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Last April, President Barak Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The act created a National Day of Service and Remembrance. Hmmm. Service and remembrance. Two things that, while valuable on their own merits, aren’t typically seen combined into a National Day of Anything. It’s not as if service and remembrance are the […]

At the risk of making this an all-Crispin-all-the-time blog, I just can’t let this latest Burger King ad slip by. (If being fodder for every other ad blog out there counts as “slipping by,” that is.)
The spot is for Burger King’s SpongeBob SquarePants kids’ meal. Of course, when I think BK, SpongeBob and kids, […]

Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that finding a real solution to the current chaos in the financial markets isn’t exactly an easy thing to do. I tend to be against large-scale government intervention in the marketplace, yet this current crisis is a direct result of the federal government’s politicizing of the home mortgage […]

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, […]

Hey, Wal-Mart. (Or Walmart. Or WalMart. I can’t tell anymore.) If you’re going to put your swanky new logo on your website, you might want to change your favicon to match (see photo). I shall bill you for these services accordingly. Or you can pay me in diapers.
You’re welcome,
Fox

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

I rarely, as in once a year, read Bob Garfield’s column in AdAge. I avoid it for a couple of reasons. First, I find that – like the billions of you out there that refuse to read The AdHole – reading other folks’ thoughts on advertising gets a bit tiresome. Second, and more of an […]

Filed under “People Who Need to Shut Up,” comes a couple of nuggets from World’s Angriest Be-Sweatered Rapper Kanye West. It seems Kanye was upset at MTV’s decision to have Britney “The Pooch” Spears open the Video Music Awards (or “VMAs” as the youths call them). Now, this would be understandable on just about any […]

And other people who find 12-fluid ounces of cola goodness too much to handle at one sitting.
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Later,
Fox