Turn up those hearing aids…Toronto agency john st. has brought back its Granny-themed National Sweater Day campaign for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Ruth, Florence, Audrey, and a few other lovely ladies from Granny Call Centre 82.0 are back to convince Canadians to wear sweaters and lower the heater on Feb. 7 in an effort to save energy. You should check out the campaign’s site to meet all the grannies and read background info for the cause. You also have the option of nominating your own grandmother if she’s into ugly sweaters and environmental awareness.

The aforementioned john st. which recently amused us with its “Buyral” spoof, tapped into the secret of advertising for this one: Either cute babies or charming grandparents equals success. The only thing missing from the videos is a cutaway to cute babies in ugly sweaters. That would’ve been the equivalent of back-to-back Bingo’s in the nursing home. But the National Sweater Day campaign is still a smart revival for a good cause. Betty White better watch her back. Credits after the jump.

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-Domino’s has launched a digital/direct review in the U.K. link

-In today’s odd couple pairing, Slash and Betty White team up to promote a new “LAIR” exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo as part of a campaign from Allen & Gerritsen (above).

-The Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation picked local shop LevLane as its strategic marketing and communications firm.

-Publicis Groupe says the GM media account accounted for only 0.5 percent of its business. link

-Look for a complete Arby’s relaunch, ads, logo, menu and all, in Q3. link

-Apple will announce the iPad 3 in March. link

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-Will Ferrell‘s Old Milwaukee Super Bowl ad reportedly aired in only one market last night. link

-Betty White sends a Super Bowl message to the Giants. link

-Car and Driver goes behind-the-scenes on Chevy’s OK Go-starring Super Bowl spot. link

-Crowdsourcing site Freelancer.com announced the 20 finalists in its “Expose Our Logo” contest. link (pdf)

-Why did Chrysler’s Clint Eastwood Super Bowl ad get pulled this morning? It seems like we’re all confused by the NFL’s move. link

-Apparently, HP will announce a new agency for its computing unit in March. link

-166 companies and industry groups show their support for a “Do Not Sell” registry as part of ICANN’s TLD program. link

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If you’ve never seen ESPN2′s amorphous blob of viral videos and sports commentary, SportsNation, you are in for one of the strangest shows the Walt Disney Company has ever turned out, That’s So Raven included.

Picture Comedy Central’s weekly funny internet video wrap-up Tosh.0 mixed with Fox Sports Net’s old silly sports free-for-all The Best Damn Sports Show Period sprinkled in with ESPN’s short-lived Today Show-esque morning show, Cold Pizza. Mix in radio show host Colin Cowherd and his co-host, sports reporter Michelle Beadle, and the above video makes complete sense to the regular SportsNation viewer. Seriously.

Attempting to take the focus away from actually discussing the Super Bowl and their show’s whole “will they or won’t they” vibe that diminishes whenever Beadle shuts down Cowherd’s nervous advances (sigh), the former puts herself through the famous Super Bowl Ad gauntlet. And, look at that, she can take a clothesline to a mud puddle as well as Betty White. If Beadle and Cowherd aren’t complimenting funny videos and comparing their value to professional sports feats, they are making funny videos and ignoring sports all together. Try to bribe them with soda for their jersey, and they’ll throw a glass bottle at your face.

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-Brett Favre‘s texting shenanigans could cost him $100 million in endorsements. link

-Hill Holiday wins the MLB pitch. link

-The now-overexposed Betty White becomes a fashion designer. link

-John Baglivo joined Rosetta as SVP of brand marketing.

-Verizon will join AT&T in selling iPads. link

-Facebook and Microsoft announced a new search partnership yesterday. link

-Luxottica Group tapped Publicis Groupe for global marketing and ad services. link

-Hey look, a new creative agency opened. link

-Various TBWA offices were shortlisted at the London International Awards. link

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