I Saw Andy Richter Working for a Pest Control Company by Dave Dabbah of DriveThirst

You know the economy has slowed when you see Andy Richter working for a pest control company.
I should say I was on a long run the other day and towards the end of the run I came across a house which was undergoing a standard pest control review. The Andy in question was using a [...]

BIG BRANDS LiKE AT&T Can Have Fun Too

Big Brands Can Have Fun Too – by Dave Dabbah of www.drivethirst.com
 
One of my favorite things about marketers and ad execs today is the recognition that Humor works in advertising and marketing programs. 
 
A few year’s back I ran a black sheep campaign which promoted an email marketing brand.   Using a Black Sheep campaign [...]

AD Review: Don’t be a Duel Bag, stay out of the Dog House. J.C. Penny’s does a brilliant job with their www.bewareofthedoghouse.com

Before we dive into the review of the dog house lets get the credits out of the way. To start I’d like to give credit to team over at Saatchi & Saatchi and the execs and Penny’s for rolling this commercial out. The commercial was actually directed by the Emmy award winning Bryan Buckley.  If [...]

How Are Cabbage Kids and MY HDTV Similar?

 
Well it finally happened, my HDTV decided it wanted to relive the 1950’s and now has one of the finest black and white pictures ever.  Actually I should say it had one of the finest Black and White pictures until the following happened:
 

I read how easy it is to replace a color wheel “on [...]

Will Michael Jordan roll out a new line of shoes called Grounded?

 
Well some of the biggest news of the week actually came from the Wall Street Journal and it had nothing to do with business.  We’ve been told that years ago Michael Jordan lost in a 1 on 1 basketball game to a mutual fund exec. 
 
Actually, I’ve heard several of these rumors over the years. Well [...]

Ford F-150 Truck TV AD Mentions Bourbon

 
 

My sunday’s are spent being a huge football fan, this makes it difficult to think about work, my kids, my wife and even walking the dog and or the cat at the same time, you should see what happens when I try that trick. Still, week after week, beer after beer, I sit on my sectional and watch football.  Being a [...]