like the new HUMMER ad. Glad to see everyone sat down and watched a Wes Anderson retrospective for that one.

golly, it has been a while. we can take that as a sign of my notoriously short attention span or the fact that I have actually been working. (correct answer: a little from column a, a little from column b),

too many bad and revolting ads in the past several months to recount, but I've worked with a few bad ad wizard types and several revolting producers, none of which i'll be mentioning here by name of course, because I'm hoping they'll hire me again soon.

uh, colgate, are you kidding?

that's a beaver.

i think we need a liitle more of this, (note photo at top) , in advertising. Thank you Dave Barry for the link.

uh, sbc, you know at&t has been sending one bill for a real long time now... now, if you put the dsl, local, and long distance on one bill without fucking up and overcharging me for calls i didn't make, that would be something.

Dear The Grove L.A.:

I believe you have been the victim of a cruel hoax; smooth jazz is neither smooth nor is it jazz. And playing it outdoors loudly does nothing to make it so. In fact, not only is it unpleasant, it is grating and I want to kill it. Please, I implore you, make it stop.


ps: fyu - scaramenga called, he wants his pink acid water out of your fountain and back at his lair at once.

memo to producers of tv spots: no, you can't just give me a couple of pa's to help in the art dept. when will you learn. would you suggest such ridiculosity to any other dept? Hey DP, how bout if i just give you a few pa's instead of your ac's. hey grips, pa's can do your jobs, right?

I'm calling my union.

hey toyota, phil collins still blows