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By David Burn
Jack Paar and Ed Sullivan used to pitch their favorite cigarette midshow. Now Ellen's doing it. DeGeneres, on Friday pitched the hybrid gas/electric version of Toyota's Highlander SUV during her daytime television series, resurrecting a ritual from the golden age of television. In the 30-second retro "spot," she compared features of the 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid to elements of her own show. In addition to being …
By David Burn
”Creative kids used to start bands. They’re starting brands now.” -Rob Walker Polygamous Wedding, the innaugural one-day "connection planning" conference that went off last month in New Orleans is now offering some of the presentations on their blog. The offering above is from Robbie Vitrano, principal of New Orleans' agency, Trumpet. The presentation I'm nost interested in learning more about is from Rob Walker …
By David Burn
New York Times Magazine writer, Rob Walker, points to a post by Wired editor, Chris Anderson, that unloads on people for him sending unwanted solicitations via email. I've had it. I get more than 300 emails a day and my problem isn't spam, it's PR people. Lazy flacks send press releases to the Editor in Chief of Wired because they can't be bothered to find out who on my staff, if anyone, might actually be interested …
By David Burn
London consultancy, Joined Up Company has been making short films featuring British brand and agency big wigs like John Hegarty, Hugh Burkitt, Sean Gogarty, Charles Vallance and others. …
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By David Burn
The film 10 MPH chronicles the story of two friends and aspiring filmmakers that ditch soul-sucking cubicle jobs to claim a more fulfilling life by making a film about a cross-country journey by Segway. The filmmakers--Josh Caldwell and Hunter Weeks--are DIY all the way. So it makes sense that they've decided to open up their distribution channel to the Radiohead "pay what you want" model. I just sent the pair $5.00 …
By David Burn
Stuart Elliot took an interest in the consumer generated ad for Apple that led the brand's agency to do a broadcast quality remake. (The original verison is shown above.) “I was sitting on the bus and I got this e-mail on my phone,” Nick Haley, a native of Warwick, England, said in an interview last week from the University of Leeds, where he is a “fresher,” or first-year student. The message said, “‘We represent …
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By David Burn
W+K hosted an event last week called Ignite Portland. A bunch of people stood up and spoke for five minutes on a variety of topics. I selected the one above because Keith Gerr looks as interesting as he sounds. When he's not appearing on YouTube, he's running Kemo Active, a brand actualization and invigoration consultancy. …
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