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,
Vindication Comes in Many Forms
This column is sparked by some big news…a culmination of forty passionate years towards the media and sports…and two decades of living with a past failure. You could call today the craziest day in my NHL history. You would definitely be right if not for that 2012 Stanley Cup win by the Los Angeles Kings […]
An Open Letter to the NHL
This from ESPN’s Craig Constance last night: “In the fall of 2017, when we celebrate the 100th birthday of the NHL, we will do so as a League of 31 teams,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. “We are pleased to welcome Bill Foley and the city of Las Vegas to the League […]
Selena, Annie, and More Stupid Advertising from Across the Pond
Okay, so where am I? (More on that in a minute). In between my regular job (well, it’s not so regular, it’s actually invigorating), working with the team to prepare the campaign overview for the Clio submission (it’s hard to condense so much genius into a two-minute video) and re-writing scripts for my Japanese television […]
The Royal Wrap-up
My Los Angeles Kings* flamed out on their way to the Stanley Cup, so I’m a little down and out recovering from the fool’s good that was once the 2015-16 National Hockey League season. Nothing left to cheer for except every team playing the loathsome Anaheim Ducks. Prince is dead, long live the king. So […]
The Process
I used to imagine that film directing was a fun job, until I found out that it was 95% agonizing over scripts, worrying about money and spending one’s life hunched over an editing table. You can dream of being the auteur of the best movies in the world, but unless you actually like re-writing scripts […]
Enjoli: A 30-Second Capsule of Sexist Advertising
Okay, so where am I? I’m still hunkered down, North Korean-style*, working with the team to produce our Clio submission. We want to make the April 21st deadline and save the $25 late fee. We shall see. I can tell you that I was inspired by this article about North Korea’s Loyalty campaign where, “North […]
Innovation*: Failure is the catalyst to success
I can’t believe it’s been over nine months since I was trying to finish my 2015 submission for the Clio Awards. The big agencies have entire staffs cutting up footage and storyboarding narratives into two minute vignettes designed to win at beautiful, sleek statuette termed, “The Oscars of the Advertising World.” Me? I was doing […]
Laziness
Okay, so where am I? Let’s just say that Oscar Week ground me down like never before. And, I’m still a little stung by Jennifer Lawrence’s lateness for the red carpet arrivals. Usually she’s there early showing off a lovely red dress and generally trying to avoid my camera. But this time she showed up […]
Insider: The Oscars
Last one from this year’s Oscars (I promise)…here’s a little story I did that was picked up nationally… Leo wins the big one. The Oscars take an awards ceremony and elevates it to a level that all other events can only dream of; at least on television. More people watch television than go to movies, […]
