by Jason Fox | Sep 2, 2008 | Advertising |
Don LaFontaine, the man perhaps best known for “in a world” movie trailers, and arguably the most successful voice-over artist of all time, passed away yesterday afternoon (Monday, September 1, 2008) from complications from lung disease. He was 68. I wish...
by Jason Fox | Aug 28, 2008 | Advertising |
A couple of weeks ago I helped out a client with a rather substantial pitch. For reasons I won’t go into here, coming up with a suitable tagline was both more important than usual and also more difficult. So while my partner and I toiled away on overall...
by Jason Fox | Aug 25, 2008 | Advertising, Politics |
Are you like me? Are you excited about the hot-spicy-hot advertising we’re about to see during two weeks of political conventions?Yeah, I didn’t think so.See you on the other side,Fox
by Jason Fox | Aug 18, 2008 | Advertising, General Interest |
Call me a jingoistic troglodyte if you must, but I don’t watch the Olympics to foster a feeling of global connectedness deep within my bosom. With apologies to Visa, I was not chanting “Go world!” as I watched Michael Phelps win by one one-hundredth...
by Jason Fox | Aug 6, 2008 | Advertising |
Steffan Postaer, currently Chairman and Chief Creative Officer at Euro RSCG Chicago (and the guy of whom you were jealous when you saw those Altoids ads back in the day), has written a new book entitled “The Happy Soul Industry.” The book is, in...
by Jason Fox | Aug 1, 2008 | Advertising, Charity |
As I wrote a couple of weeks ago in this post, former ad jockey and all-around stand-up guy PK Gillock is attempting to break the Guinness record for karaoke singing. He’s doing this for charity and not merely to be a nasty fellow. Since his charity earns money...
