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Absolutely Not the Ultimate Guide to Mad Men
Everybody’s favorite ad man, present company excluded, suave and eloquent Don Draper, returns to TV this Sunday night (March 25) on AMC for the 5th season of Mad Men, the four-time Emmy winning, politically incorrect drama about advertising in the 1960s. Forty-two times we’ve watched the inhabitants of mythical ad agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce [...]
The Prolific Copywriter Meets Mr. Universe Part 1
Because of the nature of my work (I am, after all, the Humorously Entertaining Prolific Proficient Copywriter), I get some usual assignments. Last November, a producer from a west coast TV production company saw my blog on Mad Men and hired me to find an ad agency who would agree to be profiled on a 14-week [...]
Freelance Creative Director’s Blog Stolen. Round up Stan!
Stan: So instead, I’m going to cancel the blog he had planned and run someone else’s blog instead! Right here!
Harriett: You’re going to run someone else’s blog right here on 10 Minutes of Brilliance? You wouldn’t!
The Lone Ranger
So, I wanted my readers to know that if YOU promise not to change horses midstream, I’ll keep mixing up metaphors like pigs in a haystack.
Bugs, Murdering Seagulls, The Future of TV, Pooper Scooping Dogs and Others Way to Make $1,000,000
Stan: Goldenberg’s all over the place today. He started off with some random thoughts. That was OK, I guess, but now he’s talking about gun toting seagulls and pooper scooping dogs.
Two wrongs don’t make it right to express your rights. Plus, the humor of that wacky, zany leader of Iran.
And, if you stick around long enough, we’ll end with the humor of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran and the world’s leading nutter.
Big Bucks in Small Ideas. You could make gazillions!
I don’t have to work anymore. You know why? I’m rich. Filthy rich. Rich beyond my wildest dreams. I’ve made millions in advertising without ever leaving home. And the Good News is… you can, too. Imagine going to your mailbox every day and receiving checks of $2.40, $5.25, and yes, even $250,000. Sound impossible? It’s [...]
But First, A Few Words From Our Sponsors
I’ve probably written 500 TV commercials. I’m always been amazed, and as a professional, annoyed, at how many people have said to me, “I saw a great commercial last night.”
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