Tag: stunt

When two tongue-in-cheek brands team up to deliver a campaign called #ShowUsYourPackage, you know it’s going to turn heads. And that’s exactly what “weirdly awesome” candy brand Trolli and the marketers behind the “Deadpool” movie franchise did in New York City’s Times Square on May 7. To promote “Deadpool 2” and Trolli’s new Sour Brite […]

As “American Idol” moved into “Hollywood Week” on March 26—the portion of the show where a group of about 170 hopeful contestants is whittled down to just 50—the series’ new network ABC set out to go big. As in, huge. From giant statues of celebrity judges, to in-air stunts with an American Idol-branded helicopter, to […]

Not one to shy away from a creative stunt, Ben & Jerry’s for the launch of its low-calorie Moo-phoria ice cream created a human “claw” arcade game. The Feb. 7 activation at Winter Garden at Brookfield Place in Manhattan, involved a five-foot-high inflatable pint of ice cream, climbing apparatus and a pit filled with pillows […]

Anyone who’s been to the Big Apple knows impressing jaded Manhattanites is no easy task, but Citi on Nov. 14 had New Yorkers jumping for joy with its “JOYTM,” which looked like a standard ATM from the outside, but offered a surprise and delight twist. Instead of cash, the machine dispensed tickets that could be […]

British beer brand Banks’s on Dec. 1 launched a holiday campaign that replaces cheesy sentiments often associated with the season with tongue-in-cheek messaging designed to resonate with younger audiences. The effort, “Tells Christmas Like It Is,” combines the mindset of the graffiti artist and the gritty humor of its working-class roots with the traditional Christian […]