An Adman on “Mad Men”

  Television teaches a lot. To people outside the advertising industry, their view of our world was McMahon and Tate. What they knew of our profession was from watching “Bewitched” and seeing Darrin Stephens conjure up brilliant ideas and pitch them to clients as Larry Tate slapped them on the back and cheered Darrin on. … Read more

There’s Gold in Them Thar Fake Ads

  What’s wrong with advertising these days? Advertising people. You grab a chair, I’ll grab a soapbox, let’s bitch this thing out. I recently met with an art director with about eight years experience tugging down a small fortune in salary. He took me through his book of nicely laminated ads and while he had … Read more

Monkey Crisis, Monkey Love

Recently I came across this alarming image and frankly life has not been the same since. It seems to me that monkeys need to get along and be more accepting and open to tender loving, compassionate relationships. If they continue with their drinking, debauchery, sword fighting and gambling on violent conflicts, well, I don’t see much … Read more

On Vanishing Turds

The following appeared in Creativity Atlanta’s e-newsletter premier edition. The request was for a ‘rant’ on the subject of my choice to the ad community at large. I turned the faucet on, and here we are. I am what ad-historians refer to as an ‘old fart.’ I can be carbon dated to the days when … Read more