Intolerable Sarcasm featuring Stupid Tourism Ads
Jeez, I didn’t know my sarcastic reaction to Emirates Airlines’ Hello Tomorrow advertising would ripple through Dubai all the way to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, aka the DPRK. First Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK, First Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, [&
The Commandments of Business Bar Meetings
Drinking = new business, for better or for worse. And the managing director said, “Let there be drinks.” And there were drinks. And from these drinks, the Sales Guy closed the account at the bar. And the Creatives were given dominion over all things upon this account and the power to choose between scandalous and […]
Dissed By a Screen Legend…
Feeling like a Neanderthal today. Okay so where am I? Current mood says I am lost in my own mind. I’m in a bit of a funk with this Clio Awards shortlist announcement staring me in my face. Scroll down. Scroll up. Scroll sideways. Nothing but the giants of advertising there. Not a Media Guy campaign to be […]
Emirates Airlines has Jumped the Shark
Full disclosure. It pains me to do this critique. I’ve flown Emirates Airlines many times and love their business class services and economy class entertainment. But really, their print advertising has crossed over and jumped the shark. Mary Wells, architect of the Braniff “End of the Plain Plane” ad campaign, is certainly sitting in her […]
The Table Read
“Paint the wall red and I’ll see if I like it…” So starts the long journey of getting the Media Guy Struggles green lit as a pilot or even a bona fide television show. Okay, so where am I? The table reading is kind of like painting the wall red and seeing if the powers […]
For Your Consideration…
Okay, so where am I? Not everyone can look like this in a rented Vera Wang tux. #LifeGoals Now that the Emmy Award nominations have been announced I’ve gone underground for a few days, escaping Los Angeles, ever so briefly. I mean, really, how many Emmy consideration billboards for obscure shows on networks I’ve never […]
Pokemon Go Is Taking Over the World
Okay, so where am I? I am shopping for a mattress and geez this is harder than getting actors to the set on time. I saw one company that said I could buy a new mattress and not pay for five years! My first thought was finally the terminally ill catch a break. They get […]
The Dreaded Casting Call
Advertising is my life. That’s well noted. Looking back on some of the big hits over the decades reveals how billions of dollars spent on ad time can perpetuate falsehoods and dig holes that even workers in FDR’s New Deal jobs program couldn’t fill: -Fifty years ago ads for cigarettes were everywhere and endorsed by […]
AMERICAN RED CROSS: You Should Have Called The Media Guy!
Okay, so where am I? I’m waiting by the phone hoping Gail J. McGovern, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross, rings me back so we can discuss their outreach advertising. Their swimming pool safety poster channeled their inner Trump nearly alienating African-Americans across the United States. They picked a helluva a […]
Liam Neeson = Big Ad Man
According to the Nielsen company, all of us ad executives looking for a celebrity to endorse our client’s products won’t do better than Taken and Schindler List star Liam Neeson. Nielsen concluded that after looking at celebrities who recently made commercials and ranked then them with a formula that calculates likability, influence, public awareness,
