The first ad in the new Cadbury dairy milk campaign, "Glass and a Half Full" by Fallon London, just came out. Phil Collins and a drumming gorilla – what a combo. Watch the video here.

This 1979 Omni Magazine spread depicts "the future" with eerie accuracy.
Satellite dishes on roofs? Check. DVRs? Check. Flat screen TVs? Check.

But what’s with the jumpsuits? Why is it that every time someone "predicts the future," everyone is wearing too-tight jumpsuits? We imagine a futurist saying "Pants are inefficient. I predict a future where man is liberated from the tyranny of pants. I predict…The Jumpsuit!"

The soccer player isn’t wearing a jumpsu…wait a minute…Is that the GEICO caveman?
How the hell did they predict that? 
And if they’re right about that, could they be right about the jumpsuits? 
It’s a future too horrible to contemplate.

Unless we get robot bartenders.

Thanks to our pals at Freakgirl for the tip.   

In honor of the holiday, enjoy the hairstlyes, fashions and oh-so-catchy tune (Seriously, what was it with jingle writers in the 70s? Oh, that’s right.) from this delightful union-friendly clip.

Happy Labor Day, y’all!

You’ve seen LOLcats.  You’ve even built one.

Maybe you even have a neighboring cube dweller with a semi-creepy number of them pinned to his wall.

But, since you depend upon Mortarblog to keep you up on the latest, we can now pronounce them "played."
Why? Simple. Once the Wall Street Journal starts talking about a youthful trend, stick a fork in it. It’s done.

It’s like your parents trying to be cool.  (shudder)

Naturally, a couple remoras tried to create LOLdogs, but trendfollowing like that is a classic, terminal symptom of brand erosion.

What’s now?
Intellicats.

And they say no one reads the copy.