Brands Battle for Top Honors on The Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame
If you’re familiar with the Hollywood Walk of Fame, this one is the advertising industry counterpart.
America’s favorite advertising icons and slogans from the biggest brands will go head-to-head to determine this year’s inductees to The Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame. Induction will be held during the Advertising Week 2011 in New York City on October 3-7.
Voters are encouraged to vote for their favorite icon and slogan on BuzzFeed.com/AdWalkofFame starting today. It ends on September 30 at midnight.
Winners will gain a permanent position in Madison Avenue, between 42nd and 50th Streets.
Advertising Week Executive Director Matt Scheckner is looking at an exciting campaign for all brands, saying:
“The 2011 campaign promises to be hotly contested as nominees canvas the country looking for votes. We are looking forward to a good clean campaign and to welcoming new inductees into the Walk of Fame.”
If you are to vote, what are your choices from this list of nominees?
Icon Nominees
Allstate’s Mayhem, Flo, Progressive’s Perky Insurance Clerk, The Kia Hamsters, Sparky the Fire Dog, The California Raisins, The E*TRADE Babies, The Most Interesting Man in the World, Crash Test Dummies Vince and Larry, Energizer Bunny, Jolly Green Giant, Keebler Elves, Snap Crackle and Pop, The Coca-Cola Polar Bears, The French’s Mustard Man, Mr. Mucus, McGruff the Crime Dog, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, Mr. Clean, Subway’s Jared, and Smokey Bear.
Slogan Nominees
Don’t Leave Home Without It (American Express),We Move People (Bombardier), What’s in Your Wallet (Capital One), A Diamond is Forever (DeBeers), The Best Part of Waking Up is Folger’s in Your Cup (Folger’s), Is It In You? (Gatorade), It’s Not TV, It’s HBO (HBO), What Would You Do for a Klondike Bar? (Klondike), What Happens Here, Stays Here (Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority), I Live for This (Major League Baseball), Hungry? Grab A Snickers (Snickers) I Want My MTV (MTV), Just Do It (Nike), I
