California Catholics try TV to draw churchgoers

Sacramento Catholic leaders are turning to television ads in an effort to get the region's lapsed churchgoers back in the pews.

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Seth Rogen's monster move to video games

Seth Rogen became an unlikely Hollywood star playing loveable losers.

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AdWatch: Spanish-language ads are short on facts

TITLE: "Dos Caras" and "Which Side Are They On?"

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Court: Ads Violate Filmmakers' Integrity

A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a TV station violated the artistic integrity of two filmmakers by interrupting their movies with commercial breaks.

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I Feel Older Than I Am

What with all of the commercials on TV about products you need because you're old, I'm beginning to feel very old. The abundance of information, health aids, nutritional supplements and how to get it up have gone over the line.

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Here's a fun one! Who really "melts your butter"?

I need a diversion from politics for awhile, so I thought I'd think about something completely off the topic.

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The House Communications Subcommittee has approved a bill that would require the broadcast and cable industries, which includes satellite and other multichannel video providers, to regularize the volume of advertisements and the programming surrounding them.

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television advert for Mr. Sub, whose deadpan portrayal of a father revaling his homosexuality to his wife and eight kids garnered its share of viral attention for advertising agency BOS, was swiftly yanked after complaints from the Canadian Auto Workers.

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State propaganda outlets prevent thoughtcrime.

Rejoice, proletariat! NBC and ABC have protected us from the poisonous, opposing views that foolishly dispute the TRUTH from comrade Obama.

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In honor of the passing of Gidget the Taco Bell Chihuahua yesterday, we've compiled a tribute to the commercial achievements of our favorite animal thespians, from Morris the Cat's unsuccessful presidential bid to the duck that's torturing Ben Affleck.

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"We are appalled. This is a debate that the governor of California has said our state should have," Mirken said Tuesday, noting the ad doesn't promote smoking marijuana or any other illegal act.

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Bing is trying to move quickly to try and take the place of Google. I think that Microsoft should let this go, but they do make a funny commercial.

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Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for viewers to bypass commercials.

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The greatest TV commercial of all time

In my opinion, of course. This Nissan ad has it all: sex appeal (ok, toy sex appeal), non-stop humor, great production values, fantastic soundtrack, and a very classy soft-sell product approach.

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In commercial after commercial on TV, the image of the modern husband and father is one of the "buffoon".

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Are the "Free Credit Report Dot Com" commercials the most irritating ones on TV?

I'm semi-retired so I watch a lot of daytime TV, usually MSNBC and I see a lot of commercials. I have to admit that I cringe at every "Free Credit Report Dot Com" commercial! I mean I hate them! Don't ya just want to reach out smack the smile off from that lead singer?

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Information, Manipulation and Partisanship.

As an artist I am always looking at the subjects, visual symbols and visual/verbal connections in the work I am doing.

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Classic 80s commercial-style.

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Good News Wednesday - Commercials that Freak You Out

So, the other article, here: #c6988482 discussed commercials that make you laugh.

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Good News Wednesday - Commercials that Tickle Your Funny Bone

I used to enjoy the 5 link-articles on MSNBC, especially when they did the review of commercials and asked everyone what their favorite one was. I don't have enough for a poll yet, but I will build a poll as your entries come in and I'll update as we go.

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You've got to see this

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LONDON | In what is sure to set some traditional stiff upper lips aquiver, British television viewers are being asked whether the latest pitch for condoms is a fit subject to ponder over afternoon tea, or whether dinner is really the time for the television to be giving children  …

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The Children's Media Policy Council, whose members include Children Now, The PTA, the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, wants the FCC to fix the V-chip/ratings system, including adding ratings for "inapproriate TV commercials" and embedded …

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Isn't it, oh, let's say, funny when New York liberals arbitrarily latch on to some far-fetched piece of "injustice" and then spread it around Twitter and the blogosphere to gaggles of their catatonically liberal friends? It's like high school but with less rational thought and fa …

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A 90-kilogram chimpanzee kept as a pet and once used in TV commercials was shot and killed by police in the US after it mauled a woman and later cornered a policeman in his vehicle, authorities said.

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Elmer and Chester

Prima Materia - its what alchemists - the transformers of psyche - call the chaos of primordial material. Or feces. Sounds nasty, but in order to escape the curse of Elmer, F.ear, U.ncertainty, D.oubt, the darkness is the first place one can begin to see the light.

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The Best Commercials from Super Bowl XLIII

Another Super Bowl has come and gone and those of us not celebrating a victory are left to discuss the commercials, of course.

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