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 [...]
“Welcome to Pretty Stupid. If I have to explain it to you, well then, you’re pretty stupid.” Stan (While the blogger is away, Stan and Harriett play. The prolific and proficient copywriter Jack Goldenberg has absolutely nothing to do with this blog-in-a-blog post from Stan. And even if he did, he wouldn’t admit it. Welcome [...]
When there was a mystery to be solved, Sherlock Holmes would turn to Dr. Watson and say, “The game is afoot.” That is, I think he said it to Dr. Watson. He might have said it to Dr. Scholl. I’m not sure. Nevertheless, changes are afoot here that are Guaranteed to Insult. Stan: Terrific. It [...]
Well, it’s been quite a year so far. First, Stan publishes someone else’s blog ON MY BLOG. Then I publish a blog before it was completed. Things happen in threes, so I’d better watch out! To recap (especially for those of you who aren’t wearing a cap), this is Part 2 of my REAR END [...]
If 2010 was any indication of what cultural treats we were in store for, the thousands of photos of George Bush eating a cat sort of let the cat out of the bag.