The GM Volt is scheduled for release in 2010.

This commercial from GM shows the progression of innovation that leads up to the Volt release.

The music is good, the copy and visuals are good, I just hope that GM can deliver.

In 2 years time can I buy a Volt (motortrend)? I hope I have that option.

BTW- www.gm.com is one of the best URLs, so please use it.

To get rid of those dingies you much have Cheer Bright Clean.

This commercial has a special place in my heart. I know people like this. Most of my relatives sound like that.

I also give them props for taking the creative idea to the web site.

Now, what about your underpants?

Fort Lauderdale resident Kevin Kearney is in critical condition Tuesday after attempting to kite surf in Tropical Storm Fay.

This is why you should not kite surf during a potential hurricane. I feel bad for Kevin but really, what did he think would happen.

Thanks P&M for the link.

This is an ad that came on during the Olympics that I think is worth posting.

Lenovo has 3-4 commercials running during the Olympics that focus on a feature of the new computer without trying to explain everything that is new.

The Lenovo ThinkPad, better than a fruit basket.

Paraguay’s Leryn Franco has been a web crush since the opening ceremonies. It has been all over the home page of today.

I can understand why, she is a beauty but so many others in the games are also. Not many of the Olympic Javelin contestants have personal calendars, maybe that has something to do with it.

Here is a segment from the :

is just your run-of-the-mill javelin thrower/pageant queen/model with her own calendar. But during the Beijing Olympics the 26-year old Paraguayan became so much more to the American people; she became our javelin thrower/pageant queen/model with her own calendar.

Ms. Franco became the object of our attention after she was noticed by NBC cameras during the Parade of Nations at the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Fourth-Place Medal’s fledgling Investigative Unit and since then our schoolboy crush blossomed into unrequited love.

This is a funny commercial from Chevy for the new Traverse.

The sensitive music, the topless guy ironing (with a pink iron), making a 6 month anniversary reservation…”it’s useful, it’s beautiful, it’s everything you ever wished for and then some” cut to guy cleaning toilet.

Ladies, is this really the perfect male?

Unfortunately Chevy has put together a web site that doesn’t leverage the playful humor in this commercial. Why didn’t they take the guy in the commercial and have him explain how much the Traverse is like him.

They could have really made the site a destination and extension of the prefect car and the dream of the perfect man.

This is not recommended. Even if you are really good at Guitar Hero, it’s not worth dropping out over.

North Carolina native Blake Peebles, there’s no such thing. Guitar Hero is his title of choice. “I usually play till I can’t anymore,” he says, in this profile from the News & Observer.

In fact, young Mr. Peebles is dropping out of high school… in order to focus on Guitar Hero full time. Peebles hopes to join the small but growing crew of players looking to make gaming a job. Citing his victories in Guitar Hero tournaments, which include “gift certificates, gaming equipment, and chicken sandwiches,” Peebles thinks he has the chops to play competitively and earn actual money in the process. As the story notes, top gamers on the competitive circuit can earn up to $80,000 a year (though $25,000 is more common). Peebles, of course, can count his 52 Chick-fil-A combo meals toward that total.

Another GE Ecomagination that aired during the Olympics.

It’s a good creative concept and the bio-gas technology using a dragon to heat water is clever.

The series of ads for GE Ecomagination have all been very solid commercials and the web site is pretty damn good also.

Move over, Angelina Jolie. There’s a new Lara Croft in town, and she’s a 23-year-old gymnast from South London, Tomb Raider publisher Eidos announced this week.

I don’t follow this stuff but what I do know is that if you play Laura Croft in the game or the movies, you have something to brag about.

The new Laura Croft, is a 12 year gymnast, can pull off some of the games moves and is still training with weapons and survival techniques from the SAS. What a great gig, train the new Laura Croft.

Here is a little more from the story on :

Ever since actress Rhonda Mitra first took on the role of Tomb Raider heroine Lara Croft in 1997, Eidos has sought real-life counterparts for its acrobatic archaeologist heroine, and they’ve helped propel the video game series to worldwide sales topping 32 million. Up until now the British publisher’s picks have tended to be models or, like Jolie, movie stars, but Alison Carroll might just be the first Croft to have the physical abilities to do her famously acrobatic opposite number justice.

This is just another great ad that highlights a product feature in a very funny way.

Honda is not know for it’s overly creative commercials but they have done some really good work on the Pilot.

The actors are perfectly cast and the reaction when the driver looks back, shudders and looks at the rear view camera is just funny.