The AdHole

I am nothing if not on the cutting, nay, bleeding edge of all things pop culture and advertising related. (The previous sentence was foreshadowing, by the way.) Which is why I’m now giving you a review of a book that was published in August 2008. (See how that foreshadowing worked? Sweet.)
The book in question is […]

The deliverer of one of advertising’s most misquoted lines passed away today. Ricardo Montalban – famous through the years as an MGM movie star opposite the like of Esther Williams, the dream-fulfilling man in white Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island, the vest-clad Khan (or KHAAAANNNN!!! as William Shatner would put it) in “Star Trek II: […]

Okay, I’ve been meaning to review this album for months now, but hey, twins happen. At least I’m posting it now so you can buy it as a last-minute Christmas gift. Anyway, let’s get to it.
If you flip through your memory bank – or perhaps just your iTunes library – to the summer of 1997 […]

So I watched the 60th Annual Emmy Awards last night. It was decently entertaining. The shtick with all the reality TV show hosts splitting emcee duties was a dud, but other moments were quite entertaining.
After not being in attendance last year when he won for his work on “Extras,” Ricky Gervais made an appearance […]

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Well, the marketing folks at “Gossip Girl” are back with another tweenerporntacular campaign. Using excerpts from reviews as headlines. Ooh. Provocative. Yippee.
I don’t care that it’s effective. In fact, I’m more upset about it because it is. It’ll get more kids to watch a show with no redeeming social value whatsoever. Great. I know, […]

Like most of the planet, I managed to go see Christopher Nolan’s magnificent epic “The Dark Knight” this weekend. This sequel to 2005’s “Batman Begins” set box office records, raking in $155.34 million dollars domestically, breaking the $151.1 million dollar record set by the massively inferior “Spiderman 3″ in 2007.
Now, with the semi-provocative title […]

This deserves as much play as possible.

Via Yonder Ponder who got it via Ask a Copywriter.
DANCE!
Later,
Fox

On Wednesday, June 18, 2008, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce once again failed to bestow a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to one of the industry’s most beloved and venerable actors – Cheeta the Chimpanzee.
Cheeta starred alongside Olympic champion Johnny Weissmuller in the Tarzan movies of the 30s and 40s. Today, he […]

At last, the reign of confusion is over. Thank you, Diddy. Thank you.

I now return you to your (hopefully) more productive lives.
Later,
Fox

This is not an example of shamelessly trolling for search engine traffic. I actually am excited that David Cook won American Idol over David “Someone Please Taser My Dad” Archuleta. Why? Two reasons.
First, Cook is from Blue Springs, Missouri. Once and possibly still known as Tree City, USA, for reasons I’ve never known, Blue Springs […]