Sometimes it helps to see the "making of" segment or director's notes before the feature. This is one of those times. Okay, now view the spot from McCann Erickson. The advert imitates the infamous Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas in tune to the comic opera Don Pasquale. …
Club Coke
French DJs, Justice worked with Ed Banger Records designer So-Me to design the new Club Coke 2009 bottle. The bottle was introduced on February 11th at the VIP Room in Paris. It's the fifth year Coke has sponsored the Club Coke program. …
Dark Skies? Fly Through Them!
According to Ad Age, Cessna sees its planes as "productivity tools." You know, like Power Point. …
Gravity Brings BS Down To Earth
The Interwebs are buzzing over a document supposedly created at the Arnell Group to explain the thinking behind the new Pepsi logo. You just have to see it to believe it. It's a masterstroke--of what, I'm not sure. But it shows the length to which some people will sell an idea. What's the most outlandish thing you've ever seen or heard in a client presentation to help sell an idea? …
Maneuverings
Tomorrow is a big day in magazine publishing--the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue hits the newsstand. DIRECTV is ready with a two-page spread. "Couch Sutra" borrows (perhaps a bit too much) from the Kama Sutra, an ancient Indian spiritual text famous for its detailed illustrations of human sexual behavior. In this bastardized version meant to sell satellite TV, the creative team from Deutsch Los Angeles offers up …
A Simple Pleasure One Can Afford
Consumer Reports taste tested 19 ground coffees and the results are encouraging for value conscious caffeine freaks. The best tasting of the bunch was Eight O'Clock Coffee 100 percent Colombian at $6.28 per pound. Consumer Report's coffee experts deemed it a complex blend of earthy and fruity, with a bright, pleasing sourness -- a good thing in coffee parlance. Following Eight O'Clock and also ranking Very Good were …
Lifestyles of The Still Pretty Damn Rich
Wall Street is more than a street in New York, just as Madison Avenue is more than a street in New York. In fact, a large part of Wall St. now exists in Charlotte, NC--The Queen City. Which is perfect really. Bankers can move money around in Manhattan by day and be back at Lake Norman for ribs and cocktails by sundown. Unless said bankers have to fly commercial and negotiate the nation's airports. Then all bets are …
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Happy Morning in Cinci
According to Cincinnati Enquirer, Procter & Gamble reported net earnings of $5 billion, or 1.58 per share, for the October-December quarter, an increase of 53 percent from the same quarter a year ago. The gain came from the sale of Folgers coffee. …
