John Caples, the legend in direct-response advertising who wrote the famous "They laughed when ..." ads, had strong feelings how to sell stuff with jokes. And his feelings boiled down to this: Stop ...

To any beleaguered parent, the sight of a baby urinating with the intensity of a fire hose is not only funny, it also hits home. A new study by U.S. firm Ace Metrix, however, has found that it's not ...

A poster promoting the new documentary film "The Muslims Are Coming is seen inside the City Hall subway station in the Manhattan borough of New York City, March 7, 2016. Humorous ads for a documentary ...

April 2012 A particular ad of a body deodorant for men shows this bare-body man spraying the deodorant on himself, surrounded by some mesmerised angel-costumed girls, with the caption reading: 'A ...

A mock-up of what some of the print ads for the comedy documentary The Muslims Are Coming! would look like in a New York City subway stations. A judge has said the posters are good to go up, but the ...

NEW YORK — This year’s Super Bowl ads ran the gamut from tame humour to ... tame messages about social causes. After a divisive year, advertisers during the Big Game worked overtime to win over ...

A Genius puzzle recalls an age of amusing TV commercials Whatever happened to humour? Claw’s Genius puzzle for August had plenty and its solution is below. The instructions … Careful consideration of ...