MEDIA COMMENTARY, MUSINGS, & GENERAL CRANKINESS
Posted in Advertising, General Crankiness on Mar 15th, 2011
The ideas that were actually selling here at SxSW were the ones that were actually sold – by a fantastic speaker. Now I agree, some ideas are so great they don’t need to be sold. For example, they day they discover a cure for cancer? They won’t need an ad agency. They can take out [...]
Posted in Advertising, General Crankiness on Feb 22nd, 2011
Thank you, ladies, gentleman. Okay….Chiquita vs. Dole? People…. c’mon, this is the “to-may-to’s” taking on the “to-mah-to’s” … except it’s bananas. There’s no difference here. And forget about using that tired old “loaded with potassium” crap. People don’t care. Chiquita needs a messaging platform people care about. One that gives Chiquita a point of difference. [...]
Posted in Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness on Feb 14th, 2011
As expected, U.S. entries to Cannes were way down this year given the recent Zombie Apocalypse. Observers are surprised ad people continue to even exist given their worthlessness in a economy that now values productive trades like farmers, electricians, and mechanics. In fact, the few agencies still operating attribute their success almost entirely to being [...]
Posted in Advertising, Commentary, digital, General Crankiness, Social Media on Feb 7th, 2011
Well, I went 50-50 on my predictions for what would show up in the Top 10 of USA Today’s Ad Meter. I guessed kinda right that a Bud Light spot would make it in. I guessed that another user-generated Doritos spot would make the top 10. That Weiden would a cool spot for Coke. That [...]
Posted in Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness on Nov 29th, 2010
The gravel crunches under the tires of our agency’s rented Camry as we pull in front of the little building that bakes in the hot retirement sun of Florida. We have arrived at the Home for Tired Old Advertising Ideas and Visuals. Here in this forlorn little building lie the over-exposed and terminally boring. Old [...]
Posted in Commentary, General Crankiness on Oct 29th, 2010
Thirty-one goddamn years in the business and you’d think I’d get more respect. Especially from the dickweeds I work with. And then you get this…..dude comes “dressed as me” to Halloween. It’s just mean-spirited and disrespectful, is all I have to say about it. Making fun of both my age and the fact that I [...]
Posted in Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness on Sep 13th, 2010
Okay, so I’m watchin’ Alien, right? Classic movie. And I’m at that part where John Hurt keels over sick, right? And they lay him on the table. And then…and then…just when I’m ready for the alien to pop up out of his chest, some stinkin’ ad pops up instead, down on the bottom of the [...]
Posted in Advertising, Commentary, General Crankiness on Aug 5th, 2010
“Life Is Too Short To Accept Brutal Creative Directors.” In which we have a short but vigorous discussion about creative directors who act out on their childhood issues by brutalizing and traumatizing other creative people. I myself have been fortunate to have had a long career and never been abused by the caprice and arrogance [...]
Posted in Advertising, General Crankiness on Jul 27th, 2010
Most of the time it was probably real bad being stuck down in a torture dungeon. But some days, when there was a bad storm outside, you’d look through the bars of your little window and think, “Boy, I’m glad I’m not out in that.” –From “Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey.” ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I remember a [...]
Posted in Advertising, General Crankiness on Jul 16th, 2010
Boring TV commercials loaded down with too much detail remind me of that poor donkey you always see in old Westerns. You know the one — the sad beast way at the back of the wagon train. With 200 pounds on its back: gold ore, sleeping bags, guns, clanking pans and bottles of liquor, pick [...]
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