The Ad Fool
The McDonald’s quantum
In physics, a quantum is the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction. Now, far be from me to act like the meaning of that statement is...
The soda suckup
Paddy Spence is a putz. Is that harsh? A little over the top perhaps? I am being rather coarse, of course. The word putz is Yiddish for penis after all. Still,...
But do you approve?
How often do we pat ourselves on the back for the more progressive notions and attitudes we hold? You know what I mean. Some senior citizen pops off about...
Man vs. emotion
They’re only pants. It’s just a bunch of fabric sewn together to cover off somebody’s legs, butt and crotch in one easy garment – aka...
Trust you?
So who do you trust? Your friends? Family? Some deeply baritoned news anchor? Maybe that friendly kid at the gas station with the disconcertingly large goiter...
The smell of anarchy?
Ahh, yes the intoxicating romance of revolution. Surely you know of the feeling. The shouts of the rushing crowds, the roar of the cannons, bombs and...
Not racist, just stupid
I was an actor once. Not famous (obviously) or even that particularly good but I was indeed a bona fide, union card-carrying actor. In fact, you may remember me...
Leechvertising
Do you know Ashley Madison? How about Noel Biderman? Not ringing any bells? Okay, I’ll give you a hint: they’re kind of the same person. You see...
Cookies & boobs: people love them
The male fascination with breasts is fairly understandable, at least to my mind. When it comes to guys, the triumvirate of awesome almost always includes food,...
Zoom-zoom? More like doom-doom...
Pity poor Mazda. It’s been a long time since they set the world on fire with such cutting-edge vehicular cool as the RX-7, or even their chirpy cute...
Being evil
“Don’t be evil” – that’s the informal corporate motto famously adopted by Google as a way to supposedly self-check their expected...
Jon Bon Jovi presents....Advil
I used to know about things. At least, I thought I knew about things. If you’d have come across me in the eighties I could have spent many hours educating...
Tights in a teapot
Who or what is the next big thing? It’s a good question really, because if you actually know the answer (and on a consistent basis) you could become a...
Real kings
I just signed myself up for a subscription to Vanity Fair magazine. Well, um, I only just got my first issue of Vanity Fair. I actually signed up for the...
Bransonland
Okay, can there be a cooler billionaire in the world than Richard Branson? Can there? It’s crystal clear that good old Uncle Warren (Buffet) has gone...
The little amazing show
It’s the big events that usually get all the attention. That long planned trip to Disneyland, maybe a Neil Diamond concert (talk about velvet tones in...
Being cosmopolitan
If the notion of being cosmopolitan could be epitomized by an individual you’d be hard pressed to find a better candidate than the late Farrokh Bulsara....
Women as sex toys
I love toys. In fact, even as a fully grown adult male, I find that I enjoy time spent inside a Toys'R'Us just as much as I enjoy being inside a pub or...
More Superbowl ads: Part 2
So here we are, a solid week past and the story, at least ad-wise, is still the Clint Eastwood spot. Kind of amazing when even something as simple as a Knute...
SuperBowl Ads 2012: Part I
Well the big game is now done and gone, the prizes have been awarded (BTW, sweet ride Mr. Manning) and poor Tim Brady must be forced to contemplate his fate...