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The 10 Weirdest Ad Stories of the Month

By Jim Edwards

Updated on: July 30, 2010 / 3:05 PM EDT / MoneyWatch

Which CEO has a metal plate in her head? Which boss has a dog named Savage? Which agency entered its ads for a sex shop into the Cannes festival? The answers all happened in July 2010 ...

All the Mad Men smoking scenes in 2 minutes and 20 seconds
One reason Mad Men is so great is that it makes smoking look normal and cool. This video, which combines all the smoking scenes into one, reveals the more realistic truth.
Euro RSCG PR CEO has a titanium plate in her head Brain tumor surgery saved Marian Salzman's life. "The doctors removed a meningioma, which, they said, is the best kind of brain tumor to have."
Are you Indian but want to look white on Facebook?
This depressing, racist product is for you. Worse, it's made by Vaseline, who should know better.
12 hilarious help-wanted ads
"Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons."
DC Comics' new Wonder Woman is a rebranding disaster
Yoga pants and a blazer replace eagle bra and short-shorts. Everyone. Hates. It.
Gillette obeys law requiring high-school level innuendo in every men's grooming ad
"How do you like it shaved?" is the self-answering question in this one.
Publicis exec abandoned family for life of anonymous hookups
Wait, isn't that also the plot of this season's Mad Men?
Grey Worldwide's Cannes Lion candidate was an ad for a sex shop
"To shop in a sexshop can be very embarrassing. Do your sex shopping online so you are incognito. The video shows that sex shopping is more easy and discreet online," the agency says. Things are different in Dusseldorf!
WPP chief Martin Sorrell has a dog named Savage
Nicely revealing Guardian profile of the ad world's biggest mogul: When Sorrell got himself a puppy, a red setter, he named it Savage ... the dog sits placidly, lolling its head in the sun. "I called him Savage, because he isn't," he says.
Kraft learns not to screw with Vegemite in Australia
Consumer backlash forces company to ditch "iSnack2.0"; Kraft re-runs beloved 1959 ad to appease sandwich-eating masses.

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