Love Kenny Mayne --- always have. Also love Stephen King --- always have to. "Christine" still scares me to this day. And "Children of the Corn" freaked me out for a year.
It's great to see King pitching for ESPN. The ESPN ads are always smarter than their audience. Show me a bad ESPN spot and I'll show you 5 great ones.
It also proves that New England can be funny. "No players with telekinetic powers please." Classic.
Psychokinesis is well-established in movies, television, computer games, literature, and other forms of pop culture. In the 1976 film Carrie, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, Sissy Spacek portrayed a troubled high school student with telekinetic powers. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, the first psychokinetic character in a film ever to be so recognized (Ellen Burstyn was the second, in 1980's Resurrection).
See it here:
http://gawker.com/5056021/stephen-kings-sports-center-commercial
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Good Ad? Bad Ad?
http://gawker.com/5052544/wash-your-hands-or-eat-this
I hate germs as much as the next guy ---- trust me. This ad will make you think more about germs than ever before. Not sure if i love it or loathe it. You decide................
I hate germs as much as the next guy ---- trust me. This ad will make you think more about germs than ever before. Not sure if i love it or loathe it. You decide................
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
HR = Happens Regularly
Agency HR Exec Sends Out More Details Than Anyone Needed to Know About Pending Job Cuts
OK, business is bad, really bad. People are going to have to be let go. How best to communicate this to the top brass?????
I know...........we can send a copy of the communications plan, talking points, conversation dialogue guides, and other helpful tips to the top three of four folks who need to know.
What?
I sent it to All Agency list?
Ooops.
(Former) Chief People Officer Rose Zory was the one who forwarded the info to the entire agency. Nice work.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Man, Did You See That Logo?
Man seeks career as human billboard
LACONIA, N.H., July 17 (UPI) -- A Laconia, N.H., tattoo enthusiast said he has found a way to make extra cash from his hobby by renting himself out as a human billboard.
Victor Thompson, 39, said he is charging $200 per square inch for companies to advertise their products and services with tattoos on his skin, the Boston Herald reported Thursday.
"I'm getting paid to do what I like to do best," Thompson said. "It's a one-time fee and it's a lifetime advertisement."
Thompson, a former restaurant employee, created www.tattmetto.com with his business partner, Josh Youssef. "He's thrilled with the idea because he's getting paid to do what he loves, which is talk to people and he's getting paid to get tattooed," said Yousse, a New Hampshire native who owns a computer store. "It's a win-win situation for him."
Thompson previously made headlines when he announced his plan to tattoo his head to resemble the helmets worn by the New England Patriots, his favorite football team. "Tattoos are my life," he said. "I'm the first person in the world that's got a Patriot helmet tattoo. Now I'm the first person to be a walking billboard."
LACONIA, N.H., July 17 (UPI) -- A Laconia, N.H., tattoo enthusiast said he has found a way to make extra cash from his hobby by renting himself out as a human billboard.
Victor Thompson, 39, said he is charging $200 per square inch for companies to advertise their products and services with tattoos on his skin, the Boston Herald reported Thursday.
"I'm getting paid to do what I like to do best," Thompson said. "It's a one-time fee and it's a lifetime advertisement."
Thompson, a former restaurant employee, created www.tattmetto.com with his business partner, Josh Youssef. "He's thrilled with the idea because he's getting paid to do what he loves, which is talk to people and he's getting paid to get tattooed," said Yousse, a New Hampshire native who owns a computer store. "It's a win-win situation for him."
Thompson previously made headlines when he announced his plan to tattoo his head to resemble the helmets worn by the New England Patriots, his favorite football team. "Tattoos are my life," he said. "I'm the first person in the world that's got a Patriot helmet tattoo. Now I'm the first person to be a walking billboard."
Friday, August 29, 2008
I Like Print.
According to Deloitte’s 2007 State of the Media Democracy study conducted by Harrison Group, “Over 75% of consumers find online ads more intrusive than print ads. Almost two-thirds of consumers report paying more attention to print ads than online ads.”
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Advertising, officially out of ideas.
Let's see, there are ads on / in garbage trucks, broadcast messages in school buses, and airline restroom doors. The mind of man has seemingly run out of ideas for running advertising messages. Alas, there is a company called DoubleTake Marketing. They are producing and selling ads placed on airport conveyor belts. Peeved passengers possessing no perks have ten or fifteen minutes to read the same message as they wait for their checked luggage to appear. (Those waiting for baggage at Memphis International Airport will, of course, have greater exposure to the advertising messages.) First installation is at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. Look for the idea to spread quickly as airlines and airports will do virtually anything to create much needed revenue. On the heels of this news comes word that airlines are selling advertising space on computer-generated boarding passes, backs of tray tables, TV messages on safety announcements and more. There is no escape.
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