George Parker
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Super Bowl 2015: can anyone come close to Wieden+Kennedy’s ‘Imported From Detroit’ epic?
It’s the Super Bowl on February 1 and broadcaster NBC is asking $4.4m for a 30-second spot it seems. Well…
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George Parker: MAA’s 2014 Titanium Dildo Awards
Oh yes indeed, Mike Lee and Jerry Judge have decided, in their wisdom, over numerous bursting troughs of exotic Italian…
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George Parker: Winston Fletcher, gnarly clients and me
The recent post on MAA, concerning this year’s Winston Fletcher Fiction Prize inspired me to write a heartfelt appreciation of…
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George Parker: why it’s not too late to award David Ogilvy the knighthood he richly deserves
Between copious amounts of Fourth Reich Potato Vodka during a non-stop snow storm last week, whilst flaneuring the “tubes” of…
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Homepride’s Fred the Flour Grader rises from the grave
Homepride has exhumed ‘Fred the Flourgrader’ to mark the old boy’s 50th anniversary, courtesy of McCann London. My friend George…
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Skol lager chases vampire market in Brazil
Skol ‘lager’ first saw the light of day in the 1960s as an attempt to create a global beer brand…
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W+K’s new ‘Mandroid’ pulls for Old Spice
Wieden+Kennedy has returned to its favourite crumpet-packed beach (remember ‘Whatever’s Comfortable‘?), this time for Old Spice. It’s not quite the…
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DDB’s new ‘Influence Manifesto’ gets mixed reviews
The DDB network is famous for lots of things although, it must be said, more for what it did –…
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George Parker: David Abbott and the (increasingly forgotten) qualities of trust, respect and affection
I’m not quite sure why, but the news yesterday of David Abbott’s death on Saturday struck me particularly hard. I…
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