Some guys get all the luck… My friend George Parker of Adscam fame is a world-renowned authority on advertising and some of the bits that go with it (like the occasionally illegal things that help you pass the time on ...
Read More »Goodby and Silverstein celebrate…150 years?
My thanks to Adscammer George Parker (another man who never sleeps) for pointing me in the direction of this self-produced tribute to what seems to be the world’s most venerable agency – Goodby Silverstein & Partners. And I thought they’d ...
Read More »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 one that’s now a conference center in Long Beach), my sole objective was to get a job on Madison Avenue, ...
Read More »Wieden+Kennedy’s latest for Kraft’s Velveeta is a (welcome) touch less cheesy
My friend George Parker of Adscam really hates this Wieden+Kennedy campaign for Kraft’s Velveeta and George, as ever, has a point. But this latest in the series (there are a few of them) isn’t as ‘cheesy’ as the previous efforts, ...
Read More »Adobe attacks digi-bunnies with bullshit detector
I have my friend George Parker of Adscam to thank for this one: a new campaign from Goodby Silverstein for Abode featuring a very handy new device, the bullshit detector. There’s not much more to say. If only buzzwords were ...
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