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George Parker: ad agencies’ mission to obfuscate the English language
Yes, I am a crotchety old geezer who constantly despairs about the current state of the ad biz. But above…
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George Parker: David Ogilvy and me. (Memo to Ogilvy – where’s George’s prize money?)
I met David Ogilvy twice. The first time was in 1962. I had just stepped off the Queen Mary at…
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George Parker: at last – an award show worth winning
Throughout my long and somewhat checkered career in the ad biz, I have won my share of awards (he said…
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George Parker: Ted Bell – Y&R adman turned writer
News this week that Ted Bell, famed Ad Man who turned into an even more famous author, died in January…
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George Parker: Remembering Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon has just died at 91. Even though known as a famous and prolific author who wrote 34 novels,…
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George Parker: the best and worst of 2022
In his unequaled wisdom, Stephen has asked me to rattle on about what I consider to the best and the…
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Geoge Parker on art director legend George Lois
George Lois passed away on Friday at the age of 91. One of the all-time greats of the ad biz,…
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George Parker: let’s hear it for Bob Hoffman’s Adscam
AdScam… The Blog… The Book… Readers of More About Advertising may or may not know that I have written a…
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George Parker: what do you know about Howard Gossage?
Just the other day I did a post on AdScam, my supremely popular blog… He said modestly, in the category…
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