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The 2016 SuperBowl -the game, the ads, the halftime show- was profoundly okay.
Gaga did good… Outside of picture-perfect weather and a truly beautiful performance of our National Anthem by Lady Gaga, little about the Super Bowl was amazing. Unless you’re a fan of crushing...
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Steaks on a plane! A tale of two business trips, then and now.
Hopefully, I strike oil… I’m writing this on board an American Airlines flight to Dallas, Texas, where I will be meeting some folks about a cool project. I haven’t been to the Big “D” in a long time....
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The greatest impediment to creativity was, is and always will be: fear.
Why are client’s so difficult? Those of us in the creative department have asked the question so many times it has become rote. Clients are difficult. Period. Especially when it comes to buying and...
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Recalling beer wars of old, Miller Coors distributors kill new Leinenkugel’s...
Time for a new campaign… The headline in AdAge: “Miller Coors Distributors nix planned Leinenkugel’s campaign.” It’s a story as old as the advertising business, though less common now than it was in...
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“Bonafide asshole” redeems himself in transcendent concept from The Martin...
From dickhead to sainthood… Thank you, Adweek. I’ve been waiting for something like this. A truly original idea based on a deep and meaningful insight – as opposed to all the farfetched click bait...
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While our country in mired in racial turmoil, advertising (of all things!)...
Boy meets girl. They become friends. Grow up together. Fall in love. And when they inevitably become a couple Chase Bank is there with financial guidance to help them protect their growing nest egg....
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The hustle and flow of freelance: Hit. Me. Up.
In absence of full time employment, I’ve been working my tail off. If this sounds contradictory it is not. As any freelance writer will tell you, the hustle is as crucial as the creation. Unlike fat...
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From songs to slogans, hacking the English language for creative effect.
Do you know where you’re going to? That’s the signature line from the Theme from Mahogany by Diana Ross. A lovely number, back in the day it was a sensation. But that line. Well, as tuneful at it is...
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Mon Dieu! In Cannes of all places, Publicis’ chief decrees no more award shows.
One Lion is apparently enough. The great irony from the Cannes International Festival of Advertising is that by far the biggest story coming from this famously bloated bacchanal is that the new leader...
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Make Damn Sure You Know The Horse Is Going To Drink The Water.
Regarding the creation of advertising, I’m very good at three things: copywriting, creating big ideas and presenting them. Even my detractors, bless them all, would grant me that. If pressed they...
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