Do You Want to Make a TV Show?
Okay, so where am I? Last week, I decided to take a few days off and fly up to Portland, an attractive city where the people are friendly and the food is amazing. It’s a short flight. My friend has a place there so I figured, why not? When the cab dropped me off at […]
Collaboration
Are you a Ringleader? Skeptic? Stealth Ninja? The top nine collaboration types that exist within an organization have been identified. Collaboration. It’s an important component of any successful marketing campaign. But successful collaboration is easier said than done. Just like there are multiple types of personalities that interact with one another differently, there a
The Golden Age of Flying
My recent talk with Daniela the Flight Girl spurred my nostalgia about what flying was like back in the day. I remember those Mad Men episode with Don Draper was winging it to the coast with Roger Sterling with the suit coats still buttoned and stewardess with gloves on taking drink orders. Today is a little […]
Summer Travel: airberlin to Germany
[October 27, 2017]….NOTE TO READERS: airberlin has ceased flying. Well, it was fun while it lasted. Okay, so where am I? Have you ever been in the middle of a fairly tale? Where can you plan a trip that could indulge you in ways you never thought is possible? There’s a place on earth that […]
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 […]
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 […]
