Will GM & Chrysler kill off the small agency?
With the terrible financial situation and impending bankruptcy of both Chrysler and General Motors, all the talk in the Ad and Media trades is about how this is going to affect the agencies currently...
View ArticleI am not a drug addict… How dare you Sir… But I do, however, advertise drugs!
Anyone who’s ever lived over here for any extended amount of time has to wonder why the American public is brainwashed to the extent that they actually believe they have the best healthcare system in...
View ArticleIt isn’t about reach, it’s about rejection!
In case you hadn’t realized it, I am a multi-tasking, uber-achieving prince of the blogosphere… Meaning that apart from writing this occasional blog for BrandRepublic, I also write a US blog, and...
View ArticleOld celebrities never die, they simply appear in bad TV spots!
With the news today in the US that the latest Burger King gross out campaign from the frat boys in Boulder is once again relying on the use of celebrities to push stuff that will probably kill you,...
View ArticleHooked on Drugs!
For many years Madison Avenue pigged out at the trough of tobacco advertising. Back in the Mad Men days, cigarettes, booze and car accounts paid for many a Westchester mansion, country club fees and...
View ArticleYour bank really, truly, madly, wants to make you happy!
My last couple of posts have been about US health care and drug advertising, a huge cash cow for American agencies, and one that seems to be completely out of control as far as any kind of meaningful...
View ArticleEat your chips, or you’ll never get big and fat when you grow up!
Unlike the UK, which has pretty strict guidelines on advertising junk food to kids, If you ever wondered why so many young Americans are spotty, overweight, and just generally a pain in the arse…...
View ArticleU.S. Political advertising – The nightmare begins?
Anyone who’s spent any time in the US during election season knows that you must be prepared to be bombarded with non-stop ads for candidates seeking thousands of offices ranging from Senator to dog...
View ArticleiPad mania. Is Pope Jobs fallible?
By now, unless you’ve been living in a cave somewhere for the last six months, you’ve probably had it up to the eyeballs with all the Apple iPad b*llsh*t, I know I have. So when it was finally revealed...
View ArticleIgnorance is bliss!
As I am sure you are all aware, there’s a clown down in Florida who’s threatening to burn a dumpster load of Koran’s on the anniversary of 9/11. Apart from the fact that this cretin “ministers” over a...
View Article
