The AdHole

I can forgive any Wal-Mart-based travesties The Martin Agency may commit as they have produced my favorite campaign of the summer.
The “Loren Wallace” (or Warren Wallace for those, like me, who don’t quite hear the name correctly) campaign for NASCAR is brilliant. Not only are the spots well written, well produced and well acted […]

I’ve always loved The Martin Agency. I like the fact that they’re in Richmond, Virginia, and not in some semi-livable urban Thunderdome. I like the fact that their work has been consistently above average-to-great for years upon years. I don’t like them because they’ve ignored my requests for employment. But that’s another issue.
So it is […]

At long last, someone has unearthed one of the greatest commercials of all time. That’s right, it’s Jack Palance’s Skin Bracer ad featuring two of the most repeatable and repeated (by me) lines ever:
“I don’t need some fancy cologne to tell me I’m a man.”
“Confidence is very sexy, don’t you think?”

Heck yeah, I think! And […]

Now that my wife and I are expecting a double shot of baby fun, I’ve starting paying greater attention to threats currently abounding in the world at large. Now, many of you know that I have, for years, been predicting a rise in zombie-based carnage and general undead high jinks.
Well, I’m happy to report that […]

Today is the day. The day some of you have prayed for. The day some of you have feared. But still the best freakin’ day ever seen around these parts. To find out what I’m yammering about, watch the video.

Or download a full-res copy by option-clicking (right-click save as for you PC folks) here. […]