Cluely’s billboards (above) became the story of the summer and a damn good story too. There was a lot of trendy talk about ...

Humor doesn’t just sell—it sells well, and that’s no joke. There are any number of stats to validate it. Research from Oracle indicates that 90% of consumers are more likely to recall a product or ...

It’s time to stop taking advertising so seriously. Let’s put the laughs—and the growth—back into marketing. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, ...

From Snickers’ You’re Not You When You’re Hungry 2010 spot with Betty White to Wendy’s Where’s the Beef 1984 spot, Super Bowl commercials are known to be the funniest of all time. So why aren’t ...

As the saying goes, “If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry.” Biogen and ad agency 21Grams took that mantra to heart with their Gold Pharma Lions–winning social media campaign, “Friedreich’s Back,” for ...

NEW YORK -- From a strange creature called "Puppymonkeybaby" to a tear-inducing Audi ad, Super Bowl ads ran the gamut this year from offbeat humor to heartfelt messages. On advertising's biggest night ...

I’ve been studying humor as an academic for a couple of decades now. I’ve written a doctoral dissertation about it, published articles about it, given talks about it, and am an avid consumer of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) In February, the town asked a judge to throw out the lawsuits, but the judge denied ...

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