time. 1:51 video

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14 things about Malort.

Quote: “Have you been flying BLAH? Take a glimpse inside BLAH Airlines Flight 101 from Newark to San Francisco. At the end of this trailer, you can choose to watch the full 5 hour and 45 minute BLAH flight (http://www.flyblahairlines.com), or you can exit BLAH to take a radical departure to Virgin America (http://www.virginamerica.com).

Will you pick peanuts and annoying service? Or grab a seat at Virgin America instead to enjoy WiFi, entertainment, power outlets, moodlighting, and food and drinks on demand? The choice is yours.”

Via The Dish.

Hat tip to Karen L. Myers.

Geico Commercial: 0:30 video

Davide Bellocchio: Brioschi Advertisement

Via Generic Art.

Hat tip to Jose Guardia [Facebook].

Hat tip to Karen L. Myers.

Americans were saddened this week by the passing of the good-looking and always affable James Garner. It seems appropriate to remember Garner with a look at a few of his best-known roles.

Bret Maverick takes on Clint Eastwood (1959):

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Garner’s late 1970s-early 1980s Polaroid commercials with Mariette Hartley were considered one of the advertising industry’s biggest hits. Garner tended to play the graceful loser in the battle of the sexes. Their badinage was so persuasive that a lot of people believed that Garner and Hartley were really married.