Hasta La Creative!

Oh, how many times have I given my own children “the finger.” Thanks for the find Sir Ernie.

Oh, Sharpie, you are so delicious.

The They Forgot To Make It Super Edition

Tug and I (along with a pretty mouthy community at #acbowl12) dish about this year's ads. Some of it worked, some of it didn't, and nearly all of it fell well below the high water mark of year's past.

Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts!

The Thrity Rooms To Hide In Addition.

John and Tug talk with Master Jedi Luke Sullivan about his new book Thirty Rooms To Hide In, creativity and getting out of advertising. It's a great Sunday afternoon chat with almost no cursing and only minorly bothersome mouth sounds.

Give it a listen won't you?

And stay tuned. 'Coming in August 2011: The American Copywriter Reboot.

Insane, on this page promoting environmentally business cards there’s a big ad advertising plastic business cards!!!

Nice.

This Thanksgiving, we hope that all is right and good  in your corner of the universe. Thanks for being a part of the American Copywriter community. We're grateful for a lot of the friendships we've made through this dumb blog and podcast. Cheers.

Hat tip to forgetomori.

What should we call campaigns that go "bad viral"
( surveys)

In response to the recent Motrin dust-up we'd like to mint an official phrase for campaigns that go viral the wrong way. You may also suggest alternatives in the comments. It should be noted that l'm conviced we're all going to be done in by a global pandemic anyway so, really, this is oddly cathartic for me.

Got a note from one Erik Proulx.

A few weeks ago he was a senior copywriter at a name brand agency. Next thing he knew he's in one of those  breathless, shaky meetings where the HR person says, "Well, no one likes a meeting like this…."

Yep. Laid off.

As the first ripples of the bad economy tsunami begin lapping at advertising's shores we can unfortunately expect more of our rank to have the shell-shocking experience of a meeting like this.

So, what's an unemployed writer do? Well,  Erik's went and started a blog for newly unemployed ad person. It's called Please Feed the Animals.  It's an honest and personal look at the thoughts that, by necessity, roll through one's head. We think Erik deserves a lot of props for sharing his experience. No doubt too many of our rank will be able to benefit from the cathartic nature of it.

Hang in there, kitties.