by jason_fox | Dec 5, 2007 | Advertising, Christmas, Wonkiness
My lovely wife and unborn, womb-dominating twins joined me in watching Rankin-Bass’s “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” last night. On actual network television. I like watching Christmas specials on air – even though they’re all available on DVD...
by jason_fox | Oct 16, 2007 | Advertising, Wonkiness
In the spirit of Microsoft Designs the iPod Packaging comes this nifty little example of what it takes for a site to get listed high in Google’s search results. Or, rather, what Google would have to do if forced to design this way.Not quite as funny, but still...
by jason_fox | Sep 10, 2007 | Entertainment, Wonkiness
Filed under “People Who Need to Shut Up,” comes a couple of nuggets from World’s Angriest Be-Sweatered Rapper Kanye West. It seems Kanye was upset at MTV’s decision to have Britney “The Pooch” Spears open the Video Music Awards (or...
by jason_fox | Jul 16, 2007 | Advertising, Wonkiness
M&C Saatchi, the 398th Saatchified agency for those counting, has developed yet another trademarked brandificationalistic mechanization for wowing mid-level marketing managers and others easily persuaded by shiny advertising jargon: One Word Equity.Young MC...
by jason_fox | Jun 15, 2007 | Advertising, Wonkiness
In case someone, somewhere out there was even remotely considering exhuming Celine Dion to sell anything to anyone for any reason, I offer these examples of why you should instead retire from advertising right now and spare us your “boomers love her”...
by jason_fox | Jun 6, 2007 | Entertainment, Wonkiness
And you thought there was no such thing. Sure, it’s been 20 years since he blue-eye souled his way into our hearts with sweet cliches and sweeter white-boy dancing. But does he really deserve this kind of treatment? Heck yeah! Hey, at least he still makes a good...
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