The Tortillapocalypse is No Way to Treat a Media Guy
Okay, so where am I? I’m dealing with Tace Bell’s “Tortillapocalypse” and when you’re writing late night, what could be worse than not having warm flour tortillas to ease your late night needs to push through your writing block? Taco Bell is facing a tortilla shortage and it might be time to panic https://t.co/fBFCNEISNc pic.twitter.com/YXkibP1i42
Team with the Royals to Boost your Brand
Okay so where am I? I just opened the mail and declared that sometimes the USPS delivers some pretty things! In today’s mail was lovely letter from the 25th Annual Communicator Awards honoring excellence in Marketing and Communications. Whenever you get a letter from an awarding body that starts with “CONGRATULATIONS!” it’s got to be […]
Top 10 Local Los Angeles Television Commercials of the 1970s
Okay, so where am I? I just finished my judging assignment for the Telly Awards and while there are so great spots deserving of some of the top spots, most left my wanting for a bygone era where commercials that I watched on independent local Los Angeles channels inspired me to become one of those […]
The Biz: Advertising Agency Origins, Part 2
In the last installment of The Biz, I told you origin stories about my life in the New York ad agency world, including phone stabbings, death threats, and furniture throwing. That was just the start of my eccentric co-workers from whom I learned anger management, or lack thereof. Here’s a few more stories to finish […]
Class of 2018 Media Guy Hall of Shame Inductees
Okay, so where am I? As you can see on the left, the call of Clio entries has been announced. That means I’m pulling together to campaigns from last year trying to see if I should spend $525 to $1,025 on entry fees to put my best work forward. It’s been a while since my […]
Commercial Roast: Peloton
If you’ve ever seen a Peloton workout bike commercial, you’ve been shamed. How? Why? Take a look at the spot. I promise, it will only take a minute… Did you notice the overriding themes? Every actor in the the Peloton ad is in great shape. Every actor lives in a better home than you. Every […]
Hong Kong Tourism Board: You Should Have Called the Media Guy!
Okay, so where am I? I’m phone watching once again, half-heatedly expecting Dr. Peter Lam, Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, or their executive director Anthony Lau, to call me to sort out this mess created by their sexist and creepy “Treasures of the Heart” tourism commercial. Before I go on my whimsical rant […]
The Ad Biz: Office Stabbings and Media Guy Origins
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” This is the famous passage from the Statue of Liberty poem. New Colossus and its famous last lines have become […]
BURGER KING: You Should Have Called The Media Guy!
Okay, so where am I? I’m waiting by the phone hoping Axel Schwan, the Global Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Burger King, dials me up so we can discuss their latest brain fumble. I mean, the FIFA World Cup is a great event to center an advertising and marketing campaign that will inevitably […]
Workspaces: My Office
Okay, so where am I? Where else would I be but at the office, where I spend 60 hours of every non-vacation week. I am trying to get that inspiration for, not only that new campaign that’s due on Friday, but also that mysterious new commercial campaign for Smokey the Bear. My cluttered office and […]
