Massaya: The Hidden Gem in Bekaa
When touring Lebanon, it would be easy to miss some of the finest wines and arak in the world. Here’s a hidden gem the Media Guy recommends for those with a discerning palette. Bekaa, Lebanon Ok, I hear you…the Bekaa Valley? The Middle East’s breeding ground for terrorism training and drug running? You want us […]
H&M: You Should Have Called The Media Guy!
Okay, so where am I? I’m on phone watch hoping Karl-Johan Persson, the CEO and president of Hennes & Mauritz, aka H&M, stops monkeying around and dials me up so we can discuss their ridiculous Monkey hoodie and subsequent lame apology. Maybe before I rant and rave and tell you how a simple pre-release phone […]
Saving the Spirit of Christmas
Okay, so where am I? Currently I’m drive straight into the hellfire known as the Skirball Fire that’s across from The Getty Center threatening to shut down the freeway and burn down every decent home along the way. God bless the first responders and the Los Angeles Fire Department for trying to save our homes, […]
ANAHEIM DUCKS: You Should Have Called The Media Guy!
Post-Thanksgivings are always difficult, It’s nearly unfathomable to me how two days of eating turkey and unlimited carbs can set you back. So there I was struggling on the elliptical machine at the club when this video pops up of a tattooed man waltzing through an office with nothing on but an electronically super imposed […]
Ace the Interview…!
Okay, so where am I? I’m doing my best to mentor some pre-graduate students on how to get a job in the ad world via the American Marketing Association’s job speaker series at a local LA-based college. In these types of engagements, I like to mix it up a little bit and remind everyone that […]
Gorillas
Before I get to the AD OF THE WEEK/MONTH/WHATEVER, I need to get something off my chest about the box office gorilla, Titanic. If you think I’m going to bore you with the myth :they could have fit on the door but Rose just wouldn’t share,” then think again. It’s been proven (somehow) that they could […]
NSFW: At the Baghdad Cafe with Margrét, My New Favorite Amazon Model
Very little has shocked me like Volkswagen’s “Luv Bug” commercial did this past week… Basically, the spot goes something like this: Over Dean Martin’s brilliant rendition of “The Birds and the Bees,” the ole “if it’s a rockin’ don’t come knockin'” adage rolls through the first ten seconds, complete with foggy windo
A Little Closer to Hell…
You won’t be seeing this guy on the Oscars Red Carpet anytime soon… I’m watching another Hollywood career move to life support as Harvey Weinstein’s atrocious behavior is coming to light with a never-ending barrage of A-listers leveling allegations of sexual harassment ever since The New York Times published their exposé. I mean, when Oscar winners
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 […]
