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So, Walmart is putting its $600 million media account into review. Hopefully it won’t resemble the fuck fest the last time it put its entire account up for review, which back in 2006 was worth $580 million. It was won... Continue reading

Posted 5 hours ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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One hell of a movie...

Yesterday’s New York Times article by Gail Collins and Bret Stephens, “Trump 2.0 Looks an awful lot like Trump 2020.” Had this from Bret... Shouldn’t the economy digest that meal before we move on to the next course? Otherwise we’re... Continue reading

Posted 11 hours ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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I have just one question...

Over at MediaPost we are told that... Terminix has selected The Martin Agency (TMA) and Mediahub as its new agency partners following a competitive review managed by The Burnett Collective. Martin will be tasked with full-funnel creative — TV, performance... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at AdScam/The Horror!

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Ads that reallllllly work..

Pleased to read that The Lincoln Project is resuming its activities, in spite of the scandal surrounding since-departed, co-founder and alleged sex maniac John Weaver along with questions about the distribution of loot raised by the Super PAC. But the... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at AdScam/The Horror!

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The gold gets glitzier...

Update on my last post about Der Trumpf’s golden statue at CPAC... It was made in Mexico! Yes indeed... The winner of this weeks “You can’t make this shit up” category. My kinda people... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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Going for the gold...

The big news at the CPAC summit for MAGA right wing fascists is the unveiling of a giant gold statue of Der Trumpf. The over sized statue has a golden head and navy suit jacket, white shirt and red tie.... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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Oooops... Oooops...

Oooops... Oooops... Yes, I did it, I went through all of yesterday, Friday, without remembering that it was T.G.I.K.M.F. So, here are some Kate gems to make up for my tardiness. These won't be on Facebook, 'cos they ban tits...... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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Where’s the beef?

Continuing with my fake meat tirade. I choked on my breakfast beer when I read that Natures Fynd, the veggie based protein hoopla promoted by Anderson Cooper and Bill Gates when they did a taste test on a recent episode... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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Your spud is showing...

I assume by now you have been keeping up with the Mr. Potato Head kerfuffle. Hasbro, the manufacturer of the iconic dolls issued this lame piece of shit... “Hasbro is making sure all feel welcome in the Potato Head world... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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Cranky... I've actually been there and took the tour. Fucking depressing. Maybe if they locked up Trump there, they could have a giant gold "Trump" logo on the roof. Ivanka could have a stall selling "Designer" logo'd Trump tee shirts. Obviously, made in China. Cheers/George

Commented 6 days ago on The tax returns cometh... at AdScam/The Horror!

The future of food advertising.

We are increasingly being bombarded with ads featuring food products that aren’t quite what I used to consider as food. McDonalds now sell burgers that are in fact, fried fish. And there’s a ton of meat products that aren’t meat,... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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Booze Bollocks...

MediaPost tells us that Campari Group is appointing Mono as Skyy Vodka’s global agency of record as the spirits giant overhauls its flagship vodka brand. Jim Scott, Founder and Managing Partner of Mono, tells us... “We are setting out to... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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It’ll all be over soon...

Over at Britain’s best ad site, MoreAboutAdvertising, my good mate, Stephen Foster, has a chilling piece on the current and future state of the industry. “Pandemic job cuts another sign of reduced role for agencies.” In 2020 alone BDHC’s Interpublic... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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Another great passes.

So, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, has just passed on to the great bookstore in the sky. As the publisher and owner of the famed San Francisco bookstore, City Lights, he has just died at the grand old age of 101. I had... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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The tax returns cometh...

So, Der Trumpf is pissed at the Supreme Court for clearing the way for the New York prosecutors to get their hands on his tax and other financial records. Describing it as a “fishing expedition” and that he was being... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at AdScam/The Horror!

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Let’s get arsehold!!!

Before it’s too late, get your arse over to a bar and order a few dozen Margaritas. ‘Cos today is National Margarita Day. Whoopee!!! To make this a full blown “Margarita Monday.” Best-selling tequila brand Jose Cuervo is giving its... Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2021 at AdScam/The Horror!

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Less is less...

I was a bit mystified to read over at MediaPost that as part of its push to cut $1.5 billion in costs by 2022, WarnerMedia has in the past months reduced the number of agencies it uses around the world... Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2021 at AdScam/The Horror!

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Are you next Melania?

So... Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are getting divorced after six years and four kids. Why am I not surprised? Kanye, who recently blew a few million running for the Presidency, is obviously off his rocker and believes he is... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2021 at AdScam/The Horror!

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Big Dumb Bollocks.

As usual, the head honcho of a BDHC, spouts the same old rubbish. This time it's John Wren, CEO of Omnicom, attempting to put a shine on the latest dismal quarterly figures. Citing the pandemic Omnicom reported a 9.3% revenue... Continue reading

Posted Feb 19, 2021 at AdScam/The Horror!

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More Cruz Cock-Ups.

Did you see the latest on the Ted Cruz “Fuck you, I’m off to Cancun” scandal? Apparently, the whole family departed for a few days in the Mexican sun but left the family poodle, Snowflake, behind. He was alone in... Continue reading

Posted Feb 19, 2021 at AdScam/The Horror!

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Where to hide shit!!!

What better place than up your arse? One of the prized objects at a recent auction of KGB memorabilia was a “rectal concealment capsule for hiding microfilm and other espionage information.” I suppose it’s better than shooting yourself in the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2021 at AdScam/The Horror!

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MDC... Massive Deception Con...

Just what the fuck is going on with MDC Partners, the SDHC (Small Dumb Holding Company) that is trying to join the ranks of the BDHC’s (Big Dumb Holding Companies.) through hundreds of acquisitions all over the globe? I miss... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2021 at AdScam/The Horror!

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All the news unfit to print...

Britain has some great newspapers; it also has some of the world’s tackiest. In particular, The Sun, the Daily Express, and the Daily Mail. The world shattering headline news in today’s Daily Mail is that Ivanka Trump is having “Privacy... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2021 at AdScam/The Horror!

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No R.I.P. for you... Rush...

Rush Limbaugh is dead. He died of lung cancer after smoking too many Cohibas. Are you paying attention Rudy? Like Der Trumpf,. Limbaugh portrayed himself as a man of the people who fought the elites even as he collected $5,000... Continue reading

Posted Feb 17, 2021 at AdScam/The Horror!

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Paddy... I can "resonate" to that. Cheers/George

Commented Feb 17, 2021 on Words of Wankiness! at AdScam/The Horror!