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Hardee's Fish Slutburger to Arrive Just in Time for Lent

Long known for pressing thick, squishy burgers into the hands of famous females who are neither thick nor squishy, St. Louis-based Hardee's (a.k.a. Carl's Jr.) is mixing it up a little bit for this year's Super Bowl commercial. Fret not: It's still porn-y.

VIDEOS: Catch a Glimpse of Anheuser-Busch's 2013 Super Bowl Ads

For the 25th consecutive year, Anheuser-Busch is once again the sole beer sponsor of the Super Bowl. This year the St. Louis-based brewer plans to unveil at least four commercials during Sunday's big game that is expected to draw at least 111 million viewers. See also: - Anheuser-Busch Dethroned ... More >>

Arby's Commercials Are Just The Worst: An (Incomplete) Historical Accounting

Have you noticed the latest ad campaign from Arby's? It features a "legendary detective" trumpeting the fact that Arby's doesn't get its meat from a "factory," as Subway does, but slices it fresh in the restaurant. In one of these ads, this detective even tries to give a meat slicer to a Subway emp ... More >>

Metro's Advertising Rules Allows Easy Censorship, Removal of Gay Pride Ad Latest

In the end, Metro admits it screwed up. The St. Louis public transit agency should never have removed advertisements from its buses for this month's gay pride festival, PrideFest 2012.It was unclear yesterday just how many Pride St. Louis advertisements disappeared from Metro buses this week after a ... More >>

Kraft's Mel the MilkBite Mascot Called Damaging, Racially Offensive By Local Petition

In February, Kraft Foods Inc. released an ad campaign to promote its new MilkBite milk and granola bars featuring a controversial mascot: Mel the MilkBite, a confused character who struggles with his identity as half-milk, half-granola product. Commercials chronicled Mel's battles with dating, int ... More >>

The Super Bowl Commercial Post, 2012 Edition

​Oy. Every year I keep hoping for a great return to form, and every single year I am disappointed. The Super Bowl was played yesterday -- you may have heard something about it -- and it turned out to not only be a rematch of the 2008 game between the Patriots of New England and the New York G ... More >>

The Best Super Bowl Commercials by the Music

The Darkness saved Samsung's ad from spiraling down into forgettable territory. ​Let's be blunt. This year's Super Bowl was dismal for Midwesterners. Sure, there were exceptions. Transplants from Boston, New York City or New Jersey may have enjoyed the game. Some may have had a rooting intere ... More >>

Pitch Sessions: A look back at the wild and wacky local TV ads of yesteryear.

Yes, That Is John Goodman Shilling for Soulard Oktoberfest

Goodman: The voice of 2011 Soulard Oktoberfest.​You may have already heard them on KTRS, KMOX, The Point, and multiple Clear Channel stations around town. They're ads with the voice of actor -- and native St. Louisan -- John Goodman pitching for Soulard Oktoberfest. "Guten tag!" greets Goodman in ... More >>

James Brown Is a Sex Noodle Machine

From the Department of Awesome Stuff People Send Me Apropos of Nothing, here are two ads for a Japanese noodle company featuring James Brown:

Lawsuit Claims Facebook Illegally Uses Minors for Advertisements

Mothers dislike their kids being used in Facebook ads.​Have you seen those advertisements on Facebook that show one of your friends endorsing a certain product? The ad could be for a local restaurant or maybe a national retailer and features your friend's mugshot next to something saying that he o ... More >>

P-D Parent Company, Lee Enterprises, Has a Bad Day

Stock down; refinancing on hold. Not a good day for the P-D's parent company.​The parent company of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Lee Enterprises, announced plans yesterday morning a plan to refinance nearly $1 billion of debt -- only to announce later in the day they were abandoning those plans du ... More >>

Weird Science: Schapiro Group data on sex-trafficking study wasn't questioned by mainstream media

Comment of the Day: Clydesdales and Elton John Don't Mix

Today's comment comes from a post reviewing last night's Super Bowl ads with ties to St. Louis. One reader was not impressed with Anheuser-Busch's advertisement featuring its famous Clydesdales, a western gunslinger and Elton John's "Tiny Dancer." KittyLitterKing writes: "Tiny Dancer" is just as bad ... More >>

Super Bowl Commercials Are So Last Millennium

This trio is no longer limited to a flatscreen.​Quick: What's your bet for the first Super Bowl ad on Sunday - Budweiser, Pepsi or Ford? Or, how about Option 4: Who cares? That's the attitude of Washington University marketing Professor Seethu Seetharaman, who opines on the Wash U. website ... More >>

Profits Up at Post-Dispatch Parent Company Even As Ad Sales Fall

Online revenue is growing for the Post-Dispatch's parent company -- but not nearly fast enough to replace the print advertisers being lost.Profits up; revenue down -- that generally means fewer journalists.​That's the latest news from Lee Enterprises, based in Davenport, Iowa. The St. Louis Post-D ... More >>

Poll Suggests Robin Carnahan is Closing the Gap vs. Roy Blunt; Is Fox News to Thank?

Carnahan never looks a Fox News gift horse in the mouth.​First a caveat, the following poll was conducted at the behest of the Missouri Democratic Party. Assuming, then, that their pollsters got it right, Democratic candidate Robin Carnahan is now neck-and-neck with her Republican rival Roy Blunt ... More >>

Never Say No to Panda: A Cautionary Tale (Sung to the Tune of Buddy Holly's "True Love Ways")

Buddy Holly's "True Love Ways" is the soundtrack to this compilation of commercials for Panda Mozzarella Cheese, which originates in Egypt. Says the product's website: "Everyone loves Mozzarella cheese and Panda's fresh mozzarella is no exception." As these commercials reveal, declining to like Pand ... More >>

"Granddad Bandit" Captured: Accused of St. Louis Bank Robbery, 24 More Nationwide

FBIMara at a south county Regions Bank back in May.​Michael Francis Mara, a.k.a. the "Granddad Bandit" due to his balding gray dome and somewhat elderly appearance, was arrested yesterday in his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mara, 52, is accused of robbing 25 banks in 13 states since January ... More >>

Phoenix

8 p.m. Monday, August 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Johnny Londoff Sr.: Legendary St. Louis Chevrolet Dealer Dies at 85

​KMOX radio host Charlie Brennan just reported on his show that long-time St. Louis auto dealer, Johnny Londoff Sr., passed away this morning at the age of 85. Brennan, a personal friend of the Chevrolet dealer, says that Londoff had been suffering a long illness. Londoff may be best remembered fo ... More >>

St. Louis-Based Nestle Purina Latest Company to Pull Ads from Glenn Beck

A website devoted to financially crippling controversial Fox News host Glenn Beck has scored another victory. This time with a St. Louis-based multinational advertiser. Yesterday Nestle Purina Petcare said it was an "error" that advertisements for its Cat Chow brand pet food that ran on Beck's show ... More >>

The Controversy of Tim Tebow's Super Bowl Ad is Old News in St. Louis

Amen. Here in St. Louis we like to think we clap for the other team when they make a good play. We're gracious and forgiving of our pro athletes (fans here give needle-in-the-butt guys like Mark McGwire minutes-long standing ovations.) We love them, even when they're not talking about sports a ... More >>

Parachute/SafetySuit

8 p.m. Saturday, January 16. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Is St. Louis Mom Getting Her Teeth Whitened or Getting Intimate with Martian Phallus?

Click on advertisement for slightly larger image.​Just came across this website advertisement (right) while checking the weather conditions for tonight's Mizzou-Nebraska game in Columbia. (FYI: Conditions will be sloppy as it's been raining there all day, too.)But enough about that. What in God's ... More >>

Oh, Meth! New Campaign Against Meth Use Hopefully as Catchy as Old One

As we reported last week, U.S. "Drug Czar" Gil Kerlikowske is in St. Louis today to unveil the White House Office of National Drug Policy's new anti-meth campaign. Here's hoping the campaign is as good as the last one featured here.  Continue on to view the full press release of today's announ ... More >>

Forty Files: Highway 40 Photo Documentary, Vol. 8

"This project is moving along great, and that's because of the Labor Union and all the organized trades that have all played their part." Wait a second! That's the radio ad for the labor union! I've been brainwashed. Could it be because the radio spot runs every ten minutes during Cardinals games!? ... More >>

Aaron's Thing of the Week - 22/07/09: The Saturn Suicide Show

A couple of years ago, there was quite the competition among the major car companies, and it led to a true golden age for us all. It wasn't some sort of race to see who could make the safest car, or the most fuel efficient, or even the most stylish. No, the war I speak of was a quieter sort, a ... More >>

And Now, the Worst Super Bowl Commercials

You've seen the best, you've seen the rest, now it's time for the worst. Yesterday, I covered the very best advertisements that Super Bowl XLIII had to offer. (By the way, why in the world does the NFL insist on using Roman numerals? Every year, I have to dust off my knowledge of them, just so ... More >>

The Really Important Stuff About the Super Bowl -- The Commercials

We witnessed one of the greatest single games in the history of NFL football last night. The flurry of momentum and lead changes, the outstanding performances by players both known and unknown, and a finish that actually outdid last year's dramatics. Simply outstanding. But, really, does anyone ... More >>

Anheuser-Busch Dethroned After 10 Straight Years With Best Super Bowl Commercial

Hey little buddy. We got some catching up to do. The results are in for USA Today's annual Super Bowl Ad Meter ratings, and for the first time in a decade the winner isn't Anheuser-Busch (or AB InBev, as we affectionately refer to it today).Also for the first-time ever the best commercial wasn't cre ... More >>

PETA Veggie Ad Too Hot for TV

PETA produced a Super Bowl ad urging viewers to go veggie. It was deemed too hot to broadcast. Give 'em credit: PETA understands the football demographic.

The Great Gatorade Commercial Caper

Have you seen the new Gatorade commercials? Sure you have. Those kind of annoying new ones with a bunch of athletes in a row, all in black and white, while Lil' Wayne talks about the letter G? Yup, those are the ones. Well, beyond the fact that the thing already reads like a "Letter People Land ... More >>

AB/InBev Loves It Some Futbol, err, Football

The economy has several advertisers sitting out this year's Super Bowl, but not AB/InBev. The Belgium-based brewer of Bud Light and everyone's favorite, Hoegaarden, has bought four-and-a-half minutes of time during the February 1 contest. The company's creative director, Bob La ... More >>

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Gets Political With Its Online Advertising

On the eve of Election Day two weeks ago, some online readers of the Post-Dispatch opened their inboxes to find an intriguing note from the local daily: an e-mail touting Proposition A, the controversial gambling ballot initiative that aimed to do away with the $500 loss limits enforced at the state ... More >>

For All You Joe Six-Packs

No Depression Magazine to Cease Its Print Publication

Wire Sells Victoria's Secret Lingerie

Teachers Don't Like 'Em Flat

Teachers Don't Like 'Em Flat

Rainbow Treat

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535 South Kingshighway
Cape Girardeau

Responsibility Matters

In the trade group known as the Beer Industry, Anheuser-Busch holds sway

Blowing a Fuse

A black-owned St. Louis advertising firm is stirring the political pot

I Want My STL TV

Public-access music programming is great -- when the public can access it

The Pain Train

Two years later, a digital-video short film became an overnight ad sensation

Best Television PSAs

"This is St. Louis" media campaign

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

John Carney jokes about an advertiser's toupee and gets yanked off the air for a week

Telepathetic

What Women Want has far too little on the mind

The Medium Is the Mess

Prop A has billboard companies on the defensive and scrambling to put up more signs

A FEW "CHOICE" WORDS

What makes a restaurant the "best," according to the Post-Dispatch advertising department