Awards Season plus the Perfect Photo Shoot
Okay, so where am I? Currently I’m in the midst of In the midst of planning a photo shoot, Yeah yeah, I hear you. Rent a space, show up with a camera and some pretty models and push the little button on your camera. Nope, it’s not that easy, but more on that later. I […]
Down the Rabbit Hole with Infomercials
Okay, so where am I? Most of my regular readers know I am always on the search for that Big Idea. It’s something I learned the importance of from a, intimate David Ogilvy talkback I scored tickets through a viscous corporate ladder climber I was dating at the time. Research and writing were the keys back […]
Getting Social at the Emmy Awards
Past Media Guy Emmy Columns: 2016 – 2015 – 2014 Okay, so where am I? I’m at the Microsoft Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles taking in the 69th Emmy Awards and trying to get one of those drinks loaded with bitters that Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel are sharing. No luck. Speaking of luck…last year […]
The Opera of Orgasms
Okay, so where am I? I’m preparing for an other trip…and another surgery…yeah, getting old sucks. I’m also prepping for the Emmys on Sunday. I got a new lens to break in. You know I’ll post pictures. Stephen Colbert is hosting…more political humor. Ugh! I’m thinking Louis Vuitton for the red carpet. Yeah, that’s the […]
The Idea
In the beginning of advertising, it was all about The Idea. The goal was to be talked about, from the playground to the bar. To be a cultural icon. Viral before viral was viral. The goal now? I have no idea. We’re not talking about commercials, jingles, and magazine ads anymore. They aren’t about us. […]
Ms. Emmy: YOU KNOW HOW TO PARTY!
Oh my lovely giant Emmy statuette. I flirted with you all night and after all that you went home with a hundred or so other writers, producers, actors, and actresses. And this morning, there you are. Face down after a wild night of partying and rubbing elbows with the television elite. Most of us would […]
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 […]
The Hunger Games World Tour and the Fashion of Jennifer Lawrence
Okay, so where am I? There’s been some rumor about a trip to Hungary to see the amazing architecture and take in the opera at the Hungarian State Opera House (amazing!). And, I may have needed to be in Hollywood to accept my Emmy (yeah, that’s a thing, woo hoo!). And, I may or may […]
Melting on the Emmys Red Carpet
Okay, so where am I? Yes, indeed I am at the newly named Microsoft Theatre (formerly the Nokia Theatre) in Downtown Los Angeles at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Before I talk about the triple digit heat on the red carpet, I must declare that I really want to party with three women: Click here to […]
