Ad Creeps

A podcast about advertising from a queer anti-capitalist perspective. We dissect and correct the TV ads that raised us, fazed us and amazed us! Hosted by Al Ross & Dee Twentee Logo by Kai Robinson Theme Song by Skatune Network

Centraal Beheer’s Vinnie & the Horse 12/03/2024

Centraal Beheer’s Vinnie & the Horse What’s your horse name? In this episode, Al baits Dee with horses and pulls the ol’ switcheroo to talk about the history of the pension and how it’s all fucked up now. Plus, a lot of really silly stuff about horses. Like, a lot. Sorry about that. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/34258205

Razor & Tie's Kidz Bop 11/04/2024

Razor & Tie's Kidz Bop Today we’re asking the most crucial question of our time: what were YOU listening to in 2001? Don’t worry, no one’s coming out of this thing un-embarrassed. Al and Dee break down some primary document-based playlist proclivities and explore the rise of clean tween pop. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: Al’s Grade 8 Bangers Playlist: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/33784052

Time-Life’s Mysteries of the Unknown 10/21/2024

Time-Life’s Mysteries of the Unknown Two podcasters record an episode in a room with a strange presence… How do you explain that? Dee’s back with a journalistic novel for Al all about historical flim-flam, creative archaeology and the literary equivalent of your instagram feed. Plus, a very British local ad from 1974. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/33556252

Borden Dairy's Klim 10/07/2024

Borden Dairy's Klim Chemists, listen at your own peril. We’re going from high fashion soirees to poudre boire in this tale as Al gives Dee’s brain a real workout. Tune in for butter trends, junk science, and maybe the most important zine of all time. QC: There is a small amount of background traffic noise from our record location, sorry ‘bout it! Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/33368482

The NPPC’s America, You’re Leaning on Pork 09/23/2024

The NPPC’s America, You’re Leaning on Pork If you’ve got major beef then try another episode because this week Al and Dee are marinating in the paragon of commodities that is pork. Come hear about Checkoff’s Fund, new Texas cuisine, and why America’s army of perfectly identical pigs are completely taint-free. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/33177832

The FDA’s Great Medical Device Quackery Show 09/09/2024

The FDA’s Great Medical Device Quackery Show It’s time for Al’s guy! Do you enjoy the work of Henrik Ibsen, FDA deep lore, and fun radiation experiments to do in your home laboratory? No? Well then sorry about this one, gang. Al and Dee are diving into how the FDA tackled one strange contraption. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/32981817

Popeye’s Famous Fried Chicken 08/27/2024

Popeye’s Famous Fried Chicken Are you ready for one of Dee’s guys?? Because they’re back in the driver’s seat with all the tea on the founder of this New Orleans-based chicken chain. You just have to decide if you want it hot, or cold. Plus, we crowdfund to get Al a slide whistle. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/32753302

Ad Creeps’ 2024 Summer Boys of Summer Smashing 16 Innit 08/12/2024

Ad Creeps’ 2024 Summer Boys of Summer Smashing 16 Innit Your Summer Boys are finally back with a brand new bracket that sees mascots from across the pond competing to see who’s the best! Or, maybe just the least worst… Al and Dee dive into the details and leave no stone unturned as they decide which Premier League Football mascot will join the Philly Phantatic in the Ad Creeps Mascot Hall of Phame. Mascot Pics: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/32548987

DuPont’s For Beauty that Lasts 06/10/2024

DuPont’s For Beauty that Lasts It’s pride month, and you know what that means… Al endeavours to engage Dee with a tale that starts with the French Revolution and ends up in your bloodstream. Plus, a surprise guest host, a review of our favourite allies, and a local ad all the way from Italia. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/31688117

Bugaboo Creek's You're Going to Love our Lodge 05/23/2024

Bugaboo Creek's You're Going to Love our Lodge Put on your best and sluttiest outfit because we’re hitting the town! Al drags Dee from spot to spot to sample a veritable platter of theme restaurants, starting in 19th century Paris. Plus, a divisive local ad from beautiful Dubuque, Iowa. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/31443887

Hasbro's Potato Head Kids 05/14/2024

Hasbro's Potato Head Kids Whether you’re an effete Prussian monarch or under a strict rationing mandate, you’ve got to agree: potatoes are really something. And now, Al endeavours to explain to Dee just what that something is. And! The origins of everyone’s favourite tuber toy, and what it portends for the future. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/31283842

Domino's Pizza Delivers 04/29/2024

Domino's Pizza Delivers It’s pizza night, baby! Dee is back in the driver’s seat for this episode and he initiates Al into deep-state pies and deep-dish data. Plus we chat about our youth sporting histories, rank our favorite pizza chains and get pill-pilled with a Bismarck, North Dakota PSA. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/31043073

United Feature Syndicate’s Talking Garfield 04/08/2024

United Feature Syndicate’s Talking Garfield Your two big beefy boys are back with this week’s episode, in which Al opines the loss of local op-ed gripes, and Dee gets tossed into the deep end of the Garf-ocean. Plus, we take a trip to beautiful Fredericton, NB. See you in the funny pages, xoxo. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/30739968

General Mills' Circus Fun 03/25/2024

General Mills' Circus Fun It's time to bite the bullet and broach the big top as Al horses around with Dee. We're talking magic marshmallows, American cuisine, and more than you needed to know about Al's proclivities for the carnivalesque. Plus, a local ad for the Summer seekers. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/30536828

Clairol's Herbal Essences 03/11/2024

Clairol's Herbal Essences I hope you’ve got the urge, friend, because it’s time to get lathered. This week, Al lures Dee in with hedonic history, and an exploration of how, even in a protestant wasteland, pleasure can be found. Plus, the UK takes on American theme parks, and the titillating euphoria of being known. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/30329703

Fujitsu Interactive's Another Earth In Me 02/26/2024

Fujitsu Interactive's Another Earth In Me Who and what on earth is “Finfin?” In this episode, Al bares their soul to Dee who threatens to fight a computer game character as a result. But there’s so much more! Horny mouse drawings from an anime god, a classic voyeur FMV game, an iconic queen from Japan and some truly lovely lamps. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/30120073

Masterlock’s Tough Under Fire 02/12/2024

Masterlock’s Tough Under Fire Another big game has come and gone, but this week Dee makes a triumphant return to the hosting chair as they tie Al down for a quick chat about torture tactics, Foucault’s horse follies, and how to lock it down. Plus, a catchy campy jingle from Corrimal, NSW. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/29917538

General Mills’ Sir Grapefellow and Baron Von Redberry 01/30/2024

General Mills’ Sir Grapefellow and Baron Von Redberry We can be your hero, baby. This week, Al drags Dee off the garden path and deep into the prickly thicket of theology, macaroni men and almost certainly blasphemy. From heroic dolphins to cereal aces and everything in-between, plus a catchy jingle from Lubbock, TX (and we ain’t kiddin!) CW: The audio for the main ad is a bit crunchy, apologies! Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/29707903

Unilever’s The Axe Effect 01/15/2024

Unilever’s The Axe Effect Welcome back for Season Four!! In the first ep of this new season, Al ruins Dee’s day and Dee’s hair. We’re talking about weird fragrance additives, foul teen stink cannons, and, of course, returning champion benzene. Plus, cornhole fun! Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/29500238

Burger King’s Snuffy the Talking Fire Engine 11/20/2023

Burger King’s Snuffy the Talking Fire Engine At long last, it’s come to this. In the ultimate episode of Season 3, Al pooks Dee so hard they become instantly tummy ache-coded. The culmination of one long year of work and a BIG reveal, plus Saw sex traps, big yumbos, danger chaps, and a local ad that nearly takes one of our hosts out of commission. FYI: There are some crunchy audio peaks just after 35:00 due to uncontrollable Dee excitement. For those wanting to hear a clean version of the full “Prestige” track, it’s after the end bumper. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/28729438

Stetson Cologne's Stetson Fits 11/13/2023

Stetson Cologne's Stetson Fits We’re back in the saddle again, folks. This week, Al and Dee try to find the line between craft and industry when it comes to safety— and they’re not afraid to get a little rough and ready. Plus, signature scents, inedible eggs, and the enduring majesty of Tussy. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/28625098

Hasbro’s Monopoly Empire 10/24/2023

Hasbro’s Monopoly Empire Who gets to pass Go? Al digs deep into the annals of World War I history to bring Dee along on this story about money, borders, empire and oil. Plus, a few misty watercolour tamagotchi memories. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/28402337

Pepsi's Woodstock Reunion 10/10/2023

Pepsi's Woodstock Reunion Oh, how we have missed you. Making up for the new bi-weekly schedule with a chonky ep, Al is determined to really use the space as they plunge Dee into the cold-tank of history and the sauna of generational change. Plus, another local banger. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/28271804

Entyvio’s Trucker 09/26/2023

Entyvio’s Trucker It’s time for a matter close to our hearts, and guts and spleens and butts: pharmaceutical advertising. Al pulls Dee through the history of American drug regulations and how they turned television into a 24-hour list of side effects. Plus, a pit stop in Kentucky. CW: Infant death, animal testing Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/28142438

Barnes and Noble's Of Course 09/19/2023

Barnes and Noble's Of Course Picture it: You step into a bookstore, thousands of titles lining the shelves… what’s the first thing you do? On this episode, Dee shows Al the data on a very scientifically intriguing tale about digestion of both the physical and mental kind. Plus, a Pennsylvania pizza rap. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/28076358

Wheaties' Big Girls 09/12/2023

Wheaties' Big Girls Since you last heard them, Al has gained three new holes and one fewer organ, so this episode may not be perfectly edited, but! Al makes up for it with enthusiasm as they take Dee through the trials and travails of 1920’s wheat ingestion, sports star product endorsements and a commercial we truly hate to love. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/28006992

The US Post Office Department’s Mr. Zip 09/05/2023

The US Post Office Department’s Mr. Zip You live in a series of numbers (& letters), this podcast is a series of words. It’s time for Dee to finally explain to Al what, why, how and WHO is Mr. Zip. Plus, bad CGI from Odessa, Texas. Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/27941646

Coleco’s Rambo Power Cycle 08/29/2023

Coleco’s Rambo Power Cycle Have you checked the classifieds lately? Al takes Dee on a whirlwind tour through the origin and impact of post-Vietnam era magazine Soldier of Fortune, fascist inspirations for modern masculinity, and a much beloved Sly Stallone property. Plus, did you see that antelope driving a car? Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/27878160

Ad Creeps’ Summer Boys of Summer Sweet 16 08/21/2023

Ad Creeps’ Summer Boys of Summer Sweet 16 Recently, Dee learned that when God closes a laptop, he opens a bracket, so on this episode we’re doing things a little differently… Grab your favorite stadium snack and get ready to hear the top 16 MLB mascots face off according to our very strict adjudication methods and discerning criteria. See the big beautiful boys we’re discussing right here: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/27812478

Citizens for Eisenhower's I Like Ike 08/15/2023

Citizens for Eisenhower's I Like Ike One weird trick to teach your pig that women hate! Al takes Dee on a whirlwind tour of clever creatures, sports’ most normie mascots, and the reign of Dwight D. Eisenhower, if you please. Plus, a local ad straight outta Dee’s summer vacation! Main Ad: Local Ad: Sources: /episode/index/show/adcreeps/id/27754512

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