The AdHole

I was riffling through my collection of TV ads (assembled before the dawn of YouTube) and came across this favorite. From — sing it with me, Conan — the year 2000, Traktor directed this Tivo spot for Goodby. Maybe you’ve heard of them. Sorry for the poor quality, but AdCritic wasn’t exactly on the cusp […]

Below is President George Washington’s proclamation establishing the Thanksgiving holiday. It was the first presidential proclamation issued in American history. The original document was lost until 1921 when it was discovered at an auction and purchased for $300 for the Library of Congress, where it now resides.
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Whereas it is the duty of all nations […]

Dick Wilson, the actor who played Mr. Whipple in Charmin television ads from 1964 to 1985, died yesterday. I wonder how Luke Sullivan is feeling?
Later,
Fox

While the rumors surrounding my status as a bona fide hunka hunka burnin’ hunkiness have abounded for years, my status has at long last been made official. People magazine has declared me to be the 2007 Sexiest Man Alive. Technically, they’ve chosen my doppelganger and the man who will play me in my life’s story […]

I started today thinking I was going to have to skewer Lowe’s for sending out a circular that called Chrstmas trees “family trees” (see image below). But Lowe’s has already issued a statement saying that this was a result of a proofing (or lack thereof) error, and that they will be calling Christmas trees by […]

Just in time for GETV’s

Things I Have Been Called in My Advertising Career:

J-Fo
J-Fro (pre-head shaving)
The Delicate Genius (probably not a compliment)
Goodtime Shoehorn (a story less interesting than you’d think)
The Most Difficult Creative to Work With (three years running; probably didn’t help that I chastised the award givers for ending the title with a preposition)
Things That Rhyme with “Bass”
Word Monkey

Things […]