confessions of a mad man
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George Parker makes eagerly-awaited debut as HuffPost Live breast pundit
Some guys get all the luck… My friend George Parker of Adscam fame is a world-renowned authority on advertising and…
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George Parker and the PC revolution: how Xerox gave Steve Jobs the keys to Fort Knox
“There’s an extra heavy vehicular loading situation on the Bay Bridge” droned the voice of the traffic dude floating out…
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George Parker: how I shared a Dubonnet experience in Nice with Yves Montand
One of my first tasks as Dorland’s “Agency Fireman” was to save the Dubonnet account which, even though it was…
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George Parker: my triumphant return to London as the Dorlands agency fireman
I arrived back in England in 1972 after ten years in New York. In those days, anyone with that amount…
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George Parker: the tools of my old ad trade – for cheap booze try expensive women!
My favorite Benton & Bowles client was Heublein, which was one of the biggest distillers in the US. Their best-known…
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George Parker: on the Maxwell House set with maverick film director Michael Cimino
Besides my never to be forgotten adventures with Mr. Whipple, another account I worked on at B&B was Maxwell House…
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George Parker: you have to make the bastards pay!
There’s always been a perception in the business world that advertising agencies have an unlimited license to print money. Back…
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George Parker: how I invaded Madison Avenue
After arriving in New York in the booze and drug fuelled Mad Men sixties, my first task was to get…
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George Parker: how I met David Ogilvy – twice
When, in 1963, as a snot nosed 23 year old, I disembarked at pier 96 from the Queen Mary (the…
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