Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Ad Nauseam

State Farm Discontinues Its “Humiliated Cyclist” Ad

By Damien Newton | Apr 11, 2008 | 1 Comment

Our State Farm Ad Nauseam featuring "Jim" the humiliated bike commuter drew a lot of interest. The post was picked up all over, generated more than 10,000 YouTube views and, along with all of last week’s congestion pricing-related web traffic, it crashed our server on Friday. Now, according to Director of Marketing Communications TIm Van […]

Miller Brewing Co.: Cycling Is Patriotic

By Damien Newton | Apr 9, 2008 | 3 Comments

This ad has some age on it, but we thought it’d be nice for once to see one from a company that gets it. A cyclist, his front basket filled with two fresh six packs of jingling Miller bottles, makes his way down a snow-covered street. The voice over: That’s the way, patriot. Let the […]

State Farm Looks to Engage Cycling Community

By Damien Newton | Apr 7, 2008 | 15 Comments

Responding to criticism of an ad depicting a humiliated office worker forced to bike to his job due to high gas prices, State Farm Director of Marketing Communications Tim Van Hoof writes: I’m sorry this commercial offended anyone. State Farm has been asupporter of bicycle safety through the thousands of bicycle rodeoswe’ve held for children […]

Ad Nauseam: State Farm and the Humiliation of Biking to Work

By Damien Newton | Apr 3, 2008 | 11 Comments

Drop what you’re doing, click the "play" button and enjoy 30 seconds of outstanding car culture courtesy of State Farm. The Scene: An African American actor with a shaved head, conservative gray suit and slightly stiff demeanor asks, "Where can you find me? At the intersection of gas prices can not get any higher and […]

LA City Channel 36 Takes Bike Safety to the Silver Screen

By Damien Newton | Apr 1, 2008 | 4 Comments

From the people that compared bike riders to insects comes a new film PSA with a simple message, "If you break any traffic rules while on a bike, you deserve to be horribly crippled or maybe even paralyzed." Channel 36 has put together a series of new public service announcements designed to spread the message of […]

You’ll Wonder Why You Ever Drove a Car

By Damien Newton | Mar 21, 2008 | 6 Comments

Are you tired of those flashy car commercials that promote the "amenities" of cars. You know the ones, they’ll promote a sunroof as bringing the driver closer to nature and somehow manage to avoid the corrosive effect car culture has on our world? Well, via our friends at C.I.C.L.E. comes an ad campaign, designed by […]

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