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  • Tyco Toys' Tickle Me Elmo

    We’re back with Season 3 and you know we gotta kick if off with this funny little guy! This week, Dee updates Al on the origins of America’s most harrowing shopping date, and what it took to get Elmo up on the shelves. Plus, we declare No More Mondays with a local ad from Japan.

    Main Ad: https://youtu.be/gUy1_z2l4SI

    Local Ad: https://youtu.be/SyGfwV4FvqU

    Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/301-tycoelmo

    43 min
  • Best of Season 2 - Bed Wed Behead

    It’s been a big beautiful season hasn’t it? For our closer, we look back at the good, the bad and the nasty in a game of “Bed, Wed, Behead.” Which Season 2 commercials would you toot and/or boot? Got any local ads for Season 3? Hit us up at [email protected], or find us on Instagram and Twitter @adcreeps till we see you in 2023 + Thanks again to Skatune Network and Kai Robinson for our incredible theme music and logo!

    15 min
  • Virginia Slims' You've Come A Long Way Baby

    Join us in the timestream, won’t you? In our penultimate ep of S2, Al re-writes Ad Creeps history by absolutely nailing this episode about cigarettes, feminism and women’s pro tennis. Plus, we party with the bear!

    Main Ad: https://archive.org/details/VirginiaSlimsCigarettesU.s.TelevisionCommercial131968-1971

    Local Ad: https://youtu.be/tiIiEF1B_lY

    Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/245-slimsbaby

    36 min
  • McGruff's Take A Bite Out Of Crime

    All dogs are cops, but one federally funded fido stands out above the rest. This week, Courtney tells Al about how a certain former FLOTUS and the original straight-edge punk pup affected kids and education, ourselves included. 

    Main Ad: https://youtu.be/LV1ctGl0aSY

    Local Ad: https://youtu.be/sk0ARmuGvjY

    Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/244-mcgruff

    47 min
  • Apple's Get A Mac

    Grab your piggies and prepare to fight! On this week’s episode, Al tells Courtney all about history’s hog-based conflicts, Richard Dawson’s finest hour, and the most beautiful advertising relationship of our age. Plus, a local ad that has Al honking like a goose, and a secret third host.

    Main Ad: https://youtu.be/48jlm6QSU4k

    Local Ad: https://youtu.be/6U2Nai5xVvA

    Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/243-applegetamac

    46 min
  • Dr. Oetker’s I’ll Be There For You

    Halloween may be over but we’re still feeding the girlies as Courtney tells Al about how the son of a German pudding magnate was kidnapped, and the dark money that paid his ransom. Plus, antifa worms and a Canadian blast from the past!

    Main Ad: https://youtu.be/uI9H57KnFz4

    Local Ad: https://youtu.be/1s5o7JE2aGM

    Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/242-droetker

    31 min
  • Toys R Us's Halloween Is

    Distantly, a werewolf howls… Get ready to sink your fangs into our second Spookyween episode of the season. This one’s got it all, from an apocalypse, to poisoning, to serial capitalism crimes, as Al tells Courtney the sordid tale of the Category Killer (dun dun DUN) Plus, a little something for the girlies.

    Main Ad: https://youtu.be/bHOP2ShVIEc

    Local Ad: https://youtu.be/7Djjm7ECPBY

    Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/241-toysrus

    37 min
  • Brach’s Old Fashioned Candystore Candy

    It’s Spookyween season once again and the creeps are out! Courtney gives Al the full-sized candy bar equivalent of an Ad Creep: an unsolved mystery, terrible rotten horses, and the un-boxing of a brand new creep. Plus, the best little funeral home in Dallas, TX!

    Main Ad: https://youtu.be/f5Ekazgdzl4

    Local Ad: https://youtu.be/fJ9Twgif9gM

    Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/240-brachscandy

    46 min
  • LBJ's Peace, Little Girl

    Gird yourselves, folks. Not your loins, just kind of in general. This week Al is walking Courtney through America’s first ever political attack ad. Tune in for our finest takes on sad gay poetry, public education hacks, and a pizza jingle from Columbus that will change your life.

    Main Ad: https://youtu.be/riDypP1KfOU

    Local Ad: https://youtu.be/qmloWxOhjUc

    Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/239-lbjdaisy

    33 min
  • Hidden Valley Ranch's You Can't Cheat on Freshness

    Giddy up, my Creamy Cowpokes, and get ready to ride. This week Courtney talks Al through the origins of one of America’s most beloved staple sauces. We chat dressings and dips, 90s prestige afterschool viewing, and the smoothest barbecue in Oklahoma!

    Main Ad: https://youtu.be/T-2isLGVmrw

    Local Ad: https://youtu.be/xz1cee_94L4

    Sources: https://www.adcreeps.gay/sources-1/238-hvranch

    30 min

About Ad Creeps

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A podcast about advertising from a queer anti-capitalist perspective. We dissect and correct the TV ads that raised us, fazed us and amazed us!