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Collegehumor posts a car sales ad that contains a little more truth in advertising: Fuck You, Baltimore. "It is our belief that you schmucks will love this video. Guaranteed!"

From old cars to Old Spice - Take the test. Yes, that's Bruce "The Chin" Campbell. Hail to the king, baby.

Chewing gum ad becomes Sino-Russia sticking point - a Russian ad featuring China's national anthem as background music "harms China's dignity".

Igor Kirkchi, general director of BBDO, an advertising subsidiary of Omnigroup in Moscow, which designed the advert said it was immediately withdrawn after complaints from the Chinese.
"It was a monstrous misunderstanding," he said.
"We bought the music and the rights to use it in an ad from an English company owning banks of music tracks intended for commercial purposes. It was impossible to determine that it was the Chinese national anthem by the name of the track."

What Collegehumor didn't tell you - this hilarious bit of ad industry history: Back in 1990, this commercial was created as a joke for a pretend award show hosted by the Advertising Association of Baltimore. The show, called The Ad Follies, dared agencies to produce spoofs of the top agencies in the city. Despite the risk of job loss, one brave group took on the challenge. They crafted the commercial at WBFF television studio, using car manufacturer promotional videos and some generic stock footage. The best part? The writer and narrator are still a mystery to this day. The commercial was so risqué that it was only meant to be seen by those who worked on it and a select group of WBFF employees. It's the ad that almost got everyone fired! FUCK YOU BALTIMORE! Welcome to Big Bill's Hell.