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40 Seriously Funny Print Ads

webdesignerdepot.com — Humorous ads remain one of the few effective ways to engage an audience in a very saturated advertising market. Here are 40 hilarious and really creative print ads for your enjoyment.

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  • densetsu23, on 11/11/2009, -5/+87http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2676/mcd.jpg

    Let the lawsuits begin!
  • BeyondVision, on 11/16/2009, -15/+86These are hilarious and VERY creative!
  • fotoman607, on 11/10/2009, -3/+71The glass cleaner ad with the guy levitating the girl could also work as a viagra ad.
  • Ac1115, on 11/10/2009, -8/+70A few of them were ok.

    "Seriously Funny"? Not by a long shot.
  • BESTenemy, on 11/11/2009, -1/+59I thought I've seen this one somewhere else.

    http://lolviagra.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/vi ...
  • immatellyouwhat, on 11/10/2009, -4/+46I like the part where all the ads were funny finally. DUGG.
  • Ezrayan, on 11/11/2009, -0/+31did you read the fine print at the bottom?


    They dont allow Swedes, South Koreans, or Norwegians either.
  • Nerfdude, on 11/11/2009, -4/+34ENGLISH ***** DO YOU SPEAK IT
  • krymson, on 11/10/2009, -1/+29not gonna lie, that bench made me hungry for a kit kat.
  • angrytortilla, on 11/11/2009, -0/+26Yes you should be sorry.
  • Moralogic, on 11/11/2009, -0/+15I thought this was going to be really stupid, thankfully it wasn't, and was all on one page.
  • jimmymcduck, on 11/10/2009, -2/+16http://rorr.im/digg.com/design/40_seriously_funny_ ...

    just in case
  • thegamingguy, on 11/10/2009, -3/+17Nice collection of funny ads and also nice optical illusion-esque like the pepsi truck with floating cartons and the garden hose pole.
  • hsadear, on 11/11/2009, -3/+15The Bloobs must be a new gang
  • stuwanker, on 11/11/2009, -0/+11You roll with the Bloobs?
  • vibr8, on 11/11/2009, -0/+10lol agreed i was, them advert is iraple mappy!
  • justmeanddigg, on 11/11/2009, -6/+15Oh my god these ads aren't just funny they are SERIOUSLY funny! This post really should have been titled "funniest ads ever." This is some serious comedy.
  • Spirods, on 11/11/2009, -2/+11why wouldnt they hire greeks? this is madness
  • ftc08, on 11/11/2009, -5/+14I don't think BBDO knows what that means in America.
  • stormgren, on 11/11/2009, -1/+9The McDonalds one seems like a bad idea. Should make that font a bit bigger at the bottom.
  • c3rb85, on 11/10/2009, -18/+26Not going to lie, I didn't really find any of them funny.
  • immatellyouwhat, on 11/11/2009, -0/+7OMG YOU JUST BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!1!1!1!!!!one!1!1!!!
  • MonkeyFit, on 11/11/2009, -0/+7I often wonder how much work syntaxgs put into his posts when he started, and if it comes naturally now. Dugg for continuing to massacre the english language.
  • wpf999, on 11/11/2009, -1/+7huh???? @syntaxgs your comment was more laughable than the ads.
  • WinkyMcGee, on 11/11/2009, -3/+9No. THIS IS SPARTA.
  • Nerfdude, on 11/11/2009, -0/+5the "blood" gang sign you're referring to is a little different, but.. yeah.
  • plainOldFool, on 11/11/2009, -0/+4sereous lee
  • Zylog, on 11/11/2009, -3/+7*takes out the smoking pipe*

    Now, such a thing [lawsuits] would mostly happen in US. You see, we europeans have a sense of humour.
  • plainOldFool, on 11/11/2009, -0/+4He probably has a custom grease monkey script to "Sytaxgs" his posts.
  • Praystation, on 11/11/2009, -1/+5A++ RECOMMENDED WOULD BUY AGAIN!!
  • vibr8, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3i think the whole point is it resembles the blood sign isn't it?
  • greenraincoat, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3Did anyone else notice the typo in #19, the McDonalds ad?
  • FreckleEars, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/08/40-absolut ...

    Another one of their lists. Some pretty damn good ones here too.
  • vibr8, on 11/11/2009, -1/+4if i smirk at something online then its probably pretty funny. Usually I'll frown slightly and perhaps exhale a small parcel or air from my nostrils, before typing LOL
  • Alienrace, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3I want those flip-flops!
  • Nerfdude, on 11/11/2009, -4/+6I honestly didn't really find any of them funny. a smirk here and there, but most were pretty lame.
  • booststrong, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2The "reality sucks" ads are really funny. Free Willy eating a human is sooo messed up, but really funny! I really like the creative interaction ads, such as the hand dryer or the Kit-Kat bench. I think that when consumers interact with ads, more memory retention and ad effectiveness is possible. Great article!
  • cecilpl, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2What does that make the wax cylinder?
  • jtk001c, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Pretty sure they do; that's why they are running the ad.
  • Bootrix2, on 11/11/2009, -1/+2They want the young boys to feel safe.
  • quacker912, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1How often does this actually work?
  • TalkGibberish, on 11/10/2009, -2/+3Seriously!
  • Balanced, on 11/11/2009, -1/+2Funny, but many of these aren't really print ads.
  • Stinkylicious, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Somehow, the phrase "Fight Child Abuse" just sounds wrong.
  • EnTaroTassadar, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Actually, all of them ARE. They're either the original image or a scan from a newspaper/magazine, or a photograph like the billboards.

    Bottom line is that all of them were printed, therefore, "Print ads".
  • kartika9, on 11/16/2009, -0/+1haha it's great, indeed.. wish to be inspired like that :)
  • CahBagoes, on 11/14/2009, -0/+1yess, too funny...
  • OCDrockstarr, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1"With as as many as..."
  • Balanced, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1That's really not how the term is used. 'Print' is usually short for 'print media' which generally requires it be mass-produced (so 3 or 4 copies of a billboard don't count) and distributed in, well, print. It's like how jsut because you send a college paper to the laser printer in the computer lab you can say your paper was printed, but it's not really published.

    #1-#3 look like they're print media.
    #4 looks like a poster campaign.
    #5-#8 no problem.
    #9 is billboards, which are generally short enough run they're practically hand work.
    #10 is fine.
    #11 is, again, a billboard.
    #12 - #13 are fine.
    #14 is a wrap, it appears.
    #15 looks like a print ad.
    #16-#34 look like they're print ads.
    #35 is a truck wrap.
    #36 - #40 look fine.

    Not too many that don't fit, but enough.
  • Necrid, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Here is one more from colgate toothpaste
    http://tiny.cc/JSuza

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