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George Parker
Boise, Idaho.
Advertising creative consultant. Admired and loved by every one I come in contact with! I am also very reserved !!!
Interests: literature, advertising, good wine, movies, good music, bad women.
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Kudos to P. Diddy (Dya think that’s his real name?) Who when invited to address the Adverati at Cannes, basically told them that everything they did SUCKED! He was immediately awarded the Lion D’Or for the newly created category… “Truth... Continue reading
Posted 1 hour ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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News today that the “Men’s Wearhouse” has given the boot to George Zimmer, founder and Chairman, and is keeping very quiet about the reasons why, sounds very dodgy to me. Earlier this month, the retailer of really shitty clothes said... Continue reading
Posted 3 hours ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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Here in Ad-Land, we do love to talk shit, and we do it so regularly that we forget about the shit we have previously espoused. We particularly like to talk uber-shit at conferences and award shows. As expected, this week’s... Continue reading
Posted 5 hours ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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Yesterday, Cannes awarded its first Grand Prix in the innovation category. Which was introduced this year to honor pioneering forms of technology that have made ideas possible, and the top prize was awarded to “Cinder,” software developed by digital agency... Continue reading
Posted 10 hours ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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Yum brands, purveyors of the world’s shittiest fast food, has fired yet another of its agencies. This time they have taken The Martin Agency behind the woodshed and shot them in the head. This after the poor fuckers handled the... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at AdScam/The Horror!
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The latest extract from “Confessions of a Mad Man” is up on super Brit Ad-Site… “MoreAboutAdvertising.” This one deals with my experiences on Old Spice whilst the Dorland’s “Agency Fireman.” Three years of melting AmEx cards in the South of... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at AdScam/The Horror!
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Didyasee that the “Cannes International Festival of Creativity” (Fuck, I remember when it was just known as “Cannes.”) pulled a record 35,765 entries this year? As the average entry fee is in the hundreds of dollars, this adds up to... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at AdScam/The Horror!
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Multi-millionaire, Ex-Cockney-Git, really fucking bad taste modern art collector and uber- pimper, Lord Saatchi, is now claiming that the very public, “I will choke the fucking life out of you,” episode with scrumptious wife, Nigella… Was simply a little “Tiff!”... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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Don't know what they're putting in Britain's water these days, but the rich and mighty seem to be flipping their lids at the moment. After the Rupe-Wendi-Toni rumors, we now have news that Lord Charlie was photographed at a trendy... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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Yes, it’s that time of year again, when the adverati descend on the French Riviera to stay up all night glugging 25 Euro Mimosas on the Croisette. The BDA and BDHC wankers will blow millions of their client’s dollars as... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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The British ad biz is awash with “Sirs” these days, with the news that Nigel Bogle, co-founder of Bartle, Bogle, Hegarty, has been awarded a knighthood. John Hegarty got his a while back. You just know the “Poisoned Dwarf” is... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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I promise to give the “Rupe-Wendy-Cage-Match” a rest after this (Well, ‘till the next bit of something really juicy comes up,) but, I have to bless you with these two quotes from an Oz news site… A former nanny to... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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I’ve just re-read Michael Wolff’s wondrous tear down of the current “Rupe-Wendy-Cage-Fight.” Lots and lots of slathering mucus covered tit-bits. Like these… Murdoch had told his oldest son, Lachlan, he'd concluded that marrying Wendi was a "mistake" – or so... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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Have you seen all the rumors now flying that one of the reasons for the “Wizened of Oz’s” split from “Dragon Lady” Wendi Deng, is that she was banging Tony Blair. How fucking great is that. I’ve always considered Blair... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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The always Loverrrllly Ms Moss has once again shown that she not only looks Loverrrllly, she delivers the goods. Apparently, St Tropez, the fake tan stuff she’s been pimping recently is showing increased sales thanks to Kate’s efforts. Mind you,... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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Between the Internet, Google and Amazon, you can find, do, and buy anything. How many meetings have you been in where some MBA douchenozzle presents two hundreds slides of absolute shit and all you want to do is jump on... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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Because I am a huge fan of Andy Borowitz, as well as being an AdHo, I am not ashamed to shamelessly “Homage” his New Yorker column of yesterday. Murdoch divorce stuns Satan! HELL (The Borowitz Report)—Word that the News Corporation... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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Yes, the “Dirty Digger’s” third wife has finally decided that all the horse tranquilizers in the world at bed time won’t turn the trick any more. However, 14 years of bedding someone who looks like “Heff’s” older brother has generated... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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At yesterday’s WPP annual general meeting, more than 70% of voting shareholders signed off on The Poisoned Dwarf’s $25 million pay package. However, to show what a fucking prince he is, His Gnomeship agreed to a reduction of $200,000 on... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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Yeah, it’s a given that most BDC’s along with their BDA’s think that the consumer is stupid, having long since forgotten David’s immutable dictum (Wednesday is Hitler day, Friday is Kate day, I am tempted to make Thursday discombobulating word... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
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According to AdWeek, “MySpace is re-launching with a $20 million ad campaign.” Oh fucking yes, just what the world needs, another hip & groovy social site brought back from the dead, featuring young cretins who are into all the hip... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!
@out of stock... The "Kardashian Relationship Index"... Is fucking brilliant. I shall "Homage" that in future. Cheers/George
Toggle Commented 7 days ago on Rogue my arse! at AdScam/The Horror!
@Hells Bells... Ironic comment du jour!!! Cheers/George
Toggle Commented 7 days ago on Rogue my arse! at AdScam/The Horror!
@blippert... My sole function in life is to live up to your expectations. Cheers/George
Toggle Commented 7 days ago on Rogue my arse! at AdScam/The Horror!
I forgot to mention the cost of getting there. First class, New York to Nice? Bury it on a client bill... Fuck em. Or in the case of Sorrell, on the WPP shareholders. Wait a fucking minute... That's me! Cheers/George